The feasibility of using untreated rapeseed meal as a nitrogen source for iturin A production by Bacillus subtilis 3-10 in submerged fermentation was first evaluated by comparison with two different commercial nitrogen sources of peptone and ammonium nitrate. A significant promoting effect of rapeseed meal on iturin A production was observed and the maximum iturin A concentration of 0.60 g/L wa...

Efficient molecular markers for the selection of rapeseed genetic materials with high seed oil content and ideal fatty acid (FA) composition are preferred by rapeseed breeders. Recently, we reported the molecular mechanism of TRANSPARENT TESTA 2 (TT2) in inhibiting seed FA biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. However, evidence showing the association of rapeseed TT2 homologs and seed FA production are ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNA that, through mediating posttranscriptional gene regulation, play a critical role in nearly all biological processes. Over the last decade it has become apparent that plant miRNAs may serve as a novel functional component of food with therapeutic effects including anti-influenza and antitumor. Rapeseed bee pollen has good properties in enhan...

Introduction Glucosinolates are a class of compounds found in the plant family Brassicaceae and particularly in rapeseed. They are considered as responsible for the detrimental effects (palatability and toxic symptoms) observed when rapeseed meal is used for feeding (Fenwick et al., 1983). The analysis of glucosinolates appears to be a good evaluation of rapeseed anti-nutritional potential. Dur...

Changes in the organic carbon fraction and mineralization of soil aggregates play an important role improvement quality by fertilization. Nevertheless, effects fertilizer application on characteristics are still unclear. This study carried out a 6-year field trial with five different fertilization treatments, namely, no (CK), chemical (CF), rapeseed cake (CR), chicken manure (CM), combination b...

Oilseed crops are sources of oils and seed meal having a multitude of uses. While the domestication of soybean and rapeseed took extended periods of time, new genome-based techniques have ushered in an era where crop domestication can occur rapidly. One attractive target for rapid domestication is the winter annual plant Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.; pennycress; Brassicaceae). Pennycres...

The aim of the work was to define the influence of dietary supplementation with GM (genetically modified) GT#4 flaxseed cake enriched in polyphenols on inflammation development in mice liver. Mice were given ad libitum isoprotein diets: (1) standard diet; (2) high-fat diet rich in lard, high-fat diet enriched with 30% of (3) isogenic flax Linola seed cake; and (4) GM GT#4 flaxseed cake; for 96 ...

A lab-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) was continuously operated to investigate the membrane fouling. A new membrane fouling mechanism: osmotic pressure mechanism in cake layer filtration process was identified. Osmotic pressure was proposed to stem from the retention of counter-ions in the matrix of biopolymers in cake layer. Through Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and X-ray pho...

SIMULATION OF DUST CAKE BUILD-UP ON THE FILTER MEDIUM This section describes a physical model for cake and pressure build-up on candle filters. The model was aimed at investigating filtration operation and reverse pulse cleaning of the filter. It is useful to calculate the filter cake thickness and pressure drop along the filter candle. Figure 1 shows the schematic diagram of filter cake build-...