Separate sampling and analytical methods for the determination of diacetyl and acetoin have been developed to assess workplace exposures at a popcorn processing facility have been described. Diacetyl (NMAM 2557) is efficiently recovered from an Anasorb CMS sampler tube when the composition of methanol in the desorption solvent is 1%, and acetoin (NMAM 2558) is efficiently recovered when the con...

Peningkatan tren mengkonsumsi makanan ringan menjadi fenomena menarik bagi para pelaku usaha ringan. Namun meskipun demikian, tersebut tidak berpengaruh secara signifikan pada pencapaian target penjualan dari PT. Chicago Popcorn, terutama saat perusahaan dilanda pandemi. Maka penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas produk, keterjangkauan harga, dan promosi terhadap minat pem...

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is the pest that causes the greatest economic losses for both common corn and popcorn crops, and the use of resistant plant genotypes is an important tool for integrated pest management. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the damage caused by S. frugiperda on single-cross popcorn hybrids under field conditions with natural infestation as well...

Highway 71 runs straight down from the Canadian border to a place just seventy-five miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, and almost exactly in the middle of that road, almost exactly in the middle of the country, and at the heart of this story, sits the small town of Jasper, Missouri. Home to just over one thousand people, Jasper is also the location of a factory owned by the Gilster-Mary Lee Cor...