METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN-VITAMIN FORAGE ADDITIVE FROM CHICKPEA SEEDS Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A23K10/30 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method involves soaking the seeds in electro-activated water, germinating and seedlings forcing. The initial seeds are represented by chickpea seeds. Washing the chickpea seeds is carried out with tap water for 4-8 minutes. The washed seeds are soaked in anolyte with the pH of 3.0 -6.0 and redox potential of 970-1,110 mV, the oxygen concentration of 8.3 to 12.0 mg/l and the chlorine concentration of 0.006 to 0.01 mg/l for 3.5-4.5 hours, at the ratio of seeds to anolyte 1:2, then the anolyte is removed and repeated washing of seeds is carried out with tap water for 3-8 minutes. Germinating the seeds and seedling forcing is carried out in a thin layer without the use of the substrate by the air-irrigation method at periodic tedding, with the total germination duration of 7-9 days under natural light.

EFFECT: using the invention will allow to obtain high-quality forage from chickpea seeds by accelerating the production process of seeds germination and to reduce its duration, as well as to obtain vitamin forage for livestock and poultry with recommended biochemical and microbiological quality indices.

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