Malting Barleys of 1921

Seymour Benzer 1921–2007

It is now common knowledge that both “Nature” and “Nurture” determine animal behavior. But even as late as the 1970s, the concept that genes have anything to do with behavior was not universally accepted. In the face of such skepticism, Seymour Benzer, working tirelessly at Caltech, refused to join the philosophical debate and, in the way so familiar to those who knew him, shrugged his shoulder...

Influence of Malting on Sorghum Protein Quality

The microbiology of malting and brewing.

Brewing beer involves microbial activity at every stage, from raw material production and malting to stability in the package. Most of these activities are desirable, as beer is the result of a traditional food fermentation, but others represent threats to the quality of the final product and must be controlled actively through careful management, the daily task of maltsters and brewers globall...

Distribution of MWG699 polymorphism in Spanish European barleys.

The STS marker MWG699/TaqI is closely linked to the vrs1 locus and has been proposed as a marker of domestication in barley. This study included 257 cultivated barleys of both two- and six-rowed varieties, mainly from the western Mediterranean region. These included many landraces from the Spanish barley core collection, Moroccan landraces, and a set of accessions from other European countries....

The Dentists' Act, 1921

new profession by the possible student. The professional status of the Dentist, which was to have been made secure by the Act, was so affected by the unprofessional conduct, such as advertising and canvassing, of the uneducated and unregistered, that few could be found to enter the profession, and so what the Act set out to secure for the protection of the public, it failed to obtain, in that i...