Abstract
Maize starch yield is affected by variety, environmental growing conditions, and drying conditions. One-hundred gram starch yield tests that predict actual wet milling starch yield were used as a reference method for developing an extractable starch calibration on a NIRSystems Model 6500 spectrophotometer. A maize starch yield calibration was developed from 940 samples and used to predict a validation set of 304 samples. It had a standard error of prediction (SEP) of 1-06, a coefficient of determination r2 of 0.77 and a ratio of performance to deviations (rpd) of 2-1. This indicates about 95% of similar samples could have starch yield predicted by near-infrared reflectance within about ± 2.1%. The calibration should be successful in segregating maize lots for high and low starch yield percentages.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 455-460 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biosystems Engineering |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Food Science
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Soil Science