Pesticide spray drift is affected by 4 main factors: weather conditions, spray application technique, physicochemical properties of the spray Liquid and surrounding characteristics. This research studied the importance of crop type being sprayed for drift occurrence. Drift experiments were performed over cereals, cereal stubbles and grassland according to the international standard ISO 22866. F...

Date is the most popular fruit in middle-east countries. However, the date production process is accompanied by a substantial increase of loss during picking, storage, commercialization and conditioning process. Date and their byproducts have many essential elements for the growth of microorganisms. Thus, they can be converted into valueadded compounds through biotechnology. In this paper, date...

1. Alfaia, C.M., Madeira, M.S., Pestana, J., Coelho, D., Lopes, P.A., Toldrá, F., Prates, J.A.M. (2020). Pork Byproducts. In B.K. Simpson, A.N.A. Aryee, F. Toldrá (Eds.), Byproducts from Agriculture and Fisheries: Adding Value for Food, Feed, Pharma, Fuels, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp. 19–41. https://doi.org/10.1002/978111.... CrossRef Google Scholar

Corn (Zea mays L.) that has been genetically engineered to produce the Cry1Ab protein (Bt corn) is resistant to lepidopteran pests. Bt corn is widely planted in the midwestern United States, often adjacent to headwater streams. We show that corn byproducts, such as pollen and detritus, enter headwater streams and are subject to storage, consumption, and transport to downstream water bodies. Lab...

Lignocellulosic agricultural byproducts are a copious and cheap source for cellulose fibers. Agro-based biofibers have the composition, properties and structure that make them suitable for uses such as composite, textile, pulp and paper manufacture. In addition, biofibers can also be used to produce fuel, chemicals, enzymes and food. Byproducts produced from the cultivation of corn, wheat, rice...

Granular activated carbons (GACS) were developed from hard and soft lignocellulosic byproducts. Three activation strategies were evaluated which employed phosphoric acid, carbon dioxide or steam. A portion of these carbons were also subjected to air oxidation after activation. Uptake of both non-polar and polar, small organic compounds were followed as was the adsorption of copper. Our results ...

This paper reviews food (especially cereal) production trends and prospects for the world and its main regions. Despite fears to the contrary, in recent years we have seen continued progress toward better methods of feeding humanity. Sub-Saharan Africa is the sole major exception. Looking to the future, this paper argues that the continuation of recent cereal yield trends should be sufficient t...