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Water uptake in barley grain: Physiology; genetics and industrial applications.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Jan 2016
Cu Suong, Collins Helen M, Betts Natalie S, March Timothy J, Janusz Agnieszka, Stewart Doug C, Skadhauge Birgitte, Eglinton Jason, Kyriacou Bianca, Little Alan, Burton Rachel A, Fincher Geoffrey B
Abstract excerpt
Water uptake by mature barley grains initiates germination and is the first stage in the malting process. Here we have investigated the effects of starchy endosperm cell wall thickness on water uptake, together with the effects of varying amounts of the wall polysaccharide, (1,3;1,4)-β-glucan. In the latter case, we examined mutant barley lines from a mutant library and transgenic barley lines in which the...
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