This enlarged and fully-revised edition of a comprehensive text and reference book examines the principles, process, operation, design, and other aspects of drying, parboiling, storage, milling, and by-products of common cereals, pulses and oilseeds. Different types of machinery used in rice and other grain milling have been examined in detail and special emphasis has been placed on specifications, design, and testing procedures of modern grain dryers, husk fired furnaces, and data on physiothermal and physiochemical properties of cereal grains.

An introductory text for students, professionals and others engaged in agricultural engineering and food sciences and technology in the primary processing of cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables.

The book presents techniques in the make and supply of grains, natural products, vegetables, and flavors. It points of interest the physiology, structure, organization, and attributes of grains and products. The content spreads postharvest technology through preparing, taking care of, drying and processing to capacity, bundling, and appropriation. Moreover, it analyzes cooling and preservation procedures used to keep up the quality and the abatement deterioration and shrinking of agricultural items. This book tends to factors that are associated with keeping up the nature of grains, beats, oilseeds, foods grown from the ground after harvest. This book consolidates data on postharvest administration, standards associated with readiness of different items and also strategy engaged with home scale and additionally mechanical handling of oats, beats, oilseeds, products of the soil. General phrasings utilized as a part of the sustenance science and technology are additionally incorporated into this book. This will build the per capita accessibility of products of the soil. One object of this book is to compose the scatted data and to manage the current advancement of postharvest administration and preparing advances, for example, forms, operations, outlines different angles, for example, drying, parboiling, processing, by-items usage and inventive item improvement from agricultural crude material.

Cereals, legumes, oilseeds, fruits, and vegetables are the most important food crops in the world, with cereal grains contributing the bulk of food calories and proteins worldwide. Generally, the supply of grains and other food can be enhanced by increasing production and by reducing postharvest losses. While food production has increased significa