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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2009 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 938-943
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M.J. Amiri

A. Ebrahimizadeh

S. Amiri

M. Radi

M. Niakousari

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Comparative Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Corn Flours Through Different Water Qualities and Irrigation Methods

M.J. Amiri, A. Ebrahimizadeh, S. Amiri, M. Radi and M. Niakousari
In this study, the effects of different irrigation methods (furrow, surface drip and subsurface drip) and water qualities (municipal treated effluent and fresh water) with irrigation scheduling based on soil moisture and root depth monitoring were evaluated on the composition and physicochemical quality of the corn flour. A split plot experiment with three main treatments (irrigation methods) and two sub-main treatments (irrigation water qualities) with four replications were designed and executed in Marvdasht sewage station. The magnitude and extent of the factorial influence were measured/conducted using the effects on Water Absorption Capacity (WAC), Swelling Index (SI), solubility (TSS) and Gelatinization Temperature (GT). Based on the results, the corns, irrigated by furrow irrigation method showed higher protein and oil contents than those irrigated by other methods. In each irrigation method, the samples irrigated with effluent, had higher protein content than those irrigated with fresh water. However, the protein content of the grains probably improved with increasing the volume of irrigation water in furrow methods than the other irrigation methods. The sub-surface drip using wastewater can be a good choice from the point view of agriculture (due to its higher water saving and greater yield) and also food industry (because of the high starch content, solubility and swelling index and the least gelatinization point of the corn flours).
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