Sixty barley samples with differing malting quality were used to study the relationships between Rapid Viscoanalyser (RVA) measurements and fine extract after micromalting. Many RVA measurements had significant correlations with fine extract. Pasting temperature (in the presence of 0.1 M silver nitrate) showed the best correlation (r=0.82) with fine extract after micromalting, which is better than the correlation between NIR predicted value and fine extract (r=0.76). Prediction of fine extract using an index combining protein content and pasting temperature resulted in even better correlations (r=0.90). More than 70 different samples from different growing seasons were used to validate the findings. The extracts predicted by pasting temperature and protein content was also significantly correlated with the extract after micromalting (r=0.81). Even when protein content is not available, pasting temperature itself can be used in a preliminary selection (r=0.78). The selection method can be used for samples from a single plant since only 5 g of grain is needed. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Research Group:	Crop and Pasture Production
Research Field:	Crop and Pasture Improvement (Selection and Breeding)
Objective Division:	Plant Production and Plant Primary Products
Objective Group:	Winter Grains and Oilseeds
Objective Field:	Barley
Author:	Zhou, M (Professor Meixue Zhou)
Author:	Mendham, NJ (Dr Neville Mendham)
ID Code:	29245
Year Published:	2005
Web of Science® Times Cited:	20
Deposited By:	Agricultural Science
Deposited On:	2005-08-01
Last Modified:	2006-06-21
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