footpath, passing through cultivated lands. The village of Moostafabad, situated six miles in a northwesterly direction from the town of Muchlushuhur, in the south-west of the district, on the Allahabad road, was visited on the 26th April. This village consists of about one hundred houses, grouped into two bazars of nearly equal size, separated from each other by about eighty yards of uncultiva...

Fresh vegetables normally carry natural non-pathogenic epiphytic microorganisms, but during growth, harvest, transportation and further handling the produce can be contaminated with pathogens from animal and human sources. As most of these produce are eating without further processing, their microbial content may represent a risk factor for the consumer’s health and therefore a food safety prob...

The objective of this investigation was assessment of physical and chemical parameters ofsoil and sediment in loess lands under different land uses, in the north of Iran. A yearly soilsampling was carried out randomly in three land uses (cultivated, forest and pasture) inQarnave and Yelcheshme watersheds. Sediment samples were taken monthly in thewatersheds at the hydrometrical station of Tamer...

Journal of Heredity 199738:115-119; 0022-1503/97/J5.00 An integrated genetic linkage map of chickpea (Clcei) has been developed that consists of 9 morphological, 27 isozyme, 10 RFLP, and 45 RAPD markers covering 550 cM. The map was made from segregation data from populations of three interspecific crosses of cultivated chickpea (C. arietlnum, 2n = 16) and a closely related wild species (C. retl...

Pleurotus ostreatus (MTCC142) was cultivated on three different agro wastes viz: Wheat straw, Soybean straw and Chick pea straw. Total antioxidant, reducing power and total phenolic content effect of the extracts was determined by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method and Folin-Ciocalteu method. The aqueous extract of P.ostreatus cultivated on soybean straw exhibited good antioxidant acti...

A two year field experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of three row and eight row seeding on the total phenolic compound (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), hydrolyzed (HTC) and condensed tannin (CTC), antioxidant activity (ABTS assay), protein content and soluble dietary fiber (SDF) and insoluble dietary fiber (IDF) in the extracts of lentil (Lens culinaris L.) and grass pea (La...

Introduction The grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) cultivated in Chile has a large, mostly clear white, grain. It is valued by European communities as the basis for the preparation of traditional dishes. Small Chilean farmers are exporting grass pea to these markets, which pay higher prices for larger seed. However, the size of the grain currently being produced is quite heterogeneous, and the ex...