National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Physical properties are necessary for the design of equipment to handle, transport, process and store the crop. Physical properties such as length, breadth, thickness, thousand grain weight, thousand grain volume etc. were studied for three millet varieties such as finger millet, foxtail millet and proso millet which are grown in Assam. In the present study, the length, breadth and thickness of proso millet was highest among the other two millets. Bulk density of finger millet, foxtail millet and proso millet were 0.71 g/ml, 0.73 g/ml and 0.79 g/ml respectively. The water and oil absorption capacity were highest in foxtail millet flour (1.26 ml/g and 1.18 ml/g respectively) and lowest in proso millet flour (1.14 ml/g and 1.16 ml/g respectively). The physical and functional properties are important for engineers, designers, scientists and processors in designing equipment for millet grain processing. Results are likely to be useful in assessing the quality of grains used while preparing the flour.
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