This study was conducted to examine effects of ensiling, toasting or ensiling plus in partial-crop field peas and faba beans harvested each with 375 g dry matter/kg (Biologische Bundesanstalt, Bundessortenamt und Chemische Industrie (BBCH) scale 79 81, respectively) on gas production post-ruminal crude protein (PRCP) concentration by vitro incubation ruminal fluid batch-cultures. The silages ma...

An association between favism (a hemolytic reaction to consumption of fava beans), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD(-)) and acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP(1)) phenotypes has been reported; the frequency of carriers of the p(a) and p(c) ACP(1) alleles was found to be significantly higher in G6PD(-) individuals showing favism than in the general population. Here, we investigated ...

The faba bean (Vicia L.) is cultivated in the Mediterranean and Aegean regions only. It a rich source of protein an important food feed for human animal consumption. Faba beans have narrow genetic base their improvement through hybridization not feasible because high pollen self-incompatibility. This study was carried out using embryonic axis cv. Filiz99 Eresen87 regenerated on MS medium contai...

Article history: Received 2 December 2009 Received in revised form 18 October 2010 Accepted 23 December 2010 The study was conducted to determine chemical composition and standardised ileal digestibilities (SID) of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA) in currently available grain legume cultivars for growing pigs. Three consecutive experiments were conducted with six barrows each, fitted wit...

Crop diversification has been identified as a tool to improve both productive and environmental performances of organic horticulture. We tested the introduction faba beans in tomato cropping system—both preceding crop strip (SC)—under different fertilization strategies—faba residues, animal manure, vegetable compost. studied: (i) nutrient uptake yield quality; (ii) soil-N P, N-budget, mycorrhiz...

Broad beans (Vicia faba) and lupin seeds (Lupinus albus) are legumes rich in a wide range of compounds, which may represent a useful dietary approach for modulating the human gut microbiome. In this work, after in vitro digestion, legume samples were used as carbon sources in anaerobic batch cultures to evaluate their impact on the intestinal microbiota composition and on their metabolic produc...