The effect of moisture content on determining corn hardness from grinding time, grinding energy, and near-infrared spectroscopy

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 793-799

  Armstrong, Paul R ^a   Lingenfelser, Jane E ^b   McKinney, Leland ^b  

^a GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Grinding; Hardness; Quality

Indexed keywords

GRINDING (MACHINING); HARDNESS; MOISTURE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY-TO-GRIND (ETG); MOISTURE-CORRECTION METHODS; TIME-TO-GRIND (TTG);

CROPS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37549050859     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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