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Flyash as a post-harvest preservative for five commonly utilized pulses.

P. S. Mendki, V. L. Maheshwari and R. M. Kothari

Crop Protection. Volume 20, Issue 3, April 2001, Pages 241-245

2001

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Flyash as a post-harvest preservative for five commonly utilized pulses.

Flyash, one of the major industrial wastes, generated as a result of coal burning in thermal power stations, was evaluated for post-harvest preservation of five commonly used pulses; viz. soybean (Glycin max), bengal gram (Cicer arietinum), green gram (Vigna radiata), black gram (V. mungo) and red gram (V. unguiculata). All the pulses were deliberately infested with stored grain pest, commonly known as pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis and treated with 1 gm flyash per 5 kg of pulses under ambient storage conditions for 18 months. No adult C. chinensis were found in pulses treated with flyash even after 12 months of treatment. After 18 months, bengal gram was most infested, both in terms of number of insects observed in gunny bags and percent damaged grains, whereas soybean and black gram were least infested. Percentage insect-damaged grains were directly proportional to the number of insects observed in gunny bags. There was no effect of flyash on the nutritional quality and percent germination of pulses.