This article provides a comprehensive review of the currently available technologies for vitamin and mineral rice fortification. It covers currently used technologies, such as coating, dusting, and the various extrusion technologies, with the main focus being on cold, warm, and hot extrusion technologies, including process flow, required facilities, and sizes of operation. The advantages and di...

Introduction Organic seed treatments have been limited in organic production, until recently. Agricoat Natural IITM, is reported to be “an organic liquid biological seed treatment applied as a seed film coating and formulated with beneficial microbes, macro and micro nutrients, amino acids, organic acids, enzymes, proteins, vitamins, and minerals.” Natural IITM also is applied to “promote root ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether measurements of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) are useful to predict colonization of periodontopathic bacteria. For this purpose, we assessed the relationships among distributions of 4 species of periodontopathic bacteria in tongue coating and dental plaque, oral conditions including VSC concentration in mouth air, and smoking habit of...

The Aerospace Research Laboratory at the University of Virginia currently uses Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to measure the velocity fields of flow through a Mach 2 Scramjet Test Section. PIV is the method of tracking seed particles as they are carried through the flow, and using their velocities to create a velocity field. This method is limited by seed particles coating the windows, known ...

The effect of seed inoculation by phosphate solubilizing microorganisms and different levels of phosphorus chemical fertilizer on yield and yield components of barley (Karoon x Kavir cultivar) was studied in Experimental Farm of College of Agronomy and Animal Sciences, University of Tehran during 2006-2007 growing seasons. The experimental treatments were arranged in split plot factorial based ...

background and objectives: different trichoderma species play role as suitable alternative for chemical fertilizers and successful biological tool in stable agriculture. these microorganisms show rivalry in food and place sources. they establish in the rhizosphere of most agricultural and non-agricultural plants via producing spores. they also could induce resistance in plants. these properties...