Cotton (Gosspium hirsutum L.) is classified as a salt tolerant crop. However, its yield and fiber quality are negatively affected by soil salinity. Studies on the enzymatic differences in sucrose metabolism under different soil salinity levels are lacking. Therefore, field experiments, using two cotton cultivars, CCRI-79 (salt-tolerant) and Simian 3 (salt-sensitive), were conducted in 2013 and ...

The effects of the chemical ripener, Fusilade Super, were evaluated over time in order to characterise the response curves of sucrose, fibre and non-sucrose content. This was done to provide a comparison between the responses in terms of sucrose mass and ERC (estimated recoverable crystal) mass. The ERC formula is used as a surrogate for RV (relative value) so that the benefits from Fusilade Su...

Foliar application of a vegetal-derived protein hydrolysate as biostimulant was assessed for possible interaction with the ripening diploid watermelon grafted onto interspecific hybrid rootstock. Assessment encompassed crop performance; fruit morphometric and sensory quality traits; soluble carbohydrates; macrominerals; bioactive composition at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 days post anthesis (dpa). The e...

response surface methodology (rsm) was employed to determine the optimum processing conditions leading to maximum anthocyanin, phenolic compound and antioxidant activity during osmo-ultrasonic pretreatment followed by hot air drying of black cherry fruit. temperature (40, 50 and 60ºc), sucrose content (40, 50 and 60% w/v) and ultrasound frequency (0, 65 and 130 khz) were the factors investigate...

Brain water and sodium increase during ischemia, suggesting that the blood-brain barrier permeability to sodium is increased. To test this hypothesis we measured the permeability-surface area products of 22Na and [3H]sucrose in gerbils following 3 hours of unilateral ischemia. In animals with neurologic symptoms, unilateral carotid occlusion reduced the cerebral blood flow in the ipsilateral ce...

The objective of this project was to use sucrose as a partial substitute for melamine in the synthesis of sucrose–melamine-formaldehyde (SMF) resin. The SMF was synthesized in a base condition. The wet bonding strength, shelf life, and formaldehyde emission of the SMF resin were determined. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and mass spectroscopy (MS) were employed to analyze the c...

BACKGROUND Oral sucrose (75 g) ingested 40 minutes before exercise improves exercise tolerance in McArdle disease. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a lower dose of sucrose administered closer in time to exercise could have a similar beneficial effect on exercise capacity in patients with McArdle disease. DESIGN Placebo-controlled crossover. SETTING Neuromuscular Research Unit at the Departm...

A method was developed for the quantification of low levels of amorphous content in sucrose with hyperDSC. The method was based on the fact that the change of specific heat at the glass transition is linearly proportional to the amorphous content. It was found out that as annealing time increased, the glass transition temperature moved to a higher temperature and the change of specific heat inc...

Partitioning of dry matter (DM) in sugarcane is of interest for two fundamental reasons. Firstly sugar production depends directly on partitioning of biomass to the stalk and then to sucrose stored in the stalk. Secondly, various DM components of the stalk and particularly sucrose concentration are used to calculate the value of cane consignments delivered to the mill (Berding, 1997). The value...