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‘The Good Couscous That Pleases Us!’: The Meanings of Enduring Imperialist Imagery in Postcolonial French Food Advertising, 1970–2000

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
wiley   +1 more source

Insight into Rheological Properties and Structure of Native Waxy Starches: Cluster Analysis Grouping

open access: yesMolecules
Recent interest in the use of waxy starches in food production is due to the possibility of replacing chemically modified starches as texture-forming agents with native starch analogues. However, there is a lack of a coherent research comparing different
Jacek Lewandowicz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantification of Anthocyanins and other Phenolics in Native Andean Potatoes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Potato is currently the fifth most important crop worldwide after sugar cane, maize, wheat and rice with a production of >321 million tones in 2007. Potato is notably recognized as a source of carbohydrates, high-quality proteins, vitamin C, vitamin B6 ...
Polit, M. Fernanda
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Agronomic biofortificación in two native potato cultivars (Solanum tuberosum L.)

open access: yesRevista Latinoamericana de la Papa, 2016
During the 2012-2013 cropping season in the areas of Coacollo, Yana Muyu (La Paz, Bolivia) and El Paso (Cochabamba, Bolivia), plots were established in a randomized complete block design in stripe plot arrangement with four replications (experiments in series), in order to: a) determine the response of two potato native crops at Fe and Zn soil ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Silencing of juvenile hormone‐related genes through RNA interference leads to molt failure and high mortality in the spongy moth

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
The feasibility of using RNA interference to control the globally important quarantine pest, the spongy moth. Targeting genes related to JHs play an important role in the growth and development of insects. First, the open reading frames (ORFs) of Ldjhamt and Ldjheh were identified and characterized, and the target genes were cloned and double‐stranded ...
Wenzhuai Ji   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of applying Trichoderma asperellum to rice (Oryza sativa) on phytobiome and plant responses

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
We investigated the effect of dipping at transplanting or post‐transplanting spray application on the root‐associated microbiome or leaf epiphytes via amplicon sequencing, and on plant responses via RNA‐seq. Both root dipping and foliar application with Trichoderma asperellum spore suspension only had a limited impact on the leaf epiphytes and root ...
Greg Deakin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management of the Guatemalan moth with entomopathogenic nematodes and granulosis virus in “creole apple” potato crops

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
Background Potatoes are a vitally important food crop in Colombia. Both native and commercial varieties are grown, and all are vulnerable to attack by the Tecia solanivora (Povolný 1973) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) which is known as the Guatemalan moth ...
Mariana Valentina Jaimes Velandia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technofunctional and bioactive properties of flours obtained from six native potato varieties (Solanum tuberosum) from the Cundiboyacense region

open access: yesVitae
BACKGROUND: In Latin America, approximately 4,732 native potato varieties have been recorded, representing an autochthonous product that plays a crucial role in food security and nutrition for the population. However, there remains a need to explore new
Ruth Mary Benavides Guevara   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The problem of pika control in Baluchistand, Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
The collared pika, Ochotona rufescens, has been recorded as a serious pest in apple orchards in the uplands valley of Ziarat in Baluchistan. In the winter, when the natural vegetation is lacking, the pikas debark the apple tree trunks or branches ...
Khan, Abdul Aziz, Smythe, William R.
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Assessing the host plants of the invasive apricot aphid, Myzus mumecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
We investigated the host plants of the invasive apricot aphid Myzus mumecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae), an emerging pest species in Europe, by combining molecular and ecological approaches. The winter host plant was confirmed as apricot by both methods.
Marta Chignola   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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