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Annual Progress Report on Malting Barley Research March, 2007

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occurs during germinati<strong>on</strong> should reflect the degree of malt modificati<strong>on</strong> and seed<br />

germinati<strong>on</strong> and the fact that OC measures every molecule that becomes soluble during<br />

germinati<strong>on</strong>. In c<strong>on</strong>trast, malt extract (ME) is based <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong> the mass of material in<br />

soluti<strong>on</strong>, which determines specific gravity. This difference between OC and ME<br />

means that, for example, the c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>on</strong>e maltopentaose to ME values will be<br />

~five times greater than the c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>on</strong>e molecule of glucose whereas in the OC<br />

assay each molecule in soluti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tributes an equal amount to the OC value. Hence,<br />

the OC assay should more completely quantify the producti<strong>on</strong> of solutes as modificati<strong>on</strong><br />

increases during malting than do measures of ME. Our studies have shown that OC<br />

values correlate positively and significantly with ME values for the first 5 days of malting.<br />

Interestingly, malt OC values increased with days of germinati<strong>on</strong> for about 24 hours<br />

l<strong>on</strong>ger than did ME values, suggesting that the OC assay reflects the producti<strong>on</strong> of<br />

additi<strong>on</strong>al solutes not detected in the ME measurements. OC values of malt at 2 and 3<br />

days of germinati<strong>on</strong> correlate positively and significantly with ME values of malts from<br />

days 4 - 6 of germinati<strong>on</strong> indicating that OC values from early stages of malting may be<br />

good predictors of the quality of malts produced from typical malting schedules.<br />

Further studies indicated that green malt OC values correlated earlier and better than<br />

finished malt measurements than did finished malt OC values. Further studies have<br />

shown that the thermostabilities of malt α-amylase, α-glucosidase, β-amylase, and limit<br />

dextrinase were positively and significantly correlated with OC, suggesting that malt<br />

quality is related to the integrity of the complement of enzymes resp<strong>on</strong>sible for starch<br />

degradati<strong>on</strong>. OC values of barley seeds were found to positively and significantly<br />

correlate with pearling values indicating that OC may be a n<strong>on</strong>-subjective and<br />

quantitative indicator of pre-harvest germinati<strong>on</strong>. This may be of particular value to<br />

breeders and researchers with limited quantities of seed to analyze as the OC measure<br />

can reproducibly be made <strong>on</strong> less than 10 seeds.<br />

Current Project Pers<strong>on</strong>nel<br />

Federal State<br />

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