Twenty one kinds of direct competitive ELISA test kits were developed for checking insecticides and fungicides. The pesticides are applied just before harvests. Low molecular compounds including pesticides do not have an antibody by producibility themselves. However, some of them produce antibody by binding covalently to the surface of immunogenics protein to innoculate. These compounds are cal...

This investigation was undertaken to test different control strategies against Botrytis cinerea vineyards. Two commercial vineyards, "Barbera" and "Moscato," located in Piedmont (Northern Italy) were divided into seven plots and treated with different combinations of fungicides including fenhexamid, pyrimethanil, fludioxonil + cyprodinil, iprodione, and boscalid, a new carboxamide compound. An ...

During 3 years of a monitoring programme, 522 samples of fresh apples, six brands of fruit purées and various types of fruit baby food prepared from these materials were analysed. Each sample was examined for the presence of 86 GC amenable pesticide residues. The reporting limits of the procedure employed for sample analyses were in the range 0.003-0.01 mg kg(-1). Pesticide residues were detect...

Large amount of wastes is generated every year from the industrial processing of agricultural raw materials. Most of these wastes are used as animal feed or burned as alternative for elimination. However, such wastes usually have a composition rich in sugars, minerals and proteins, and therefore, they should not be considered “wastes” but raw materials for other industrial processes. The presen...

Disposal of agro-residue and escalating energy demand are the two major problems developing countries, which can be resolved with co-generation techniques. Several alternative generating techniques available for optimal usage agro residue. Among diverse alternatives, briquetting stands out as one sustainable technique, defined process conversion biomass organic residues through compaction densi...

A total of 278 different isolates of filamentous fungi were screened using synthetic medium for respective ability to produce kojic acid. Nineteen, six, and five isolates proved to be low, moderate, and high kojic acid producers, respectively. Levels of kojic acid produced were generally increased when shaking cultivation was used rather than those obtained using static cultivation. A trial for...

While agro-industrial studies are influenced by economics theories researches on supply chain addresses questions of operational efficiency and effectiveness. This research aims to verify if there is any established system to evaluate supply chain performance in Brazil. The unit of analysis is a poultry meat supply chain that has a significant production volume driven to exportation.

Raspberry is one of the oldest fruits, used for millennia in the nutritional and medicinal purposes. Cultivation of this fruit in Poland is quite common because of its complex flavor and pharmacological effectiveness. The objective of this study was to investigate the residue levels of 130 pesticides on raspberries from north-eastern Poland producers during seven years (2005–2011). A risk asses...

medical compounds, especially antibiotics, in which remains in milk and dairy products on the one hand causes health problems such as allergic reactions and Development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics are a serious threat to the health of consumers , and on the other hand, industrial troubles such as failure to produce fermented products can cause the milk back to the rancher. The purpos...

Seven xylanolytic bacterial strains were isolated from saw-dust dump soil. The bacterial strain X6 was selected on the basis of the highest xylanase activity with no cellulase contamination. It was identified as Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by biochemical tests and 16S rRNA gene sequencing approach. Xylanase production studies by S. maltophilia on different commercial xylans and agro-industrial...