Transitioning towards more sustainable food products, such as plant proteins, requires a change in practice by several actors the agrifood system. Change of this kind involves everyday choices about what to produce, sell, prepare, and eat. Inspired science technology studies (STS) thinking, we investigate how are influenced socio-material practices valuing. We use case fresh grain legumes for h...

BACKGROUND Arsenic is an ubiquitous element linked to carcinogenicity, neurotoxicity, as well as adverse respiratory, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and dermal health effects. OBJECTIVE Identify dietary sources of speciated arsenic: monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA). METHODS Age-stratified, sample-weighted regression of NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examinatio...

STUDY QUESTION What is the association between potato consumption before pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)? METHODS This prospective cohort study included 15,632 women from the Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2001). They had no previous GDM or chronic diseases before pregnancy. Consumption of potatoes and other foods was assessed every four years. Incident first time...

Early strategies of crop growth and N acquisition can be critical for determining competitive interactions between weeds and crops. Grain legumes and especially lupins are known to be poor competitors against weeds. Grain legumes are known to have low mineral soil N uptake abilities. However, inter- and intraspecific differences in N uptake ability in relation to below-ground traits have receiv...

This paper presents the plant genetic resources maintained by Center of Excellence for Legumes Institute Field and Vegetable Crops, National Republic Serbia. The legumes (soybean, alfalfa, red clover, pea vetch) are an invaluable source material a rich divergence development varieties adapted to specific agricultural environmental conditions. Soybean is most important all cultivated occupies la...