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BLEACHED KERNEL [1 record]

Record 1 2004-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
  • Agricultural Economics
CONT

Cut and examine the endosperm of bleached kernels.

CONT

Non-vitreous kernels - Kernels having a starch spot of any size (piebald); broken or otherwise damaged kernels, severely bleached kernels and kernels of contrasting wheat classes are all considered non-vitreous.

OBS

Term(s) used at the Canadian Grain Commission in the field of cereal terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Terme(s) en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains dans le domaine céréalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Molinería y cereales
  • Economía agrícola
DEF

Grano que presenta una coloración notoriamente más pálida o tenue que la normal, en parte o en la totalidad de su tegumento.

CONT

Granos blanqueados o descoloridos en ocasiones, están uniformemente decolorados; en otras, están decolorados sólo en las aristas o tienen parches blancos irregularmente distribuidos. La decoloración uniforme es debida a la humedad del ambiente, que provoca la hinchazón del grano. La decoloración irregular, principiando por los bordes, ocurre a menudo en granos sobrecalentados.

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