Low-moisture foods such as spices, grains, and seeds constitute an important part of the human diet. Increased consumer concern for food safety quality has focused on decontamination technologies required low-moisture foods. Cold plasma treatment been a promising novel technology in processing industry due to its advantages safety, efficiency, versatility, environmentally friendly nature. It sh...

The response of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission rates and b-proteobacterial ammoniaoxidizing (AOB) communities to manipulations of temperature, soil moisture and nitrogenous fertilizer concentration were studied for 16–20 weeks in a multifactorial laboratory experiment using a California meadow soil. Interactions among these three environmental factors influenced the N2O emission rates, and two pa...

Bio fuel plays an important role in the energy production of the forest industry. The initial moisture of the fuel typically varies between 50 63 w-%. A multi stage drying concept has been developed for the drying of wet bio fuel. To adjust the temperature levels in the multi stage drying system there must be a simple and fast method to define the fuel initial moisture. A method to define the i...

Moisture is one essential condition for seed germination, and poor germination is very costly to growers. There is, nevertheless, little experimental evidence concerning the effects of different percentages of available moisture (5) on germination; more study of the subject is essential. Since most vegetable seeds are planted at shallow depths, there may be rapid fluctuations of soil moisture a...