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Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 103-106
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Said Mir Khan

Ilyas Raza Kulachi

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Assessment of Post Harvest Wheat Losses in D. I. Khan

Said Mir Khan and Ilyas Raza Kulachi
Assessment of losses was carried out in various stores of wheat grains in D. I. Khan. A total of 220 samples were collected from different localities in 4 directions (East, West, North and South) of D.I. Khan. The study was conducted by using two methods i.e count and weigh and thousand grain mass methods. During 5 months storage period, average of losses determined by C&W and TGM method were found 3.40 and 6.53%, These losses also include black pointed grains, Broken/Shriveled grains and Green/Immature grains which were computed as 0.61, 3.08 and 0.67% respectively while an average amount of foreign matter was found 30.26%. On an average 1.93% grains were found infested with Tribolium spp., Rhyzopertha dominica and Trogoderma granarium.
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