Starch is a carbohydrate composed of chain of glucose molecule. Potato, corn, rice are the major sources for starch but they are also used as a food. Our aim was to extract starch from some nonconventional source like taro plant (Colocasia esculenta) and did some physical and chemical modification to enhance the properties of starch. Physical modification method of starch like Osmotic Pressure ...

Taro (Colocasia esculenta var. Schott) is a major staple food crop in parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands and is grown as a minor crop in New Zealand. Soluble, insoluble and total oxalate content of young and older leaves were determined by HPLC following hot water (80 C) and hot (80 C) acid (0.2 mol/L HCL) extractions. Young taro leaves contained 589 ± 35.8 mg total oxalates/100 g fresh weig...

RNA silencing is an antiviral immunity that regulates gene expression through the production of small RNAs (sRNAs). In this study, deep sequencing of small RNAs was used to identify viruses infecting two taro plants. Blast searching identified five and nine contigs assembled from small RNAs of samples T1 and T2 matched onto the genome sequences of badnaviruses in the family Caulimoviridae. Comp...

Worldwide, several studies have shown that adaptation to different host plants in phytophagous insects can promote speciation. The cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae: Aphidini), is a highly polyphagous species, but its populations increase by parthenogenetic reproduction alone in Indian subcontinent. This study showed that genotypes living in wild plants of taro, Colocasi...

• TVJT: A puppet makes a statement about a story. A child’s task is to reward or correct the puppet based on the statement. • Previous studies: Children allow the long-distance zibun interpretation. Otsu (1990): disproportional salience of potential antecedents (zibun’s picture) Okabe (2008): failure to satisfy Condition of Plausible Dissent (Crain & Thornton 1998) Taro-wa Akira-ga zibun-ni pen...

15-P022 Dynamics of cellular aggregation and differentiation during early development of transgenic crickets Taro Nakamura, Taro Mito, Masato Yoshizaki, Tetsuya Bando, Kimio Tanaka, Hideyo Ohuchi, Sumihare Noji Venture Business Laboratory, New Technology Research Section, Intellectual Property Office, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima City, Tokushima, Japan Department of Life System, Insti...

The quality of dehydrated taro slices in accelerated storage (45°C and 75% RH) was determined as a function of initial water activity (aw) and package type. Color, rehydration capacity, thiamin content, and α-tocopherol content were monitored during 34 weeks of storage in polyethylene and foil laminate packaging at initial storage aw of 0.35 to 0.71. Initial aw at or below 0.54 resulted in less...

The rapid and effective activation of disease resistance responses is essential for plant defense against pathogen attack. These responses are initiated when pathogen-derived molecules (elicitors) are recognized by the host. A cDNA encoding elicitor, the major secreted extracellular glycoprotein of Phytophthora colocasiae, a pathogen of taro (Colocasia esculenta) plants, was isolated, sequenced...

Soluble starch synthase I (SSSI) cDNA was isolated from taro (Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta) by RT-PCR and rapid amplification of cDNA ends reaction. The transcript of this single-copy gene is 2340 bp and encodes 642 amino acids protein containing a putative transit peptide of 54 residues. Recombinant SSSI protein displayed both primer-dependent and primer-independent activities of starch ...

Taro (ColocasiaesculentaL. Schott) is a perennial root crop that belongs to Araceace family. It is widely cultivated as a staple food in Africa, Asia and pacific Islands. Despite its importance, there is limited information on many aspects of the crop. In order to obtain data that can support improved and sustainable taro production, a field trial was conducted to study the effects of ...