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A small, simple sorghum decorticating device
Author(s) -
Ali Rustom M.,
Wills Ron B. H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740371207
Subject(s) - sorghum , grinding , materials science , cultivar , agronomy , whole grains , metallurgy , food science , biology
A small commercially available laboratory mill was found to be suitable to dehull small batches of sorghum grain. The device used one grinding plate and an agitating dimpled plate and took about 1 min to adequately dehull the grain. At the completion of dehulling period decorticated grain was collected directly in a sample holder. Data from various cultivars, grain sizes and types of grain were reproducible. It only required 10 s to clear the device between samples.