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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
creators_name: Scheuring, J F
creators_name: Sidiibi, S
creators_name: Rooney, L W
creators_name: Earp, C F
icrisatcreators_name: Scheuring, J F
affiliation: ICRISAT(Bamako)
affiliation: SRCVO(Bamako)
affiliation: Texas A & M University(College Station)
country: Mali
country: USA
title: Sorghum Pericarp Thickness and Its Relation to Decortication in a Wooden Mortar and Pestle
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
full_text_status: restricted
abstract: In Mali, as in most parts of West Africa, sorghum is decorticated
as the first step in food preparation (Rooney and Kirleis 1980). The
term "milling" usually refers to decortication of the grain plus
reduction of the decorticated grain into flour or other products.
Traditionally, decortication is accomplished by pounding the grain
in a wooden mortar with a wooden pestle. The pestle weighs
approximately 3 kg and does not have a metal butt like many
pestles used in India. The mortar weighs approximately 12 kg and
has an approximate capacity of 12 L. Before decortication, the
grain is washed thoroughly to remove dust, glumes, and small
stones. During washing, the grain absorbs water and reaches about
20% moisture. Immediately...........
date: 1983
date_type: published
publication: Cereal Chemistry
volume: 60
number: 1
publisher: American Association of Cereal Chemists
pagerange: 86-89
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0009-0352
official_url: http://www.aaccnet.org/cerealchemistry/backissues/1983/chem60_86.pdf
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funders: United States Agency for International Development
citation:   Scheuring, J F and Sidiibi, S and Rooney, L W and Earp, C F  (1983) Sorghum Pericarp Thickness and Its Relation to Decortication in a Wooden Mortar and Pestle.  Cereal Chemistry, 60 (1).  pp. 86-89.  ISSN 0009-0352     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/5553/1/CerealChem_60_1_86-89_1983.pdf