Properties of Grain Corn During Short Term Storage in Tropical Ambient Temperature

Grain corn in nature possesses a tendency to absorb and release moisture even during storage. Grain respiration will lead to fungal growth, consequently mycotoxin development and decreased nutritional components. Storage in tropical weather like Malaysia, in which the temperature is constantly hot throughout the year (temperature 23–33°C, with relative humidity around 81%) will promote further spoilage to the stored grain corn. Therefore, this paper discussed the properties of grain corn during three months of storage in a Malaysian weather setting. Grain corn with the initial moisture content of 12.5± 0.02% MC bagged in the; a) woven polypropylene jumbo bags, b) woven propylene 40 kg bag and c) plastic sealed container was stored in two different storage facilities located in MARDI for three months. The grain corn after three months of storage showed a consistent water activity, a darkening value in Chroma index, within the permissible limit of fungal growth and exhibits insect pest development of two major species of Coleoptera family. Grain corn is considered safe after three months of storage because low aflatoxin levels have been found, but the physical structure has been compromised due to insect pest infestations.

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Postharvest Handling of Cut Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien (Liliaceae) Flowers

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science ◽

10.21273/jashs.117.3.442 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 117 (3) ◽

pp. 442-445 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Rodney B. Jones ◽

Janyce K. Truett

Keyword(s):

Chilling Injury ◽

Fungal Growth ◽

Continuous Treatment ◽

Vase Life ◽

Short Term ◽

Physical Damage ◽

Postharvest Handling ◽

Solution Uptake ◽

Term Storage ◽

Dichloroisocyanuric Acid

Postharvest treatments designed to enhance the vase life of cut Gloriosa rothschildiana flowers were tested. Vase life was significantly extended by the germicides 8-HQC (250 mg·liter-1), DICA (50 mg·liter-1), and Physan-20 (50 mg·liter-1). Germicides acted primarily by improving solution uptake. Sucrose, either as a continuous treatment (of 2% or 5% w/v), or as a 24-hour pulse (20%), significantly enhanced vase life, primarily by enhancing the development of immature buds and delaying senescence in open flowers. Flowers stored at 1C developed signs of chilling injury within 3 days, but chilling symptoms were not displayed in stems stored at 10C for 10 days. Flowers were not affected when exposed to 50 μl ethylene/liter for 24 hours. Transport and short-term storage in sealed, air-filled bags to protect the flowers from physical damage resulted in some atmosphere modification within the bags. Fungal growth occurred when flowers were kept in air-tilled bags for more than 6 days, resulting in a reduction in vase life. Chemical names used: 8-hydroxyquinoline citrate (8-HQC); sodium dichloroisocyanuric acid (DICA); n-alkyl dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride (Phyrsan-20).

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Effects of short-term storage on germinability of pistachio pollen

Plant Breeding ◽

10.1046/j.1439-0523.2000.00508.x ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 119 (4) ◽

pp. 347 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Y. Vaknin

Keyword(s):

Short Term ◽

Short Term Storage ◽

Term Storage

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Soil quality. Guidance on long and short term storage of soil samples

10.3403/30103120u ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Soil Quality ◽

Soil Samples ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Storage ◽

Term Storage

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Micropropagation and in vitro short-term storage of Globba sherwoodiana W.J. Kress & V. Gowda

Agriculture and Natural Resources ◽

10.34044/j.anres.2020.54.4.09 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Short Term ◽

Short Term Storage ◽

Term Storage

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Numerical simulation of convective stability of the short-term storage of CO2 in saline aquifers

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control ◽

10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.11.004 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 986-994 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Duoxing Yang ◽

Rongshu Zeng ◽

Deliang Zhang

Keyword(s):

Numerical Simulation ◽

Saline Aquifers ◽

Convective Stability ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Storage ◽

Term Storage

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The effect of short-term storage temperature on the key headspace volatile compounds observed in Canadian faba bean flour

Food Science and Technology International ◽

10.1177/1082013221998843 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108201322199884

Author(s):

Rami Akkad ◽

Ereddad Kharraz ◽

Jay Han ◽

James D House ◽

Jonathan M Curtis

Keyword(s):

Fatty Acids ◽

Volatile Compounds ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Unsaturated Fatty Acids ◽

Solid Phase ◽

Short Term ◽

Bean Flour ◽

Odour Activity Value ◽

Short Term Storage ◽

Term Storage

The odour emitted from the high-tannin fab bean flour ( Vicia faba var. minor), was characterized by headspace solid-phase microextraction/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC–MS). The relative odour activity value (ROAV) was used to monitor the changes in key volatile compounds in the flour during short-term storage at different temperature conditions. The key flavour compounds of freshly milled flour included hexanal, octanal, nonanal, decanal, 3-methylbutanal, phenyl acetaldehyde, (E)-2-nonenal, 1-hexanol, phenyl ethyl alcohol, 1-octen-3-ol, β-linalool, acetic acid, octanoic acid, and 3-methylbutyric acid; these are oxidative degradation products of unsaturated fatty acids and amino acids. Despite the low lipid content of faba beans, the abundances of aldehydes arising during room temperature storage greatly contributed to the flavour of the flour due to their very low odour thresholds. Two of the key volatiles responsible for beany flavour in flour (hexanal, nonanal) increased greatly after 2 weeks of storage at room temperature or under refrigerated conditions. These volatile oxidation products may arise as a result of enzymatic activity on unsaturated fatty acids, and was seen to be arrested by freezing the flour.

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Data-Driven Study on the Sustainable Log Movements: Impact of Rail Car Fleet Size on Freight Storage and Car Idling

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12114563 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 4563

Author(s):

Sangpil Ko ◽

Pasi Lautala ◽

Kuilin Zhang

Keyword(s):

Service Life ◽

Seasonal Dynamics ◽

Lake Superior ◽

Data Driven ◽

Short Term ◽

Fleet Size ◽

Interesting Observation ◽

The Us ◽

Term Storage ◽

Scale Data

Rail car availability and the challenges associated with the seasonal dynamics of log movements have received growing attentions in the Lake Superior region of the US, as a portion of rail car fleet is close to reaching the end of its service life. This paper proposes a data-driven study on the rail car peaking issue to explore the fleet of rail cars dedicated to being used for log movements in the region, and to evaluate how the number of cars affects both the storage need at the sidings and the time the cars are idled. This study is based on the actual log scale data collected from a group of forest companies in cooperation with the Lake State Shippers Association (LSSA). The results of our analysis revealed that moving the current log volumes in the region would require approximately 400–600 dedicated and shared log cars in ideal conditions, depending on the specific month. While the higher fleet size could move the logs as they arrive to the siding, the lower end would nearly eliminate the idling of rail cars and enable stable volumes throughout the year. However, this would require short-term storage and additional handling of logs at the siding, both elements that increase the costs for shippers. Another interesting observation was the fact that the reduction of a single day in the loading/unloading process (2.5 to 1.5 days) would eliminate almost 100 cars (20%) of the fleet without reduction in throughput.

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