Effect of soaking and malting on finger millet (EleusineCoracana) grain

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-200

  Swami, Shrikant Baslingappa ^a   Thakor, N J ^a   Gurav, H S ^a  

^a DR BALASAHEB SAWANT KONKAN KRISHI VIDYAPEETH   (India)

Author keywords

Malting; Peleg model; Protein content; Soaking; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878264355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16821130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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