The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . Photo.] IC. C Brittlpbank FIG. 3. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT SHOWING THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE. outer covering of containing within a large number of starchgrains. Besides these starch grains, the starch cells contain a consider-able amount of gluten, and Fleurent has shown that the amount of suchgluten varies with the position of the starch cell in the endosperm. Froma detailed examinarion of a number of Inrlian. Russian, and French. Photo.] S- C. FIG. 4. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF FEDERATION WHEAT. whe
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . Photo.] IC. C Brittlpbank FIG. 3. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT SHOWING THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE. outer covering of containing within a large number of starchgrains. Besides these starch grains, the starch cells contain a consider-able amount of gluten, and Fleurent has shown that the amount of suchgluten varies with the position of the starch cell in the endosperm. Froma detailed examinarion of a number of Inrlian. Russian, and French. Photo.] S- C. FIG. 4. LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF FEDERATION WHEAT. wheats, he was able to show that the amount of gluten in the endospermincreased from the centre to the periphery. In an Indian variety, amount of gluten varied from 8 per cent, at the centre to \o\ percent, at the peripheral portion of the endosperm. It is the endosperm which forms the tlour in thr process of milling thegrain. loo Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo Feb., 1912. Protective coats.—The starchy endosperm and the embryo are bothprotected by a firm tough coat, which, on superficial examination appearsto be homogeneous in structure. When examined under a microscope,
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