the beet armyworm spodoptera exigua (hübner) is a serious and economically important pest of solanaceous crops worldwide. the nutritional indices of this pest on three host plants including pepper capsicum frutescens, eggplant solanum melongena and tomato solanum lycopersicum were determined under laboratory conditions at 26 ± 1 °c, 60 ± 5% rh and 16: 8 (l: d) h. the highest relative consumptio...

We analyze anthropometric variables of a society of forager-horticulturalists in the Bolivian Amazon (Tsimane') in 2001-2002. Community variables (e.g., inequality, social capital) explain little of the variance in anthropometric indices of nutritional status, but individual-level variables (schooling, wealth) are positively correlated with nutritional status. Dietary quality (foods high in ani...

This systematic review aimed to synthesise information on indices developed to evaluate nutritional quality of meals. A strategy for systematic search of the literature was developed using keywords related to assessment of meal quality. Databases searched included ScienceDirect, PubMed, Lilacs, SciELO, Scopus, Cochrane, Embase and Google Scholar. The literature search resulted in seven differen...

the diamondback moth, plutella xylostella (l.) is a serious and economically important pest of cruciferous crops worldwide. the nutritional indices of this pest on four host plants including two canola (slm046 and rgs003) and two cabbage cultivars (green-cornet and glob-master) were determined under laboratory conditions (25 ± 0.5 °c, 65 ± 5% rh and 16: 8 l: d h). the highest relative consumpti...

the cowpea seed beetle, callosobruchus maculatus (fab.) (coleoptera: chrysomelidae: bruchinae) is one of the major pests infesting stored pulses and is distributed worldwide. in this research, efficiency of plant extracts from eucalyptus globulus labill. and eucalyptus camaldulensis dehnh. were tested against the cowpea seed beetle for its antifeedant activity. several experiments were designed...

Emergence and survival of adults for 24 hwas compared forTrichogramma chilonis Ishii reared on eggs of Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) adults whose larval growth and development had beenmonitored on broken grains of four different cereals: Þngermillet (Eleusine coracanaL.Gaertn), softwhitewheat (TriticumaestivumL), short-grainedwhite rice (Oryza sativaL.), anddurra sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Mo...

Research on captive ruminants has clearly established the role of nutrition on virtually all aspects of individual and herd productivity, but assessment of nutritional effects on population dynamics of freeranging ungulates is rare. Understanding influences of nutrition on wild ungulate herd demographics has been limited by a lack of practical, reliable, and cost-effective techniques for monito...

Cancer is currently a leading cause of deaths worldwide and the number of new cases is growing rapidly in both, developed and developing countries. Nutritional management during and after cancer treatment affects treatment efficacy and patient quality of life (QOL). This review systemically examined the effect of oral nutritional interventions on nutritional and clinical outcomes in cancer pati...

Anthocyanin pigments readily degrade during processing and storage of foodstuffs, which can have a dramatic impact on color quality and may also affect nutritional properties. Total anthocyanin pigment content and indices for polymeric color and browning are easily measured with simple spectrophotometric methods. Once individual pigments are identified, their changes can be monitored by high-pe...