introduction intercropping as a common method in sustainable agricultural systems, plays an important role in increasing productivity and yield stability to improve utilization of resources )alizadeh et al., 2010). studies in different countries showed that intercropping causes increase in diversity, production and more efficient use of water resources, land, labor and nutrients and also reduce...

People in the rural areas of Mexico consume corn tortillas and beans as basic components of their diet. However, little is known about the nutritionally relevant features of starch present in such combined meals. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the in vitro bioavailability of starch in tortilla-bean mixtures stored at 4 degrees C for different times, as compared to that of co...

Article history: Received 2 December 2009 Received in revised form 18 October 2010 Accepted 23 December 2010 The study was conducted to determine chemical composition and standardised ileal digestibilities (SID) of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA) in currently available grain legume cultivars for growing pigs. Three consecutive experiments were conducted with six barrows each, fitted wit...

This study considers improvised organic fertilizers as one of the bioremediation therapies to restore soil fertility and ecological stability farming environment. used four homemade materials leftovers create fertilizers. Banana peels, papaya leaves, fish remains, sea urchin pines are common food wastes that typically have no further use after has been devoured. Farmers could these in a process...

Nisin is a bacteriocin produced by microbial fermentation of the well-known starter culture for dairy products, Lactococcus lactis. A major challenge in food safety and security prevention emergence unwanted microbes. Artificial preservatives added to prolong shelf life foods may have negative effects on consumer health. An alternative approach use bio-preservatives. However, cost production ni...

ABSTRACT Eight different 3-year cropping systems, consisting of soybean-canola, soybean-barley, sweet corn-canola, sweet corn-soybean, green bean-sweet corn, canola-sweet corn, barley-clover, and continuous potato (non-rotation control) followed by potato as the third crop in all systems, were established in replicated field plots with two rotation entry points in Presque Isle, ME, in 1998. Cro...

Field observations indicated that Zn deficiency of beans (Plasscoins melons L.) was sometimes more severe than expected when grown on Mowed soil that was low to marginal in available Zn. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of fallow, suprbeets (Beta Moods L.), and corn (Zea mays L.) on Zri availability to subsequent crops grown on a Portneuf silt loam (Durixerollic Calcio...