Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed viability is affected by moisture content (MC) during ageing and is related to accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and changes in energy metabolism. The aim of the present work was to investigate the effect of ageing on DNA alteration events by RAPD (random amplification of polymorphic DNA) analysis and to determine whether loss of seed viability might corres...

Abstract By regulating preheating time, effects of water/moisture immigration and distribution in wood on sandwich compression formation were investigated this study. Kiln-dried poplar was first immersed water to result high moisture content (MC) layers surfaces. These specimens then conditioned at room temperature sealed plastic bags preheated with hot press platens 180 °C drive into wood. Woo...

Field drying trials were conducted using both field baskets as well as grab sampling techniques to study drying behaviour of switchgrass and maize (corn) stover (CS). Environmental conditions such as hourly solar radiation, vapour pressure deficit (VPD), average wind speed, rainfall amount, harvesting method, and field operations such as swath density were used as variables for model developmen...

The Lokoja Sandstone was investigated for engineering properties. Three road cut samples were collected from three of its Lithologic Sections and subjected to index as well tests. Soils around sampling points A C showed higher insitu moisture, specific gravity values, liquid limits better grading, properties promising load bearing capacity. Also, maximum dry densities along than B but optimum m...

a fully instrumented air conditioning laboratory unit capable of controlling drying air temperature and humidity integrated with an instantaneous weighing thin layer drying system was used to investigate the thin layer drying behavior and desorption equilibrium moisture content of canola (brassica napus l.). to this aim, freshly harvested canola samples with moisture content of about 12±0.5% (d...

Supercritical CO2 (ScCO2) dewatering is a lumen water expulsion process, in which cycled between atmospheric pressure and supercritical phase results fast of free water. In this study, specimens 100 mm length Eucalyptus exserta F.V. Muell. wood were dewatered using ScCO2, then the un-dewatered dried oven at °C to investigate moisture transfer drying stress. The ScCO2 was very fast. When content...

The assessment of soil moisture content and surface roughness from remotely sensed data is of primary importance for improving agricultural techniques of conservation farming such as yield forecasts, scheduling irrigations, fertilization. SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) remotely sensed data may provide a powerful tool for indirectly retrieving these agricultural surface parameters over large are...

Drying: moisture measurement at the end of drying is essential to follow up drying course and to decide whether it is achieved or not. On one hand, too long a drying course may have bad consequences for quality and food safety because of unexpected fermentations and mould growth. On the other hand, the next step in the process is storage. Also, drying to a too low moisture content can result in...

During rough rice storage, changes occur in physicochemical and functional properties of the rice kernel, a process often referred to as aging. This study was conducted to determine how storing rough rice at different moisture contents (MCs) and temperatures over a range of storage durations can impact the nutraceutical content of the rice kernel. Rough rice (‘Cypress’, ‘Cocodrie’, ‘XL6’, ‘XP10...

The capacity of microwave (MW)-assisted dry-heat and heat-moisture treatments to modify techno-functional properties gel viscoelasticity rice flour was studied. Flour samples at 30%, 20%, 15%, 13%, 8%, 3% moisture content (MC) were microwaved for 480 s 18W/g. MC sample unmodified by treatment. However, the 8% one most affected, along with 20% 30% samples, indicating that a small amount water ca...