Table 2.
The quality parameters of barley and the obtained malts.
| Analyzed Parameters | Type of Water Used for Seed Soaking | Significance 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma Treated Under Nitrogen | Plasma Treated in the Air | Control Sample | |||
| Water uptake capacity of the grain [%] | 5 h | 21.5 a (±1.38) |
21.5 a (±1.04) |
18.33 b (±0.41) |
** |
| 12 h | 41.5 a (±1.38) |
41.6 a (±1.63) |
38.3 b (±1.03) |
** | |
| 50 h | 41.5 a (±1.38) |
41.6 a (±1.63) |
38.75 b (±0.75) |
** | |
| Grain sensitivity to water [%] | 4 mL | 60.8 a (±6.27) |
54.6 a (±4.72) |
28.16 b (±8.13) |
*** |
| 8 mL | 26.6 a (±4.13) |
25.3 a (±4.08) |
14 b (±1.78) |
*** | |
| Energy and germination [%] | 72 h | 94.7 a (±0.69) |
97.7 b (±0.45) |
91.25 c (±0.59) |
*** |
| 120 h | 98.3 a (±0.72) |
99.5 b (±0.17) |
97.2 c (±0.18) |
*** | |
| Grading by grain size of grains [%] | 93.8 a (±0.91) |
94.3 a (±0.5) |
94 a (±0.55) |
ns | |
| Moisture [%] | 5.4 a (±0.31) |
5.6 a (±0.26) |
3.6 b (±1.3) |
** | |
| 1000 grain weight [g] | 44 a (±0.6) |
44.3 a (±0.8) |
51 b (±1.4) |
** | |
| Acrospire length | 0.74 a (±0.04) |
0.67 a (±0.04) |
0.68 a (±0.1) |
ns | |
| Extractivity of malt [%] | 74.1 a (±4.5) |
74.89 a (±1.5) |
72.25 a (±2.21) |
ns | |
| Protein content [%] | 10.37 a (±0.12) |
9.95 b (±0.22) |
10.07 ab (±0.05) |
** | |
1 Significance; **, *** indicate significance at a level of 1% and 0.5%, respectively, by the least significant difference; ns: not significant. Values with different superscript roman letters (a–c) in the same row are significantly different, according to the Duncan test (p < 0.05).