Storing grain of winter wheat in metallic elevators with regard to the grain wholesomeness
2002
Bowszys, J. (Warmia and Mazury University, Olsztyn (Poland). Dept. of Technical Equipment) | Majchrzak, B. (Warmia and Mazury University, Olsztyn (Poland). Dept. of Phytopathology and Entomology)
Grain of winter wheat var. Roma and Elena was stored in three types of grain elevators with different systems of ventilation. A floor store in which grain was stored in corn-bin was a base for comparisons. Changes in the number and species of fungi populating the grain in different places of the elevator were examined before storing and after 4 and 8 month of storage. Among four types of grain elevators, the floor store was found to have a worst storing conditions. After 8 months of storing, the number of fungi from the genus Penicillium and the family Mucoraceae increased
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