• Automatización de aireación de granos para silos de productores y pequeños acopios 

      De La Torre, Diego; Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique (Asociación Latinoamericana de Agricultura de Precisión, 2022-04)
      La automatización de la aireación es imprescindible para ser eficientes y eficaces en la conservación de los granos. La automatización minimiza las horas de uso del ventilador, el consumo energético el tiempo de aireación ...
    • Evaluation of fungicidal action of four products on external fungal biota of grains. 

      Alvarez, Estefanía; Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro; Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique; Castellari, Claudia Carla; De La Torre, Diego; Erreguerena, Ignacio Antonio; Abadia, María Bernadette (University of Manitoba, Canadá, 2021-08)
      Corn, the main crop in Argentina, is normally harvested and stored in silo bags above the safe storage moisture content for 3-6 months, and faces high risk of quality losses. The evaluation of fungicidal/fungistatic products ...
    • Evaluation of storage of sunflower pellets in silo bags 

      Behr, Enrique Federico; Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro; Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique; Marcos Valle, Facundo; De La Torre, Diego; Taher, Hernán Ignacio; Maciel, Gisele (University of Manitoba, Canadá, 2021-08)
      Silo bags are a temporary and potentially hermetic storage system widely used for grains, oil seeds, legumes and other products. Oil extraction of sunflower seeds through the extrusion expelling process generates a high ...
    • Testing of an inexpensive modified atmosphere chamber for small farmers using soaked grain as oxygen scavenger 

      Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique; Cardoso, Marcelo Leandro; De La Torre, Diego; Abadia, María Bernadette; Tulli, María Celia; Taher, Hernán Ignacio; Maciel, Gisele (University of Manitoba, Canadá, 2021-08)
      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 ...