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1
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Device for removing excess moisture from the grain, generally by forced or natural convection with or without addition of heat

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Grain dryer

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2
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amount of water removed per unit of time, expressed in kilogram per hour

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Drying rate

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3
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Ratio of the weight of grains that fell out from the machine during the drying operation, to the weight of the total grain input to the dryer, expressed in percent

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Scattered grains

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4
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Ratio of the weight of grains blown with the chaff by the thresher fan, to the weight of the total grain input of the thresher, expressed in percent

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Blower loss

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5
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Machine used to detach and separate the paddy from the panicles

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Mechanical Rice Thresher

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6
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Ratio of the weight of grains that fell out from the machine during threshing operation, to the weight of the total grain input of the thresher, expressed in percent

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Scattering loss

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7
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Ratio of the weight of grains that come out of the threshing chamber with the straw, to the weight of total grain input of the thresher, expressed in
percent

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Separation loss

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8
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Grains that are detached from the panicles by the thresher inclusive of mature, immature, and damaged grains

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Threshed grain

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9
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Part of the thresher where the grains are detached and separated from the panicles

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Threshing unit or Threshing chamber

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10
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Part of the threshing unit that rotates about an axis and it is equipped with either pegs, rasp bars, or wire loops on its periphery

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Threshing cylinder or Threshing drum

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11
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Ratio of the weight of grains that remained in the panicles of the plants fed into the threshing chamber, to the weight of total grain input of the thresher, expressed in percent

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Unthreshed loss

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12
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Threshed grain with 100% purity exclusive of the empty grains and other impurities

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Clean Threshed Grain

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13
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An electric motor, or a gasoline or diesel fed engine used to run the thresher

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Primemover

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14
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Preliminary operation of the machine to make various adjustments prior to the conduct of test

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Running-in period

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15
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The weight of the threshed grains collected at the grain outlet

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Threshing output

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16
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Grains obtained after the removal of hull, bran and germ

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Milled rice
White rice

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17
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Device of a rice mill, which removes the remaining bran on the milled rice and produces a glossy appearance

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Polisher

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18
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Outer most rough covering of the paddy grain (palea and lemma) consisting of the empty glumes, floral glumes, and awn

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Rice hull or Rice husk

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19
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Machine used to remove the hull and bran of the paddy to produce milled rice and consists mainly of hulling and whitening assembly.

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Rice mill

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20
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Auxiliary device used to separate stones from the paddy and/or brown rice.

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Destoner

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21
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Rice grain from which the hull, the germ, and the bran layers have been completely removed (0%)

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Overmilled rice

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22
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Component of a rice mill that removes the bran in the brown rice.

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Whitener

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23
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Auxiliary device used to remove foreign matter/impurities from the paddy before milling

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Pre-cleaner

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24
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Rice grain from which the hull, the germ, the outer bran layers and the greater part of the inner bran layers have been removed but part of the lengthwise streaks of the bran layers may still be present on 21% to 40% of the sample grains.

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Regular milled rice

25
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Rice grain from which the hull, the germ, the outer bran layer, and the greater part of the inner bran layer have been removed, but part of the lengthwise streaks of the bran layer may still be present on more than 40 % of the sample grains.

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Undermilled rice

26
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Ratio of the weight of corn kernels blown by the sheller fan, to the weight of the total corn kernel input of the sheller, expressed in percent.

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Blower loss

27
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Part of the ear corn where the kernels are attached

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Corn cob

28
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Pistillate inflorescence of the plant Zea mays L., enclosed with a leaf-like protective covering known as husk.

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Corn ear

29
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Machine used to remove the husk of corn ear, detach, separate and clean the corn kernels from the cobs in one operation.

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Corn husker-sheller

30
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Machine used to detach, separate and clean the corn kernels from the cobs.

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Corn sheller

31
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Kernels which show signs of fissures or fractures or splinters.

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Cracked kernels

32
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Corn-in-cob unshelled fruit of the corn plant where the husk has been removed mechanically or manually.

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Ear corn or Dehusked corn

33
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Dry and indehiscent seed developed from the ovary of the ear corn.

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Kernel

34
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Ratio of the weight of the corn kernel present in the ear corn to the weight of the ear corn.

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Kernel-ear corn

35
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Kernels that were broken and/or scratched as a result of shelling operation.

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Mechanically damaged kernels

36
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Difference between the percent cracked sample taken before and after the shelling operation.

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Net cracked kernel

37
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Ratio of the weight of corn kernels that fell out from the machine during shelling operation to the weight of the total corn kernel input of the sheller, expressed in percent.

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Scattering loss

38
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Ratio of the weight of corn kernels that come out of the shelling chamber with the cobs at the cob outlet, to the weight of the total corn kernel input of the sheller, expressed in percent.

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Separation loss

39
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Whole and damaged corn kernels separated from the cob after shelling.

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Shelled kernels

40
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Kernels that remain in the cob after shelling.

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Unshelled kernels

41
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Ratio of the weight of corn kernels that remained in the cobs of the corn fed into the shelling chamber, to the weight of the total corn kernel input of the sheller, expressed in percent.

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Unshelled loss

42
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Unbroken kernels after shelling.

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Whole kernels

43
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Shelled kernel free from foreign matter.

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Clean shelled kernel

44
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Actual capacity of the sheller corrected at 20% kernel moisture content (wet basis), and 100% purity.

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Corrected capacity

45
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All matters other than corn kernels such as sand, gravel, dirt, pebbles, stones, lumps of earth, clay and mud, weed seeds and other crop seeds.

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Foreign matter

46
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Sum of blower, separation, unshelled and scattering losses in a sheller, expressed in percent by weight.

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Total losses

47
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Milled corn kernels where the outer covering and germs have been removed and with particle size of not less than 0.86 mm.

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Corn grits

48
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Milled corn kernels with particle size between 1.8 mm to 2.0 mm.

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Grit #10

49
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Milled corn kernels with particle size between 1.5 mm to 1.7 mm.

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Grit # 12

50
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Milled corn kernels with particle size between 1.2 mm to 1.4 mm.

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Grit # 14

51
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Milled corn kernels with particle size between 1.10 mm to 1.19 mm.

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Grit # 16

52
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Milled corn kernels with particle size between 0.86 mm to 1.09 mm.

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Grit # 18

53
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Equipment used to produce corn grits using the dry milling process.

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Corn mill

54
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Corn grit by-product with particle size between 0.70 mm to 0.85 mm.

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Grit # 20

55
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Corn grit by-product with particle size smaller than 0.70 mm.

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Grit # 24

56
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Major component of the corn mill used to reduce corn kernels into corn grits.

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Roller mill

57
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It is the general term applied to the handling
of crops, whether used for food or other purposes such as seeds (grains/kernels), fiber (bamboo, banana, coconut), botanical pesticides (chili, tobacco) and the like, from harvest up to the time they reach the final consumer.

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Postharvest or Postproduction

58
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A system of handling, storing, and transporting agricultural commodities after harvest.

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Post-harvest operation/management/handling

59
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It includes the food loss across the food supply chain from harvesting of crop until its consumption. The losses can broadly be categorized as weight loss due to spoilage or nutritional loss, quality loss, seed viability loss (seed ageing/deterioration), etc..

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Postharvest loss

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