Biochemistry, Physiology, and Genetics of Endosperm Mobilization in Germinated Barley Grain

Barley: Production, Improvement, and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 449-477

  Fincher, Geoffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barley grain structure and composition; Biochemistry, physiology and genetics of endosperm mobilization in germinated barley grain; Composition of mature barley grain; Deposition of key cell wall polysaccharides in developing endosperm of barley; Enzymes, hydrolyzing maltose and small maltodextrins to glucose, complete hydrolysis of starch; Hormonal regulation of germination in barley grain; Hydrolytic enzyme importance in malting and brewing industries, barley breeders selecting for rapid and uniform modification of barley grain; Newly introduced breeding technologies as quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses, emerging in the 1990s; Phytohormone role antagonistic phytohormones GA and abscisic acid (ABA), involved in a complex interplay of activities; Thioredoxins, playing important roles in germinated barley grain

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EID: 84886459352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470958636.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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