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Grain for milling

These ongoing projects relate to the work that HGCA has commissioned in relation to grain for milling.

Click on the titles for an upshot of the problem to be addressed, the aims, the approach and the benefits to the industry. Also will be attached the latest information in the form of Annual Project Reports (APRs) or Interim Reports.

RD-2004-3022 Better Organic Bread Integrating Raw Material and Process Requirements for Organic Bread Production (LK 0960)
The aim of the project is to assist the UK food industry to produce organic bread of good quality using sustainably produced domestically grown organic wheat.

RD-2005-3196 An integrated approach to stabilising Hagberg falling number in wheat: screens, genes and understanding (SA 326)
The aim of this programme is the delivery of screening systems and molecular markers that will lead to the development of new varieties of bread wheat with stable HFN and bread-making quality under variable weather conditions.

RD-2005-3229 Hulless barley for functional food
The aim of this project is to develop strategies that will lead to the adoption of hulless barley by UK food producers.

RD-2006-3288 Improving risk assessment to minimise fusarium mycotoxins in harvested wheat grain
Monitoring the fusarium mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEAR) at harvest in UK wheat.

RD-2009-3623 Understanding and regulating pre-maturity alpha-amylase activity
To investigate the mechanism by which PMA forms in wheat grain and investigate the potential of altering hormone sensitivity to regulate this process.