Safe storage time of high moisture wheat

Safe storage guidelines for durum wheat

“…help farmers to determine the number of days in which the grain has to be dried for a particular tempe.ature moisture combination (Karunakaran 1999 (Bala 1997 (Mills 1996 (Tipples 1995). Jayas and white (2003) confirmed that high moisture content accelerates the deterioration in grain followed by high storage temperature, storing grain at moistur.e content and temperature higher than the safe limit leads to increased multiplication of mites and microflora with rapid spoilage (wallace et al 1983 (Tuite 1994 It is expected that a maximum lever of 5 pg of oA/kg of cereal and cereal products will be established for world trade (JECFA1999).…”

Storage of Soybeans and Its Effects on Quality of Soybean Sub-Products

“…They verified that the process was more pronounced at a temperature of 35 ºC. KARUNAKARAN et al (2001) stored wheat with moisture contents between 15 and 19% w.b. at different temperatures in order to verify the time of safe storage, using the germination percentage as a quality standard.…”

Criteria of Determination of Safe Grain Storage Time – A Review

“…m.) -1 per 24-h period, M w is the grain moisture content in % w. b., T is the grain temperature in °C, and a, b, and c are empirical constants. Karunakaran et al (2001) determined the deterioration rate of wheat stored at 25°C by measuring the respiration rate of grain and microorganisms. The measured rates of CO 2 There are however some problems in using equations (2) -(4) to describe quality changes.…”

“…They stated also, that the safe storage times of 17 % m.c. wheat were 5, 7, and 15 d at 35,30, and 25°C, respectively.…”

“…The germination capacity of wheat at 17-19 % m.c., wet basis, stored at 25°C can be predicted from the measured respiration rate and moisture content by the equation (Karunakaran et al, 2001):…”