Mineral composition of small-grain cultivars from a uniform test plot in South Dakota

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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Seventy-five cultivated varieties (cultivars) of hard red spring wheat (HRS), hard red winter wheat (HRW), durum wheat, oats, and barley were harvested in 1974 from a small-grain trial plot in Harding County, SD, just north of Buffalo. Analysis of the grains reported here includes crude protein for only the wheat cultivars, ash yield, and 17 chemical elements, many of which are not commonly given in the literature (such as B, Cd, Mo, Ni, and Se). Differences in composition between the two classes of hard red wheat indicate that HRS is significantly higher (p < 0.05) than HRW in protein content, ash yield, Ca, K, Mg, Na, P, total S, Sr, and Zn; Cd is significantly higher in the HRW cultivars. For the most part, concentrations were quite uniform within all grain types. Only two cultivars were anomalous: cv. Hi Plains in HRW wheats and cv. Astro in the oat group.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Mineral composition of small-grain cultivars from a uniform test plot in South Dakota
Series title Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
DOI 10.1021/jf00109a037
Volume 30
Issue 1
Year Published 1982
Language English
Publisher ACS Publications
Description 6 p.
First page 169
Last page 174
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