BACKGROUND The potato is one of the most common types of genetically modified (GM) food. However, there are no published data evaluating the impact of genetic manipulations on the allergenicity of GM potatoes. To compare the allergenicity of GM potatoes with that of wild-type potatoes using in vivo and in vitro methods in adult allergy patients sensitized to potatoes. METHODS A total of 1886 ...

conclusions nitrosamine was formed with conventional potato baking methods with the most nitrosamine formation found on the surface fried samples. nitrites amount in baked potatoes decreased. generally, the amount of nitrosamine in baked potato samples was lower than acceptable limits. results fried samples that were measured by the gas chromatography method had the highest average levels of ni...

Each year at harvest time millions of seed potatoes are checked for the presence of viruses, by means of an Elisa test. The Potato Operation aims at automatizing the potato manipulation and pulp sampling procedure, starting from bunches of harvested potatoes and ending with the deposit of potato pulp into Elisa containers. Automatizing these manipulations addresses several issues, linking robot...

This paper investigated the response of major food crop yields namely beans,cassava, Irish potatoes, maize and sweet potatoes to ongoing changes in climate inRwanda. The projected daily precipitation and temperature data for the period2000-2050 used in this study were generated by stochastic weather generator(LARS-WG) from daily raw data for the period 1961 -2000. These data werecollected from ...

Purified pea (Pisum sativum) cotyledon F1-ATPase contains six subunits rather than the five usually reported for F1-ATPases. The additional 26.5 kDa (delta) subunit is shown by immunoblotting and N-terminal amino acid sequencing to be similar to bovine oligomycin-sensitivity-conferring protein (OSCP). It is concluded that the delta subunit of plant mitochondrial F1-ATPase is the plant OSCP. Thi...

Recursive functions: computable on a TM; might be partial (i.e., the TM might not stop for some inputs). Intuitively, recursive functions are computable using WHILE-loop – without any priori bound on the number of iterations of the loop. (Cook the potatoes until tender.) Primitive recursive functions: A smaller class, computable using a loop of the form FOR i < g(x) DO · · · , where g(x) is pre...

Diets containing genetically modified (GM) potatoes expressing the lectin Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA) had variable effects on different parts of the rat gastrointestinal tract. Some effects, such as the proliferation of the gastric mucosa, were mainly due to the expression of the GNA transgene. However, other parts of the construct or the genetic transformation (or both) could also have ...

The theory has recently been put forward by Renwick (1972a) that anencephalus and spina bifida are caused by exposure early in pregnancy to potatoes which are affected by blight or are imperfect for other reasons. In support of this, a temporal correlation was claimed to exist between the severity of blight and the frequency of anencephalus, largely because of a strong correlation between the a...

are designed to store 50,000 to more than 500,000 hundredweight (cwt) of potatoes in bulk piles. Successful long-term storage of potatoes requires using a sprout inhibitor in combination with proper storage management. Chlorpropham (CIPC) is the most effective post-harvest sprout inhibitor registered for use in potato storages in the United States. Its use as a potato sprout inhibitor was first...

On average, common losses throughout harvest and storage of potatoes range from 2 40%. Factors that impact loss include storage conditions such as temperature, absence of light, and humidity. When changes occur in the carbohydrate composition, enzymatic activity, and moisture loss the quality of the potato deteriorates. The purpose of this research study was to investigate whether the type of s...