Title
Effect of spray volume on the moisture of stored corn and wheat grains
Date Issued
01 January 2008
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Instituto de Tecnologia do Parana
Abstract
The goal of this work was to evaluate the effect of spray volume on the moisture of the stored grains of the corn and wheat. Two kg of each type of the grain were placed into the plastic bags and sprayed with the theoretical doses of 0, 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 liters of water / ton of the grain. The grain moisture content was evaluated 24 h after the spray operation by the oven method. The increase in the grain moisture was quadratic and showed the same trend in both the corn and wheat. The grain moisture after spraying 10 L.t-1 showed little increase (0.8 %) as compared to the initial moisture content. Thus, the application of any spray volume as used in this study made no difference for a possible better uniformity in the distribution of insecticide throughout the sprayed material.
Start page
453
End page
456
Volume
51
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-53649109960
Source
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
ISSN of the container
15168913
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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