Highlights Fluidized bed drying of rice has several advantages that outweigh its
disadvantages. Increasing the drying temperature above 60° C could reduce rice quality …

Purpose A precision hill drop seed metering mechanism was developed for sowing of pre-
germinated paddy seeds. Methods The metering mechanism comprised a rectangular …

One of the major challenges for crop breeding scientists is climate change. Their task is to
develop new crop varieties that can withstand this phenomenon. For this study, a new …

Paddy grains (rough rice) are categorized into two groups, awned and awnless paddies.
The awn is a needle-like appendage that extends from the lemmas of the florets and is …

A remotely-controlled wetland paddy seeder (RCWPS) with a mechatronic seed-metering
device was developed for precise sowing of pre-germinated paddy seeds in wet puddled …

Chickpea grains were roasted by traditional sand roasting (180, 200 and 220° C) and
microwave roasting (450 W, 600 W and 900 W) for 5, 10 and 15 min. The effects of roasting …

Purpose Fish scale contains two important constituents, the hydroxyapatite and collagen.
The purpose of this paper was to use the dried form of the effluent, called Fish Scale Effluent …

PB1121 paddy was soaked in water at seven different temperatures (40-80 o C) till it
achieved desired moisture. Soaking showed significant effect on physical characteristics of …

The study was aimed to determine engineering properties of food grains which play an
important role in the design of functional componenets of pedal-operated flour mill. The …

The present study was conducted to simulate runoff in the watershed of Dal (188.72 km2)
located in the temperate region of Kashmir using Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) …