One of the important indicators of food storage safety is the grain moisture content. Non-destructive and accurate detection of grain moisture content is a goal that researchers in the grain storage safety industry have been pursuing. The methods of detecting grain moisture, namely the advantages and disadvantages of lossy and non-destructive methods, are summarized. The research status of electromagnetic wave detection methods of electromagnetic waves in different wavelengths such as near-infrared, terahertz and microwave is reviewed. This lays the foundation for selecting the best wavelength electromagnetic wave to detect grain moisture.

Tingfeng Liu, Jianjun Wu and Weifeng Zhu. Research Progress on Methods of Electromagnetic Wave Detection of Grain Moisture. Academic Journal of Computing & Information Science (2019), Vol. 2, Issue 2: 49-58. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJCIS.010038.

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