Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger

Autores
Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique; Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro; De La Torre, Diego; Abadia, María Bernadette; Tulli, María Celia; Taher, Hernán Ignacio; Maciel, Gisele
Año de publicación
2021
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inglés
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documento de conferencia
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versión aceptada
Descripción
Insects are one of the major causes of grain losses. Fumigation methods or controlled atmosphere (CA) treatments usually require sophisticated technologies that are not affordable in subsistence farming. This study focused in testing an inexpensive and effective modified atmosphere (MA) chamber using standard liners and soaked grain as O2 scavenger. Freshly harvested wheat (14% m.c.) was bagged in 35 kg plastic raffia bags (non-hermetic). A stack of 13 bags was assembled inside a polyethylene liner of 70-micron thickness and dimensions of 1.0 m x 1.0 m x 1.8 m. The liner was closed by twisting, folding, and tying the opening with a rope. The airtightness was tested by a pressure decay test (PDT). Four treatments were evaluated, including a control (only dry grain) and three treatments with soaked grain as oxygen scavenger. Oxygen and CO2 concentrations were measured with a portable gas analyzer. Results indicated that the respiration rate of soaked grain was 120 to 150 times greater that that of dry wheat. The incorporation of a small quantity of soaked grain as oxygen scavenger (1% dry matter) resulted in a reduction of the oxygen concentration to less than 2%, creating a lethal atmosphere for insects. The PDTs of the chambers were from 0.15 to more than 19 min. The variability in the final O2 and CO2 concentration achieved in all the treatments was quite low in spite of the variability of the PDT. This would suggest that the effect of incorporating oxygen scavengers was of a much larger magnitude than the differences in airtightness observed. This study demonstrated that an effective MA chamber can be created using standard 70-micron polyethylene liner, a simple sealing method and sacrificing only small portion of soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
EEA Balcarce
Fil: Bartosik, Ricardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: Bartosik, Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Cardoso, Leandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: De la Torre, Diego. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: Abadía, Bernadette. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: Tulli, María Celia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina.
Fil: Taher, Hernán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Maciel, Gisele. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fuente
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Controlled Atmosphere and Fumigation in Stored Products. Canada, 22-27 august de 2021
Materia
Almacenamiento Atmósfera Controlada
Control de Plagas (prod alm)
Agricultura de Subsistencia
Trigo
Controlled Atmosphere Storage
Storage Products Pest Control
Subsistence Farming
Wheat
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acceso restringido
Condiciones de uso
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Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
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spelling Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavengerBartosik, Ricardo EnriqueCardoso, Marcelo LeandroDe La Torre, DiegoAbadia, María BernadetteTulli, María CeliaTaher, Hernán IgnacioMaciel, GiseleAlmacenamiento Atmósfera ControladaControl de Plagas (prod alm)Agricultura de SubsistenciaTrigoControlled Atmosphere StorageStorage Products Pest ControlSubsistence FarmingWheatInsects are one of the major causes of grain losses. Fumigation methods or controlled atmosphere (CA) treatments usually require sophisticated technologies that are not affordable in subsistence farming. This study focused in testing an inexpensive and effective modified atmosphere (MA) chamber using standard liners and soaked grain as O2 scavenger. Freshly harvested wheat (14% m.c.) was bagged in 35 kg plastic raffia bags (non-hermetic). A stack of 13 bags was assembled inside a polyethylene liner of 70-micron thickness and dimensions of 1.0 m x 1.0 m x 1.8 m. The liner was closed by twisting, folding, and tying the opening with a rope. The airtightness was tested by a pressure decay test (PDT). Four treatments were evaluated, including a control (only dry grain) and three treatments with soaked grain as oxygen scavenger. Oxygen and CO2 concentrations were measured with a portable gas analyzer. Results indicated that the respiration rate of soaked grain was 120 to 150 times greater that that of dry wheat. The incorporation of a small quantity of soaked grain as oxygen scavenger (1% dry matter) resulted in a reduction of the oxygen concentration to less than 2%, creating a lethal atmosphere for insects. The PDTs of the chambers were from 0.15 to more than 19 min. The variability in the final O2 and CO2 concentration achieved in all the treatments was quite low in spite of the variability of the PDT. This would suggest that the effect of incorporating oxygen scavengers was of a much larger magnitude than the differences in airtightness observed. This study demonstrated that an effective MA chamber can be created using standard 70-micron polyethylene liner, a simple sealing method and sacrificing only small portion of soaked grain as oxygen scavengerEEA BalcarceFil: Bartosik, Ricardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.Fil: Bartosik, Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Cardoso, Leandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.Fil: De la Torre, Diego. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.Fil: Abadía, Bernadette. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.Fil: Tulli, María Celia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina.Fil: Taher, Hernán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Maciel, Gisele. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.University of Manitoba, Canadá2021-10-14T11:30:33Z2021-10-14T11:30:33Z2021-08info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794info:ar-repo/semantics/documentoDeConferenciaapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10487Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Controlled Atmosphere and Fumigation in Stored Products. Canada, 22-27 august de 2021reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess2025-09-29T13:45:22Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/10487instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-09-29 13:45:22.697INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
title Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
spellingShingle Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique
Almacenamiento Atmósfera Controlada
Control de Plagas (prod alm)
Agricultura de Subsistencia
Trigo
Controlled Atmosphere Storage
Storage Products Pest Control
Subsistence Farming
Wheat
title_short Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
title_full Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
title_fullStr Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
title_full_unstemmed Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
title_sort Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique
Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro
De La Torre, Diego
Abadia, María Bernadette
Tulli, María Celia
Taher, Hernán Ignacio
Maciel, Gisele
author Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique
author_facet Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique
Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro
De La Torre, Diego
Abadia, María Bernadette
Tulli, María Celia
Taher, Hernán Ignacio
Maciel, Gisele
author_role author
author2 Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro
De La Torre, Diego
Abadia, María Bernadette
Tulli, María Celia
Taher, Hernán Ignacio
Maciel, Gisele
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Almacenamiento Atmósfera Controlada
Control de Plagas (prod alm)
Agricultura de Subsistencia
Trigo
Controlled Atmosphere Storage
Storage Products Pest Control
Subsistence Farming
Wheat
topic Almacenamiento Atmósfera Controlada
Control de Plagas (prod alm)
Agricultura de Subsistencia
Trigo
Controlled Atmosphere Storage
Storage Products Pest Control
Subsistence Farming
Wheat
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Insects are one of the major causes of grain losses. Fumigation methods or controlled atmosphere (CA) treatments usually require sophisticated technologies that are not affordable in subsistence farming. This study focused in testing an inexpensive and effective modified atmosphere (MA) chamber using standard liners and soaked grain as O2 scavenger. Freshly harvested wheat (14% m.c.) was bagged in 35 kg plastic raffia bags (non-hermetic). A stack of 13 bags was assembled inside a polyethylene liner of 70-micron thickness and dimensions of 1.0 m x 1.0 m x 1.8 m. The liner was closed by twisting, folding, and tying the opening with a rope. The airtightness was tested by a pressure decay test (PDT). Four treatments were evaluated, including a control (only dry grain) and three treatments with soaked grain as oxygen scavenger. Oxygen and CO2 concentrations were measured with a portable gas analyzer. Results indicated that the respiration rate of soaked grain was 120 to 150 times greater that that of dry wheat. The incorporation of a small quantity of soaked grain as oxygen scavenger (1% dry matter) resulted in a reduction of the oxygen concentration to less than 2%, creating a lethal atmosphere for insects. The PDTs of the chambers were from 0.15 to more than 19 min. The variability in the final O2 and CO2 concentration achieved in all the treatments was quite low in spite of the variability of the PDT. This would suggest that the effect of incorporating oxygen scavengers was of a much larger magnitude than the differences in airtightness observed. This study demonstrated that an effective MA chamber can be created using standard 70-micron polyethylene liner, a simple sealing method and sacrificing only small portion of soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
EEA Balcarce
Fil: Bartosik, Ricardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: Bartosik, Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Cardoso, Leandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: De la Torre, Diego. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: Abadía, Bernadette. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina.
Fil: Tulli, María Celia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina.
Fil: Taher, Hernán. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
Fil: Maciel, Gisele. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
description Insects are one of the major causes of grain losses. Fumigation methods or controlled atmosphere (CA) treatments usually require sophisticated technologies that are not affordable in subsistence farming. This study focused in testing an inexpensive and effective modified atmosphere (MA) chamber using standard liners and soaked grain as O2 scavenger. Freshly harvested wheat (14% m.c.) was bagged in 35 kg plastic raffia bags (non-hermetic). A stack of 13 bags was assembled inside a polyethylene liner of 70-micron thickness and dimensions of 1.0 m x 1.0 m x 1.8 m. The liner was closed by twisting, folding, and tying the opening with a rope. The airtightness was tested by a pressure decay test (PDT). Four treatments were evaluated, including a control (only dry grain) and three treatments with soaked grain as oxygen scavenger. Oxygen and CO2 concentrations were measured with a portable gas analyzer. Results indicated that the respiration rate of soaked grain was 120 to 150 times greater that that of dry wheat. The incorporation of a small quantity of soaked grain as oxygen scavenger (1% dry matter) resulted in a reduction of the oxygen concentration to less than 2%, creating a lethal atmosphere for insects. The PDTs of the chambers were from 0.15 to more than 19 min. The variability in the final O2 and CO2 concentration achieved in all the treatments was quite low in spite of the variability of the PDT. This would suggest that the effect of incorporating oxygen scavengers was of a much larger magnitude than the differences in airtightness observed. This study demonstrated that an effective MA chamber can be created using standard 70-micron polyethylene liner, a simple sealing method and sacrificing only small portion of soaked grain as oxygen scavenger
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