Pamela A. Matson, Rosamond L. Naylor, Iván Ortiz‐Monasterio
Nitrogen fertilization is a substantial source of nitrogen-containing trace gases that have both regional and global consequences. In the intensive wheat systems of Mexico, typical fertilization practices lead to extremely high fluxes of nitrous oxide (N2O) and nitric oxide (NO). In experiments, low...
Md. Nazrul Islam, J N FLINK
Abstract In Part I of this paper (Islam & Flink, 1982), the drying behaviour of potato in a natural convection, solar dryer was discussed. A number of factors were shown to influence the ability to complete the drying process within 1 day. In the current paper, we report on another approach to i...
Melissa Fitzgerald, Christine J. Bergman, Adoracion P. Resurreccion, Jürgen Möller et al.
ABSTRACT Amylose content is a parameter that correlates with the cooking behavior of rice. It is measured at the earliest possible stages of rice improvement programs to enable breeders to build the foundations of appropriate grain quality during cultivar development. Amylose is usually quantified b...
Kassim Said Abasse, Eno E. Essien, Muhammad Abbas, Xiaojin Yu et al.
BACKGROUND: People consume nitrates, nitrites, nitrosamines, and NOCs compounds primarily through processed food. Many studies have yielded inconclusive results regarding the association between cancer and dietary intakes of nitrates and nitrites. This study aimed to quantify these associations acro...
Indira Govindaraju, Maidin Sana, Ishita Chakraborty, Md. Hafizur Rahman et al.
In today's fast-paced world, people increasingly rely on a variety of processed foods due to their busy lifestyles. The enhanced flavors, vibrant colors, and ease of accessibility at reasonable prices have made ready-to-eat foods the easiest and simplest choice to satiate hunger, especially those th...
Md. Mazadul Islam, S. Naznin, Afroz Naznin, Md. Nasir Uddin et al.
To make potato production more sustainable for smallholder farmers, product diversification through processing is critical. On the other hand, the processing sector mandated some stringent standards in order to maintain product quality, hence potato quality evaluations are required for chip processi...
Animesh Sarkar, Shahina Rahman, Mukta Roy, Mahabub Alam et al.
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is popular winter vegetables cultivated all over Bangladesh and contains essential nutrients. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of pre-blanching on the preservation of cabbage by drying. In this research work, cabbage was blanched at 80°C, 90°C, and 100°C temperat...
Khokan Kumer Sarker, Akbar Hossain, Jagadish Timsina, Sujit K. Biswas et al.
Scarcity of irrigation water has now become the main constraint for crop production globally. Irrigation water scarcity becomes severe especially during the dry, winter season in South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh due to the decline in groundwater table and drying of surface water resources. In ...
Gisela H. Degen, Nurshad Ali, Ursula Gundert‐Remy
Citrinin (CIT), a fungal metabolite causing nephrotoxicity, has a tolerable daily intake (TDI) value of 0.2μg/kg bw. Contamination of food with CIT is not sufficiently known to allow dietary exposure assessment. Urinary biomonitoring data are available from cohorts of several countries. However, kin...
Rayhan Uddin, Mostak Uddin Thakur, Mohammad Zia Uddin, G. M. Rabiul Islam
Nitrate is a chemical compound naturally present in fruits and vegetables. This study aims at assessing the nitrate levels and health risks arising from high consumption of fruits and vegetables in Bangladesh. Sixteen species of fruits and vegetables were examined for nitrates using High-Performance...
Muhammad Torequl Islam, Cristina Quispe, Dina M. El‐Kersh, Manik Chandra Shill et al.
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. (Cucurbitaceae) is an annual climbing plant, native to Asia with multiple therapeutic uses in traditional medicine. This updated review is aimed at discussing the ethnopharmacological, phytochemical, pharmacological properties, and molecular mechanisms highlighted in...
Santanu Das, Biplab Mitra, Asok Saha, Somnath Mandal et al.
The eastern sub-Himalayan plain of India is a popular potato growing belt in which vast scope exists to introduce processing grade cultivars. The selection and introduction of a better quality processing grade cultivar in this region may pave the way for the processing industries. Keeping these in t...
Monika Roy, Julie Roberts Harris, Sadia Afreen, Eszter Deák et al.
During September 2009, we performed a rapid cross-sectional study to investigate the extent of aflatoxin contamination among common Bangladeshi foods. We collected eight common human food commodities (rice, lentils, wheat flour, dates, betelnut, red chili powder, ginger and groundnuts) and poultry f...
Farooq Abdul Sattar, Bahget T. Hamooh, Gordon B. Wellman, Md. Arfan Ali et al.
Globally, drought and salinity stress critically constrain potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production. Considering the impact of these stresses on crops and increasing food demand, insight into both tolerance and susceptibility is essential. The present study screens two potato cultivars, BARI-401 and...
Ali A. Haydar, M. Salahin, Karim Rabeh, M. S. Hossain
(TWt./P). The 30 potato genotypes were grouped into six clusters. The maximum diversity was contributed by tuber weight/plant. The cluster III and cluster IV contained the maximum number of genotype and the cluster I contained the minimum. The highest inter-cluster distance between cluster I and clu...