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the soaking medium (3,. Apart from this, problems of discoloration of dehusked splits and nonavailability of husk andpowder for cattle

feed because of the residual chemicals in the husk may be envisagedafter such pretreatments. These need to be closely examined

before endorsing them forcommercial application. Recently, enzymatic pretreatment has also been attempted by Verma et al. ( for dehulling of

pigeon pea. Enzyme derived from the species Aspergillus fumigatus NCIM 9, has been used, and hulling efciency of 8.9% has

been reported. relatively new approach of steaming and equilibration of grains in airtight containers has been attemptedfor pretreatment of pigeon pea on laboratory scale (. Although considerable improve-ment in the extent of dehulling has been reported, the problem of discoloration of fewoversteamed grains has been observed as defect of the process. 4 Narasimha et al. 3.2 Determination of Pulses Milling Quality Many times, several pulse samples have to be milled in the laboratory to determine their milling quality. This is especially required for breeders samples or for evaluation of alarge number of market samples. Laboratory test-milling devices, generally used for cere- als, such as () Carborundum disk rotating inside metal sieve or wire mesh cage, or () cone polisher used for milling cereals (.., Satake grain testing mill, Strong-Scott,Olmia Laboratory model cone polisher) are also being used for milling of pulse sampleswith certain modications wherever required. laboratory model barley pearler has beenused by several research workers to determine the milling quality of pulse samples. Asmall-scale laboratory model of tangential abrasive dehulling device (TADD) has also been developed (. In this unit, abrasion is provided by horizontally mounted rotating disk above which and in close proximity are vertically mounted, 1 bottomless samplecups. As the disk rotates, grains roll freely in the cups and are dehulled as they come incontac