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Soft Wheat Quality of Preripe Harvested Wheat 1
Author(s) -
Yamazaki W. T.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1976.0011183x001600040036x
Subject(s) - cultivar , biology , agronomy , wheat grain , maturity (psychological) , grain quality , developmental stage , test weight , horticulture , poaceae , psychology , developmental psychology
Wheats ( Triticum aestivum L. em Thell) of five cultivars were harvested periodically from about 24 days preripe to ripe and evaluated for suitability of the dried grain for soft wheat products. In grain harvested as early as 13 days preripe, quality attributes were comparable to those that are characteristic of test cultivars present when harvested at full maturity. At that early stage of grain development, wheat moisture content was about 40 to 45%.