本試驗以臺灣現有保存農藝性狀表現較佳的10個薏苡品種(系)為材料,探討不同貯藏方式及期問其品質變化之情形。參試材料於採收後貯存於4℃冷藏庫,並每隔二個月連續調查其帶殼與去殼蒼仁之一般組成分。根據試驗結果,帶殼蒼仁之水分含量介於10.49~14.83%,灰分含量介於5.83~7.02%,粗蛋白含量介於9.53~10.89%,粗脂肪含量介於3.92~5.38%。去殼薏仁之水分含量則介於12.91~14.83%,灰分含量介於1.81~2.29%,粗蛋白含量介於14.14~15.9%,粗脂肪含量介於8.47~10.81%。試驗結果顯示,無論以帶殼或去殼薏仁方式貯藏,一般組成分最佳保存適期為收穫貯藏後的6個月內。
In the present study, 10 varieties with good agronomic characters of adlay (Job's tears) (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) were used to identify the quality changes in various storage periods. The seeds were harvested from the field, stored at 4℃ refrigerator, and then used for the measurements of proximate composition in whole grains and dehulled grains in every two months. The data indicated that moisture content, ash, crude protein and crude lipid in the whole grains were in ranges of 10.49~14.83%, 5.83~7.02%, 9.53~10.89% and 3.92~5.38%, respectively, and were in ranges of 12.91~14.83%, 1.812.29%, 14.14~15.9% and 8.47~10.81% in the dehulled grains, respectively. Regardless of whole grain or dehulled grain, the longest storage period is 6 months after harvested if the grain quality is of concern.