Rapid drying of field rice would be practical if a treatment could be devised that would inhibit
the post-drying fissures that develop in the grain. Investigations were conducted on breaking
strengths and on percentage of fissured grains that developed in rough rice stored in
different environments after being subjected to drying temperatures of 25, 40, and 60 C.
Breaking strengths were generally related to the percentage of grains that had fissured

Breaking strengths and percentages of fissured grains that developed during storage
following different drying and storage treatments were examined. Breaking strengths were
generally related to percentages of fissured grains. Rice samples stored at 11% RH after
drying produced the lowest percentage of fissured grains.