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| Project Number: |
BJK853 |
| Title: |
Assurance and Improvement of the Milling, Baking, and Nutritional Quality of Idaho Wheat |
| Personnel: |
Katherine O’Brien, Manager, Idaho Wheat Quality Lab
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| Phone: |
208-397-4181 |
| Email: |
katho@uidaho.edu |
| Amount Funded: |
$104,984 |
HYPOTHESIS & OBJECTIVES:
Wheat varieties may differ greatly in end-use quality by virtue of their genetics and the environmental conditions and management practices under which they are grown. Knowing this, the mission of the wheat lab is to pursue the following objectives.
1. Support the University of Idaho Wheat breeding programs by providing accurate quality analyses of potential, new, and established varieties.
2. Support extension programs by evaluating the quality of advanced lines and established varieties grown in diverse environments and with variable management inputs. Provide quality analyses for other wheat researchers to help ensure that all wheats available to Idaho growers are of marketable quality.
3. Evaluate and develop new procedures for measuring wheat quality.
4. Promote the importance of specific quality characteristics desired by the flour industry to help increase and maintain market share.
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