Amber Hauvermale

1 month ago | acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | John Kelly |Alison Thompson |USDA-ARS Wheat |Amber Hauvermale

DPA days post-anthesis FN falling number GA gibberellin HAI hours after imbibition HMW-GS high molecular weight glutenin subunits LMA late-maturity alpha-amylase LMW-GS low molecular weight glutenin subunits PHS preharvest sprouting PNW Pacific Northwest QTL quantitative trait locus 1 INTRODUCTION Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important food crops in the world, with 782.8 million metric tons consumed globally in 2023 (USDA-ARS, 2024). Growers must produce enough wheat to...

May 12, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Bosen Zhang |Amber Hauvermale |Zhiwu Zhang |Alison Thompson

1 INTRODUCTION Modern agricultural industry is a sophisticated system encompassing research and breeding programs, crop field production, trade and insurance organizations, processing factories, and end users (Council, 2015; Motes, 2010). Together, these sectors compose the food supply chain. For commodity crops, the chain begins with developing elite varieties through research and breeding programs. Seeds of elite varieties are then sold and planted in growers' production fields.

Sep 19, 2023 | smallgrains.wsu.edu | Amber Hauvermale

Contributed by Dr. Amber Hauvermale, Washington State UniversityAfter more than 70 years, the Falling Numbers (FN) method remains the industry standard for detecting alpha-amylase, an enzyme in flour that can cause significant end-use quality problems in baked goods if present in high enough amounts. High levels of alpha-amylase result in low FN.