For reducing the post-harvest loss and extension of shelf-life of banana, it is treated with fungicide or combination of fungicide and hot-water treatment. A study was conducted for developing a method to control post-harvest diseases and extension of shelf-life of banana through non-chemical method of hot water treatment. The best treatment combination was found at 53 °C for 9 minutes. Shelf-l...

An increasing demand for food together with a growing demand for energy crops result in an increasing demand for and competition over water. Sugar cane, sugar beet and maize are not only essential food crops, but also important feedstock for bio-ethanol. Crop growth requires water, a scarce resource. This study aims to assess the green, blue and grey water footprint (WF) of sweeteners and bio-e...

the effects of soil tillage methods and residue management were studied at miandoab agriculure station during 2003-2005. the experiment design was split block with the main plots devoted to residual management strategies (burning residue, crushing residue by disk, no treatment). subplots were tillage methods (moldboard plowing to 20-25 cm in fall, moldboard plowing to 20-25 cm in spring, moldbo...

The 1H-NMR methodology used in the study of genetically modified (GM) foods is discussed. Transgenic lettuce (Lactuca sativa cv "Luxor") over-expressing the ArabidopsisKNAT1 gene is presented as a case study. Twenty-two water-soluble metabolites (amino acids, organic acids, sugars) present in leaves of conventional and GM lettuce were monitored by NMR and quantified at two developmental stages....

An analytical procedure was devised which can distinguish members of the streptothricin family of antibiotics. It is based upon an analysis of the hydrolysis products of the antibiotics using a Technicon amino acid autoanalyzer under special conditions. The various fragments including the different streptolidine-amino sugar compounds were well resolved. A basic water-soluble antibiotic discover...

This study aims to observe the relationship between leaves’ relative water content (RWC), soluble sugar, dry matter accumulation, and rice yield components under water-stress conditions during generative stage. Six varieties were observed three different stress treatments: non-stress, moderate (-0.35 bar), severe (-0.70 bar). The results showed that water-stress; RWC at reproductive stage had c...

Polysaccharide was extracted from Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight. seeds yielded a water soluble sugar as D-galactose and D-mannose in 1:3 molar ratio. Polysaccharide upon partial acid hydrolysis affords mainly 3 disaccharides and one trisaccharide as: (I) α-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-α-Dmannopyranose, (II) α-D-mannopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-α-D-mannopyranose, (III) β-D-galactopyranosyl(1→4)-Oβ-D-mannop...

introduction   heavy metal contamination has disastrous effects on plant productivity and threatens human and animal health. among metals, cadmium (cd) is commonly released into the environment from industrial processes. cd is known to cause cellular damage in plants by producing oxidative stress via the over-production of reactive oxygen species (ros). to combat oxidative damage, plants have d...