Grain protein films plasticized with glycerol were prepared from corn zein (CZ), wheat gluten (WG), and a 2.3:1 mixture of wheat gluten and soy protein isolate (WG/SPI). Moisture adsorption curves of the three types of protein films at 25° C and within an approximate water activity range of 0.11 to 0.84 were obtained using a static gravimetric method. The Smith, Oswin, Halsey, and Guggenheim-An...

The objective of this paper is to propose to use a new Improved Particle Filtering (IPF) based on minimizing Kullback-Leibler divergence for crop models' predictions. The performances of the method are compared with those of the conventional Particle Filtering (PF) at a complex crop model (AZODYN) to predict an important winter-wheat quality criterion, namely the grain protein content. Furtherm...

The potential interaction between grain (starch) and protein sources with varying ruminal degradation rates on N utilization in growing lambs was evaluated. Three grain sources with varying ruminal degradation rates, (barley greater than steam-flaked sorghum [SFSG] greater than dry-rolled sorghum [DRSG]) and three protein sources (urea greater than a 50:25:25 mixture of urea: blood meal:corn gl...

Transgenic sorghum featuring RNAi suppression of certain kafirins was developed recently, to address the problem of poor protein digestibility in the grain. However, it was not firmly established if other important quality parameters were adversely affected by this genetic intervention. In the present study several quality parameters were investigated by surveying several important physical and...

effects of various fertilizers such as farmyard manure (fm), urea, and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr, including the genera azotobacter and azospirillium) were checked on yield, fatty acids, protein, and oil contents of sunflower. a two-year field experiment was conducted in a semi-arid region in iran in 2007 and 2008. the experiment was a split plot in a randomized complete block d...

Experiments were conducted in 2020 and 2021 North Dakota to determine the effects of foliar soil applied fertilizers, variety irrigation on yield grain quality spring wheat. Foliar application N did not consistently increase protein indicating levels adequate optimize yield. The Bolles had higher content than Faller. Zinc (Zn) was greatest when at either flowering or post anthesis. It also foun...

new sources of maize resistance to the maize weevil, sitophilus zeamais infestation are indispensable in successful breeding programs against post harvest grain damage. the study investigated the characters and mechanisms that confer resistance to weevil infestation using twenty elite maize genotypes. detailed morphological and physical studies were conducted on whole-maize grain. the grain hul...