Wheat processing effects

Uhe Parsons/Honeywell WHEAT process was deemed suitable as a candidate for disposing of the mustard agent munitions stored at Pueblo Chemical Depot, but its biotreatment component would not be effective for the treatment of the hydrolysates from the orga-nophosphorus nerve agents stored at Blue Grass. 

Reports some processing effects on wheat starch gelatinization. 

Up to Harvest. Oilseed rape and field beans are used as break crops for winter wheat on a variety of soils, and potatoes are used on the lighter soils. Sugar beet may also be grown, but this depends not only on the soil but also on the proximity of a sugar beet processing factor. Four Rothamsted-based experiments compared the effectiveness of winter wheat and winter oilseed rape in their use of labelled nitrogen fertilizer. Potatoes were included in two of these experiments and sugar beet and field beans in one experiment each. Two criteria based on the... 

Agte V V and Joshi S R (1997), Effect of traditional food processing on phytate degradation in wheat and millets , J Agric Food Chem, 45,1659-1661. 

One of the advantages claimed for the Chorleywood process is that it allows bread to be made from flour produced only from British wheat. This claim holds true in most years, except when there is a particularly bad harvest, e.g. as in 1987. The effect of the CBP and the CAP on Canadian flour tonnages are as follows imports were 2.5 million tonnes in the 1960s and are 300 000 tonnes today. 

On the other hand, allelopathic effect was negatively influenced by rainfall (Shiming 2005). The inhibition process was mitigated by shading and consequent moisture conservation (Muller 1966). Allelopathic activity can vary as well with photoperiod (Peng et al. 2004). Harder et al. (1998) found out that an increasing availability of nutrients decreased the concentration of allelopathic effective phenolic compounds in the plants of two winter wheat varieties. In soil, allelochemicals can be adsorbed by soil particles, decomposed by microorganisms and move with water. 

Zearalenone was also found to be more effective than cytokinin treatment in inducing shoots in in vitro winter wheat production. Moreover, both zearalenone and cytokinins increased the activity of antioxidant enzymes in wheat callus undergoing regeneration, and it is very likely that they also stimulated the plant regeneration process (Szechynska-Hebda et al. 2007). The effectiveness of regeneration on media containing zearalenone shows the possibility of using zearalenone as an alternative hormone also to cytokinins in winter wheat callus culture. 

Osborne, B.G. et al.. The effects of milling and processing on wheat contaminated with ochratoxin A, Food Addit. Contain., 13, 141, 1996. 

Nevertheless, it is an important source of protein for humans. Processing of wheat is necessary before use, and thermal processing is often employed in some manner. Much information is available regarding the effects of milling on nutrients in wheat, but little work has been done regarding the effects of heat treatment on amino acid availability. 

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