Barley grain enrichement with essential elements by agronomic biofortification

Effect of Agronomic Practices on Growth, Grain Yield, Malt Yield Losses of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

A field experiment was conducted during 2006-07 and 2007-08 at Ludhiana to study the effect of different agronomic practices on growth, grain yield, malt yield and losses of malt barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).The study revealed that plant height, dry matter accumulation, grain and straw yield were statistically at par with different method of sowing during both the years. Similar trend was also o...

Biofortification of essential nutritional compounds and trace elements in rice and cassava.

Plant biotechnology can make important contributions to food security and nutritional improvement. For example, the development of 'Golden Rice' by Professor Ingo Potrykus was a milestone in the application of gene technology to deliver both increased nutritional qualities and health improvement to wide sections of the human population. Mineral nutrient and protein deficiency as well as food se...

genetic diversity of hulless barley lines and path analysis by grain yield and other agronomic traits

20 hulless barley lines were assessed by grain yield and other agronomic traits in 2006 and 2007 in the research station of the university of tabriz, iran. the experiments in each year were carried out as randomized complete block design with four replications. the genotypes were significantly different for most of the studied traits. this indicated the existence of large genetic variation in t...

Barley Quality and Grain Size Homogeneity for Malting: Volume I: Agronomic Effects on Varieties Volume Ii: Assessment and Control

Uptake of proline by the scutellum of germinating barley grain.

Scutella separated from germinating grains of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv Himalaya) took up 1 millimolar l-[(14)C]proline at an initial rate of about 6.5 micromoles gram(-1) fresh weight hour(-1) (pH 5, 30 degrees C). The uptake had a pH optimum at 5. The bulk of the uptake (93%) was via carrier-mediated active transport. All of the 19 l-amino acids tested at 10 millimolar concentration inhib...