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Bread-Making Quality of Wheat
Belderok, Bob; Mesdag, Hans; Donner, Dingena A.. Ed(S): Mesdag, Hans; Donner, Dingena A.
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Description for Bread-Making Quality of Wheat
Hardback. Contains a study of anatomy and chemical composition of wheat kernels, and of the fundamental difference between 'soft' and 'hard' kernelled varieties. This book describes how bread-making quality has been integrated into wheat-breeding programmes throughout Europe, and how breeders have attempted to resolve the conflict between yield and quality. Editor(s): Mesdag, Hans; Donner, Dingena A. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; PSBC; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
Wheat has a long history of serving as an important food crop to mankind. Especially in the Northern Hemisphere, it has been appreciated as a major source of energy through its carbohydrates, and in more recent times for its supply of valuable proteins. This combination of carbohydrates and proteins gives wheat its unique properties for making breads of different kinds of tastes. During the course of history, the quality of wheat has improved stead ily, undoubtedly for a long time by accident, and for reasons little under stood. Over the last 150 years our knowledge has increased on farming and ... Read more
Wheat has a long history of serving as an important food crop to mankind. Especially in the Northern Hemisphere, it has been appreciated as a major source of energy through its carbohydrates, and in more recent times for its supply of valuable proteins. This combination of carbohydrates and proteins gives wheat its unique properties for making breads of different kinds of tastes. During the course of history, the quality of wheat has improved stead ily, undoubtedly for a long time by accident, and for reasons little under stood. Over the last 150 years our knowledge has increased on farming and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792363835
SKU
V9780792363835
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Ref
99-15
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