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   Evaluation of sorghum inbred lines for milling quality

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: P.S. Setimela --- , Botswana D.J. Andrews --- Department of Agronomy,

   Fourteen sorghum inbred lines and one sorghum variety were evaluated for qualitative parameters relating to milling quality. Grain hardness, flour yield, flour particle size and alkali water retention capacity criteria were measured. These quality criteria directly influence acceptability of newly...

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   Determining milling performance of sorghum cultivars by means of abrasive decortication and roller milling techniques

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M. van der Merwe --- , Republic of South Africa G. Osthoff --- Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Technology, Republic of South Africa A.J. Pretorius --- , Republic of South Africa

   Although roller milling has been successfully applied to produce sorghum meal, the South African sorghum milling industry mostly uses abrasive decortication milling. The first objective of this study was to develop a laboratory-scale roller milling technique for a scaled-down roller...

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