Overview

"Wheat is the world's most important agricultural commodity. In Europe, where wheat is the main staple, bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) covers the majority of land on which wheat is cropped. Wheat breeders and technologists have contributed greatly to the continued success of bread wheat and its products. The ""bread-making quality"" of a wheat variety can be described in relation to the processing its kernels must undergo to make a good bread. Bread wheat kernels must be suitable for proper milling into a flour that can produce a dough capable of becoming fine bread. The type of bread varies depending on local bread-making practices. Part I of this book contains a study of the anatomy and chemical composition of wheat kernels, and of the fundamental difference between ""soft"" and ""hard"" kernelled varieties. It relates these characteristics to the processes of milling, dough-making and manufacturing of bread, and to biscuit and pasta making. The genetic basis for these characteristics is illustrated, and assay methods for characterizing wheat varieties - ranging from Saunders' chewing test to the most recent developments in glutenin and gliadin research - are evaluated. Part II briefly describes - country by country - how bread-making quality has been integrated into wheat-breeding programmes throughout Europe, and how breeders have attempted to resolve the conflict between yield and quality. It describes how quality wheats ""travelled"" around the world - from their endogenic source in Eastern Europe to North America, and back again to Europe. This explains how specific genetic material can appear in the pedigrees of varieties grown in a wide range of agro-ecological zones. In addition to giving an interesting historical survey, the book aims to point the way forward for breeders' efforts in the future. The text updates and interprets knowledge in a way that makes it particularly accessible for food technologists, breeders, students, and teachers."

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Author:   Bob Belderok ,  Hans Mesdag ,  Dingena A. Donner ,  Hans Mesdag
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Partly reprinted from PLANT FOODS FOR HUMAN NUTRITION, 55:1, 2000
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.750kg
ISBN:  

9780792363835

ISBN 10:   0792363833
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   30 September 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

One: Developments in bread-making processes.- 1. Historical introduction.- 2. The wheat grain.- 3. Milling of wheat.- 4. Survey of gluten proteins and wheat starches.- 5. Bread making.- 6. Manufacturing of other wheat products.- 7. Genetic basis of quality in bread wheat.- 8. Assay methods and instrumentation.- Two: Breeding for bread-making quality in Europe.- General introduction to the Nordic countries.- Norway.- Sweden.- Finland.- Denmark.- Germany.- The Netherlands and Belgium.- The United Kingdom.- France.- Spain.- Italy.- Switzerland.- Austria.- Hungary.- Yugoslavia.- Romania.- Poland.- Russia and Ukraine.- List of varieties.

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