test 3 misc questions Flashcards
1
Q
type of fruit in poaceae
A
caryopsis = can’t separate inside and outside of fruit (example, corn kernal)
2
Q
lodging
A
matting of tall, weak stalks
3
Q
shattering
A
seeds flung away from plant (you want this to not happen to early)
4
Q
threshing
A
removal of fruits from bracts
5
Q
winnowing
A
removal of loose chaff
6
Q
polishing/pearling
A
removal of everything BUT endosperm
7
Q
places that had to store crops over winter
A
w. and n. Europe
8
Q
tetraploid grain
A
Triticum turgidum
and
Triticum turgidum var. durm
9
Q
ex. of hard wheat
A
Triticum turgidum var. duram
10
Q
wheat type used in pasta
A
- Triticum turgidum*
var. duram
11
Q
hexaploid wheat
A
Triticum aestivum
12
Q
wheat for raised bread
A
Triticum aestivum
13
Q
bread making process
A
- yeast digests sugar; CO2 released
- baking dries starches, denaturing protien, killing yeast
- CO2 trapped
14
Q
what is gluten?
A
elastic protien composite (glinden and glutein)
15
Q
result of polishing rice
A
vit. B deficiency = beriberi
