The nutritional properties of starch and dietary fiber (DF) were studied in barley genotypes containing different amylose contents: Waxy Campana (-8% amylose); Alva, Lina, and Glacier normal (normal varieties, 25-27% amylose); and Glacier high (-35% amylose). On an equivalent starch basis, all barley varieties showed a somewhat higher availability to aamylase than a wheat reference. Among the b...

in order to investigate effect of application of nitroxin and nitrogen chemical fertilizer on yield and yield components, split plot experiment on the basis of randomized complete block design with four replications was conducted. four levels of nitrogen fertilizer (n1: 100% chemical fertilizer, n2: 75% chemical fertilizer + 100% biological fertilizer, n3: 50% chemical fertilizer + 100% biologi...

Ion concentrations in the roots of two barley (Hordeum vulgare) varieties that differed in NaCl tolerance were compared after exposure to NaCl. Triple-barreled H(+)-, K(+)-, and Na(+)-selective microelectrodes were used to measure cytosolic activities of the three ions after 5 and 8 d of NaCl stress. In both varieties of barley, it was only possible to record successfully from root cortical cel...

© 2006 Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Government of Canada. kg/person/year), providing rural Tibetans with 80% of their total calories and, in many cases, their only signifi cant source of fi ber (15). Traditionally, preparation and consumption of barley in Tibet includes tsampa, a shelf-stable barley fl our product made from ground, roasted barley. Utilization of barley as a food sou...

We report here that calmodulin isolated from the monocotyledon barley is indistinguishable by a variety of criteria from calmodulin isolated from the dicotyledon spinach. In contrast to previous reports, we find that barley (Hordeum vulgare) calmodulin has an amino acid composition similar to that of vertebrate and spinach calmodulins, including the presence of a single trimethyllysinyl residue...