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Jonathan Mkumbira Linley Chiwona-Karltun Ulf Lagercrantz Nzola Meso Mahungu John Saka Albert Mhone Mpoko Bokanga Leon Brimer Urban Gullberg Hans Rosling 《Euphytica》2003,132(1):7-22
Cassava roots, a major food in Africa, contain cyanogenic glucosides that may cause toxic effects. Malawian women farmers
considered fields of seemingly similar cassava plants to be mixes of both ‘cool’ and ‘bitter’ cultivars. They regard roots
from ‘cool’ cultivars as non-toxic. Roots of ‘bitter’ were considered to require extensive traditional processing done by
women to be safe for consumption. But curiously, these women farmers preferred ‘bitter’ cultivars since toxicity confers protection
against theft, which was a serious threat to the food security of their families. We studied how well these farmers comprehend
the effects of genetic variations in cassava when dealing with cyanogenesis in this complex system. Using molecular markers
we show that most plants farmers identified as belonging to a particular named cultivar had a genotype typical of that cultivar.
Farmers' ethno-classification into ‘cool’ and ‘bitter’ cultivars corresponded to a genetic sub-division of the typical genotypes
of the most common cultivars, with four-fold higher cyanogenic glucoside levels in the bitter cultivars. Examining morphology,
farmers distinguished genotypes better than did the investigators when using a standard botanical key. Undoubtedly, these
women farmers grasp sufficiently the genetic diversity of cassava with regard to cyanogenesis to simultaneously benefit from
it and avoid its dangers. Consequently, acyanogenic cassava – the breeding of which is an announced good of some cassava genetic
improvement programmes – is not a priority to these farmers. Advances in molecular genetics can help improve food supply in
Africa by rapid micropropagation, marker assisted breeding and introduction of transgenic varieties, but can also help to
elucidate tropical small-scale farmers' needs and skills.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Anakalo Shitandi Aila Oketch Symon Mahungu 《Journal of veterinary science (Suw?n-si, Korea)》2006,7(2):177-180
A Bacillus stearothermophilus var. calidolactis C953 tube test was evaluated for its ability in detecting the residue of selected anticoccidial drugs in poultry, specically sulfamethazine, furazolidone, and amprolium. Various concentrations of each drug were injected into chicken liver and kidney tissues and these tissues were tested to determine the drug detection limits for each drug. The detection limit was defined as the drug concentration at which 95% of the test results were interpreted as positive. The limits of detection in liver tissue were 0.35 µg/ml for furazolidone, 0.70 µg/ml for sulfamethazine and 7.80 µg/ml for amprolium. In kidney tissues, they were 0.30 µg/ml for furazolidone, 0.54 µg/ml for sulfamethazine, and 7.6 µg/ml for amprolium. It was concluded that this tube test could be used to screen for the residue of these three drugs in poultry. 相似文献
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The residence time distribution and barrel fill of pet food in a twinscrew extruder was determined under conditions of a constant ratio of feed rate to screw speed. Specific feeding load was held constant at 0.16 kg/hr/ rpm while feed rate ranges were 24–56 kg/hr and screw speed ranges were 150–350 rpm. The residence time rapidly decreased as feed rate and screw speed increased. The spread of the residence time distribution (RTD) was smaller at higher feed rates and screw speed, however analysis of the normalized RTD indicated greater mixing. The barrel fill was constant at ≈50% throughout the range of experimental conditions. 相似文献
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Mahungu SM Diaz-Mercado S Li J Schwenk M Singletary K Faller J 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》1999,47(1):279-284
The influence of extrusion processing in the presence of corn on the quantity and quality of genistein, daidzein, and their respective beta-glucoside, acetyl glucoside, and malonyl glucoside derivatives was evaluated. Products of 100% soy (textured) and a blend of 20% soy protein concentrate (SPC) and 80% corn meal (direct-expanded) were extruded, with evaluations before and after extrusion. In addition, a 3 x (3 x 3) split-plot factorial experiment investigated the influence of barrel temperature (110, 130, 150 degrees C), moisture content (22, 24, 26%), and relative residence time (1, 0.8, 0.6) on extruder response and isoflavone profile. The extrusion barrel temperature had the most influence on isoflavone profile, especially decarboxylation of the malonyl beta-glucoside, followed by the moisture content. The amount of extractable isoflavones decreased after extrusion for both the SPC and SPC/corn meal blend when extracted with 80% aqueous methanol but remained approximately the same when first hydrated with water before extraction. However, initially hydrating with water produced enzymatic glycolysis in the unextruded samples, increasing the aglycons dramatically. 相似文献
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Singletary K Faller J Li JY Mahungu S 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2000,48(8):3566-3571
The present studies were conducted to determine changes in the quantities of select isoflavones and in the bioactivity (ability to inhibit proliferation of human breast cancer cell lines) of extracts from blends of soy protein and cornmeal during extrusion processing. The extrusion of samples resulted in an average 24% decrease in the concentration of total isoflavones for all samples. Although the amounts of specific genistein-derived and daidzein-derived forms changed following extrusion, the content of the aglycones genistein and daidzein per g sample generally did not change. The extrusion of samples generally resulted in decreased antiproliferative action toward breast cancer cells, although antiproliferative activity was not eliminated. Therefore, extrusion of soy protein/cornmeal-containing foods are likely to retain a considerable portion of their isoflavone content and some of the health benefits associated with soy. 相似文献
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A key concern when developing artificial aquaculture diets is their palatability. This study investigated whether the palatability of artificial diets could be improved by incorporating a small quantity of highly preferred natural foods as feeding stimulants. The preference of Tripneustes gratilla for marine plants with which it co-occurs naturally in New South Wales, Australia, was assessed in a laboratory choice feeding experiment. T. gratilla displayed significant preference for the brown alga Ecklonia radiata over five other algae and one seagrass when they were offered simultaneously. Total protein or energy in the plants was not found to account for this preference. However, T. gratilla showed no preference among E. radiata, Sargassum linearifolium and Ulva lactuca when they were dried. Three artificial diets were made by incorporating one of each of these dried seaweeds at 5% dry weight. Although not statistically significant, T. gratilla ate more than twice as much the artificial diet containing S. linearifolium compared to the control diet containing no algae in a choice feeding experiment. In a no-choice feeding experiment, T. gratilla consumed significantly more of the Ecklonia and the Sargassum diets than the control diet despite each of the diets containing approximately the same protein and energy levels. T. gratilla consumed 49 and 43% more protein, and 37 and 44% more energy, respectively, when fed with the Ecklonia and the Sargassum diets compared to the control diet. Juvenile T. gratilla grew significantly faster on a wet weight basis on the Sargassum diet than the control diet at an average increase of 2.4% per day. These results indicate that the small amounts of palatable seaweed added to the artificial diets act as feeding stimulants, increasing the acceptability of artificial sea urchin diets, boosting the protein and energy consumption, and significantly increasing the growth of T. gratilla. Moreover, the fast growth of T. gratilla achieved in this study also indicates that this species would be a good candidate for commercial aquaculture. 相似文献
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Static headspace (HS) and capillary gas chromatography/infrared spectroscopy-mass spectrometry (GC/IR-MS) were used to collect, separate, identify, and quantitate the oxidative and thermal decomposition products in two heated model compounds, linoleic acid esterified propoxylated glycerol (EPG-08 linoleate) and trilinoleylglycerol, both without added antioxidants. Approximately 4 L of EPG-08 linoleate or trilinoleylglycerol was heated in a deep-fat fryer at 192 +/- 8 degrees C for 12 h each day until the oil sample contained > or =20% polymeric material, which occurred after 24 h of heating. The major volatile compounds both in heated EPG-08 linoleate and in heated trilinoleylglycerol were pentane, hexanal, 2-heptenal, 1-octen-3-ol, 2-pentylfuran, 2-octenal, and 2, 4-decadienal. The identified volatile compounds from heated EPG-08 linoleate are those generally expected from the oxidative and thermal decomposition of fats and oils containing linoleic acid, except acetoxyacetone (1-acetoxy-2-propanone). Acetoxyacetone was found at 2.1, 3, and 2.4 ppm in the unheated, 12 h heated, and 24 h heated samples, respectively. 相似文献
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Symon M. Njinju Hiroaki Samejima Keisuke Katsura Mayumi Kikuta Joseph P. Gweyi-Onyango John M. Kimani 《Plant Production Science》2018,21(2):59-70
Tropical highland conditions in Mwea Kenya, ensure the high radiation and the large day–night temperature differences. Such conditions are generally believed to promote rice growth and yield, but the current grain yield is lower than the expectation. In the current standard N fertilizer practice in Mwea, 75 kg nitrogen (N) ha?1 is applied in three splits at fixed timing. The effects of increases in N fertilizer amount (125, 175, and 225 kg N ha?1) on rice growth and yield were evaluated to test the hypothesis that unachieved high rice grain yield in Mwea is due to insufficient amount of N fertilizer. Two popular lowland varieties in Mwea (Basmati 370 and BW196) and two varieties reported as high yielding in other countries (Takanari and IR72) were used. Shoot dry weight (DW) increased with increases in the amount of N fertilizer applied in three splits at fixed timing, irrespective of variety. It reached approximately 20 t ha?1 under increased N conditions (>75 kg N ha?1) in several cases, indicating that high biomass production could be achieved by increasing N application rate. However, the increased biomass did not increase grain yield, due to decreased grain filling under high N conditions in all varieties. Thus, N amounts above 75 kg ha?1 were ineffective for increasing grain yields in Mwea, where N fertilizer was applied in three splits at fixed timing. Increasing influence of low temperature under high N conditions may be one of the reasons for the decreased grain filling in Mwea. 相似文献
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Rosie Woodroffe Peter Lindsey Andrew Stein Symon M.K. ole Ranah 《Biological conservation》2005,124(2):225-234
Most large mammalian carnivores are in global decline, principally due to conflict with livestock farmers. Because endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) range widely, often beyond the boundaries of protected areas, they may be particularly exposed to lethal control by farmers, even where nominally protected by reserves. Hence, effectively conserving wild dogs demands resolution of their conflicts with farmers. We investigated livestock depredation by African wild dogs living outside protected areas in northern Kenya. Scat analysis confirmed the distribution of depredation events reported by local farmers, indicating that farmer reports - collated by local Community Liaison Officers - gave a reasonably good index of the true pattern of depredation. Although livestock were abundant throughout the study area, depredation was exceedingly uncommon (approximately one attack per 1000 km2 per year) and the costs of tolerating wild dogs were very low (US $3.40/wilddog/year) where wild prey remained, even at low densities. However, where wild prey were seriously depleted, wild dogs killed livestock repeatedly, and the cost of sustaining them rose to US $389/wilddog/year. Hence, although wild dogs had a negligible economic impact in the region, their impact was locally severe. Conservation activities for wild dogs are most likely to be successful if targeted at areas where wild prey remain, and where traditional herding practices have been retained. 相似文献