Technological properties of winter common wheat varieties depending on the forecrops

Abstract

Introduction. Wheat is the main grain cropwhich is used for fodder and food purposes in most countries of the world. Flour is the main product of wheat processing, it is subject to a number of quality and safety requirements depending on the use. The purpose of the current work was to identify varietal traits and the effect of the forecrops on the formation of technological properties of grain and flour of winter common wheat varieties, thento select the best of them according to the studied properties.
Methods. There were estimated the technological properties of 17 winter common wheat varieties (Triticum aestivum L.) developed by the Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”, 10 of them were included in the State List of Breeding Achievements, 7 of them are currently being studied. The indicators of the technological, flour-milling, biochemical and physical traits of grain were assessed in accordance with the GOSTs.
Results. There has been established that for the entire period the varieties formed a large nature grain weight and corresponded to the first quality class according to the two studied forecrops. As a result of the conducted study there was found out that the choice of a forecrop affected protein percentage in grain and flour. There has been identified varieties ‘Zhavoronok’, ‘Podarok Krymu’, ‘Zolotoy Kolos’, ‘Ayuta’ and ‘Premiera’ had high flour properties according to the technological efficiency of milling (E) after both of the studied forecrops. The varieties ‘Zhavoronok’, ‘Podarok Krymu’ and ‘Premiera’ were characterized by high values of flour-milling estimation (MS).