Microstructure of hard and soft kernels of barley

Journal of Cereal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-362

  Nair, Sindhu ^a   Knoblauch, Michael ^a   Ullrich, Steven ^a   Baik, Byung Kee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Hardness; Microscopy; Structure

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM;

EID: 81455131640     PISSN: 07335210     EISSN: 10959963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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