Aside from the customary rapid analysis methods for water and protein as well as physical tests, the visual inspection of barley, i.e., the evaluation of the external characteristics of the grain, also remains a meaningful method for assessing barley.
This method describes how to determine whether a lot of grain is contaminated with ergot visually through manual inspection.
Barley intended for the production of malt; therefore, the kernels are to be evaluated on the basis of the characteristics described below.
A representative sample of grain is visually inspected for the presence of ergot sclerotia.