Okra Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench), is an economically important vegetable crop grown in tropical and sub-tropical as well as Mediterranean countries. The genome size of the Abelmoschus genus species is still rare. Ploidy determinations have traditionally been done by counting chromosomes of stained root tips, but this method is laborious and often difficult with species which have small c...

The nutritional evaluation of the Bambara groundnut Ci12 landrace (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) seeds produced in Côte d'Ivoire shows a 19% content of protein, containing all the essential amino acids with tryptophan as the limiting amino acid, a total dietary fiber level of 10%, with a low soluble fraction content, and a fat content of 1.4%, with a high proportion of total unsaturated fatty ...

Plasma thyrotropin (TSH) secretion was studied in crossbred (Landrace x Large White) immature and young adult Landrace male pigs. Levels of TSH were low over the first 9 wk post-natally and were maximal at 12 wk of age. Thereafter, hormone levels declined and by 16 wk returned to values similar to those at 7 wk. In addition, a transient increase in TSH was noted at 22 wk. A second experiment in...

Isozyme data were used to assess genetic diversity within and among a subdivided population of the salt-tolerant Batini barley landrace. Population diversity and its components were estimated on the basis of 12 isozymes scored on 450 single plants representing seven subpopulations. Two principal components, based on mean gene diversity, Shannon’s diversity index, percentage polymorphic loci, ge...

Records on 65,536 Landrace pigs collected between 1985 and 1999 in herds on the National Swine Registry STAGES program were used to estimate genetic change in lean growth rate, days to 250 lb, backfat, and loin eye area. Genetic change was measured as the change in average estimated breeding value (EBV) over years. Analysis was by a multitrait best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) animal model...

To understand the different selection procedures used in Germany it is necessary to explain the structure of pig breeding and production. The commercial fattening pigs are either produced by traditional herdbook organisations or by commercial breeding companies. While in Bavaria 90 % of all fattening pigs are single crosses with Pietrain as sire and Landrace as dam, in the northern part of Germ...

A collection of 515 rice landraces originating from Vietnam and China were screened for the reaction to brown planthopper (BPH) infestation. Most of the resistant landraces were indica types from Vietnam and the Guangxi province in China. An F(2) mapping population was created from the cross between a BPH resistant Vietnamese landrace Yagyaw and the susceptible cultivar Cpslo17. Four quantitati...

Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan mempelajari pengaruh penggunaan tepung daun mengkudu (Morinda Citrifolia) dalam ransum terhadap konsumsi dan kecernaan serat kasar lemak pada babi peranakan landrace. Materi yang digunakan penelitian adalah 12 ekor ternak jantan kastrasi landrace fase stater umur 1-2 bulan, variasi berat badan 10,50-21,50 kg, rata-rata 16,70 kg koefisien 18,76 %. Metode me...

There is scarce information available about how peasants recognize Agave landraces. This study aims to identify the agave species and landraces used for “pulque” production analyze their morphological variability in a Nahualt community, San Pedro Tlacuapan (SPT), Tlaxcala, Mexico. To this end, we traditional knowledge conventional statistical methods. Semi-structured interviews were administere...

to study the effects of chitosan at 0.5 (c1), 0.1 (c2), 0.05 (c3) and 0.01 (c4) (weight percent) concentrations, distilled water (c5) and one percent acetic acid (c6) as controls on physiological and morphological characteristics of two landrace and modified (szk-1) dragonhead (dracocephalum moldavica l.) varieties, a factorial experiment was conducted in completely randomized design in germina...