In an article entitled, “A Study of the Possible Role of Aluminum Compounds in Animal and Plant Physiology,” by McCollum, Rask, and Becker,’ these authors arrived at the conclusion that, “Aluminum is not a constituent of either plant or animal matter.” Since this conclusion is so contrary to what has been found by all previous investigators, we have performed the following experiments in order ...

Resistant Starch (RS) is one of nature’s most interesting bioactive compounds. There is a wide variety of starchy food plants in Thailand that are good sources of RS, but they have not been well studied. As such, this study was carried out to investigate the potential food source of RS. Twenty-two promising food plants were selected. The samples included (1) cereals comprised of five long grain...

Bu çalışmada mısır silajına katkı maddesi olarak yemlik keçiboynuzu kırığı kullanılmıştır. 60 günlük silolama sonucunda oluşan silajların besin madde kompozisyonu, fermantasyon parametreleri ve in vitro değerleri aerobik stabilitesi incelenmiştir. Oluşan kuru içerikleri %23.66 ile 25.73 arasında bulunmuştur. Ham kül %11.01 14.77 ham protein %7.29-8.09 Silajların ADF NDF sırasıyla %12.97-14.82 2...

A model system was designed to measure viral uptake through the roots of plants and translocation to distal plant parts. For this study, uptake of bacteriophage f2 was measured in corn and bean plants growing in hydroponic solutions. Few phage were detected in plants with uncut roots. However, when roots of both plant types were cut just before exposure to very high concentrations of phage, the...

Field trials were conducted from 2007 to 2010 to compare grain fumonisin levels among non-Bt maize hybrids and Bt hybrids with transgenic protection against manual infestations of European corn borer (ECB) and Western bean cutworm (WBC). HPLC and ELISA were used to measure fumonisin levels. Results of the methods were highly correlated, but ELISA estimates were higher. Bt hybrids experienced le...

Mitochondria isolated from etiolated shoots of corn (Zea mays), wheat (Triticum aestivum), barley (Hordeum vulgare), soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.), and mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) exhibited a proline-dependent O(2) uptake subject to respiratory control. ADP/O ratios with proline as substrate were intermediate between ratios obtained with exogenous NADH and malate + pyruvate as substrates. Iso...