Abstract
Abstract An alternative system for handling farmer stock peanuts in and out of warehouse storage was evaluated and compared to conventional handling systems. The potato handling system provided significantly less mechanical damage and improved peanut value than conventional handling methods. Loose shelled kernels and sound splits were decreased by 1.83 and 4.00%. respectively, by more gentle handling of the peanuts (P≤0.05). Thus, the potential for aflatoxin contamination during storage was reduced. Economic analysis revealed that investment costs of the potato and conventional handling systems were similar. The analysis revealed that the net value of peanuts from a 3629-t capacity warehouse could be increased by $23,758/yr by investing in potato handling equipment instead of conventional handling equipment when constructing a new warehouse. However, it is probably not economically feasible to convert the handling equipment of an existing conventional warehouse to the potato handling system.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Potato handling caused less mechanical damage than conventional handling.
- Taxon
- Peanuts
Arachis hypogaeat0 - Treatment
- potato handling systeme0
- Outcome
- mechanical damagee0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- conventional handling methodse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The potato handling system provided significantly less mechanical damage and improved peanut value than conventional handling methods.”
t0“Peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato handling improved peanut value.
- Taxon
- PeanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Treatment
- potato handling systeme0
- Outcome
- peanut valuee0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- conventional handling methodse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The potato handling system provided significantly less mechanical damage and improved peanut value than conventional handling methods.”
t0“Peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Gentler handling reduced loose shelled kernels by 1.83%.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeae0
- Treatment
- more gentle handlinge0
- Outcome
- Loose shelled kernelse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 1.83e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Loose shelled kernels and sound splits were decreased by 1.83 and 4.00%. respectively, by more gentle handling of the peanuts (P≤0.05).”
Claim · model-written summary
Gentler handling reduced sound splits by 4.00%.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeae0
- Treatment
- more gentle handlinge0
- Outcome
- sound splitse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 4.00%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Loose shelled kernels and sound splits were decreased by 1.83 and 4.00%. respectively, by more gentle handling of the peanuts (P≤0.05).”
Claim · model-written summary
Gentler handling reduced potential aflatoxin contamination in storage.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeae1
- Treatment
- more gentle handlinge1
- Outcome
- potential for aflatoxin contamination during storagee0
- Direction
- reducede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Thus, the potential for aflatoxin contamination during storage was reduced.”
e1“more gentle handling of the peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Investment costs of the two handling systems were similar.
- Taxon
- PeanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Outcome
- investment costse0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- conventional handling systemse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“investment costs of the potato and conventional handling systems were similar”
t0“Peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato equipment could raise annual net peanut value by $23,758 for a new 3629-t warehouse.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeae0
- Treatment
- potato handling equipmente0
- Outcome
- net value of peanutse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- $23,758/yre0
- Qualifier
- 3629-t capacity warehousee0
- Comparator
- conventional handling equipmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the net value of peanuts from a 3629-t capacity warehouse could be increased by $23,758/yr by investing in potato handling equipment instead of conventional handling equipment when constructing a new warehouse”
Claim · model-written summary
Converting an existing warehouse to potato handling was judged economically infeasible.
- Taxon
- PeanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Outcome
- not economically feasible to convert the handling equipment of an existing conventional warehouse to the potato handling systeme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“it is probably not economically feasible to convert the handling equipment of an existing conventional warehouse to the potato handling system”
t0“Peanuts”