| Abstract: | It is occasionally necessary to tag wheat kernels without altering their appearance. Coatings have potential applications to tag wheat of a particular color or protein class, diseased wheat such as Karnal bunt, or genetically modified wheat. This methodology will aid in development of calibrations for sorting instruments. Procedures were developed to coat wheat kernels with invisible ultraviolet (UV) fluorescent and near‐infrared (NIR) absorbing noncarcinogenic dyes. Wheat coated with UV‐fluorescent compounds were identified under black light. The NIR‐absorbing coating required lower concentrations of dye than the UV dyes and wheat coated with NIR‐absorbing dye were identified from their NIR spectrum. |
