Abstract
Laboratory experiments were conducted with various volumes of water (8ml, 10ml, 12ml, 14ml, 16ml, 18ml and 20ml) soaked/dipped corn grains and also corn grains soaked/dipped in various concentrations (8%, 10%, 12%, 14%16%, 18% & 20%) of different salts such as sodium sulphate, sodium carbonate and potassium sulphate to enhance the popping quality of corn variety-Azad Uttam. The range of variability of moisture content, bulk density, popping percentage, weight loss during popping and expansion volume ranged from 8.480–10.46%, 0.141–0.175g/ml, 75–91%, 0.32–1.92% and 100–204 ml, respectively. The soaked/dipped grains of corn variety-Azad Uttam in water gave highest expansion volume at 14% moisture level. However, among the various concentrations of different salts, potassium sulphate soaked/dipped grains of corn showed the highest expansion volume at 12% concentration level. Bulk density of corn grains soaked/dipped in water at various concentrations decreased in comparison to control. Bulk density increased in corn grains at all concentration of sodium carbonate soaked/dipped while the bulk density decreased in all concentration of potassium sulphate soaked/dipped corn grains. The soaked/dipped corn grains in potassium sulphate gave maximum popping percentage at 20% concentration level among the salts.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Measured corn grain properties varied across treatments.
Verbatim
e0“The range of variability of moisture content, bulk density, popping percentage, weight loss during popping and expansion volume ranged from 8.480–10.46%, 0.141–0.175g/ml, 75–91%, 0.32–1.92% and 100–204 ml, respectively”
t0“corn variety-Azad Uttam”
Claim · model-written summary
Water soaking gave maximum expansion volume at 14% moisture.
- Taxon
- corn variety-Azad Uttame0
- Treatment
- in watere0
- Outcome
- expansion volumee0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- 14% moisture levele0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“The soaked/dipped grains of corn variety-Azad Uttam in water gave highest expansion volume at 14% moisture level”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sulphate soaking gave maximum expansion volume at 12% concentration among salts.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- potassium sulphatee0
- Outcome
- expansion volumee0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- 12% concentration levele0
- Comparator
- different saltse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“among the various concentrations of different salts, potassium sulphate soaked/dipped grains of corn showed the highest expansion volume at 12% concentration level”
Claim · model-written summary
Water soaking lowered corn grain bulk density relative to control.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- soaked/dipped in watere0
- Outcome
- Bulk densitye0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bulk density of corn grains soaked/dipped in water at various concentrations decreased in comparison to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Sodium carbonate soaking increased corn grain bulk density at all concentrations.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- sodium carbonate soaked/dippede0
- Outcome
- Bulk densitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- all concentratione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bulk density increased in corn grains at all concentration of sodium carbonate soaked/dipped”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sulphate soaking reduced corn grain bulk density at all concentrations.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- potassium sulphate soaked/dippede0
- Outcome
- bulk densitye0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- all concentratione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the bulk density decreased in all concentration of potassium sulphate soaked/dipped corn grains”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sulphate soaking maximized popping percentage at 20% among salts.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- potassium sulphatee0
- Outcome
- popping percentagee0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Qualifier
- 20% concentration levele0
- Comparator
- the saltse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The soaked/dipped corn grains in potassium sulphate gave maximum popping percentage at 20% concentration level among the salts”
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