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Nutritional Value And Antioxidant Capacity Of Shepherd’S Purse Seed, Song Zhao-Jun, Wang Feng-Lei, Zhao Gong-Ling, Feng Xiao-Han, Ding Ke

Food and Machinery

Analyzed the nutritional value and antioxidant capacity of Shepherd’s purse seed. There were many kinds of nutrients in the seed of Shepherd’s purse. The content of crude fat ranked the first with 37.6 g/100 g, and among the crude fat, un

Enzymatic Hydrolysis To Enhance The Umami Taste Of Lentinus Edodes Boiling Water By Papain, Li Shun-Feng, Liu Li-Na, Wang An-Jian, Tian Guang-Rui, Xu Fang-Fang

Food and Machinery

To improve the content of umami substance in boiling water of Lentinus edodes, the single factor experiment and orthogonal experiment were carried out to optimize the enzymatic hydrolysis process of L. edodes boiling water with papain. The a

Research Prograss On Starch And Its Derivatives In Noodles, Xu Shu-Jian, Li Zhao-Feng

Food and Machinery

In this paper, the chemical and structures properties of starch commonly used in several noodle products were first introduced. And then the applications of starch, chemically modified starch, pregelatinized starch and resistant starch in noodle products

Research Progress Of Maillard Reaction In Food Under Microwave Heating, Xu Hai-Xia, Cheng Yu-Dong, Jin Yin-Zhe

Food and Machinery

As a new type of heating method with high efficiency, energy saving and environmental protection, microwave heating is more and more widely used in industry. The Maillard reaction under microwave heating has a higher degree of early reaction. The composit

Progress In The Research On The Lipid-Lowering Activity Of Polysacchairdes From Kelp, Zheng Juan-Xia, Chen Wen-Ning, Yue Jin-Ling, Yang Li, Wang Cheng-Wei

Food and Machinery

It has been found that polysaccharides from kelp have many physiological activities such as lowering blood lipid, preventing radiation and anti-aging, and it isapplied to food, medicine and animal husbandry. The research progress of kelp polysaccharide on

Strain Screening Of Pantothenate Synthetase And Catalysis To Produce D-Pantothenic Acid, Ma Yu-Yu, Song Wei, Feng Xiao-Na, Liu Jia, Qian Yuan-Yuan

Food and Machinery

In this study, 11 source PS enzyme genes were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), and the successful strain was constructed for enzymatic property study with simultaneous fermentation and transformation experiment on the fermentati

Research Progress On The New Freeze-Drying Technology Of Fruits And Vegetables, Wang Xin-Ke, Yang Xi-Hong, Wu Fan, Xie Jing-Wen, Yu Dong-Xing, Xie Wan-Cui

Food and Machinery

The effects of different drying techniques on product quality and the relative advantages and industrialization obstacles of freeze-dried products were analyzed and compared in this study. The current practice in thin layer drying models of fruits and veg

Landscape Performance Of Annual Bedding Plants Following Foliar Application Of Silicon And Titanium, Vania Maria Pereira

Theses and Dissertations

The U.S. floriculture industry was estimated at $4.77 billion in 2018 with annual bedding plants representing the main segment valued at $1.46 billion dollars. Silicon (Si) and titanium (Ti) are beneficial nutrients which can improve growth and quality of greenhouse horticultural crops when applied exogenously. Information is lacking as to whether Si and Ti enhancement during greenhouse production increases bedding plant performance in the outdoor landscape. Therefore, this study examined landscape performance of four annual bedding plant species treated with foliar applications of Si and Ti during greenhouse production over two growing seasons. Plant species were selected based on U.S. …

Low Income And Access To Healthy Food: The Case Of Milk, Jeffrey Young, James K. Binkley

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

Even with abundant dietary research and knowledge about healthy eating, there is still a considerable shortfall in dietary quality of low-income households in the US. Chen et al. (2012) proposed that this problem is at least in part due to low-income individuals’ having less expected future earnings and thus, reduced incentive to pursue longevity by means of healthy eating. We further their analysis, offering improvement by controlling for access to low-fat milk. We find that even when allegedly crucial factors such as cost and access are not issues, relative purchasing of low-fat milk is still linked to higher income.

Cover Cropping In Soybean-Corn Rotation System: Economic, Agronomic, And Soil Fertility Impact, Jose Rodolfo Mite

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Planting winter-annual cover crops prevent soil erosion, reduces water runoff, and improves soil structure and soil quality. This research was conducted from 2017 to 2019 to evaluate the nutrient turnover of different species of cover crops in soils under different row crop production systems in Northeast and Central Louisiana. In Northeast Louisiana (Site 1, 2, and 3), treatments (cover crops and no cover crop) were arranged in a strip trial with three replications. At the Ben Hur Research Station, the treatments included three planting dates (September, October, and November) with [7 kg ha^-1 of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)] …

Aging Horses By Their Teeth, Karl Hoopes, Patricia Evans, Nancy Jack

All Current Publications

This publication tells how to pinpoint a horses age, within a fairly narrow range, by examining its teeth. Being able to pinpoint age can be of use to owners of unregistered horses or horses whose age is unknown for any reason. Many health and nutrition management decisions are directly related to age and dental wear, making it even more important for all horse owners to have a general understanding of how a horse’s mouth changes with age. From a historical perspective, up until recently when organized associations started keeping birth dates on registered horses, most horse professionals took great pride …

Becoming Agricultured: Creating An Agriculture Literacy Podcast For Consumers, Madalyn C. Souza

Agricultural Education and Communication

Today’s consumers want to become more aware of where their food comes from. There is a need and a desire to bridge the gap between consumers and production agriculture. One way to reach consumers is through audio podcasts. Podcasts are digital audio recordings that are streamed online. The podcast Becoming Agricultured will be a platform to show the relationship between agriculture and the environment, food, fiber and energy, animals, lifestyle, the economy and technology. The podcast is aimed to tell agriculture's story through factual research and personal accounts of those involved in different sectors of the agriculture industry and cultivate …

Hericium Erinaceus: Erinacine A, Ventura Villanueva

Agricultural Education and Communication

Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane)

Erinacines - component found in Lion's Mane

A variety of mushroom that has been grabbing the attention of different pharmaceutical companies is the Hericium Erinaceus commonly known as Lion’s Mane. Lion’s Mane also known as, “Sheep’s head, Bear’s head, Bearded tooth carpophore, and Yamabushitmnnake” (Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus)). Lion’s Mane in nature is found growing off the dry bark of trees (Kuo, 2016). Nowadays there are many products in the market that sell Lion’s Mane mushroom powder as a superfood. Lion’s Mane mushroom is known to have the component erinacines. Erinacines as of …

Nebline, June/July 2020

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Top 5 Ag Topics From 5 Years

7 Tips for Successfully Baking as a Family

Recipe of the Month

Timing Your Fruit Harvesting Apples, Pears & Plums

Paper Wasps and Yellow Jackets

Severe Weather Preparedness and COVID-19

Time to Look for Bagworms

Garden Guide: What to Do This Month

5 Tips for Working Remotely from Home and Caring for Children During COVID-19

HEART OF 4-H VOLUNTEER AWARD: Grace Kim

HEART OF 4-H VOLUNTEER AWARD: Greater Lincoln Obedience Club

4-H/FFA Livestock Booster Club Scholarships Due July 6

Video Companion Animal (and Cat and Pet Rabbit) Showmanship Entries Due Aug. 10

Horse …

The Effect Of Soil Ph On Phosphorus Content Of Clover Pasture, David Weaver, Robert Summers, David Rogers, Peta Richards

Resource management technical reports

Testing of pasture soils from 2009 to 2018, as part of DPIRD’s Whole Farm Nutrient Mapping (WFNM) project in the coastal catchments of south-west Western Australia (WA), indicated that soil pH was so low it could be limiting plant access to nutrients. Observations by some farmers who had been involved in the soil testing were that lime application had not increased pasture production, even when pH_Ca (pH measured in calcium chloride) tests indicated that phosphorus (P) should become more available by increasing soil pH. Farmers also wanted to know if they needed to apply more P than soil testing …

Graduate Internship Report: Golden West High School, Amber R. Nagel

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship and project report includes documentation required in meeting the quality criteria for secondary-level programs of instruction in agriculture. The documents are concurrently used for the Agriculture Incentive Grant review process at Golden West High School conducted by representatives of the California Department of Education. The supporting material includes information to receive state and local funding, outline the goals and objectives of the program, along with an overview of Golden West High School, the agriculture program and the community.

Parsnips In The Garden, Dan Drost, Wade Bitner

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides information for growing parsnips in the garden, including varieties, how to grow them, pest control, harvest and storage, productivity, nutrition, and frequently asked questions.

Use Of Different Agro-Wastes In The Cultivation Of Pleurotus Ostreatus (Jacq.) Kummer, Mary O. Iwuagwu, Deborah S. Nwaukwa, Chidi E. Nwaru

Journal of Bioresource Management

Agro-wastes are abundant in both rural and urban areas and when carelessly disposed off to the environment by dumping or burning, they lead to environmental pollution, and consequently to health hazards. Growing of edible mushroom on these wastes can contribute to decrease in environment pollution. This work investigated the growth and yield of Pleurotus ostreatus on different agro-wastes: plantain midrib (PM), corn straw (CS), sugarcane bagasse (SB) and their combinations (PM+CS, PM+SB, CS+SB, CS+PM+SB) with a view to finding the best substrate for the growth of P. ostreatus. The experiment was carried out using completely randomized design with seven treatments …

Study Of In Vitro Bioaccessibility And In Vivo Bioavailability Of Khalas Variety Date Seed Polyphenols For Functional Application In The Human Diet, Serene Hilary

Food Science Dissertations

Date seeds are an ideal source of polyphenols for the food industry. This doctoral work investigated Khalas variety date seeds in three forms, as powder (DSP), ethanolic extract (DSE) and functional food developed with the seeds; pita bread (DSB). The study characterised the polyphenol profile by mass spectrometry and investigated the bioaccessibility using simulated in vitro digestion coupled with Caco- 2 model for absorption and transport. It further explored the bioavailability of date seed polyphenols in vivo in humans by conducting a cross-over study in 16 healthy volunteers. The crossover study explored the urinary excretion of polyphenol metabolites, and the …

Pumpkins In The Garden, Dan Drost, Rick Hefelbower

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes pumpkins, recommended varieties and how to grow them, including planting and spacing, problems that may occur, harvest and storage, and nutrition.

Tomatillos In The Garden, Kristiane Pedersen, Dan Drost

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes tomatillos. It includes information on varieties of tomatillos, how to grow them, problems that may occur, harvest and storage, productivity, nutrition, and frequently asked questions.

Characterizing Variation In Nitrogen Use Efficiency In Wheat Genotypes Using Proximal Canopy Sensing For Sustainable Wheat Production, Mohammed A. Naser, Raj Khosla, Louis Longchamps, Subash Dahal

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Global nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) for cereal production is marginal and is estimated to be about 33%. Remote sensing tools have tremendous potential for improving NUE in crops through efficient nitrogen management as well as the identification of high-NUE genotypes. The objectives of this study were (i) to identify and quantify the variation in NUE across 24 winter wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum L.) and (ii) to determine if the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) could characterize the variability in NUE across wheat genotypes. This study was conducted in 2010 and 2011 in the semi-arid climate of Northeastern Colorado across dryland …

Cloning,Expression And Purification Of Β-Conglycin Inα-Subunit Core Region, Li Yao-Xi, Yuan Yan-Qiu, Ju Qian, Gao Meng-Nan, Zhou Shu-Yi, Hu Ya-Yun, Luan Guang-Zhong

Food and Machinery

The full-length cDNA of the soybean seeds was obtained by RT-PCR, and amplified by self-designed primers to obtain the target gene α_c, The target gene was linked to the vector to construct a recombinant cloning vector pGEM-α_c, which was identified by double digestion with XhoⅠ/EcoRⅠ and ligated with vector pET-28a to construct a recombinant plasmid pET-28a-α_c. After correctly transferred into competent cells E.coli BL21 (DE3), the recombinant protein of α-subunit core region was expressed by inducing with the OD_{600 nm} value 0.8, isopropylthiogalactoside (IPTG) 0.2 mmol/L at 37 ℃ for 9 h, and …

Study On Antioxidant Peptides From Bean Dregs Fermented Bysolid Neurospora Crassa, Wei Chang-Hao, Deng Ze-Yuan, Fan Ya-Wei, Zou Xin-Hua, Li Jing, Li Hong-Yan

Food and Machinery

Neurospora crassa was used to ferment the bean dreg, and the fermentation was operated under the optimal conditions for protease production. The peptide, total phenol, total flavonoid and the antioxidant capacity of soybean dregs at different fermentation time were measured. Experiments results showed that the contents of peptide, total phenol and total flavone of soybean dregs increased with the progress of fermentation, as well as the antioxidant capacity. The maximum contents of total phenol (2.513±0.032) mg/g and total flavone (0.787±0.052) mg/g were detected at 60 h after fermentation; after fermentation for 84 h, the peptide reached (75.602±3.599) mg/g, and the …

Study On Physicochemical Properties Of The Starch Fiom Dioscorea Alata L., He Hai-Xia, Li Dong-Ming, Wu Ying-Ying, Li Qiao-Mei, Xiao Jian-Hui, Tu Jin

Food and Machinery

Alkaline process was used to extract the starch from Dioscorea alata L., and the composition, transparency, freeze-thaw stability, settling property, water holding capacity, solubility, swelling, gelatinization and viscosity characteristics of the extracted starch were analyzed. The results showed that the content of amylose in legume Dioscorea alata L. was 27.05%. Compared with the starch from wheat, mung bean, and potato, the transparency, settling ability, water retention, and thermal stability of legume potatoes were found best. However, the freeze-thaw stability was poor, and it was difficult to gelatinize. The dissolving power and swelling power of the starch from legume potato increased …