Third International Symposium On Preharvest Sprouting In Cereals

Dr. Kruger is a research scientist and head of the wheat enzyme section in the Grain Research Laboratory of the Canadian Grain Commission in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dr. LaBerge is also a research scientist and is head of malting barley research in the Grain Research Laboratory.

• Also of Interest -- International Organizing Committee -- Local Organizing Committee -- Preface -- Introduction -- Progress and Prospect in Sprouting Research -- Physiology of Pre-Harvest Sprouting -- The Physiology of Pre-Harvest Sprouting—A Review -- Gibberellic Acid Insensitivity Genes and Pre-Harvest Sprouting Damage Resistance -- Alpha-Amylase Production in the Late Stages of Grain Development—An Early Sprouting Damage Risk Period? -- Ear Wetting and Pre-Harvest Sprouting of Wheat -- Temperature-Moisture Interactions as a Factor in Germination and Dormancy -- A Possible Role for the Pericarp in Control of Germination and Dormancy of Wheat -- Investigation of the Pre-Harvest Sprouting Damage Resistance Mechanisms in Some Australian White Wheats -- Effects of Various Saccharides on Gibberellic Acid Sensitivity of Avena fatua Seed -- Effects of Fertility and Rain Simulation During Grain Fill on Protein Content, Starch Quality, and Alpha-Amylase Activity in Winter Wheat -- Falling Numbers and Alpha-Amylase in Sawfly-Resistant Wheats -- Chemistry of Pre-Harvest Sprouting -- Recent Progress in the Biochemistry of Immature Cereal Grains in Relation to Pre-Harvest Sprouting -- Separation of Wheat Alpha-Amylase Isoenzymes by Chromatofocusing -- Alpha-Amylase Genes in Wheat -- Differences in Falling Number at Constant Alpha-Amylase Activity -- The Role of the Amylograph in Assessing Sprout Damage -- Some Experiences with Monitoring Alpha-Amylase Levels in Canadian Wheat -- Peroxidases and Their Relationship to Dormancy and Germination in the Wheat Kernel -- Nephelometric Determination of Added Alpha-Amylase in Cereal-Based Products -- Environment, Developing Barley Grain, and Subsequent Production of Alpha-Amylase by the Aleurone Layer -- Observations on the Development of the Testa and Pericarp in Barley -- Cereal Endosperm Degradation During Initial Stages of Germination -- The Action of Plant Hormones on Endosperm Breakdown and Embryo Growth During Germination of Barley -- Carbohydrates and Germination Inhibitors During Corn Seed Maturation and Germination -- Fluridone Induction of Vivipary During Maize Seed Development -- Role of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Corn Seed Germination -- Hydrolysis of Endosperm Protein in Zea mays (W64A × W182E) -- Fusarium moniliforme as the Cause of Pre-Harvest Sprouting of Maize in Mexico -- Plant Breeding and Genetic Aspects of Pre-Harvest Sprouting -- Sprouting Variability in Diverse Triticum spp. Germplasms -- Factor Analyses of Characters Useful in Screening Wheat for Sprouting Damage -- Sprouting Resistance in Barley -- Early Generation Mass Selection for Seed Dormancy in Barley -- Recombining Dormancy from RL 4137 with White Seed Color -- Effects of Temperature and Rainfall on Seed Dormancy of Small Grain Cultivars -- Pre-Harvest Sprouting—The South African Situation for Seed Dormancy in Barley -- Inheritance Studies in Dormancy in Three Wheat Crosses -- The Response of Triticale and Related Cereals to Conditions Inducing Preharvest Sprouting -- Wheat Weathering Damage in Windrower/Combine vs. Direct-Combine Harvesting Systems -- Notice of Next Meeting