Properties of Pearl Millet

✍ Scribed by R.K. Jain; S. Bal

• Book ID: 102572366
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 235 KB
• Volume: 66
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8634
• DOI: 10.1006/jaer.1996.0119

✦ Synopsis

Three varieties of pearl millet seed , consisting of two hybrids GHB 30 and Bajra 28 -15 , and one Babapuri (traditional) variety , were graded , dried to 7 и 4% moisture content dry basis and properties of the major fraction were determined . The average three principal dimensions were 3 и 12 , 1 и 94 and 1 и 70 mm for GHB 30 , 2 и 98 , 1 и 86 and 1 и 82 mm for Bajra 28 -15 and 3 и 36 , 2 и 24 and 2 и 01 for Babapuri varieties . The surface area and volume of single grain were 12 и 5 mm 2 and 3 и 8 mm 3 for hybrid varieties and 16 и 4 mm 2 and 5 и 8 mm 3 for the traditional variety . Sphericity of the