PREHARVEST SPROUTING AND DORMANCY IN MALTING BARLEY IN NORTHERN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Authors
AURANEN M
Citation
M. Auranen, PREHARVEST SPROUTING AND DORMANCY IN MALTING BARLEY IN NORTHERN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and plant science, 45(2), 1995, pp. 89-95
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and plant science → ACNP
ISSN journal
09064710
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
89 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0906-4710(1995)45:2<89:PSADIM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Pre-harvest sprouting and seed dormancy cause financial losses for the barley seed users and end product processors. These phenomena are pro blems especially in rainy harvesting seasons. In barley research work has concentrated on morphological, anatomical and hormonal features of cultivars that affect the tendency to pre-harvest sprouting. Farmers and maltsters would need a mathematical model to predict the best harv esting time for malting barley. Biochemical markers can be used to tes t pre-harvest sprouting. A genome map and an RFLP map of barley have b een created.