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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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Managing Insects on Fresh Market Sweet Corn [PDF]
, 1994 The key to sweet corn pest management is the awareness of the interaction of plant phenology and insect activity, which produces "windows of vulnerability." In most areas of the Midwest, the planting period for sweet corn extends over several months, as ...
Foster, Rick, Rick Foster
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.Agro‐industrial waste was upcycled into biodegradable starch foams reinforced with melon seed and rosemary flours, yielding sustainable food packaging with enhanced mechanical performance, selective antimicrobial activity, and rapid biodegradation. ABSTRACT The demand for sustainable alternatives to petroleum‐based packaging has promoted starch‐based ...
Ana Carolina Agne Ferreira Zão +8 more
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An Outlook on Processing Sweet Corn Production from the Last Three Decades (1990s–2010s)
HortScience, 2023 Sweet corn (Zea mays L. var. rugosa or saccharate), consumed both fresh and processed (primarily canned or frozen), is a popular vegetable crop in the United States.
Daljeet S. Dhaliwal +1 more
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Soil Science, 1954 Includes bibliographies and indexes. ; Mode of access: Internet.
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Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.Dietary fiber (DF) modulates meat quality through the gut‐muscle axis by reshaping gut microbiota, improving intestinal integrity, reducing inflammation, and regulating muscle metabolism. These mechanisms influence muscle fiber characteristics and post‐mortem biochemistry, thereby enhancing tenderness, juiciness, color, flavor, and nutritional value of
Zeshan Zulfiqar +8 more
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Combining Ability of Husk Extension, Maysin Content, and Corn Earworm Resistance
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 2020 Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) is a destructive pest with limited management options in sweet corn (Zea mays) production. Increased husk extension and the presence of the C-glycosyl flavone maysin are two proposed mechanisms for improving corn earworm ...
Virginia M. Moore, William F. Tracy
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Carbon Energy, EarlyView.The present review discusses the advancement in the catalytic synthesis of 5‐alkoxymethylfurfural (AMF) and levulinate esters (LEs) from the aspects of catalytic systems, reaction mechanisms, product isolation, and techno‐economic analysis, supplying valuable insights toward future sustainable and efficient manufacture of AMF and LEs. ABSTRACT The huge
Jun Zhang +6 more
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BRS Vivi: single-cross super sweet corn hybrid [PDF]
Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 2014 This study aims to describe the single-cross, super sweet corn hybrid BRS Vivi, with above-average ear diameter, lightcolored grains and competitiveness with other sweet corn cultivars.
Flavia França Teixeira +12 more
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Synthetic Biology and Food: Applications and Prospects
Food Bioengineering, EarlyView.Synthetic biology would provide revolutionary technological solutions to produce new food and feed components, such as artificial starch, animo acids, microbial protein, lipids, sweeteners, vitamins.
Yi‐Heng P. Job Zhang
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