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Influence Of Thresher Cylinder Speed And Grain Moisture At Harvest On Milling Yield Of Rice, R. H. Dilday
Influence Of Thresher Cylinder Speed And Grain Moisture At Harvest On Milling Yield Of Rice, R. H. Dilday
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The percentage of broken rice (Oryza sativa) kernels was determined after threshing the grain at varying cylinder speeds of the thresher and moisture contents of the grain at harvest. Moisture contents of the individual grain samples ranged from 12 to 26% and the two cylinder speeds were 600 and 1000 RPM. Significant differences between germplasm, cylinder speed and moisture content of the grain at harvest on milling yield was observed. For example, Newbonnet had the fewest broken kernels while Leah had the greatest amount of broken kernels. Lemont produced the highest total milling yield; whereas, L202 produced the lowest total …