Difference in the Physical Properties of White-Core and Non-White-Core Kernels of the Rice Varieties for Sake Brewing is Unrelated to Starch Properties

Abstract

This study was designed to determine whether or not the difference in the physical properties between white-core and non-white-core kernels of the rice varieties for sake brewing is associated with their starch properties. We used two rice cultivars for sake brewing, Senbon-nishiki and Yamada-nishiki, from three different plots in Hiroshima prefecture. Hardness values of kernels were significantly higher in non-white-core than in white-core kernels in both varieties. Vickers hardness (VH) values were lowest at the center of the kernel in both types of kernels. VH values of white-core tissues of white-core kernels were significantly lower than those of corresponding tissues of non-white-core kernels. No significant differences were observed between the two types of kernels in VH values of the surrounding translucent tissues and in the starch properties (amylose content, pasting properties analyzed using a rapid viscoanalyzer and gelatinization properties analyzed using a differential scanning calorimetry). These results suggest that the difference in physical properties between the two types of kernels of the rice varieties for sake brewing are associated with the difference in structure of endosperm cells and not in starch properties.     

Hardness Distribution and Endosperm Structure on Polishing Characteristics of Brewer’s Rice Kernels

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effects of the hardness distribution and the endosperm structure on the polishing characteristics of brewer’s rice kernels. We used four brewer’s rice cultivars, Kairyo-omachi, Hattan-nishiki No. 1, Senbon-nishiki and Yamada-nishiki. The broken kernel ratios in Kairyo-omachi and Hattan-nishiki No. 1 were significantly higher than those in Senbon-nishiki and Yamada-nishiki. Vickers hardness (VH) values in white-core tissues in kernels differed among varieties, which were significantly lower in Kairyo-omachi and Hattan-nishiki No. 1. However, no varietal differences were observed in VH values in the peripheral translucent tissues surrounding the white-core tissues. The tissues along the dorsoventral axis were softer than those along the longitudinal axis of the kernels. The tissues on the ventral side were softer than those on the dorsal side. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations revealed the presence of closely arranged compound starch granules and few varietal differences in the peripheral translucent tissues surrounding the white-core tissues. However, as compared with Yamada-nishiki and Senbon-nishiki, in Hattan-nishiki No. 1 and Kairyo-omachi, the starch granules were loosely packed and the airspaces between the starch granules were more numerous in the white-core tissues. A higher number of airspaces and less starch were present in the endosperm cells along the dorsoventral axis when compared with along the longitudinal axis and on the ventral side than on the dorsal side. The present study showed that polishing characteristics are closely related with the endosperm structure, which is characterized as the density of starch granules.     

Study of kernel structure of high-amylose and wild-type rice by X-ray microtomography and SEM

Rice kernels of a transgenic high-amylose rice line and its wild type were examined by a high-resolution X-ray microtomography (XMT) and an environmental scanning electron microscope. Two-dimensional (2-D) cross-sectional images and 3-D objects from XMT were reconstructed and analyzed to elucidate their structural features. The lack of two isoforms of starch branching enzyme, termed SBEI and SBEIIb in high-amylose rice (HAR), resulted in a distinctly different grain inner density than wild-type rice (WTR). HAR had smaller, elongated starch granules with air spaces inside the kernels resulting in an opaque grain, whereas WTR had a tight endosperm with little air space and polygonal starch granules. XMT allowed a full 3-D characterization of the rice kernel structure and revealed that air space distribution was not uniform in the HAR kernel.     

小麦光合器官对不同穗位和粒位粒重及蛋白质含量的影响

为探明小麦叶片与非叶光合器官对不同穗位和粒位籽粒发育的影响,以济麦22为试验材料,开花期设置剪叶、包穗、包茎等7种处理,分析了不同处理下不同穗位和粒位粒数、粒重和蛋白质含量的差异。结果表明,小麦穗对穗上部和下部弱势粒数影响显著,与叶片共同作用对穗上部强势粒数及穗中部和下部粒数,以及与茎和叶片共同作用对穗上部粒数、穗中部和下部弱势粒数均影响显著;穗对不同穗位强势粒重和穗上部弱势粒重影响显著,旗叶对穗中部和下部强势粒重、穗上部和中部强势粒重及穗下部粒重影响显著;包穗、剪旗叶和剪倒二叶处理显著提高穗上部强势粒及穗中部和下部籽粒蛋白质含量;剪倒三叶和剪倒四叶+剪倒五叶处理显著提高穗下部强势粒蛋白质含量;同一穗位的强势粒蛋白质含量大于弱势粒,不同穗位籽粒的平均蛋白质含量表现为穗下部穗中部穗上部;同一穗位的弱势粒蛋白质含量变异系数大于强势粒,穗上部的籽粒蛋白质含量变异系数大于穗中部和下部。因此,建议小麦育种中应注重穗光合选择,适当增加小穗排数,减少高穗位粒数,可能是提高小麦产量潜力和改善品质的重要途径。     

氮肥后移对杂交籼稻产量及不同粒位稻米垩白与食味品质的影响

以低垩白高食味品种宜香优2115和高垩白低食味品种F优498为材料,在施氮量150 kg/hm²条件下,研究了3 种氮肥运筹方式（基肥:蘖肥:穗肥分别为5:3:2、3:3:4、3:1:6,分别记为N1、N2 N3）和不施氮（N0）对杂交籼稻产量及不同粒位稻米垩白性状和食味品质的影响,并探讨了不同粒位稻米垩白性状与食味品质的关系。结果表明,品种、氮肥运筹对产量、氮肥农学利用效率及不同粒位稻米垩白性状及食味值均存在显著影响。参试2个品种产量及氮肥利用效率均以N2处理最高,实现了产量及氮肥利用效率的协同提高;同时能进一步降低宜香优2115不同粒位的垩白性状、提高相应粒位食味值;而F优498的食味值以N1处理为宜,可改善其不同粒位稻米品质。进一步分析发现,垩白度和垩白粒率强势粒低于弱势粒、一次枝梗上的籽粒低于二次枝梗上的籽粒、穗上部籽粒低于穗中部和下部籽粒,而食味值则强势粒高于弱势粒、一次枝梗上的籽粒高于二次枝梗上的籽粒、穗上部籽粒高于穗中部和下部籽粒。相关分析表明,稻米垩白性状与食味值呈显著或极显著相关（r=-0.706^*~-0.937^**）,降低稻米垩白是提高食味品质的主要途径。     

Pearling Quality of Canadian Barley Varieties and their Potential Use as Rice Extenders*

Barley can be used as an extender of rice to increase the nutritive value of the end-product. Specific quality barley is required if the processed barley is to resemble cooked white rice in colour and shape. The barley must pearl and split without the production of broken kernels or fines and yet produce desired end use quality. Barley endosperm texture and colour are key to determining these processing characteristics. Testing of Canadian barley types indicated the waxy type was most appropriate for pearling and processing as rice extender. It had a firm endosperm texture that was not steely and yet processed into a white product with few broken grains. Covered barley was of better quality than hull-less, as the former generally had fewer steely kernels as well as firmer endosperm texture. Differences observed between two- and six-rowed type were related to grain size and could be overcome by proper adjustments to processing conditions. Growing conditions affected kernel size and barley protein contents but to a lesser extent than barley type. L* brightness values, Particle Size Index and kernel size were found to be important predictors of barley quality for pearling and as rice extender.     

Evaluation and analysis the chalkiness of connected rice kernels based on image processing technology and support vector machine

In order to determine the location and type of rice chalkiness accurately, image processing techniques were adopted to process acquired rice kernel images. Connected rice kernels were separated from each other using a convex point matching method. Chalkiness was extracted according to the differences in grayscale levels between chalky and normal regions in the rice kernel and chalky rice kernels were classified by a support vector machine (SVM). The results showed that 2–5 connected rice kernels could be separated accurately using this method and chalky areas could be extracted. The classification accuracy for indica rice and japonica rice reached 98.5% and 97.6%, respectively, by using SVM. Hence, the measurement results are accurate and reliable, and the presented work provides a theoretical and practical basis for the further application of computer vision technology to chalkiness detection.     

玉米不同部位子粒灌浆特性与粒重的关系研究

以郑单958(ZD958)和登海661(DH661)为试验材料,研究在4.5万、7.5万、10.5万株/hm2种植密度下玉米上部及中下部子粒灌浆特性和粒重的关系。结果表明,穗粒数和千粒重是决定子粒最终产量的重要因素,两者均随着密度的增加而显著降低。同一密度下,穗位层光照自开花当天(0 d)先降低后升高,总体呈"高-低-高"的变化趋势,底层光照则持续升高。上部子粒的起始生长势、灌浆速率、胚乳细胞数及淀粉含量均低于中下部子粒。相关及通径分析表明,影响粒重的主要因素是灌浆速率、胚乳细胞数目和淀粉含量,其相关系数分别为0.959 66**、0.981 91**和0.877 76*。光照(包括穗位层和底层)主要通过灌浆速率和淀粉含量来间接影响粒重。     

氮肥对夏玉米子粒不同部位重量的影响

对玉米子粒不同部位进行划分,从粒位角度研究了不同氮肥用量和施用时期对夏玉米子粒中下部和上部重量的影响。结果表明,中下部子粒是单穗重量的主要构成部分。不同氮肥运筹对上部子粒重量的影响大于中下部子粒;增加上部子粒重量对提高单穗重量意义重大。在所有氮肥处理中,以基肥施氮45 kg/hm2 雌穗小花分化期施氮135 kg/hm2的单穗总重量最高。     

玉米果穗不同位势子粒灌浆特性分析

以8个玉米品种为试材,研究玉米灌浆期果穗不同部位子粒灌浆特性。结果表明,供试8个玉米品种,中下部子粒的百粒重变幅范围为34.02~51.38 g,极差为17.36 g,品种之间的变异系数为13.76%;上部子粒的百粒重变幅范围为28.61~35.13 g,极差为6.52 g,变异系数为7.29%。从灌浆开始至灌浆快增期结束上部子粒百粒重变异系数为66.13%~13.18%,中下部子粒百粒重变异系数为54.38%~12.10%,随灌浆进程子粒百粒重变异系数呈减小趋势。中下部子粒平均灌浆速率始终高于上部子粒,上部子粒灌浆速率的变异系数大于中下部子粒,且灌浆速率的变异系数随灌浆进程呈先降后增的趋势,吐丝后56 d灌浆速率的变异系数快速增长。品种间各灌浆参数的变异系数均为上部子粒大于中下部子粒。选用子粒灌浆粒位差异小的品种,采取有效措施促进上部子粒灌浆、提高粒重是实现玉米高产栽培的技术途径。     

Structure,chemical composition and enzymatic activities of pearlings and bran obtained from pearled wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by roller milling

While abrasive pearling (also referred to as debranning) of wheat kernels prior to milling increases the quality of the resultant flour for producing bread, the potential applications of the co-products of pearling is largely unknown. We studied the impact of different degrees of pearling (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12% by weight) on the composition of pearlings and bran obtained when subsequently roller milling pearled wheat kernels. Pearling does not remove the kernel outer tissues homogeneously as abrasion affects especially the accessible parts of the kernels. Nevertheless, the first 3% removed consisted of mainly pericarp. With 6% or more removed, a significant amount of starchy endosperm ended up in the pearlings. The starting bran material and bran obtained by subsequent roller milling of pearled wheat kernels had similar compositions but the latter had a lower average particle size. Moreover, removal of the outermost kernel layers substantially decreased the enzyme activity levels in the bran.     

Crop structure in winter oats and the effect of nitrogen on quality-related characters

The relationship between panicle structure and oat grain quality characteristics was examined in a winter oat (Avena sativa) experiment, cv. Gerald, fertilized with 80 and 200 kg/ha N. Spikelets on each whorl were counted and separated into primary, secondary, and tertiary grains, which were counted and weighed, and the kernels extracted manually and weighed. Tiller and whorl rank had relatively small effects on weight per grain and kernel content. Nitrogen application significantly increased weight per primary and secondary grain on the main stem and T1, the first tiller, while spikelet and grain numbers increased only on T1. However, weight per grain and kernel contents in all whorls on both the main stem and T1 were not significantly affected by nitrogen. Although kernel contents were significantly affected by nitrogen application on some occasions, increases and decreases were less than 2.5%. Across the whole plant, numbers of primary and secondary grains increased at the higher nitrogen application, but weight per primary grain and kernel contents were unaffected. However, weight per secondary grain significantly increased at the higher nitrogen application, thus improving uniformity of grain size which is of value to millers.     

Crop management affects dry-milling quality of flint maize kernels

Dry-milling performance of maize (Zea mays, L.) kernels primarily depends on their hardness. The flint type is harder than the dent and semi-dent maize, yielding a higher proportion of big endosperm pieces in the mill. Nevertheless, crop growing conditions could modify milling properties. The objective of this work was to analyze the effect of different crop environments and management practices on dry-milling quality of flint maize kernels. Two orange-flint hybrids from different eras of breeding differing in flint type expression and grain yield potential were evaluated. They were grown at three different locations of the Argentina's main maize-production area under different sowing dates, plant densities, and fertilization rates during two growing seasons. Crop post-silking growth, grain yield and its components (kernel number and weight), kernel size and hardness-associated properties (test weight, percent floaters and milling ratio), and flaking-grit yield were analyzed. Most of observed differences in physical properties of kernels, particularly for the high-yielding new hybrid with unstable flint expression, were associated with the source-sink ratio established during the post-silking period (explored range from 154 to 617 mg kernel⁻¹). This variable mainly results from changes in crop growth during that period. Increases in weight per kernel improved hardness-associated properties. High crop grain yields together with top dry-milling quality were achieved when the new high-yielding hybrid was cropped with an appropriated crop management.     

玉米脱粒破碎率关键影响因子及其最优预测模型研究

子粒破碎率高是当前中国玉米机械收获子粒的重要限制因素,解析破碎率变化原因,建立其简便预测模型是需要解决的重要问题。本文采集7个玉米品种在3个种植密度下组合的果穗,在不同子粒含水率梯度条件下开展单穗脱粒试验。种植密度在6万～9万株/hm2范围内对子粒破碎率没有影响,品种、子粒的含水率、抗侧压碎力和穿刺强度等的影响均达到统计显著水平。品种对破碎率变化的偏贡献率为12.7%,且品种的偏贡献率子粒含水率的偏贡献率抗侧压碎力的偏贡献率穿刺强度的偏贡献率,种植密度的偏贡献率接近于零。破碎率的最优预测因子是穿刺强度,预测模型:破碎率=10.25×0.990穿刺强度,满足破碎率不高于5%约束的穿刺强度值不得低于60 MPa。研究结果可为玉米破碎率预测、宜机收玉米新品种培育与鉴定、脱粒机具设计与制造提供数据支撑和技术参考。     

机直播杂交籼稻结实期物质转运与不同粒位米质的关系

选用8个杂交籼稻品种为试验材料,比较机直播不同品种间结实期物质转运、产量及穗部不同粒位（强、弱势粒,一次、二次枝梗,上、中、下部）米质的差异,并探讨结实期物质转运与不同粒位米质的关系,为机直播杂交籼稻品种筛选提供理论依据。结果表明,具有较高的颖花数和千粒重,且结实期具有较高的茎鞘和叶片物质输出与转换率,是机直播高产品种的主要特征。强势粒、一次枝梗籽粒垩白度和垩白粒率均低于弱势粒及二次枝梗籽粒,食味值均高于弱势粒及二次枝梗籽粒;穗上部籽粒米质特征均不同程度高于穗中部和下部籽粒,但穗中部和下部籽粒米质特征品种间存在差异;宜香优2115不同粒位食味值均不同程度高于其他品种。相关分析表明,结实期茎鞘物质输出率及转换率与不同粒位垩白均存在显著或极显著负相关（r=-0.66^*~-0.85^**）,与不同粒位食味值呈显著或极显著正相关（r=0.67^*~0.86^**）。提高机直播杂交籼稻结实期茎鞘物质转运率及转换率可改善不同粒位籽粒食味品质,宜香优2115作机直播在产量及米质上综合表现好,尤其在食味品质方面优势明显,适宜作为机直播水稻品种应用。     

施氮对优质小麦颖果腹部和背部胚乳细胞物质充实的影响

为直观揭示施氮对小麦籽粒灌浆的生理效应,以徐麦30（强筋小麦) 和扬麦13（弱筋小麦）为材料,采用树脂包埋样品进行半薄切片和Image Pro Plus图像分析软件从形态学角度研究了孕穗期施氮对小麦颖果腹部和背部胚乳细胞物质充实的影响。结果表明,施氮后颖果腹部和背部胚乳细胞蛋白体数目增加,花后11、15和19 d最显著,同时蛋白体的聚集方式发生改变,对照组（不施氮）胚乳细胞内以小蛋白体为主,呈散状分布,而施氮组胚乳细胞含有许多大蛋白体或蛋白聚积体,分布较为集中。徐麦30蛋白体发育对氮素的响应程度高于扬麦13。施氮后腹部胚乳细胞淀粉粒排列更为紧密,细胞充实率增加,且扬麦13的响应程度大于徐麦30。施氮也增加了徐麦30背部胚乳细胞充实率,而对扬麦13的影响表现相反。     

稻田综合种养对长江中下游地区水稻产量和稻米品质影响的文献研究

基于已发表的文献数据,综述了长江中下游地区不同稻田综合种养模式对水稻产量形成和稻米品质的影响,并探讨其影响机理。41%的样本量数据表明,稻田综合种养的水稻产量高于水稻单作,而59%的样本量呈相反趋势;稻田综合种养的水稻穂数和穗粒数普遍减少,而结实率和千粒重增加。在长江中下游地区,相比于水稻单作,稻田综合种养稻米的加工、外观、蒸煮和食味品质在一定程度上得到改善。其中,糙米率、精米率和整精米率极显著提高0.72%~2.74%,胶稠度增加2.11%,垩白粒率、垩白度、直链淀粉含量和稻米蛋白质含量则分别下降13.78%、11.76%、3.01%和6.67%。     

Evaluation of malting barley quality using exploratory data analysis. II. The use of kernel hardness and image analysis as screening methods

This paper presents an exploratory investigation of the use of image analysis and hardness analysis of barley kernels for characterisation and prediction of malting quality. A sample set of fifty barley samples representing 15 spring barley and 10 winter barley varieties grown at two locations in Denmark was used. The samples were micro-malted and mashed and analysed for 13 quality parameters according to the official methods of the European Brewery Convention. A sub-sample of the barley samples was analysed on two different single kernel instruments: (1) Foss Tecator GrainCheck was applied for non-destructive recording of single kernel size and shape (width, length, roundness, area, volume and total light reflectance) and (2) Perten Single Kernel Characterization System 4100 was applied for single kernel hardness and weight determinations. The eight variables from these single seed analyses have been used in two different ways, either as means and standard deviations, or as appended histogram spectra representing 250 kernels from each bulk sample. By the two methods, it has been possible to obtain reasonable Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) models for the structural and physical part of the malting quality complex associated to malt modification, but it was as expected impossible to predict the biochemical parameters associated with nitrogen chemistry and enzymatic power. The best model was achieved for (1→3, 1→4)-β-D-glucan in barley. The hardness of the barley kernels is by far the most important variable for describing malting performance. The additional use of the morphological data as acquired by fast non-destructive image analysis, however, also reveals some malting quality information by improving the calibration models based on hardness alone. The brightness of the kernels is by far the most important GrainCheck variable but also kernel size and shape is associated to malting performance. In general, the utilisation of the single kernel readings (used as histogram spectra), compared to sample mean and standard deviation, did not provide additional information for an improved prediction of the malting quality parameters.     

玉米果穗不同部位子粒水分动态差异研究

为明确玉米果穗不同部位子粒含水率和脱水速率的动态变化差异,在春玉米区宁夏银川和夏玉米区河南新乡采用8个不同熟期和脱水速率的品种,将玉米果穗垂直等分为5个部位,定期测定不同部位子粒含水率,计算子粒脱水速率。结果表明,玉米生长中后期,果穗上部子粒含水率低于中下部子粒含水率,生理成熟前各部位子粒含水率的差值低于生理成熟后。参试品种生理成熟前20 d时不同部位子粒含水率极差低于3%,成熟期的极差值变幅为0.6%～5.2%,生理成熟后极差最大值可达6.2%。同一果穗自上而下子粒的脱水速率逐渐降低,品种之间有明显差异,先玉335、迪卡517和迪卡519果穗不同部位子粒脱水速率差异较大。果穗中部子粒脱水速率和平均脱水速率与不同部位子粒含水率的极差值呈负相关。