THE EFFECT OF MODIFICATION PERIOD UPON THE ABILITY OF A MICRO-MALTING PROCEDURE TO SELECT BARLEYS FOR MALTING QUALITY

Abstract
Using an established micro-malting method, designed to assess the malting quality of 20 g samples derived from a barley breeding programme, modification times of 4 and 5 days were found to give a large range of hot water extracts from genotypes of contrasting malting quality. Optimum modification of the grain occurred after 4 days.