The demand of milk product is increasing. Among all the milk products chocolate is mostly preferred confectionary product. In the present research the beany flavour of soymilk was reduced to a greater extent by autoclaving and washing. Various combinations of ingredients were tried for preparation of soymilk chocolate. Among the entire formulations sample ‘O’ had excellent appearance, color, gl...

Infrared microspectroscopy (IMS) is emerging as an important analytical tool for the structural analysis of biological tissue. This report describes the use of IMS coupled to a synchrotron source combined with principal components analysis (PCA) to monitor the fate and effect of dinitrotoluenes in the roots of maize and sunflower plants. Infrared imaging revealed that maize roots metabolized 2,...

Effect of texturized defatted meal of sunflower, soybean and flaxseed on quality characteristics of chapatti was investigated. Texturized defatted meal of sunflower, soybean and flaxseed was blended at 10%. 20%, 30% and 40% levels with wheat flour (atta) for making chapatti making. Chapattis were evaluated for physical, textural, sensory and functional properties. Proximate analysis of defatted...

The failure of a tailing pond dam at the Aznalcóllar pyrite mine (SW Spain) in April 1998 released a toxic spill affecting approximately 4300 ha along the Agrio and Guadiamar valleys. Two years later, we have studied yield and concentration of mineral nutrients and trace elements in sunflower plants grown in the spill-affected soil, and in an adjacent unaffected soil as comparison. The study ha...

A total of 24 miniature swine (Sus scrofa) were fed with two diets of 9% fat content, differing only in the quality of the fat source (sunflower oil and olive oil). Two groups of animals were fed for a 12-week period, and the other two groups were fed for a 50-week period. After the two experimental periods, the influence of the dietary fat on serum lipids and protein and fatty acid composition...

Sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) is a root holoparasitic angiosperm considered as one of the major constraints for sunflower production in Mediterranean areas. Breeding for resistance is regarded as the most effective, feasible, and environmentally friendly solution to control this parasite. However, the existing sources of genetic resistance are defeated by the continuous emergenc...

Field research was conducted at Students Farm, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan, during 2005 and 2006. The sunflower variety HO-1 was treated with 0-0, 101.5, 10-2, 15 -1.5, 15-2.0, 201.5 and 202.0 Zn-B kg ha. A basal dose of N, P, and K was applied at the rates of 90, 45 and 45 kg ha respectively across Zn-B treatments. The increase in Zn and B fertility from 10-1.5 to 20-2 kg ...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of freezing and supplementation of molasses (M), lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and LAB+enzyme mixture on chemical and nutritional composition of sunflower silage (SF). Sunflower crops were harvested (at about 29.2%±1.2% dry matter) and half of fresh sunflower was ensiled alone and half was frozen (F) at -20°C for 7 days. Silage additives were admix...

Supplementation of the diet of rabbits with fish oil or sunflower oil resulted in significant changes in the lipoproteins and lipids in serum. Compared with chow-fed rabbits, dietary fish oils decreased very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), increased low density lipoprotein (LDL), and shifted the peak of the LDL to denser fractions, whereas sunflower oil increased high density lipoprotein and sh...

Response of six sunflower hybrids/ breeding lines viz., G-101, SF-187, Hysun-33, Hysun-38, 64A-93 and S-278 to drought stress imposed at germination and seedling growth stages was investigated in a laboratory experiment (25±3C). Five water stress levels of zero (control), -0.35, -0.6, -1.33, and 1.62 MPa were developed using polyethyleneglycol-6000 (PEG-6000). Complete randomized design with th...