抄録
In comparative storage tests of cereal grains, corn, wheat, naked barley and rice grains dried to 12 percent moisture content were held for storage in containers consisting of Japanese rice straw bags and air tight tins. Periodic analyses on the conditions of the grains revealed that, in all cases, deterioration of the grains proceeded at a much rapid rate in the straw bag than in the tin container. There were changes not only in the physical properties but also biochemically of different degrees. The naked barley was highly storage-tolerant showing least changes, followed by rice and wheat. Corn was found to be least suitable for storage in the rice straw bags. Under the sealed condition in the tin containers, all grains were preserved with less changes, particularly this was true on many of the physical properties. Biochemically, however, the order of deterioration was naked barley least affected, wheat slightly affected, while the corn and rice ranked lowest among the four grains tested.
