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Title: HARD SPRING WHEAT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 2004 CROP

Author
item Hareland, Gary

Submitted to: Hard Spring Wheat Technical Committee Wheat Quality Report
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/9/2005
Publication Date: 2/22/2005
Citation: Hareland, G.A. 2005. Hard spring wheat technical committee 2004 crop. Hard Spring Wheat Technical Committee Wheat Quality Report. pp 1-104.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Breeders' experimental lines of wheat are evaluated for overall quality before being released for commercial production. The Hard Spring Wheat Technical Committee provides milling and baking quality data on breeders' experimental lines of wheat that are annually submitted to the Wheat Quality Council (WQC). The impact is to provide high quality wheat for commercial production and processing. Eight experimental lines of hard spring wheat were grown at three locations in 2004 and were evaluated for kernel, milling, dough, and bread baking quality against the check variety Parshall. To avoid any bias in the test procedures, code numbers were assigned to the experimental lines and maintained throughout the growing and harvesting of the plots and the milling and baking trials. Samples of wheat were evaluated and milled at the USDA Hard Red Spring and Durum Wheat Quality Laboratory (WQL), Fargo, ND. Flour samples were shipped to independent laboratories and tested for bread baking quality. Quality data was returned to the WQL for analyses and included in the WQC bulletin for distribution to wheat breeders, commercial millers and bakers, and wheat commodity and marketing groups.