Oleang, a Thai coffee drink, contained roasted robusta coffee and several roasted grains and seeds. In this research the typical ingredients of oleang that were robusta coffee, corn, soybean, rice, sesame and brown sugar, were roasted and studied for their volatile compounds. Coffee, corn, sesame, and brown sugar were roasted at 220°C for 20 min and soybean and rice were roasted at 240°C for 20...

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...

Two antioxidative compounds were isolated from the oil of sesame seeds roasted at 230°C for 15 min and identified as sesaminols (isomers) by MS and NMR analysis. Although sesaminols are present in refined unroasted sesame seed oil, we have demonstrated their presence also in the oil from the roasted sesame seed without refining for the first time. Furthermore, the amounts of sesaminols in sesam...

Intercropping systems compared to monoculture systems can more efficiently use the existing resources which ultimately will lead to increased plant performance. Therefore, to evaluate the benefits of intercropping maize and beans and assess its impact on yield and yield’s component, an experiment was conducted in factorial design with randomized complete block design in three replication, in 20...

impacts on profitability of dairies, primarily through its impact on average milk/ cow/ day, but also due to its impact on culling and the number of calves born. Despite improved understanding of the financial impacts of poor reproductive management, reproductive efficiency has been on the decline within the dairy industry for the last 50 years. Consequently, producers have expressed renewed in...

Demographic parameters of the pink stem borer, Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were estimated on its two main host plants, maize and sugarcane. The present study was conducted under laboratory conditions at 27±1 ̊C, 50±10% Relative Humidity (RH %), and a photoperiod of 0:24 (L:D) hour for the larval stage and 16:8 (L:D) hour for the other life stages. The raw data were analyzed ...

The present study aimed at evaluating the dissipation of S-metolachlor (S-MET) at three doses in maize growing on diverse physico-chemical properties of soil. The effect of herbicide on dehydrogenase (DHA) and acid phosphatase (ACP) activity was estimated. A modified QuEChERS method using LC-MS/MS has been developed. The limit of quantification (0.001 mg kg-1) and detection (0.0005 mg kg-1) wer...