Use of Vermicompost from Sugar Beet Pulp in Cultivation of Peas (Pisum sativum L.)

Changes in Leaf Proteins of Peas, Pisum sativum L., during Development on Deflorated Plants.

The soluble (sap) proteins of leaves of pea, Pisum sativum L. cvs. Alaska and Greenfeast, allowed to develop normally or deflowered, to prevent senescence, were separated by isoelectric focusing.There was a decline in certain proteins, with increases in others as the leaves aged but preventing senescence of the whole plant did not alter the pattern of change in leaf proteins. We concluded that ...

The fermentation of sugar-beet pulp silage.

Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex from Chloroplasts of Pisum sativum L.

Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is associated with intact chloroplasts and mitochondria of 9-day-old Pisum sativum L. seedlings. The ratio of the mitochondrial complex to the chloroplast complex activities is about 3 to 1. Maximal rates observed for chloroplast pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity ranged from 6 to 9 micromoles of NADH produced per milligram of chlorophyll per hour. Osmotic ru...

Fungal secretomes enhance sugar beet pulp hydrolysis

The recalcitrance of lignocellulose makes enzymatic hydrolysis of plant biomass for the production of second generation biofuels a major challenge. This work investigates an efficient and economic approach for the enzymatic hydrolysis of sugar beet pulp (SBP), which is a difficult to degrade, hemicellulose-rich by-product of the table sugar industry. Three fungal strains were grown on different...

Milk quality, manufacturing properties and blood biochemical profile from dairy cows fed peas (Pisum sativum L.) as dietary protein supplement

Pea (Pisum sativum L.), a protein-rich legume seed well adapted to many climatic areas and widely used for feed and food, was fed to Italian Friesian breed cows for 16 weeks to assess its effects on milk yield and production, renneting properties and metabolic responses. Cows within each group were assigned to two isonitrogenous and isoenergetic concentrates based on corn plus soybean meal or p...