Cereals such as corn and wheat have a wide diversity of uses in the nutrition industry. Pegasus Science contributes to the study of hybrid cereals with varied genetic potential, aiding Companies and Research Centers in the assessment of cultivars displaying marketing quality traits.
Particularities as the level of mycotoxins contamination and the nutritional composition are some of the relevant attributes to be analyzed.
The main features analyzed in corn are:
- Productivity
- Rot grains
- Mycotoxins contamination
- Fungal contamination
- Energy
- Protein
- Amino acids relation
- Final diet cost
- Cost for the entire production chain: animal producer and feed industry
Besides mycotoxins, the following parameters may also be assessed by partner labs in wheat:
- Hectoliter weight
- Grain humidity
- Experimental grinding
- Alveography
- Farinography
- Color of flour
- Falling number
Available analyses:
Mycotoxins (LC-MS/MS – performed by SAMITEC Laboratory)
Mycotoxins (LC-MS/MS – performed by SAMITEC Laboratory)
- Aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1 and G2)
- Fumonisins (B1 and B2)
- Zearalenone
- Deoxynivalenol
- Nivalenol
- T-2 Toxin
- Diacetoxiscirpenol
- Ergosterol
Nutritional (via NIR)
Nutritional (via NIR)
- Metabolizable energy (poultry and swine)
- Ether extract
- Crude protein
- Crude fiber
- Humidity
- Water activity
- Total amino acids
- Digestive amino acids (poultry and swine)
See below some of the benefits offered by Pegasus Science in the assessment of hybrid cereals:
