FAPC Evaluation of Hard WhiteWinter Wheat Breeder Linesfor Alkaline Asian Noodles

About 40 % of wheat products in Asian countries are consumed in the form of noodles (Crosby, 1991). As the largest wheat exporter country in the world, the United States needs to maintain its competitiveness in producing wheat of a quality desired by more sophisticated buyers. When Asian consumers choose wheat for noodle manufacturing, buying decisions are based on the final color and texture character-istics (Crosby, 1991). The interest in hard white winter wheat (HWWW) has been generated by competition of Australian Standard White wheat from Western Australia, which has been tailored for white salted Asian noodles (Janto, 1998). The interest in HWWW has grown in wheat-producing states in the U.S. and overseas markets. White Winter varieties may not only produce brighter and whiter flour tha