Effect of spray volume on the moisture of stored corn and wheat grains

• Autor(a) principal: Vásquez-Castro,Javier Alberto
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Baptista,Gilberto Casadei de, Gadanha Junior,Casimiro Dias, Trevizan,Luiz Roberto Pimentel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000300003
• topic: Stored products; chemical control; application technology; desorption; hygroscopic equilibrium

The goal of this work was to evaluate the effect of spray volume on the moisture of the stored grains of the corn and wheat. Two kg of each type of the grain were placed into the plastic bags and sprayed with the theoretical doses of 0, 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 liters of water / ton of the grain. The grain moisture content was evaluated 24 h after the spray operation by the oven method. The increase in the grain moisture was quadratic and showed the same trend in both the corn and wheat. The grain moisture after spraying 10 L.t-1 showed little increase (0.8 %) as compared to the initial moisture content. Thus, the application of any spray volume as used in this study made no difference for a possible better uniformity in the distribution of insecticide throughout the sprayed material.