A pot experiment was carried out in order to investigate the effect of deleterious concentration of copper and cadmium either individual or in combination on three cereal crops i.e. wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) after 2 and 4 weeks. The results showed that cadmium applied alone caused significant reduction in growth traits and photosynthesis ...

Second generation feedstocks for bioethanol will likely include a sizable proportion of perennial C4 grasses, principally in the Panicoideae clade. The Panicoideae contain agronomically important annual grasses including Zea mays L. (maize), Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (sorghum), and Saccharum officinarum L. (sugar cane) as well as promising second generation perennial feedstocks including Misc...

Abstract Sorghum has been widely cultivated around the world. The plant a high survival rate to be grown in barren land and is reported positively correlated with health benefits, particular for being gluten-free. Recently, sorghum application food products increased significantly. This study aims investigate consumer acceptance of biscuits evaluate whether knowledge related will influence thei...

In spite of numerous amino-acid analyses of foodstuffs recorded in recent years, there is little reliable information about the amounts of essential amino-acids in the legumes commonly consumed in tropical countries. Early studies (Jones, 1938) were directed to the preparation of the aand ,%globulins present in some legumes and to the determination of their lysine, tryptophan and cystine conten...

Ex-situ conservation of crop diversity is a global concern, and the development of an efficient and sustainable conservation system is a historic priority recognized in international law and policy. We assess the completeness of the safety duplication collection in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault with respect to data on the world's ex-situ collections as reported by the Food and Agriculture Orga...