Evolution of a quality testing program for improving malting barley in Canada

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Edney ◽  
A. L. MacLeod ◽  
D. E. LaBerge
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Malt Extract ◽  
Malting Barley ◽  
Malt Quality ◽  
Testing Program ◽  
Low Phytic Acid ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Quality Testing ◽  
Barley Protein

Edney, M. J., MacLeod, A. L. and LaBerge, D. E. 2014. Evolution of a quality testing program for improving malting barley in Canada. Can. J. Plant Sci. 94: 535–544. The quality of Canadian malting barley has continually improved since malt barley was exported in the late 1800s. Improvements were linked to a dynamic evaluation system that evolved with a better understanding of malting biochemistry and as suitable methods were developed. Methods became more accurate and more specific in their ability to define quality. They progressed from sensory evaluation, to surmising malt quality from barley protein levels, to the first micro-maltings followed by automated laboratory-scale maltings. Malt quality analysis started simply with malt extract and diastatic power followed by wort protein. As the necessity for cell wall breakdown became better understood, analyses like wort viscosity, fine/coarse grind extract differences and wort β-glucan were adopted. A continuum of cultivars were released in Canada, based on this evaluation system, starting with the six-rowed releases OAC 21, then Montcalm and Bonanza, followed by the two-rowed releases Betzes, Klages, Harrington and AC Metcalfe. Release of future cultivars will depend on an evolving evaluation system that could include; barley homogeneity, specific starch-degrading enzymes, individual amino acids and specific traits such as low lipoxygenase and low phytic acid barley. The result will be development and release of cultivars with better defined quality that can fill specialized niches in the malting and brewing industries of the future.

Comparison of harvest and export surveys of Canadian malting barley quality

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-592
Author(s):  
Aaron L. MacLeod ◽  
Dennis E. Langrell ◽  
Michael J. Edney
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Malting Barley ◽  
Malt Quality ◽  
Testing Protocol ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Quality Testing

MacLeod, A. L., Langrell, D. E. and Edney, M. J. 2014. Comparison of harvest and export surveys of Canadian malting barley quality. Can. J. Plant Sci. 94: 587–592. The Canadian Grain Commission conducts an annual harvest survey to determine the quality of each year's malting barley crop. Throughout the year, quality testing is also performed on export shipments of malting barley as part of a quality monitoring program. The testing protocol includes barley quality parameters as well as micro-malting and malt quality analysis. In this study, results from the two surveys were compared over an 11-yr period. Overall, the harvest survey was a reliable predictor of the quality of barley exports. Barley quality was more closely correlated between the two surveys than malt quality. Several factors were identified which contributed to differences between the two survey programs.

scholarly journals Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process in Teaching Quality Analysis of English Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (14) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Xiaoqin Zhang ◽  
Shengxin Wang ◽  
Yanling Cao ◽  
Guangqi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Hierarchy Process

There are two major problems in the evaluation of the teaching quality of English writing: the weak logic of the evaluation system and the low reliability of the evaluation model. To solve the problems, this paper put forward an evaluation method for the teaching quality of English writing based on the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Firstly, the authors reviewed the current evaluation methods for the teaching quality of English writing. Next, hierarchical evaluation systems were established for the teaching quality of English writing from the perspectives of teachers and students, respectively. After that, the AHP method and the grey theory were introduced to set up an evaluation model for the teaching quality of English writing. Finally, several strategies were presented to improve the teaching quality of English writing. The proposed evaluation systems and model enriched the theories on teaching quality evaluation of English writing, and promoted the teaching quality of English writing.

scholarly journals A Simple Off-Grid Incubator for Microbiological Water Quality Analysis

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Bernardes ◽  
Ricardo Bernardes ◽  
Camille Zimmer ◽  
Caetano C. Dorea
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Expanded Polystyrene ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Culture Methods ◽  
Conventional Culture ◽  
Quality Testing ◽  
Microbiological Water Quality

There is a need for accessible and low-cost microbiological water quality testing in contexts where diarrheal illness is a major public health concern. In most cases, the quantification of Escherichia coli and other microbial indicators by conventional culture methods requires an incubation step for processed samples at specific temperatures for bacterial growth over a prescribed time. However, incubators can be the most expensive equipment required for such microbial analyses, limiting the number and scope of water quality testing available in low-resource contexts. In this study, a low-cost incubator was developed using a locally available expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam cooler, with two water bottles filled with hot water to heat incubator to a target of 35 °C. The EPS incubator performance was validated by processing 150 water samples in duplicates using the Colilert Quanti-tray/2000 system, incubated in either the EPS incubator or a standard laboratory incubator set at 35 °C. Statistically significant correlations of results indicated that the quantification of E. coli was comparable between both methods. Risk categorizations from standard and EPS incubation results agreed for 141 of 150 (94%) samples, with zero false negatives. In addition to being reasonably mobile the EPS incubator would reduce the cost of such water quality testing, thus potentially increasing the scope of water quality testing coverage.

scholarly journals Effects of plant growth regulator applications on malting barley in western Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 653-665
Author(s):  
B.D. Tidemann ◽  
J.T. O’Donovan ◽  
M. Izydorczyk ◽  
T.K. Turkington ◽  
L. Oatway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Growth Regulator ◽  
Plant Growth Regulator ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Malting Barley ◽  
Seeding Rate ◽  
Malt Quality ◽  
Days To Maturity

Malting barley is important in western Canada, yet many malting cultivars do not meet malt quality standards, in part due to lodging. Lodging can decrease barley yield and quality thereby reducing the acceptability for malting. In other countries, plant growth regulator (PGR) applications are used to mitigate lodging. Chlormequat chloride (chlormequat), trinexapac-ethyl (trinexapac), and ethephon were tested at five locations over 3 yr in western Canada for their ability to limit lodging, as well as their effects on yield, agronomic traits, and pre-malt quality characteristics. PGR applications occurred between Zadoks growth stage (GS) 30–33 for chlormequat and trinexapac and GS 37–49 for ethephon. Seeding rates of 200, 300, and 400 seeds m−2 of CDC Copeland barley were used to increase the likelihood of lodging. Increased seeding rate decreased tillers per plant, height, days to maturity, kernel protein, and kernel weight. Ethephon increased the number of tillers per plant and decreased plant height, kernel plumpness, and kernel weight. Trinexapac decreased plant height and kernel weight. Days to maturity was investigated across site-years, with ethephon increasing maturity in 60% of comparisons. Trinexapac and chlormequat had limited effects on maturity. Lodging was investigated across site-years, with trinexapac showing the largest number of lodging reductions and scale of reductions. Ethephon reduced lodging in 36% of comparisons, while chlormequat had inconsistent effects. None of the products affected yield or grain protein. The results suggest PGRs may not be the solution to lodging for CDC Copeland barley on the Canadian Prairies; however, trinexapac shows the most promise of the products tested.

scholarly journals Breeding Malting Barley under Stress Conditions in South America

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Germán S
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
South America ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Leaf Rust ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Malting Quality ◽  
Malt Extract ◽  
Malting Barley ◽  
Net Blotch ◽  
Early Maturity

The annual average area sown with barley (Hordeum vulgare) in South America during 1999–2003 was 795 000 ha. In Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, two-rowed spring cultivars are used mostly for malt production. Research has been developed in private malting companies and official institutions supported by the industry. In Argentina, tolerance to drought and heat stress during grain filling are important in drier areas. Yield and malt extract had been improved in cultivars released from 1940 to 1998. In Brazil, progress in grain yield, grain size, malting quality, early maturity, and resistance to net blotch, powdery mildew, and leaf rust has been achieved by EMBRAPA and malting companies. Higher tolerance to soil acidity and resistance to spot blotch are required. Since 1976, malting barley breeding in INIA-Chile has improved grain yield, grain size, beer production efficiency, and resistance to scald, net blotch, stripe rust, and leaf rust. Uruguay produces high quality malt exported mainly to Brazil. Malting companies have released locally bred and introduced cultivars since the early 1970’s. Initiated in 1988, INIA-Uruguay breeding program has improved yield, malting quality, and lodging and disease resistance. Fusarium head blight is a new challenge for research in Brazil and Uruguay. Information regarding malting barley production, the most important stresses in different areas of production, and breeding progress under South American conditions is provided.  

scholarly journals Mapping and QTL analysis of the barley population Chebec × Harrington

2003 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 1125 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Barr ◽  
A. Karakousis ◽  
R. C. M. Lance ◽  
S. J. Logue ◽  
S. Manning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyst Nematode ◽  
Cereal Cyst Nematode ◽  
Malting Quality ◽  
Doubled Haploid Population ◽  
Malt Extract ◽  
Malting Barley ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Genomic Location ◽  
Haploid Population ◽  
Barley Population

A doubled haploid population of 120 individuals was produced from the parents Chebec, an Australian 2-row barley of feed quality with resistance to the cereal cyst nematode, and Harrington, a 2-rowed, Canadian variety of premium malting quality. This paper describes 18 field and laboratory experiments conducted with the population and summarises the traits mapped and analysed. The genomic location of 25 traits and genes is described and marker–trait associations for 5 traits (malt extract, diastatic power, resistance to cereal cyst nematode, early flowering, resistance to pre-harvest sprouting) important to Australian efforts to improve malting barley varieties have been used in practical breeding programs. Detailed maps for these populations are shown in this paper, while a consensus map incorporating these maps and further experiments on the populations are described elsewhere in this issue.

MALTING QUALITY OF CANADIAN BARLEYS. VII. PARKLAND

1958 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Bendelow ◽  
W. O. S. Meredith ◽  
W. H. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Malting Quality ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Malting Barley ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Plant Breeder ◽  
Cereal Chemist ◽  
Quality Testing ◽  
Hybrid Lines

The variety Parkland, which was licensed for sale in Canada in 1956, is equal to O.A.C. 21 in malting quality. This variety was tested for 6 years under a wide environmental range in Western Canada and is similar to O.A.C. 21 in barley, malting and malt properties. Parkland has the advantage of yielding a higher malt extract.Parkland is the first malting barley to be produced in Canada by the coordinated efforts of the plant breeder and cereal chemist at all stages of development. Prediction and malting tests proved valuable in providing the plant breeder with information on parents and hybrid lines, thus enabling him to make better selections in his crossing program. Details of quality testing of the various parents and the variety are given.

SCREENING FOR HIGH-LYSINE CULTIVARS IN A BARLEY BREEDING PROGRAM

1976 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. LABERGE ◽  
A. W. MACGREGOR ◽  
D. R. METCALFE
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Normal Level ◽  
Amino Acid Analysis ◽  
Cereal Grains ◽  
High Lysine ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Hordeum Distichum ◽  
Barley Protein ◽  
Selection Of

The UDY dye-binding method for determining protein levels in cereal grains was applied to an F2 population derived from a cross between OR 585, a two-rowed selection of barley (Hordeum distichum L. emend Lam.) possessing the "Hiproly" gene(s) for high lysine and TR 412, a two-rowed selection with a normal level of lysine. Seed of the two parental gentoypes produce different UDY absorbance values at similar protein levels. If UDY absorbance values are determined for the parental genotypes over a range of barley protein contents, the different regression lines for OR 585 and TR 412 parental barleys can be used to segregate F2 progeny that express the gene for high lysine. Determination of lysine by the UDY method closely agrees with lysine values determined by amino acid analysis.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document