Vacuum Emasculator Construction Plans

How to build your own rice flower emasculator

We encourage you to download the Construction Plans or contact the scientists listed below who have received emasculators built from this design. These plans are based on a design detailed in two articles written by Drs. Coffman and Herrara (1974) and Dr. Coffman (1979) and modified by Nick VanEck of Cornell University.

Emasculating Rice Flowers

• How to Emasculate rice flowers (Online)
• Directions on emasculating rice flowers are found in Coffman and Herrera (1980) and Mackill, D., Coffman, W. R., Garrity, D. P. (1996).
• Closeup pictures of emasculating rice flowers in the McCouch Greenhouse

Vacuum Emasculator Scientist Users

• Mozambique:
  • Estrela Alberto (Email: estrela.alberto@mocfer.co.mz) Mocfer
  • Lorena Pedro Francisco (Email: lorena.francisco@mocfer.co.mz) Mocfer
• Ghana
  • Maxwell Asante (Email: masante@wacci.edu.gh) West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement
• Uganda:
  • Jimmy Lamo (Email: lamojim@gmail.com) National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)