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Urban Farming: Empowerment To Increase Economic, Education, And Nutritional Benefit For The Sub-Urban Community, Nasruddin Nasruddin, Yusuf Donner Dwiyantama, Banu Muhammad, Anom Bowalaksono, Dian Ayubi, Sarah Islamiati Pertiwi

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This article discusses the urban farming program at Sekolah Master in Beji, Depok, Indonesia, which aims to provide the community with broader benefits, such as economy, education, and increased nutritional value. The project involves planting method that was introduced to this school community. The program itself consists of several stages, starting from the preparation—dissemination of the program and designing a plan for the greenhouse, the implementation—constructing the greenhouse and installing the automatic water system, planting the vegetation, and monitoring and evaluation of the program. Eventually, an evaluation of the successful program is required to determine whether the program can be …

Factors Responsible For Resistance In Okra Against Aphid, Aphis Gossiypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae), Shazia Rehman, Bashir Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Muhammad Ilyas, Ayesha Irum, Muhammad Arif, Imtiaz Khan, Sehrish Jamil, Muhammad Muzaffar Raza, Muhammad Jamil, Noor Muhammad, Faran Muhammad

Journal of Bioresource Management

Aphids are herbivores that feed on plant’s sap and are widespread throughout the globe. To assess the factors affecting the infestation of Aphis gossypii (Glover) and to use antixenosis a trial was conducted using 5 okra genotypes (Sabz Pari, Advanta, Durga, Kaveri, and Shandar) during spring, 2017 at “Agriculture Research Institute” (ARI) Tarnab, under Random Complete Block Design (RCBD) in field and Completely Randomized Design (CRD) in lab with 3 and 8 replications, respectively. Weekly data gathering for mean percent infestation of A. gossypii on each genotype to note variation among genotypes. The aphid infestations (2.5 Aphid leaf^-1) …

A Review On Strong Impacts Of Thermal Stress On Plants Physiology, Agricultural Yield; And Timely Adaptation In Plants To Heat Stress, Alam Sher, Yasmeen Asghar, Abdul Qayum, Muhammad Shabaz, Fatima Kiran, Laraib Arshad, Nadia Mehdi, Uzma Bibi, Shema Iqbal, Zainab Bibi, Rashna Anjum, Humaira Rasool, Javeria Mazher

Journal of Bioresource Management

In this review, we checked the harsh influence of high temperature or heat stress on plant metabolism and crop yield. Plants can bear a minimum range of temperature; temperature more than this optimum range comes in the term of heat stress. Climate changes increase the number and severity of heat waves that reduced the development of plants and resulted in the death of the entire plant. Heat stress is a major stressful environment that destroys plant growth, biochemical reactions, and the yield of crops across the world. High-temperature influences many physiological and chemical reactions in plants. HS is now a …

Tree Biomass – A Fragile Carbon Storage In Old-Growth Birch And Aspen Stands In Hemiboreal Latvia, Laura Ķēniņa, Didzis Elferts, Ieva Jaunslaviete, Endijs Bāders, Guntars Šņepsts, Āris Jansons

Aspen Bibliography

Birch (Betula pendula Roth, Betula pubescens Ehrh.) and European aspen (Populus tremula L.) stands dominate the deciduous forests of Northern Europe. Due to increasing forest protections, more deciduous stands will reach the old-growth stage. Thus, data on the carbon storage potential in such areas are essential. We aimed to establish a benchmark for carbon stocks of the main carbon pools in old-growth deciduous hemiboreal stands. Carbon pools were calculated from measurements in forty old-growth (104–148 years-old) deciduous stands in forests on fertile mineral soil. The carbon stock in these stands is distributed across tree biomass (~ 60%), mineral soil (~ …

Transformation And Gene Editing In The Bioenergy Grass Miscanthus, Anthony Trieu, Mohammad B. Belaff, Pradeepa Hirannaiah, Shilpa Manjunatha, Rebekah Wood, Yokshitha Bathula, Rebecca L. Billingsley, Anjali Arpan, Erik J. Sacks, Thomas E. Clemente, Stephen P. Moose, Nancy A. Reichert, Kankshita Swaminathan

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Background: Miscanthus, a C4 member of Poaceae, is a promising perennial crop for bioenergy, renewable bioproducts, and carbon sequestration. Species of interest include nothospecies M. x giganteus and its parental species M. sacchariforus and M. sinensis. Use of biotechnology-based procedures to genetically improve Miscanthus, to date, have only included plant transformation procedures for introduction of exogenous genes into the host genome at random, non-targeted sites.

Results: We developed gene editing procedures for Miscanthus using CRISPR/Cas9 that enabled the mutation of a specific (targeted) endogenous gene to knock out its function. Classified as paleo-allopolyploids (duplicated ancient …

Intelligent Control Method Of End Effector Of Food Sorting Robot Based On Improved Inversion Control, Wei Shu-Cheng, Mo Guo-Zhi

Food and Machinery

Objective: Solve the problems of poor positioning accuracy and low efficiency of end effectors in the sorting process of parallel food sorting robots. Methods: An intelligent control of the end-effector of a parallel food sorting robot combining fuzzy system, fuzzy neural network and inverse control algorithm was proposed. The modeling information was approximated by the fuzzy system, the unmodeled information was approximated and predicted by the fuzzy neural network, and the inversion control completed the control output. Finally, the experimental verification is carried out. Results: Compared with the traditional control method, the proposed control method had good …

Research On The Identification Of Mildew Maize Kernels Using Spectral Variables And Color Features Of Hyperspectral Images, Li Wei, Zhao Xue-Qing, Liu Qiang

Food and Machinery

Objective: To identify mildew maize kernels accurately. Methods: A novel method to identify mildew maize kernels using spectral variables and color characteristics of hyperspectral images. Firstly, image segmentation, spectral variables and color features extraction were carried out on maize kernel images. Then, color features of maize kernel images were utilized to generate color histograms. Additionally, spectral variables and color histogram features were combined into a feature set. Finally, the distance functions were used to analyze the features in this feature set to identify mildew maize kernels. Results: For the proposed method, the maximum average identification deviation and …

Survey Results And Analysis Of Food Education Of Urban Middle School Students In Cities, Wang Qiu-Yun

Food and Machinery

In order to understand the awareness of urban adolescents on healthy diet, nutrition knowledge, traditional food culture, and food safety, a food education survey was carried out in the Middle School Affiliated to the National University of Defense Technology of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Based on 1 088 middle and high school students, the questionnaire was designed from four dimensions: food nutrition cognition, correct eating habit cultivation and safety knowledge, traditional diet and etiquette inheritance, food education knowledge cognition and attitude. The results show that urban Middle school students have a high degree of awareness of food nutrition knowledge, …

Research On The Innovation Mechanism Of Online Food Safety Supervision From The Perspective Of Holistic Governance, Li Xi

Food and Machinery

Holistic governance theory is a new type of public management strategy, which helps to provide citizens with a seamless and non-separated holistic service governance scheme, and provides new ideas for food safety supervision. Based on the theory of holistic governance, this article proposes three levels of online food safety supervision, from the perspective of the integrity of supervision implementation to reconstruct the execution network, the integrity of the supervision body to reconfigure of the participating network, the integrity of the supervision accountability to reshape of the power and responsibility system.

Research Progress On Active Ingredients And Pharmacological Functions Of Lotus Leaf, Li Yi-Long, Shang Bo-Hao, Wang Jian-Hui, Liu Zhong-Hua, Zhu Ming-Zhi

Food and Machinery

The main active ingredients in lotus leaves were introduced in this review, including flavonoids, alkaloids, volatile oils, terpenoids, polysaccharides, and organic acids. The pharmacological functions of lotus leaves, such as lipid-lowering and anti-obesity activities, anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, and blood-lowering activities, protective effects of the cardiovascular system, nervous system, and liver, and anti-tumor activity were also summarized. The relative research and application were prospected in order to provide references for the comprehensive utilization of lotus leaf resources.

Research Progress Of Food 3d Printing Technology At Home And Abroad Based On Bibliometrics, Li Chun-Li, Tang Tian-Tian, Zhang Min

Food and Machinery

This paper analyzes the related research papers on food printing published on the Web of Science core collection and CNKI database by using bibliometrics, and finds that the number of articles published and the citation frequency of 3D printed articles on food in China and abroad are increasing year by year. China, Australia and the United States are the countries with the highest number of articles published and cited, but from the point of view of the single citation frequency of articles, the quality of articles in China still needs to be improved. The team led by Zhang M, Bhandari …

The Influence Of Physical Termination Fermentation Process On Flavor Substances Of Low-Alcohol Jujube Wine, Yin Rong, Zhang Qian-Ru, Wang Jun-Yu, Liang Zhi-Hong

Food and Machinery

Objective: To provide theoretical basis for the industrialization production of low-alcohol jujube wine. Methods: Three methods including Pasteurization, high-frequency ultrasound and ultra-filtration were used to terminate the fermentation. Flavor substances of low-alcohol jujube wine were determined by ion chromatography and headspace solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques, and sensory evaluation was also conducted. Results: There are five main organic acids in low-alcohol jujube wine: malic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, lactic acid and acetic acid. A total of 50 aroma components were detected, of which esters were the main aroma substances, and the contents of ethyl caprylate …

Evaluation Of The Effect Of Kiwifruit Cultivars On The Quality Of Kiwifruit Chips, An Chuan-Hui, Huang Wen-Jun, Zhong Cai-Hong, He Jian-Jun, Chen Xue-Ling, Zhang Qi

Food and Machinery

Objective: The aim of this study was to analysis the effect of cultivars on the adaptability of kiwifruit processing to chips while six cultivars of kiwifruit were used as the raw material. Methods: Kiwifruit chips were prepared by the method of vacuum freeze-dried. Sensory evaluation and nine indexes such as the yield of kiwifruit chips, water-soluble pectin, acid-soluble pectin, soluble sugar, total acid content, sugar-acid ratio. ascorbic acid content, hardness and crispness of kiwifruit chips were analyzed. Results: There were significantly differences among yield, nutrient content and sensory indicators in kiwifruit chips while the kiwifruit chips were …

Variation Of Ethyl Carbamate Content In The Brewing Process Of Strong-Flavour Liquor In Hunan Province, Huang Xiong-Wei, Li Wen-Xiang, Zeng Xian-Feng, Li Qing, Zhang Jian-Hui

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to improve the safety of the strong-flavour liquor in Hunan Province. Methods: The content of ethyl carbamate in raw grains, pit mud, distiller's grains, fermented grains and base liquor was detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results: In each technological stage, the average concentration of ethyl carbamate in base liquor was the highest, and the significant test of EC content of head liquor and tail liquor P ＜0.05, there was a significant difference between the two, and the head liquor was higher than the tail liquor. The significance test P values of EC content …

Salting-Out Assisted Liquid-Liquid Extraction Coupled With Hplc-Ms/Ms For Determination Of 13 Kinds Of Bisphenols And Alkyl Phenol Compounds In Liquid Dairy Products, Jiang Kan, Zhang Hui, Cao Hui, Wang Jin, Zhou Xue-Jun, Li Xiao-Yan

Food and Machinery

Objective: An analytical method was established for determination of 13 kinds of bisphenols and alkylphenol compounds in liquid dairy products by salting-out-assisted liquid-liquid extraction coupled with HPLC-MS/MS. Methods: The salting-out-assisted liquid-liquid extraction pre-treatment method was adopted, and the detection was performed in the mode of negative ion source multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) by triple quadrupole mass spectrometry, and quantitative analysis was performed by matrix external standard method. Besides, the effect of extraction solvent type, selection and the usage of salting-out agents on the recoveries were studied and the performance of the method was evaluated. Results: The liquid …

Rapid Screening Of 57 Illegally Added Drugs For Uric Acid Lowering Medicinal And Edible Food By Modified Quechers Technology, Qi Yan, Xu Qing-Peng, Li Cong, Deng Xing-Fei, Li Jin-Qing

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to establish a rapid screening method for 57 drugs illegally added to medicinal and edible food. Methods: Extracted samples were purified by QuEhERS pretreatment technology, and 57 kinds of illegal addition of drugs were separated by Waters BEH C18 column. Acetonitrile-water was used as a mobile phase for gradient elution. Mass spectrometry electrospray and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) were used for detection and analysis. Results: The established method had good linearity, and the correlation coefficients (R2) of 57 kinds of illegal addition of drugs were all greater than 0.99. The limits of detection …

Determination Of Eight Kinds Of Insecticides In Dairy Products By Dispersed Solid Phase Extraction-Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Yan Wan-Ying, He Min-Heng, Wen Heng, Liu Zhi-Peng, Yu Zhi-Cong

Food and Machinery

Objective: To detect eight kinds of insecticides in dairy products (pure milk, fermented milk, milk powder) rapidly. Methods: A high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) method based on dispersive solid phase extraction pre-treatment technology was established. The samples were extracted with acetonitrile-acetone solution (V_acetonitrile∶V_acetone=80∶20) in ultrasonic way, and the extraction solution was purified by Florisil, primary secondary amine and anhydrous MgSO₄.After purification, the samples were analyzed by HPLC-MS/MS qualitatively and quantitatively in multi reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. Results: The correlation coefficient (r) of fenamiphos, imidacloprid, spinosad, dinotefuran, emamectin benzoate, methomyl, …

Preparation Of Matrix Reference Material Of Amino- Mebendazole In Eel Muscle Powder, Luo Chun-Lian

Food and Machinery

Objective: A method for the preparation and determination of amino-mebendazole matrix reference material in eel muscle powder was established. Methods: A positive sample was obtained by culturing eels with mebendazole and was prepared into amino-mebendazole matrix reference material, which went through freeze-drying, vacuum packaging, and radiation sterilization in turn. And its homogeneity, stability, cooperative setting value, and uncertainty were examined. Results: This matrix reference material has good uniformity and can adapt to low temperatures, normal temperatures, long-distance transportation, and other environments. It can be stored for more than 12 months under -18 ℃. The characteristic value of …

Identification Of The Age Of Baijiu Based On Two-Dimensional Correlation Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Zhou Tao, Zhang Zhi-Yong, Han Ning, Gao Wei, Jia Li-Yan

Food and Machinery

Objective: To avoid young liquor as old liquor and realize the discrimination of Baijiu age. Methods: The near infrared transmission spectra of Baijiu samples were collected by near infrared spectrometer, and the synchronous and asynchronous two-dimensional correlation spectra of Baijiu samples were constructed with the wine age as the external disturbance. On this basis, the autocorrelation spectrum of each sample was extracted, and the age discrimination model of Baijiu was established by combining Markov distance method. Results: The wave band from 1400 nm to 1800 nm contained the effective information about the changes of Baijiu samples on …

Quality And Safety Analysis And Supervisory Suggestion Of Sampling Inspection Of Vegetables Sold In Shanghai From 2019 To 2021, Jin Qi-Qi, Chen Lei, Zhou Jing, Bai Bing

Food and Machinery

Objective: Understand the quality and safety of vegetables sold in Shanghai, and provide data and reference for future supervision. Methods: Public information on the supervision and sampling of vegetables by the Shanghai Market Supervision and Administration from 2019 to 2021 was collected, and the information was analyzed and summarized. Results: The statistical results of 2019—2021 show that the unqualified rate of vegetable products were 1.36%, 0.78% and 2.88%, respectively. Bulb vegetables, beans and leafy vegetables were found to be unqualified products within three years, and the unqualified rate of bulb vegetables was the highest. The main substandard …

Food Safety Emergency Drill System Based On Virtual Reality Technology, Li Jing, Zou Ji-Tao

Food and Machinery

Analyze the typical scenes and causes of food safety emergencies, develop the food safety emergency drill system based on the Unity3D virtual reality development platform by using virtual reality technology, and optimize the stability and fluency of system operation. The system realizes the immersive experience during the drill. The personnel enter the virtual drill scene through the simulation equipment for interactive operation and carry out the drill in real time, which is helpful to improve the emergency response ability of drill personnel.

Localization And Counting Of String Tomatoes Based On Improved Tiny-Yolov5l Algorithm, Zhao Jiu-Xiao, Zhang Xin, Shi Kai-Li, Li Jing-Jing, Li Zuo-Lin

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study is to improve the sorting efficiency of string tomatoes, and solve its false detection and false detection. Methods: First, collect the image data set of string tomatoes, expand the data and improve the generalization performance of the model through data enhancement, and 3×3 convolution is replaced by improved SVM-MHSA layer. By replacing softmax classification function in MHSA with SVM classification function which is more suitable for string tomatoes, the detection accuracy of string tomatoes is enhanced. Secondly, the remaining 3×3 convolution is replaced by deep separable convolution to reduce the number of parameters and improve …

Design And Implementation Of On-Line Nondestructive Rapid Testing System For Wheat Flour Quality, Sun Xiao-Rong, Zheng Dong-Yu, Liu Cui-Ling, Wu Jing-Zhu, Jin Jia-Rui

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to detect the quality of wheat flour quickly and non-destructively. Methods: The online detection system for wheat flour quality was built in the experiment, which mainly includes the flowing four parts: micro near-infrared spectrometer integrated device, production line adjustable speed simulation device, spectrum online acquisition and control software and online modeling and analysis software. Different modeling algorithms were used to establish quantitative analysis models for moisture, ash and gluten, and the robustness of the online quantitative analysis model was optimized. The influence of different experimental conditions on the modeling results was analyzed. Results: …

An Online Visual Detection And Identification Method For The Defective Of Qinqinchang, Dang Guo-Hui, Wang Yong-Qiang, Zhou Cong-Ling

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to study the automatic detection method of common appearance defects in the production process of Qinqinchang. Methods: CMOS camera was used to obtain the image information of the product online, and image processing technology was used to extract the appearance defect features of the product and analyze the types of defects. Results: The accuracy rate of the online detection method for the common appearance defects of kissing intestines was 97.2%. Conclusion: The method is simple and has broad application prospect.

Application Of Ceramic Container In Tea Packaging And Development Strategy Of Contemporary Design, Li Ling-Ling

Food and Machinery

Clarify the value of ceramic containers used in tea packaging from the development process, study the impact of contemporary consumer culture, industrialization and globalization on ceramic tea packaging containers, discuss the orientation and development strategy of contemporary ceramic containers design applied to tea packaging.

Food Packaging Design Based On Network Public Welfare Communication, Huang Qiu-Chen

Food and Machinery

On the basis of analyzing the development of the concept of public welfare packaging, taking the commercial practices of public welfare packaging as examples, the advantages, current situation and problems of food packaging participating in public welfare were analyzed. The design idea of food packaging based on network public welfare communication was put forward. Food public welfare packaging should follow the design principles of commonweal, simplicity, interactivity and communication, and promote the continuous innovation by integrating new media, new materials, new technologies and new contexts, in order to improve public welfare packaging to better serve the enterprise's public welfare communication, …

Online Detection And Grading System For Citrus Full-Surface Color, Li Lang, Wen Tao, Dai Xing-Yong, Wang Zhi-Yu

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to realize the fast and accurate sorting of citrus color. Methods: An online color detection and grading system of citrus based on machine vision was designed in this study. The system is composed of feeding unit, chain conveying mechanism, image acquisition system and fruit dividing unit. The industrial camera which was combined with the rolling mechanism was used to uniformly capture 50~60 frames of images for obtaining the complete surface information of citrus. The non-destructive testing software preprocessed each frame of images acquired in real time to obtain the two-dimensional coloring ratio, which is …

Water Content Detection Of Camellia Oleifera Seeds Based On Temperature Correction And Visible/Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Wang Zhi-Qiang, Li Da-Peng, Liu Qiang, Liao Shu-Huai, Yi Zong-Pei

Food and Machinery

Objective: In order to solve the problem that temperature change during drying can detect the moisture content of Camellia oleifera seeds by visible/near infrared spectroscopy, a temperature modified Camellia oleifera seed moisture content detection model was proposed. Methods: Drying experiments were carried out at different temperatures (50,60,70 ℃) to collect spectral data. By acquiring the spectral data collected at different temperatures, the reasons why the temperature affected the spectrum were analyzed. Then, by comparing the three spectral preprocessing methods, using the Competitive Adaptive Reweighting(CARS)and Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) were used to establish the benchmark PLSR model at …

Preparation Of Phytosterol Α-Linolenic Acid Ester And Its Application In Astaxanthin-Loaded Liposomes, Liu Yan-Jun, Pan Li, Chang Zhen-Gang, Meng Hao-Jie, Zhang Guo-Zhi

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study focuses on improving the stability and water solubility of astaxanthin. Methods: Phytosterol α-linolenic acid ester was synthesized by chemical method with phytosterol andα-linolenic acid as raw materials. Liposomes co-encapsulating astaxanthin and phytosterol α-linolenic acid ester were prepared by employing a thin-film ultrasound technique with the utilization of soybean phospholipid. Results: Based on the structure analysis by infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance, it has been demonstrated that the product was phytosterolα-linolenic acid ester. The purity of phytosterolα-linolenic acid ester was (90.72±2.09)% by gas chromatography. The encapsulation efficiency of liposomes co-encapsulating astaxanthin and phytosterolα-linolenic acid …

Optimization Of Preparation Of Conjugated Linoleic Acid By Alkali Isomerization Of Peanut Oil, Shen Qiu-Yun, Peng Qing-Jing

Food and Machinery

Objective: To obtain a promising production technique of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Methods: The alkali isomerization was used to prepare CLA from peanut oil. The relative content of linoleic acid in peanut oil was determined, and the effects of reaction time, reaction temperature, ratio of alcohol to oil and KOH dosage on the conversion of CLA were investigated. The preparation conditions were optimized by Box-Behnken test. Results: The peanut oil was rich in linoleic acid with a relative content of 27.85%. Therefore, peanut oil was a good raw material for the preparation of CLA. For the conversion …