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Organisation:The Central Research Institute for Field Crops, P.O.Box. 226, Ulus, Ankara,Turkey
Author: Taner Akar, Muzaffer Avci and Fazil Dusunceli
Edited by AGST/FAO: Danilo Mejía, PhD, FAO (Technical), Emanuela Parrucci (HTML transfer)

CHAPTER XXXI - Barley: Post-Harvest Operations

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Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 Socio economic impact of the crop
1.2 World Trade
1.3 Primary Product
1.4 Secondary and Derived Products
1.5 Quality Assurance
  1.5.1 Cultivar
  1.5.2 Moisture
  1.5.3 Grain size
  1.5.4 Protein content
  1.5.5 Modification capacity
  1.5.6 Microbial infections
2 Post-Harvest Operations
2.1 Pre-Harvest Operations
2.2 Harvesting
2.3 Transport
2.4 Threshing
2.5 Drying
2.6 Cleaning
2.7 Storage
  2.7.1 Adobe depots
  2.7.2 Cement or pile depots
  2.7.3 Wooden depots
  2.7.4 Vertical wooden depots
  2.7.5 The vertical earth well depots
  2.7.6 Modern Silos
    2.7.6.1 Modern open heap depot units
    2.7.6.2 Polyethylene and earth covered heaps
    2.7.6.3 Oilcloth covered heaps
    2.7.6.4 Low stone walls covered PVC
2.8 Gender participation and post harvest operations
3 Overall losses
4 Pest Control
  4.1 Post harvest microorganisms
    4.1.1 Field diseases with effect on post harvest procedures
      4.1.1.1 Root and foot rots
      4.1.1.2 Foliar diseases
    4.1.2 Ear diseases
    4.1.3 Grain infecting field microorganisms
    4.1.4 Storage microorganisms
    4.1.5 Mycotoxins in barley grains
  4.2 Insect pests
    4.2.1 Preharvest insects
      4.2.1.1 Soil insects
      4.2.1.2 Sap feeding insects
      4.2.1.3 Chewing insects
      4.2.1.4 Borers
      4.2.1.5 Nematodes
    4.2.2 Storage pests
      4.2.2.1 The primary storage insects
      4.2.2.2 The secondary storage insects
      4.2.2.4 Storage mites
      4.2.2.5 Birds and rodents
  4.3 Control of post harvest diseases and insect pests
    4.3.1 Better crop husbandry practices
    4.3.2 Preharvest control of diseases and pests in field
    4.3.3 Appropriate harvest procedures
    4.3.4 Drying the grains
    4.3.5 Building of better storage facilities and control of storage atmosphere
    4.3.6 Use of Pesticides
      4.3.6.1 Rodenticides
      4.3.6.2 Sanitation of stores before storage
      4.3.6.3 Use of grain protectants
    4.3.6.4 Fumigation
5 Economic and social considerations
6 References
7 Annex
8 Annex: List of figures


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