Impact on the love of choppers and the characteristics of wheat flour

Sunn Pest (spp. Eurygaster) one of the most important insect
Adverse effects on wheat yield in the Mediterranean
Average, they are scattered in the area of ​​irrigated crops in the south
And Eastern Europe and Western Asia and North Africa, including Lebanon
Syria and Iraq.
Although the wheat crop is most vulnerable to this insect, but it is possible
That have affected other crops such as barley and rye, oats, corn
White.
Sunn pest can cause damage to plant wheat, or by
fluid removed from the stem and leaves and ears, which leads to weakening
Plant or by feeding grain in the formative period of love
And maturity, as you digest the insect (endosperm) Btorha
Milk, resulting in a reduction of grain weight per Ttrauah between
15-60%, and the insect Btoreha incomplete (nymphs)
And complete (Adults) the introduction of enzymes (proteolytic enzymes) during
Nouri grain, which would eliminate the proteins
In the grain and these enzymes have the ability to stay within
The grain is dry and non-effective after the end of insect feeding and after
Harvest and extract the flour begins to destroy the enzymes to work
Protein (gluten) is responsible for giving the dough recipe rubber
And the ability to swell during the making of bread.
Therefore, wheat flour is extracted from the patient to have lost the power of this
Proteins and are not suitable for industry news.
For example, in the year 1981 in northern Syria, causing injuries
Sunn fever returns to millers and bakers by
For their inability to use in the manufacture of pita bread.
International Organization of FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Research Centre: More
Agriculture in the Dry Areas ICARDA.