Other dry products, corn and rice in particular, have been X-rayed for defects. The detection
of cracks through the endosperm of corn is important to its economical processing into …

This paper deals with investigations of radiographic techniques as applied to grain. Milner,
et al.(1, 2) gave data on the X-ray testing of grain. Following publication of their work, the …

Work on the possibility of determining internal defects of fruits and vegetables by X-ray
examination is now being done in connexion with the Minnesota agricultural experiment …

However, because of the characteristic external and internal corn structures, there are
numerous radiographic shadows, described below, which resemble insect damage …

Method Samples of plant material are dried at 70 C. in a forced hot-air oven for 48 hours and
ground in a Wiley mill to pass a 20-mesh stainless steel sieve as previously reported (5) …

-2-is slipped 1/2 inch on one end of the section of glass tubing. The 1/2-inch end of rubber
tubing forms a receptacle cup for the soda The other end of the section of glass tubing is …

RECENTLY Cattell (1) demonstrated that wheat seedlings were relatively sensitive to the
action of x-rays and that less than a threshold erythema dose reduced the growth of the roots …

B. Direct methods of examination…. 1. Evidence of insect infestation__ 2. Evidences of
rodent contamination_ 3. Examination for dirt _ _ 4. Examination for rot in fruits and …

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A radiographic method for the detection of internal insect infestation in grain by means of low
energy radiation from a cobalt-target beryllium-window X-ray tube is described. The utility of …