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Wheat puroindolines interact to form friabilin and control wheat grain hardness.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Apr 2004
Hogg A C, Sripo T, Beecher B, Martin J M, Giroux M J
Abstract excerpt
Wheat grain is sold based upon several physiochemical characteristics, one of the most important being grain texture. Grain texture in wheat directly affects many end use qualities such as milling yield, break flour yield, and starch damage. The hardness (Ha) locus located on the short arm of chromosome 5D is known to control grain hardness in wheat. This locus contains the puroindoline A ( pina) and puroindoline...
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