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Refrigerated storage of cereal food grains.

Author(s) : MAIER D. E., ZINK D. J., RULON R. A.

Summary

Grain chilling provides a non-chemical conditioning and preservation technology for food grains. This low temperature preservation method is an alternative to treating food grains with pesticides for product quality control. During the summers of 1994 and 1995, four and six bins, respectively, were evaluated for the chemical-free pest management and conditioning of pop-corn. The grain temperature in the chilled bins remained below the critical 15 deg C limit for insect development. Grain temperatures in the bins conditioned with ambient aeration were 7-20 deg C higher during the same period. By late summer, the chilled bins had not required a single fumigation and had levels significantly below those found in the fumigated bins. An economic analysis of refrigerated storage of cereal food grains versus traditional insect control and conditioning methods has shown grain chilling to be competitive.

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  • Original title: Refrigerated storage of cereal food grains.
  • Record ID : 1997-0929
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1996/10/02
  • Source: Source: Pap. Lexington Meet., IIR
    7 p.; 5 fig.; 1 tabl.
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