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Fissure Characterization Of Rice Kernels Using Video Microscopy, Jerry W. Fendley, Terry J. Siebenmorgen, Rustico C. Bautista
Fissure Characterization Of Rice Kernels Using Video Microscopy, Jerry W. Fendley, Terry J. Siebenmorgen, Rustico C. Bautista
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Fissures are fractures of a rice kernel that can be created during the drying and tempering process. They cause tremendous postharvest losses in milling yield. Understanding why and how rice kernels fissure will lead to optimal drying and tempering operations. This information could also provide input to plant breeders for producing rice cultivars that are more resistant to fissuring. Rice kernels were dried using various air conditions in a controlled environment chamber. The kernels were viewed by video microscopy to observe the occurrence of fissures. A videocassette recorder recorded the images for a 24-hour period after the drying process. The …
A Study On Azolla As A Nitrogen Source In Rice Farming, Mi̇that Nuri̇ Gevrek
A Study On Azolla As A Nitrogen Source In Rice Farming, Mi̇that Nuri̇ Gevrek
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
This study was conducted to determine the best combination of azolla ( Azolla anabaena) and N fertilizer under Menemen ecological conditions in 1996 and 1997. The A. mexicana genotype of azolla was brought from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and adapted to the Aegean region of Turkey. The results of study showed that the combination azolla+N fertilizer yielded approximately 356 kg/da of rice under Menemen second crop conditions. It was also concluded that the use of azolla will lead to a 1/3 reduction in the N demand of a rice crop.