Teff: Overview

Encyclopedia of Food Grains: Second Edition

Volumn 1-4, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-220

  Bultosa, G ^a,b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cultivation; Eragrostis tef; Fermentation; Gluten free; Grain; Injera; Milling; Nutritional value; Physicochemical properties; Protein; Starch; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993948354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394437-5.00018-8     Document Type: Chapter

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