Cereal Chem 63:349-351   |  VIEW ARTICLE
Test Weight, Hardness, and Breakage Susceptibility of Yellow Dent Corn Hybrids.

Y. Pomeranz, G. E. Hall, Z. Czuchajowska, and F. S. Lai. Copyright 1986 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

Test weight, 100-kernel weight, percent of floaters, hardness (density, near-infrared reflectance, and several parameters obtained from the Stenvert hardness test), and breakage susceptibility (Stein test) were determined in three mixtures of hybrids dried under various conditions and 10 individual hybrids dried under mild conditions. Breakage susceptibility showed a significant correlation, and test weight and percent of floaters showed a large and very significant correlation with various measures of grain hardness. Kernel weight and hardness were not correlated.