Scientific and technical reports

Scientific and technical reports are authored by research scientists and staff at the Canadian Grain Commission. They include published papers, conference proceedings, book chapters and reports.

List of published papers

• List of published scientific and technical papers
  • A searchable collection of papers written by the staff of the Grain Research Laboratory from 1930 to the present
• List of published entomology papers

Papers and reports available in full text

• Bellido, G. G., and Hatcher, D. W – Using ultrasound to characterize fresh yellow alkaline noodles
• Bellido, G. G., and Hatcher, D. W – Using ultrasound to measure noodle quality
• Clear, Randy and Susan Patrick – Cultural characteristics of the causal agents of FHB in western Canada
• Clear, Randy and Susan Patrick – Fusarium Head Blight in Canada
• DeClercq, Douglas and Daun, James – Canadian canola quality parameters: Comparision of results from harvest and export surveys
• Dexter, J.E. – The history of durum wheat breeding in Canada and summaries of recent research at the Canadian Grain Commission on factors associated with durum wheat processing
• Dexter, J.E. and N.M. Edwards – The implications of frequently encountered grading factors on the processing quality of common wheat
• Dexter, J.E. and N.M. Edwards – The implications of frequently encountered grading factors on the processing quality of durum wheat
• Dexter, J.E., Preston, K.R. and Woodbeck N. J. – Canadian wheat – Chapter 6: Future of flour a compendium of flour improvement, 2006
• Edney, M. J.,  B.G. Rossnagel and W. G. Legge – The road to quality hulless malting barley - Where to now
• Edney, M. J., Marta S. Izydorczyk, S. J. Symons and N. Woodbeck – Measuring barley kernel colour and size to predict end use malt quality
• Edney, M. J. and Rossnagel, B.G. – Producing a quality malt from hulless barley
• Edwards, Nancy and Jim Dexter – Alveograph – sources of problems in curve interpretation with hard common wheat flour
• Izydorczyk, Marta – Baking healthy bread with barley
• Izydorczyk, Marta – Creating new potential for an old grain – milling hulless barley for fibre-rich fractions and baking healthy bread with barley
• Izydorczyk, Marta - Prediction of germination energy of malting barley during long-time storage
• Izydorczyk, Marta - Using RVA to measure pre-germination in barley and predict germination energy after storage
• Pearse, Penny – Ergot of cereals and grasses
• Williams, P.C., Debbie Sobering and John Antoniszyn – Protein testing methods at the Canadian Grain Commission

Reports on technologies

Articles about using technology to address new challenges in grain quality assurance.

• Automated Mattson cooker
• Technology transfer template
  • The template is a process for the conception, testing, evaluation and implementation of any new technology which will impact the Canadian grain grading system.
• The role of variety identification in Canadian grain quality assurance