Hardness methods for testing maize kernels

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5647-5657

  Fox, Glen ^a,b   Manley, Marena ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hardness; Hardness methods; Maize; Protein; Starch

Indexed keywords

STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; HARDNESS; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD HANDLING; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; STARCH; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649872851     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900623w     Document Type: Article

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