Landfill avoidance for organic wastes is now a high priority worldwide. Two fractions of the municipal waste stream were considered with respect to their potential for diversion through controlled anaerobic digestion. The physical and chemical properties of source segregated domestic food waste (ss-FW) and of the mechanically-recovered organic fraction of municipal solid waste (mr-OFMSW) were a...

The extraction yield of lipids from nonbroken Neochloris oleoabundans was maximized by using multiple extraction stages and using stressed algae. Experimental parameters that affect the extraction were investigated. The study showed that with wet algae (at least) 18 h extraction time was required for maximum yield at room temperature and a solvent/feed ratio of 1:1 (w/w). For fresh water (FW), ...

Soil properties and the ability to sustain agricultural production are seriously impaired by salinity. The cultivation of halophytes is seen as a solution cope with problem. In this framework, greenhouse pot experiment was set up assess salinity response in perennial C4 species Atriplex halimus, following three cultivars annual C3 hortensis: green, red, scarlet. four genotypes were grown for 35...

Automated collection of large scale plant phenotype datasets using high throughput imaging systems has the potential to alleviate current bottlenecks in data-driven plant breeding and crop improvement. In this study, we demonstrate the characterization of temporal dynamics of plant growth and water use, and leaf water content of two maize genotypes under two different water treatments. RGB (Red...

Cellular distribution of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) immunofluorescence was detected by monoclonal antibody directed to the C terminus of killifish CFTR (kfCFTR) in chloride cells of fresh water (FW) adapted fish and animals transferred to sea water (SW) for 24h, 48h and 14+ days. Confocal microscopy allowed localization within mitochondria-rich (MR) cells to be d...

In semi-arid vineyard agroecosystems, highly vulnerable in the context of climate change, soil organic matter (OM) content is crucial to improvement fertility and grape productivity. The impact OM, from compost animal manure, on properties (e.g., pH, oxidisable C, N, NH4+-N NO3?-N), yield direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emission vineyards was assessed. For this purpose, two wine varieties were chos...

Sterol regulatory-element binding proteins (SREBPs), sirtuin (SIRT1), and liver X receptor ? (LXR?) play important roles in regulating cholesterol metabolism mammals. However, little is known about the relationship between SIRT1, LXR?, SREBP-1 fish. In addition, knowledge of effects salinity on hepatic euryhaline teleosts fragmented. This study revealed that content was significantly different ...

Abstract Carotenoids have a wide range of applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries as natural coloring agents antioxidants. Consequently, are more concerned about extracting them from resources by-products. The present research aimed to evaluate extraction efficiency carotenoids orange peels using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (HDESs) alternatives for organic solve...

Different chemical attributes, measured via total soluble solids (TSS), acidity, vitamin C (VitC), sugars (Tsugar), and reducing (Rsugar), were determined for three groups of citrus fruits (i.e., orange, mandarin, acid); each group contains two cultivars. Artificial neural network (ANN) multiple linear regression (MLR) models developed TSS, VitC, Tsugar, Rsugar from fresh by applying different ...

Microgreens belong to a class of functional foods with valuable nutritional elements and diverse health benefits when consumed as food supplements. Its consumption has increased sharply due the abundance different health-promoting components than their mature plants. The present study investigated growth conditions profiles six crops (mungbean, lentil, red radish, pearl-millet, mustard, cabbage...