<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simonson, David B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tilley, Derek J</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A low-cost modification to a Flail-Vac Harvester for collecting lightweight, wind-dispersed seed</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Native Plants Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016-06-20 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">103-108</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/npj.17.2.103</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Indeterminate wildflowers with pappus-bearing seed are difficult to effectively harvest at yields approaching maximum potential using traditional equipment. We modified a Flail-Vac Seed Stripper by mounting heavy loops of chain to the front of the Flail-Vac to provide agitation of the floral canopy to disarticulate seed from the flowers of hoary tansyaster (Machaeranthera canescens (Pursh) A. Gray [Asteraceae]). The modification allowed for multiple, non-damaging harvests that collected only shatter-ready, fully ripe seed. Labor and time associated with post-harvest drying and seed cleaning were reduced because of the decrease in vegetative matter accumulated.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>