Water uptake in relation to pre-harvest sprouting damage in wheat: grain characteristics

1984 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 337 ◽  
Author(s):  
RW King

Water uptake by mature (post-dormancy) wheat grain was studied for a group of 50 wheat varieties of mostly Australian origin and in lines near-isogenic for grain coat colour (red v. white) and for hard v. soft grain. Cultivars differed widely (up to two-fold) in grain water uptake. Apparently these differences related to physico-chemical aspects of water imbibition by the grain. However, neither grain coat colour, pericarp or testa thickness, grain hardness nor grain protein content was correlated with grain water uptake. The degree of seed coat cracking was minimal as grain was dissected by hand from the ears. Grain germination after 30 h exposure to moisture was significantly correlated with its water uptake after 2 h of imbibition (r = 0.61). These findings, when combined with other information from this laboratory on varietal differences in ear water uptake, usefully characterize in-ear sprouting. Of the varietal differences in sprouting, 18% can be accounted for by differences in ear and grain water uptake. Differences in grain dormancy were deliberately avoided in these studies, but were evaluated separately at harvest ripeness in this same experiment. On the basis of varietal differences in grain dormancy and water uptake some breeding options are highlighted.

Author(s):  
Laura Maria ȘOPTEREAN ◽  
Alexandra SUCIU ◽  
Elena NAGY

Fusarium  is one of the most widespread and damaging diseases of cereal crops (wheat, barley, rye), mainly due to the attack on the ears. In favorable areas for Fusarium , attack causes significant damage in terms of quantity, as a result of reducing the number of berries and THGW's decline, and loss of a qualitative nature, due to lower grain protein content and mycotoxins occurrence. The yield losses caused by Fusarium in wheat, varies from year to year, mainly driven by climatic conditions and technological, source of inoculum and cultivated variety. The objective of this paper was to determine the reaction of wheat varieties to the attack by Fusarium spp. in different test conditions. The researches took place in ARDS Turda, in the Laboratory of Phytopathology. The experiments were located by randomized block method in three replications. Biological material was represented by three varieties of wheat, developed by the Laboratory of Wheat Improvement. Test methods were: uninoculated-untreated, inoculated-untreated, inoculated-treated and uninoculatedtreated. The inoculation was done with the suspension of Fusarium spp. and treatments were applied with products: Falcon 250 EC and Prosaro 460 EC. The manifestation degree of Fusarium was expressed as the percentage of ears and grains infected, and production was expressed by t / ha. After observations and statistical processing of data we can say that the percentage of infected grain varies between 0-16 %, for varieties studied. Yield obtained have been affected by the test version in the two experimental years, the lowest yields were obtained in natural and artificial infection, but without treatment, ranging between 4.7 to 4.9 t / ha in 2010 and 2.8 to 3.9 in 2011.


Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dalma Nagy-Réder ◽  
Zsófia Birinyi ◽  
Marianna Rakszegi ◽  
Ferenc Békés ◽  
Gyöngyvér Gell

Global climate change in recent years has resulted in extreme heat and drought events that significantly influence crop production and endanger food security. Such abiotic stress during the growing season has a negative effect on yield as well as on the functional properties of wheat grain protein content and composition. This reduces the value of grain, as these factors significantly reduce end-use quality. In this study, four Hungarian bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum ssp. aestivum) with different drought and heat tolerance were examined. Changes in the size- and hydrophobicity-based distribution of the total proteins of the samples have been monitored by SE- and RP-HPLC, respectively, together with parallel investigations of changes in the amounts of the R5 and G12 antibodies related to celiac disease immunoreactive peptides. Significant difference in yield, protein content and composition have been observed in each cultivar, altering the amounts of CD-related gliadin, as well as the protein parameters directly related to techno-functional properties (Glu/Gli ratio, UPP%). The extent of changes largely depended on the timing of the abiotic stress. The severity of the negative effect depended on the growth stage in which abiotic stress occurred.


2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14

An environmental database has been created, recording water bodies at a national level and assembling relevant data collected by various public services and institutions in charge of water resources management and research in Greece. Data consists of physico-chemical parameters, geomorphological descriptions, inventories of fauna and flora species, environmental pressures, vulnerability evaluation and other information useful for the assessment of current and future ecological status. Data gathering has proven to be a challenging task, due to the large number and the generally small size of the surface freshwater bodies as well as the numerous competent services and institutions and the multiple and sometimes conflicting responsibilities that therefore result. The latter is also partly the cause of lack of continuity of data, gaps or sometimes questionable reliability. Performing a global data overview, we note that (a) ecological status can be characterized as good for the majority of the sites, especially for small mountain streams, and (b) the general trend in most cases is degradation of current conditions, related either to anthropogenic pressures or to human activity combined with natural factors. This database, in a more completed and enriched form, could assist in the implementation of 2000/60/EC Directive in Greece and the establishment of reference conditions of surface freshwater systems.


Author(s):  
Р.Х. КАНДРОКОВ ◽  
С.Е. ТЕРЕНТЬЕВ ◽  
Н.В. ЛАБУТИНА ◽  
М.Ш. БЕГЕУЛОВ ◽  
И.Г. БЕЛЯВСКАЯ ◽  
...  

В России наблюдается повышенный интерес к продуктам питания, включающим нетрадиционное сырье. Спрос на продукты с добавкой семян конопли (Cannabis sativa L.) обусловлен их питательной ценностью и низкой аллергенностью. Исследованы химические и физико-химические показатели пшенично-конопляной муки, полученной из помольной смеси зерна яровой пшеницы сорта Радмира и семян конопли сорта Сурская в соотношении соответственно 95 : 5, 92,5 : 7,5 и 90 : 10%. В качестве контрольного образца была пшеничная мука без добавок. Размол помольных пшенично-конопляных смесей различного соотношения и зерна пшеницы проводили на мельницах лабораторного помола (МЛП-4) с нарезными (драные системы) и микрошероховатыми вальцами (размольные системы). Исследование химических и физико-химических свойств образцов пшенично-конопляной и пшеничной муки проводили на инфракрасном анализаторе SpectraStar 2500 XL. Установлено, что добавление семян конопли в помольную смесь существенно снижает выход пшенично-конопляной муки по сравнению с выходом пшеничной муки (при добавке 5–7,5% семян конопли выход снижается на 4,3–4,4%, а при добавке 10% семян конопли – на 10,6%), однако повышается содержание жира и белка во всех потоках пшенично-конопляной муки, полученной как с драных, так и с размольных систем. По сравнению с содержанием жира и белка в муке из зерна пшеницы, составившим 1,12 и 11,57% соответственно, при добавлении 5% семян конопли в помольную пшенично-конопляную зерновую смесь средневзвешенное содержание жира в пшенично-конопляной муке составило 3,76%, а содержание белка – 12,74%, при добавлении 7,5% конопли в помольную смесь средневзвешенное содержание жира в пшенично-конопляной муке составило 4,35%, а белка – 12,7%, при добавлении 10% конопли в помольную смесь средневзвешенное содержание жира в пшенично-конопляной муке составило 4,97%, а содержание белка – 12,4%. Повышение содержания жира и белка в пшенично-конопляной муке будет способствовать повышению пищевой ценности хлебобулочного изделия из нее. Increased interest in food products, including non-traditional raw materials, is observe among the population of Russia. The demand for products with the addition of hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa L.) is due to their nutritional value and low allergenicity. Chemical and physico-chemical parameters of wheat-hemp flour obtained from a grind mixture of Radmira spring wheat grain and Surskaya hemp seeds in the ratio: 95 : 5, 92,5 : 7,5 and 90 : 10%, respectively, were investigated. Wheat flour without additives was use as a control sample. Grinding of grind wheat-hemp mixtures of various ratios and wheat grains was carried out in laboratory grind mills with rifled (torn systems) and micro-roughened rollers (grinding systems). The study of chemical and physico-chemical properties of wheat-hemp and wheat flour samples was carried out on the SpectraStar 2500 XL infrared analyzer. It was found that the addition of hemp seeds to the grind mixture significantly reduces the yield of wheat-hemp flour compared with the yield of wheat flour (with the addition of 5–7,5% of hemp seeds, the yield decreases by 4,3–4.4%, and with the addition of 10% of hemp seeds – by 10,6%), however increases the fat and protein content in all streams of wheat-hemp flour obtained from both torn and grinding systems. Compared with the fat and protein content in wheat flour, which amounted to 1,12 and 11,57% respectively, when adding 5% hemp to the wheat-hemp grain mixture, the weighted average fat content in wheat-hemp flour was 3,76%, and the protein content was 12,74%, when adding 7,5% hemp to the grind mixture, the weighted average fat content in wheat-hemp flour was 4,35%, and protein – 12,7%, and when adding 10% the weighted average fat content in wheat-hemp flour in the grind mixture was 4,97%, and the protein content was 12,4%. An increase in the fat and protein content in wheat and hemp flour will contribute to an increase in the nutritional value of a bakery product made from it.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 6029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiomar Carranza-Gallego ◽  
Gloria I. Guzmán ◽  
Roberto Garcia-Ruíz ◽  
Manuel González de Molina ◽  
Eduardo Aguilera

Wheat yields are predicted to decrease over the next decades due to climate change (CC). Mediterranean regions are characterized by low soil fertility and stressful conditions that limit the effect of technological improvements on increasing yield gains, while worsening the negative CC impacts. Additionally, organic farming (OF) lacks specifically adapted genetic material. Accordingly, there is a need to search for varieties adapted to these conditions and whose cultivation may help semi-arid agroecosystems sustainability, focusing on specific agronomic and functional traits. To this purpose, wheat landraces and modern wheat varieties were evaluated under Mediterranean rainfed conditions during three growing seasons under contrasting situations: A conventional farm and an organic farm. Results regarding straw production, weed biomass and biodiversity, and grain N concentration suggest that the cultivation of landraces under Mediterranean rainfed conditions can enhance agroecosystem sustainability through positive effects on ecosystem services such as soil quality, functional biodiversity, or grain protein content, without significant reductions in grain yield. Results highlight the relevant role of wheat landraces as genetic resources for the development of cultivars adapted to Mediterranean agroecosystems conditions, especially for organic farming, but also for conventional agriculture.


1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
RW Fitzsimmons ◽  
RH Martin ◽  
CW Wrigley

This handbook provides a practical description of wheat grain, heads and plants at several growth stages. It is designed to assist in distinguishing varieties currently grown throughout Australia, in the regions where each is usually grown. It is directed at a broad audience, including those involved with the grain trade at all stages, from seed production, through growing and harvesting, to receival and segregation, sales and utilization. Although Australia-wide in its overall approach, it is hoped that the handbook will form a basis to meet specialised local needs. Thus smaller sets of sheets, relating to local groups of varieties, might be selected and additional comments added, in the space provided, relating to the particular locality and season. In such a case, the characters that show the greatest differences between the particular varieties should be selected for identification.


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