The Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is an invasive species that originated from Mexico, and it is threatening to cause major economic losses to sugarcane, Saccharum spp., and rice, Oryza sativa L., industries in Louisiana. The insect is expected to reach sugarcane and riceproduction areas inLouisianaby2008, and infest all ofLouisiana sugarcane and rice indus...

Over the last decade, considerable experimental evidence has supported the view that grape wine and South China rice wine are rich in diverse nutrients and have powerful antioxidant activity. However, little research has been carried out for North China rice wine, of which Ji Mo Lao Jiu (JMLJ) is the outstanding representative. In this study, the functional components and antioxidant activity o...

The domestic rice industry of Ethiopia is constrained by low productivity, poor quality, and old processing machines. production system done hand or with rudimentary tools, only 2% households have access to tractors. It takes 175 labor days weed 66% the total farm operations. Rice harvesting threshing are manually using a serrated sickle animal trembling respectively. Farmers responsible for mo...

Aerated starch products are a staple of the food industry, with particular relevance in snack market. Water plays crucial role formation such due to its utility both as blowing agent and plasticiser. Amylose/amylopectin ratio shear traditionally also important factors expansion. In this study, waxy, normal high amylose maize variants were expanded using rice-cake style popping head at water con...

Cassava (Manihot utilissima) is a staple food beside rice and corn for Indonesia people. peel waste of cassava processing agroindustries such as tapioca flour industry, fermentation industry. This contains fairly high carbon element 59,31%. has the potential to be used raw material activated because its content. Activated production involved some steps preparing materials, carbonization, activa...

Increasing cold tolerance in rice by selecting for high polyamine and gibberellic acid content Publication No. 05/090 Project No. UQ-99A The information contained in this publication is intended for general use to assist public knowledge and discussion and to help improve the development of sustainable industries. The information should not be relied upon for the purpose of a particular matter....

Rice is of significant importance for many tropical countries, both as a staple food and as an agricultural product for international trading. Crucial parameters for yield forecasting are the area of the rice fields and the rice growth status. Spaceborne microwave remote sensing is a technology that permits mapping and monitoring of the rice growth over large areas at regular intervals. This pa...

Background and Objectives: As chemical methods are commonly used to modify the starch properties, in this study, the influence of chemical modification using POCl3 on the rice starch function was evaluated. Materials and Methods: Rice starch was isolated by alkaline extraction of the proteins and cross-linked rice starches were prepared from reactions between native rice starch (low and high a...

The effects of pineapple juice (PJ), pineapple shell extract (PSE) and rice bran extract (RBE) on browning in the banana slices and puree compared with citric acid solution (pH 3.8) (PH) and distilled water (DW) were investigated by measuring the color changes of the banana slices and puree. RBE treated banana slices had lower browning value than those treated with PJ, PSE, PH and DW after stor...