This experiment was conducted to evaluate effects of different sources of natural pigments on yolk color and laying hen performance. A completely randomized design with six treatments and six replicates was used.The six experimental treatments were: a control diet containing yellow corn grain, a reference diet containing wheat and barley grain instead of corn; a red pepper diet composed of refe...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of application Protaetia brevitarsis larvae manure (PM) on growth lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Crops were planted in pots containing silt loam soils cultivated with basal chemical fertilizer at a standard rate (10.0 kg N 10a-1, 5.9 P2O5 6.5 K2O calcium carbonate 170 for 10.3 11.2 9.1 pepper) PM three rates (...

Almtract--Cerebrosides (CBs) isolated from pericarp lipids of green and red bell pepper and tomato fruits were separated by a new HPLC method into/> six components. HPLC profiles were similar for the two fruits and changed little with ripening. CB 1 was the major peak, CB 2 was found only in bell pepper, and CBs 4, 5 and 6 were more abundant in pepper than in tomato. Total CBs and HPLC CB fract...

BACKGROUND Measurement of dietary intake of spices is gaining significance because of recognition of their health promoting benefits as well as its use for risk assessment of contaminant exposures. Estimating intake of spices at the individual level, presents several challenges since various spices are used as an integrated part of a prepared food and consumed in amounts much smaller than other...

There is a longstanding history in South Asia of relations of exchange and interdependence between agriculturalists and peoples involved in the hunting of wild animals and the gathering of wild plants. These relationships, far from being an historically fixed and immutable, were instead marked by a high degree of variability and flexibility with specific groups of people altering their strategi...