this research evaluated the effects of onion curing methods on the qualitative traits of iranian onion cultivars (azarshahr red, neishabour red, kashan white, qom white). testing was carried out in the autumn and winter of 2007. the experimental design was factorial with two factors and three replicates. the factors were traditional and sunlight curing methods at 42°c for 12 hr for 48°c for 4 h...

BACKGROUND Plasma protein hydrolysates have been shown to possess antioxidant activity. However, no report has yet to examine the antioxidant effects of injection of plasma protein hydrolysates on meat quality. Therefore, in this study, the effects of injection of hydrolysis plasma protein solution on meat quality and storability were investigated in porcine M. longissimus lumborum. METHODS T...

Storable products allow consumers to time their purchases to exploit price fluctuations. It has been documented that during promotions consumers buy more. The additional purchases are potentially intended not only for current use, but to be stockpiled for future consumption. This paper discusses the predictions of a consumer inventory model and reviews the available evidence. We then discuss th...

The de novo designed heterodimeric E/K coiled-coil system has been previously demonstrated to be an excellent capture/dimerization system applicable to various needs in both biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields. Those include controlled protein dimerization, capture, purification and Western-blot detection. We here report the development of a new generation of ELISA test based on coiled-coil...

The experiments were carried out at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rahmatpur, Barisal during the rabi seasons of 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 to study the impact of different sulphur levels on bulb yield, storability and economic return of onion. Sulphur application had significant effect on yield components and bulb yield of onion. The highest bulb yields (19.75 and 19.88 t/ha) were ob...

The deterioration of rice grain reduces the quality of rice, resulting in serious economic losses for farmers. Lipoxygenases (LOXs) catalyze the dioxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids with at least one cis,cis-1,4-pentadiene to form hydroperoxide, which is a major factor influencing seed longevity and viability. Recently, genome editing, an essential tool employed in reverse genetics, has...

Reduced seed longevity or storability is a major problem in seed storage and contributes to increased costs in crop production. Here we investigated whether seed galactinol contents could be predictive for seed storability behavior in Arabidopsis, cabbage and tomato. The analyses revealed a positive correlation between galactinol content and seed longevity in the three species tested, which ind...

1 ) were arranged in a randomized complete block design, replicated three times. Regardless of the rate, N fertilization decreased bulb dry matter content by about 4% over the control. Pungency measured as pyruvate concentration improved with increase in the rate of N application and reached the highest value of 2.72 μmol ml -1 at a rate of 138 kg N ha -1 . Bulb storability study for eight week...