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The effects of alteration of grain moisture content by wetting or drying on the test weight of four winter wheats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Fiona M. Pushman
Affiliation:
Plant Breeding Institute, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 2LQ

Summary

The rate of change in the test weight of four winter wheat varieties, with changing grain moisture content, was greater when the grain was wetted than when it was dried. The test weight of grain which had been dried and returned to its original moisture content was lower than that of the original sample.

Type
Short Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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