Received for publication 16 July 1998. Accepted for publication 1 Dec. 1998. Contribution from the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. Research supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison. The cost of publishing this paper was defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. Under postal regulations, this paper therefore must be hereby marked ad...

OBJECTIVES Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6 n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA; 20:4 n-6) are important for development of the central nervous system in mammals. There is a growth spurt in the human brain during the last trimester of pregnancy and the first postnatal months, with a large increase in the cerebral content of AA and DHA. The fetus and the newborn infant depend on maternal supply of DHA ...

A vision system was used to evaluate external physical damage, mold contamination, and flouryto-vitreous endosperm ratio in corn and mold contamination in soybeans. For each of these quality factors, optimal conditions for acquiring video images and processing algorithms were developed. White light in front-lighting mode with a black background for the sample was suitable for all defects except...

Ethanol production from corn starch in the corn dry milling process leaves Distillers' Dry Grains and Solubles (DDGS) as a major by-product from which additional ethanol may be economically obtained from its glucan content. A challenge in processing the cellulose content of this material lies in its extensive inter-cellulose chain hydrogen bonding, which inhibits access of enzymes capable of cl...