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POIDS MILLE GRAINS [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

The weight, usually in grams, of 1,000 kernels of grain.

CONT

A 500 g sample of dockage-free barley is divided several times in a mechanical divider to obtain one representative 40 g sub-sample. All foreign material and broken kernels are removed from one 40 g portion and the net weight determined. The number of kernels is then counted with a mechanical counter and thousand kernel weight is calculated ...

Key term(s)
  • 1,000 kernel weight
  • 1,000 grain weight
  • 1,000 corn weight
  • weight per 1,000 kernels
  • weight per 1,000 grains

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Poids, généralement exprimé en grammes, de 1,000 grains de blé.

CONT

Pour mieux comprendre les aspects de rendement qui ont été modifiés par la sélection, les composantes principales du rendement (le nombre d'épis par m², le nombre de grains par épi, le nombre de grains par m² et le poids de mille grains) ont été examinées [...]

Key term(s)
  • poids de 1 000 grains
  • poids de 1 000 graines

Spanish

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