Effects of fungal infection and irradiation on high moisture sesame seeds
1995
Hammad, A.A.I. (National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology, Cairo (Egypt). Dept. of Microbiology) | Ragab, M.M. | Zaher, E.A. | Shahin, A.A.M.
Sesame seeds of 20 percent moisture content were artificially inoculated with Aspergillus flavus and Paecilomyces varitii and irradiated at 4 and 6 kGy, then stored at ambient temperature. Within 4 weeks of storage, unirradiated sesame seeds, whether artificially inoculated or not, became mouldy and had a dark colour and a musty rancid odour. Contamination by the fungi caused deterioration in germination rates, seed quality and extracted oil properties. Irradiation at 6 kGy completely eliminated contamination by A.flavus and P.variottii and prevented deterioration in the seed quality and oil properties.
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