Content of microorganisms in cereal straw

Jiří Souček
Additional contact information
Jiří Souček: Research Institute of Agriculture Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic

Research in Agricultural Engineering, 2017, vol. 63, issue 2, 86-90

Abstract: Straw is an important agricultural raw material with application in agriculture, energy sector and other fields of activity. A major impact on reduction of the straw quality is that of an excessive content of microbiological agents caused by improper storage. By simulation of different conditions of storage the development of microorganisms (moulds and yeasts) was determined in the straw of wheat under different water content. Total content of microorganisms varied in a wide range from 103 up to 105 CFU/g. The excessive amount of these microorganisms results not only in a reduction in the quality of raw material due to the development of biodegradable processes, but also causes an increase of hygienic risks in the nearby area.

Keywords: storage of biomass; microbiology; agricultural constructions; health risks; mould; yeasts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://rae.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/9/2016-RAE.html (text/html)
http://rae.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/9/2016-RAE.pdf (application/pdf)
free of charge

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:caa:jnlrae:v:63:y:2017:i:2:id:9-2016-rae

DOI: 10.17221/9/2016-RAE

Access Statistics for this article

Research in Agricultural Engineering is currently edited by Bc. Michaela Polcarová

More articles in Research in Agricultural Engineering from Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ivo Andrle ().