Pearling quality of barley cultivated in an andsol upland field
2010
Tonooka, T., National Inst. of Crop Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan) | Kawada, N. | Yoshioka, T. | Kiribuchi Otobe, C.
Difference in pearling quality and related traits were analyzed in barley cultivars cultivated in gray lowland and andosol upland fields. The grains harvested in the andosol field had a higher protein content and more vitreous endosperm texture than those harvested in the gray lowland field. The grains harvested in the andosol field had a longer pearling time and lower whiteness of pearled grains than those harvested in the gray lowland field. The content of beta-glucan, a major polysaccharide of the endosperm cell wall, was significantly higher in the grains harvested in the andosol field, suggesting that the increase in beta-glucan content caused the increase in pearling time. The grains of low-protein cultivars harvested in the andosol field had a higher protein content and steely-grain ratio than those harvested in the gray lowland field. Low-protein cultivars are not useful as a breeding material to breed cultivars with complete floury endosperm texture.
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