scholarly journals Japanese Sweetpotatoes: Production, Cultivars, and Possible Ancestry

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakio TSUTSUI ◽  
Yoshihiko SHIGA ◽  
Tetsuo MIKAMI
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Fresh Market ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Agronomic Characteristics ◽  
Food And Beverage

Sweetpotato has recently received much attention due to its many agricultural advantages such as its adaptability to different environmental conditions and its nutritional value. It has been grown in Japan for more than 400 years, and the bulk of the Japanese harvest is presently destined for fresh market consumption as well as for the food and beverage processing industry. This review begins by providing an overview of the commercial production and agronomic characteristics of sweetpotato cultivars in Japan. The paper deals with the possible ancestry of Japanese sweetpotatoes, and finally describes several orange- or purple-fleshed genotypes that are adapted well to cold northern climates and considered as valuable sources for enhancing the physiological functionality of this crop.

scholarly journals Discovery of a natural cyan blue: A unique food-sourced anthocyanin could replace synthetic brilliant blue

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (15) ◽  
pp. eabe7871
Author(s):  
Pamela R. Denish ◽  
Julie-Anne Fenger ◽  
Randall Powers ◽  
Gregory T. Sigurdson ◽  
Luca Grisanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Design ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Blue Dye ◽  
Spectroscopic Techniques ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Enzymatic Transformation ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
The Subject

The color of food is critical to the food and beverage industries, as it influences many properties beyond eye-pleasing visuals including flavor, safety, and nutritional value. Blue is one of the rarest colors in nature’s food palette—especially a cyan blue—giving scientists few sources for natural blue food colorants. Finding a natural cyan blue dye equivalent to FD&C Blue No. 1 remains an industry-wide challenge and the subject of several research programs worldwide. Computational simulations and large-array spectroscopic techniques were used to determine the 3D chemical structure, color expression, and stability of this previously uncharacterized cyan blue anthocyanin-based colorant. Synthetic biology and computational protein design tools were leveraged to develop an enzymatic transformation of red cabbage anthocyanins into the desired anthocyanin. More broadly, this research demonstrates the power of a multidisciplinary strategy to solve a long-standing challenge in the food industry.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN PRODUKSI MINUMAN RUMPUT LAUT EUCHEMA COOTONII DI DESA TATELI TIGA KECAMATAN MANDOLANG, KABUPATEN MINAHASA

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lexy Karel Rarung ◽  
Berty E. Kaseger
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Industrial Processing ◽  
Counseling Training ◽  
Specific Target ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
New Business

AbstractThe target of this program is located in Tateli Tiga Village, Mandolang District, Minahasa Regency, which is geographically very strategic for developing seaweed beverage processing industries. This village is a culinary tourism area, where there are many food and beverage entrepreneurs. North Sulawesi, is a large producer of seaweed, thus the availability of raw materials is easy to obtain and adequate for industrial processing. Processing of seaweed drinks consisting of syrup, juice and instant powder, is very easy and the marketing is not difficult, can be reached by the upper and lower economic class communities. The aim of this program is to develop new business fields to improve the economy of the community and increase the selling value and economy of seaweed. The specific target of this PKM program is 1. producing seaweed drinks to meet sanitary and hygienic requirements, packaged and labeled well / attractively 2. Developing seaweed syrup beverage industry business. The implementation methods agreed with partners are: 1. Problems in the production of seaweed syrup drinks, product marketing and finance 2. Methods for solving problems with counseling, training, mentoring and evaluation. 3 Work procedures for solving problems through surveys, counseling, training, mentoring, evaluation, reporting and journals.Keywords: Euchema cootonii, syrup, processing industry Abstrak        Sasaran program ini berlokasi di Desa Tateli Tiga Kecamatan Mandolang Kabupaten Minahasa, yang secara geografi sangat strategis untuk dikembangkan industri pengolahan  minuman rumput laut. Desa ini merupakan daerah wisata kuliner, dimana terdapat banyak pengusaha makanan dan minuman. Sulawesi utara, merupakan penghasil rumput laut yang besar, dengan demikian ketersediaan bahan baku mudah diperoleh dan memadai untuk pengolahan secara industri.  Pengolahan minuman rumput laut yang terdiri dari sirup, sari dan serbuk instant, sangat mudah serta pemasarannya  tidak sukar, dapat dijangkau oleh masyarakat kelas ekonomi  atas maupun bawah. Tujuan program ini yaitu pengembangan lapangan usaha baru untuk meningkatkatkan ekonomi masyarakat serta meningkatkan nilai jual dan ekonomi rumput laut. Target khusus program PKM ini  yaitu 1. memproduksi minuman  rumput laut memenuhi syarat sanitasi dan higienis, dikemas dan dilabel dengan baik/menarik  2.  Mengembangkan usaha  industri minuman sirup rumput laut . Adapun metoda pelaksanaan yang disepakati dengan mitra yaitu: 1. Masalah produksi minuman sirup rumput laut, pemasaran produk dan keuangan 2. Metoda untuk menyelesaikan masalah dengan penyuluhan, pelatihan, pendampingan dan evaluasi. 3 Prosedur kerja untuk menyelesaikan masalah melalui survey, penyuluhan, pelatihan, pendampingan, evalusi, pelaporan dan jurnal.Kata kunci: Euchema cootonii, sirup, industri pengolahan

Ethalfluralin Activity in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

Weed Science ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 498-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey F. Derr ◽  
Thomas J. Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Organic Matter ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Cucumis Sativus ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Heavy Rain ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Herbicidal Activity ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Fresh Market

In greenhouse studies, soil organic matter reduced the herbicidal activity of ethalfluralin (N-ethyl-N-(2-methyl-2-propenyl)-2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenamine). Fifty percent inhibition (I5.0) values for barnyardgrass [Echinochloa crus-galli(L.) Beauv.] stand, injury, and shoot fresh weight increased as the soil organic-matter level increased. No difference in ethalfluralin tolerance was found among 16 cucumber (Cucumis sativusL.) cultivars. When grouped according to market type, fresh market cultivars tended to be injured more than pickling cultivars by excess ethalfluralin. Both shoots and roots of cucumber absorbed the herbicide, but exposure of roots to ethalfluralin was more toxic than exposure of shoots. Field studies indicated that with certain edaphic and environmental conditions, cucumbers can be injured by preemergence applications of ethalfluralin. Injury was greatest in a low organic-matter soil following a heavy rain. Ethalfluralin at 1.3 kg/ha gave adequate weed control in 1 and 3% organic-matter soils, but not in a 9% organic-matter soil.

scholarly journals Agronomic and productive characteristics of maize and Paiaguas palisadegrass in integrated production systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Analu Guarnieri ◽  
Katia Aparecida de Pinho Costa ◽  
Eduardo da Costa Severiano ◽  
Alessandro Guerra da Silva ◽  
Suelen Soares Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Integrated Production ◽  
Forage Plants ◽  
Agronomic Characteristics ◽  
Annual Crops ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics ◽  
Conventional Systems ◽  
Mixed Systems

Currently, mixed systems for growing annual crops with forage plants of the Brachiaria genus represent an excellent alternative for the cultivation of maize by using the area for agricultural and livestock farming, which provides higher income to the grower and sustainability to the agricultural systems of the Cerrado. However, little is known about the best means for sowing such intercropped plants. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic characteristics of maize (Zea mays) as well as the productive and nutritional characteristics of Paiaguas palisadegrass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. BRS Paiaguas) as the second crop in integrated production systems. The experimental design used randomized blocks with four replications. The treatments consisted of the following forage systems: monocropped of maize, monocropped of Paiaguas palisadegrass, maize intercropped with Paiaguas palisadegrass in rows, maize intercropped with Paiaguas palisadegrass between rows, and maize with oversown Paiaguas palisadegrass. The results showed that intercropping of maize with Paiaguas palisadegrass does not interfere with the agronomic characteristics or grain yield of maize, regardless of the system that was adopted. Regarding the production of forage, low production of dry matter was found for Paiaguas palisadegrass oversown in maize, though the nutritional value was better. Intercropping maze and Paiaguas palisadegrass is relevant to integrated production systems, as it allows for of a third harvest in the same crop year, which maintains sustainability especially because a smaller arable area is used compared to conventional systems.

Marketing foods to children through product packaging: prolific, unhealthy and misleading

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1763-1770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaye Mehta ◽  
Clare Phillips ◽  
Paul Ward ◽  
John Coveney ◽  
Elizabeth Handsley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Food Products ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Product Packaging ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Food And Beverage

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate marketing techniques used on the packaging of child-oriented products sold through supermarkets.DesignFood and beverage products which met criteria for ‘marketed to children’ were recorded as child-oriented. The products were analysed for food categories, nutritional value, and type and extent of marketing techniques used.SettingA major supermarket chain in Adelaide, South Australia.SubjectsChild-oriented food and beverage products.ResultsOne hundred and fifty-seven discrete products were marketed to children via product packaging; most (75·2 %) represented non-core foods, being high in fat or sugar. Many marketing techniques (more than sixteen unique marketing techniques) were used to promote child-oriented food products. Claims about health and nutrition were found on 55·5 % of non-core foods. A median of 6·43 marketing techniques per product was found.ConclusionsThe high volume and power of marketing non-core foods to children via product packaging in supermarkets should be of concern to policy makers wanting to improve children's diet for their health and to tackle childhood obesity. Claims about health or nutrition on non-core foods deserve urgent attention owing to their potential to mislead and confuse child and adult consumers.

scholarly journals Analysis of Sub-sectors of Processing Industry in Banggai Re-gency Indonesia using Local Superior Products

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahyudin Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Economic Contribution ◽  
Resource Support ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The purpose of this research was to determine superior local products in the sub-sector of the processing industry of Banggai Regency Indonesia by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach.. The research was conducted based on several criteria such as the pro-duction facility, market potential, human resource support, uniqueness, and economic contribution. The data were taken by purposive sampling method by considering the capacity and ability of respondents to provide the necessary data, here the respondents consisted of 15 SMEs stakeholders, and the expert stakeholders of 4 heads of division in Industry and Trade Department, 4 heads of division in Coop-erative and SMEs, 7 academics in Faculty of Industry Technic, and 5 in Faculty of Economics. The data were collected through Focus Group Discussion (FGD), questioner, and in-depth interview. The result shows that the superior local products of Banggai Regency in the processing industry sub-sector are processed food and beverage products, with an emphasis on SME empowerment located in aspects of human resources, production facilities and utilization of market potential.

scholarly journals Analysis of Constraints and Opportunities for the Development of Smallholder Coconut Oil Processing Industry in Micro Enterprises Konawe Islands Regency

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
La Rianda Baka ◽  
La Ode Alwi ◽  
Dhian Herdhiansyah ◽  
Samsul Alam Fyka ◽  
Waode Siti Anima Hisein
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Coconut Oil ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Government Program ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Oil Processing ◽  
By Products

It is based on the fact that small-scale coconut oil processing in micro-scale businesses is facing serious threats and competition with palm oil produced by large and medium-sized entrepreneurs, resulting in a downturn in business as well as weakening the motivation of coconut farmers to process coconut production into coconut oil. As a result, coconut farmers in their daily lives actually buy palm oil processed by large and medium entrepreneurs, while their businesses are getting worse. In line with this, through this research, an analysis of the obstacles and opportunities for the development of the people's coconut oil processing industry was carried out. The purpose of this study was to analyze the barriers to developing the people's coconut oil processing industry on a micro-scale business and to analyze the opportunities for developing the people's coconut oil processing industry on a micro-scale business. The research method is through a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to identify obstacles and opportunities for developing the coconut oil processing industry, followed by Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine priority problems and priority opportunities that should be carried out by multi-stakeholders for the development of the coconut oil processing industry. The results showed that the priority obstacles to the development of the coconut oil processing industry in micro-scale businesses in Konawe Islands Regency were product marketing problems, financial capital, and business funding problems, production equipment problems, skilled labor issues, raw material problems, micro-business protection policy issues, business organization, and management problems, as well as problems in the use of information technology and innovation. The priority of opportunities for the development of the micro-scale coconut oil processing industry in Konawe Kepualauan Regency is the presence of economic value by-products of coconut oil processing, namely shell charcoal, nata de coco, and coconut coir, there is a tendency for people to consume more coconut oil than consume coconut oil. Palm oil, the existence of a government program to encourage the coconut processing industry, and the nutritional value that is unique to coconut oil. Organizational and business management problems, as well as problems in the use of information technology and innovation. The priority of opportunities for the development of the micro-scale coconut oil processing industry in Konawe Kepualauan Regency is the presence of economic value by-products of coconut oil processing, namely shell charcoal, nata de coco, and coconut coir, there is a tendency for people to consume more coconut oil than consume coconut oil. Palm oil, the existence of a government program to encourage the coconut processing industry and the nutritional value that is unique to coconut oil. Organizational and business management problems, as well as problems in the use of information technology and innovation. The priority of opportunities for the development of the micro-scale coconut oil processing industry in Konawe Kepualauan Regency is the presence of economic value by-products of coconut oil processing, namely shell charcoal, nata de coco, and coconut coir, there is a tendency for people to consume more coconut oil than consume coconut oil. Palm oil, the existence of a government program to encourage the coconut processing industry and the nutritional value that is unique to coconut oil.

Genotype×environment interactions in sugarcane between China and Australia

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuekuan Chen ◽  
Phillip Jackson ◽  
Wankuan Shen ◽  
Haihua Deng ◽  
Yuanhong Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Correlation ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Crop Management ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Trial Data ◽  
Cane Yield ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Production Environments

Sugarcane improvement has traditionally been conducted by nationally focussed breeding programs, with some exchange of elite cultivars among some programs. It has been generally assumed by breeders that genotype × country interactions are large, and therefore selection trial data in one country may be of limited relevance to another. However, no studies quantifying clone × country interactions have been reported to our knowledge. In research reported here, a common set of mostly unselected sugarcane genotypes was evaluated in commercial production environments in Australia and China. Consistent with past studies, genotype × site interaction was an important source of variation within each country. Overall a moderate to high genetic correlation existed between production environments in China and Australia for cane yield and sugar content (0.77 for both traits). This suggests that despite difference in environmental conditions and crop management in production environments between countries, that selection trials in China have some relevance for selecting clones for Australian environments and vice versa. It also supports the hypothesis that regular exchange of selected germplasm from effective breeding programs between countries will have mutual benefits.

The Cultivation of the Mother-of-pearl Oyster in the Red Sea

1957 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Crossland
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Pearl Oyster ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Pinctada Margaritifera ◽  
Pearl Oysters ◽  
Original Manuscript ◽  
Marketable Size ◽  
Oyster Cultivation

This is an abbreviated form of the original manuscript prepared by the author following 16 years' work at Dongonab Bay in the Red Sea in an attempt to establish a pearl oyster cultivation industry. The environmental conditions at Dongonab, the species of pearl oysters in the Red Sea, and the detailed biology of Pinctada margaritifera (L.), the species used for the experiments, are discussed. Details are given of the methods developed for the collection of spat and the cultivation of the pearl-shell to marketable size. It was unfortunate that the improvements designed in 1921 were not used for commercial production, because the Sudan Government did not continue the scheme.

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