The family Leguminosae includes more than 12,000 species in about 500 genera that are widely d.L<:tributed from the tropics to the arctic regions. Although abundant in the temperate zones, legumes are especially numerous in the tropics. Ivlan has cultivated some members of this family since remote antiquity and few families of dicotyledons are of greater importance than the legumes. Nonetheless...

Lentils, a popular foodstuff worldwide, are gaining more interest for their use in alternative diets. In addition, we observing an ever-growing demand new raw materials the malting and brewing industry overall rising low-gluten lifestyle. Therefore, this study, malt was produced from green lentils used both laboratory- pilot-scale trials. Malted were as 10% 20% adjuncts at laboratory scale, fol...

Starch and fibre contribute to the energy components add functionality end-product feed ingredients. An understanding of impact processing on carbohydrate content will support accurate formulation feed. Six ingredients, grown or sourced in Canada, were used this study. They included five pulses, Amarillo peas, Dun chickpeas, lentils, faba beans, soybean meal (SBM) as a comparison. All ingredien...

Bean beetles (Bruchinae) are a taxon of seed predators and several species economically significant stored product pests. Seed quality may affect adult life history traits, with consequences for their population dynamics. We investigated if variation in host (poor quality: lentil; high mung bean) as experienced by the parental (i.e. individuals ovipositing) generation natal study emerging from ...

A limited number of strains belonging to several genera of Rhizobiaceae are capable of expressing a hydrogenase system that allows partial or full recycling of hydrogen evolved by nitrogenase, thus increasing the energy efficiency of the nitrogen fixation process. This review is focused on the genetics and biotechnology of the hydrogenase system from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae, a freque...

BACKGROUND Food allergy results from an atypical response of the mucosal immune system to orally consumed allergens. Antacid medication inhibits the digestion of dietary proteins and causes food allergy. A decrease of the gastric pH might enhance the function of digestion and reduce the risk of food allergy. OBJECTIVE To test a possible decrease in the allergenicity of powerful food allergens...

Low productivity of pilosae type lentils grown in South Asia is attributed to narrow genetic base of the released cultivars which results in susceptibility to biotic and abiotic stresses. For enhancement of productivity and production, broadening of genetic base is essentially required. The genetic base of released cultivars can be broadened by using diverse types including bold seeded and earl...

Antioxidant activity was evaluated in six Indian cultivars of lentil (Lens culanaris L.) viz. L-4076, L-4594, L-4147, DPL 15, DPL 62, and IPL 406. Three solvents, 70% ethanol, 100% methanol and 80% acetone, were used for preparation of seed extract. The seed extract was tested for total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity by FRAP assay. The results showed that val...

Interspecific resource competition is expected to select for divergence in resource use, weakening interspecific relative to intraspecific competition, thus promoting stable coexistence. More broadly, because interspecific competition reduces fitness, any mechanism of interspecific competition should generate selection favoring traits that weaken interspecific competition. However, species also...

Starch, total amylolytic and phosphorylase activities were determined in lentil cotyledons during the first days of germination. Several independent criteria show that the amylolytic activity is due mainly to an amylase of the alpha type. Starch is degraded slowly in the first days; during this time, alpha- and beta-amylase activity are very low, while phosphorylase increases and reach a peak o...