scholarly journals Development of Nitrogen-Containing Fertilizer Based on Pine Bark and Study of its Effectiveness in Wheat Growing in the Agricultural Zone of the Krasnoyarsk

2020 ◽  
pp. 578-592
Author(s):  
Mikhail Yu. Belash ◽  
Anatoly A. Sobolev ◽  
Evgenia V. Veprikova ◽  
Vasily N. Romanov ◽  
Natalia S. Kozulina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Water Solution ◽  
Pine Bark ◽  
Blank Experiment

A method for production a new fertilizer was proposed. This method is based on the impregnation of a substrate from pine bark with a water solution of ammonium nitrate, and containing 20.0 wt. % nitrogen. The physicochemical properties of a pine bark substrate and prepared fertilizers were studied. A field experiment was conducted on growing wheat of the variety “Krasnoyarskaya 12”. The yield of wheat when fertilized with pine bark was applied to the soil increased by 2.9 centners/ha compared to blank experiment without fertilizer. The use of this fertilizer results in an increase in the quality (higher nutritional value) of the grains in comparison blank experiments with ammonium nitrate and without fertilizer

scholarly journals Assessment of the possibility of using the method of sludge-lignin dehydration of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill by the freeze-thaw method

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.23) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
DI Stom ◽  
GO Zhdanova ◽  
SA Potekhin ◽  
AE Balayan ◽  
MN Saksonov Saksonov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Water Solution ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Eisenia Foetida ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Principal Possibility

An estimation of the possibility of dehydration of sludge-lignin of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill by the freeze-thaw method was carried out. Change of sludge-lignin structure, physicochemical properties and chemical composition after freeze-thaw are shown. Toxicity and chemical composition of the water solution separated from the sludge-lignin during its freeze-thaw is estimated. An increase in the rate of germination of seeds of the cress in the soil with the addition of the frozen-out sludge-lignin in the ratio "sludge-lignin-soil" 1:3-1:4 is shown. Possibility of application and recommendations for the use of freezed out sludge-lignin as an organic fertilizer is considered. Principal possibility of the worm transformation of sludge-lignin, previously dehydrated by the freeze-thaw method, by red Californian worms Eisenia foetida Andrei Bouche (1972) is shown. The issue of prospects for processing this waste in a fertile bio-soil is discussed. The latter can later be used for recultivation of the territory of the sludge accumulator plots of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill.  

scholarly journals Physicochemical Properties of Starches in Proso (Non-Waxy and Waxy) and Foxtail Millets (Non-Waxy and Waxy)

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinghua Yang ◽  
Weili Zhang ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xiangwei Gong ◽  
Baili Feng
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Average Chain Length ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
Starch Granules ◽  
Biotic And Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Average Molar Mass ◽  
Bimodal Size Distribution ◽  
Relative Crystallinity ◽  
Pasting Temperature

Proso and foxtail millets are widely cultivated due to their excellent resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and high nutritional value. Starch is the most important component of millet kernels. Starches with different amylose contents have different physicochemical properties. In this study, starches in proso (non-waxy and waxy) and foxtail millets (non-waxy and waxy) were isolated and investigated. All the starch granules had regular polygonal round shapes and exhibited typical “Maltese crosses”. These four starches all showed bimodal size distribution. The waxy proso and foxtail millets had higher weight-average molar mass and branching degree and lower average chain length of amylopectin. These four starches all presented A-type crystallinity; however, the relative crystallinity of waxy proso and foxtail millets was higher. The two waxy millets had higher onset temperature, peak temperature, conclusion temperature, and gelatinization enthalpy. However, the two non-waxy millets had higher setback viscosity, peak time, and pasting temperature. The significantly different physicochemical properties of waxy and non-waxy millet starches resulted in their different functional properties.

Influence of fertilizers and of the autumn tillage method on potato yield and phytopathologiс characteristics of tubers

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-400
Author(s):  
V. I. Titova ◽  
E. T. Akopdzhanyan
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Potato Yield ◽  
Loamy Soil ◽  
Pest Damage ◽  
Tillage Method ◽  
Nizhny Novgorod Region ◽  
Production Conditions

The field experiment on identifying differences in the effect of the herbicide and foliar feeding of plants with liquid nitrogen fertilizer (UAN-32) against the background of autumn tillage with a cultivator or plow on potato yield and phytopathologic characteristics of tubers during storage was carried out in 2019-2020 in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The experiment was laid on sod-podzolic sandy loamy soil in production conditions on two varieties of potato ‒ the super-early Сolomba variety and the medium-early Innovator variety grown for seeds. The variants under study were surface application of the soil herbicide Gezagard in a tank mixture with UAN-32 and foliar feeding of plants with UAN-32 (N42) during the growing season against the background of N42P42K169 (calcium chloride in autumn + ammonium nitrate phosphate in spring). The results indicate that the background fertilization provides the yield of Colombа variety potato of 20.7-29.0 t/ha, the Innovator variety – 17.4-23.1 t/ha. The use of the herbicide is more effective during autumn tillage with a cultivator, providing an increase in yield of 28-37 % on both potato varieties, feeding of plants with UAN-32 contributes to an increase in yield (8-10 %) only on the Сolomba variety. Plowing the soil for potatoes helps to avoid the pest damage of tubers and to reduce their susceptibility to rhizoctonia by 6-27 %, to wet rot ‒ up to 55 %. In general, it has been established that due to autumn plowing with fertilization at a dose of N42P42K169, it is possible to obtain an increase in potato yield exceeding the increase provided both by herbicides and the use of foliar feeding of potatoes.

scholarly journals Sensitivity of fungi to urea, ammonium nitrate and their quimolar solution UAN

2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Veverka ◽  
J. Štolcová ◽  
P. Růžek
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Water Solution ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Gaeumannomyces Graminis ◽  
Colletotrichum Acutatum ◽  
Water Evaporation ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Toxic Agent ◽  
Urea Ammonium Nitrate

The sensitivity of oomycota, saprophytic and pathogenic fungi to urea, ammonium nitrate and UAN (urea plus ammonium nitrate in equimolar solution) was studied in laboratory trials. The compounds were applied in agar in concentrations of 0.06, 0.19 and 0.6M. The most toxic was urea. Ammonium nitrate inhibited the growth of fungi only in higher concentrations. In contrast, the growth of <I>Gaeumannomyces graminis</I> was stimulated by even the highest concentration of 0.6M ammonium nitrate. The fungi most sensitive to urea and UAN were <I>Alternaria tenuissima, Botrytis cinerea, Cladosporium cladosporioides and Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides</I>. No synergistic effect between the two compounds in UAN was found. Urea was toxic also to <I>Colletotrichum acutatum</I> which does not produce urease. Likewise, the urease inhibitor NBPT did not decrease the toxicity of urea to fungi; the urea degradation product ammonia should, therefore, not be assumed to be the only toxic agent. Application of urea in agricultural practice can decrease the population of a pathogen not only by the stimulation of antagonists, but also by the direct toxic effect. The tested concentrations of 0.06–0.6M correspond to 0.36–3.6% (w/w) solution of urea and to 0.64–6.4% UAN used in agricultural practice as a 75% water solution. If the dilution and metabolisation under natural conditions is taken into account, the concentration of urea 0.06M (0.36%) was too low to have an effect of practical importance on fungi. While after application of urea on plants or on plant debris its concentration is increasing due to water evaporation, the concentration of the extremely hygroscopic UAN is decreasing. Therefore, the control effect will depend more on the applied rate than on the concentration.

scholarly journals Changes in Morphological and Physicochemical Properties of Waxy and Non-waxy Proso Millets during Cooking Process

Foods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinghua Yang ◽  
Long Liu ◽  
Weili Zhang ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Xiaoli Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Outer Region ◽  
Pasting Properties ◽  
Cooking Time ◽  
Ordered Structures ◽  
Proso Millet ◽  
Cooking Process ◽  
Inner Region

Proso millet, a grain which is principally consumed in cooked form, is favored by consumers because of its rich nutritional value. However, the changes in morphological and physicochemical properties of proso millet grains occurring during the cooking process have rarely been reported. In this study, we investigated the changes in morphological and physicochemical properties of cooked waxy and non-waxy proso millets. During the cooking process, starch granules in the grains were gradually gelatinized starting from the outer region to the inner region and were gelatinized earlier in waxy proso millet than in non-waxy proso millet. Many filamentous network structures were observed in the cross sections of cooked waxy proso millet. As the cooking time increased, the long- and short-range, ordered structures of proso millets were gradually disrupted, and the ordered structures were fully disrupted by 20 min of cooking. In both waxy and non-waxy proso millets, thermal and pasting properties significantly changed with an increase in the cooking time. This study provides useful information for the processing of proso millet in the food industry.

scholarly journals Effect of Biogas Digestate and Mineral Fertilisation on the Soil Properties and Yield and Nutritional Value of Switchgrass Forage

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 490
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Głowacka ◽  
Bogdan Szostak ◽  
Renata Klebaniuk
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Panicum Virgatum ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Application Rate ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Forage Yield ◽  
Biogas Digestate ◽  
Green Fodder ◽  
Silty Loam

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a three-year application of digestate from an agricultural biogas plant on the physicochemical properties of highly acidic pHKCl 4.4 ± 0.23, silty loam soils with low macronutrient content and on the yield and nutritional value of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biomass harvested for green fodder. The experiment included the following treatments: (1) O (control)—no fertilisation, (2) NPK—mineral fertilisation with (in kg ha−1) 150 N, 53.0 P and 105 K, (3) biogas digestate at 30 m3 ha−1 and (4) biogas digestate at 60 m3 ha−1. The higher application rate of biogas digestate significantly reduced soil acidity to pHKCl 4.9 ± 0.18 and improved its sorption properties. It also increased the soil organic matter content from 5.6 ± 0.21 to 6.4 ± 0.22 g Corg kg−1 and of K and Zn. The higher level of biogas digestate significantly increased switchgrass yield to 5.15 ± 0.26 t ha−1. The lower application rate of biogas digestate resulted in forage yield of 4.30 ± 0.20 t ha−1 comparable to that obtained after mineral fertilisation (4.33 ± 0.22 t ha−1). Following application of mineral fertilisers and the higher level of biogas digestate, the number of panicles per plant (150 ± 2.49–157 ± 0.6.17), panicle height (107 ± 1.98–114 ± 2.08), crude ash content (61.2 ± 0.43–65.5 ± 0.38) and protein content (106 ± 0.59–92 ± 1.11) in the switchgrass biomass from the first cut were higher than in the case of unfertilised soil (110 ± 3.81, 93 ± 1.32, 55.5 ± 0.40, 80.3 ± 0.37). The use of mineral fertilisers and biogas digestate increased the content of protein, P and Mg in biomass from the second cut. The results suggest that the use of digestate improved the physicochemical properties of highly acidic soil and increased the yield of switchgrass forage without diminishing its nutritional value.

The Effect of Non-enzymatic Glycosylation on the Physicochemical Properties and Immunoreactivity of Chicken Egg Ovomucoid

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miciñski Bartosz ◽  
Lyayla K. Bupebayeva ◽  
Miciñski Jan ◽  
Milewski Stanisław
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Polyclonal Antibodies ◽  
Antibacterial Properties ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Microbial Enzymes ◽  
Chicken Egg ◽  
The World ◽  
Enzymatic Glycosylation

Background: Research studies conducted with the involvement of various molecular techniques have demonstrated that ovomucoid, a protein found in chicken egg whites, is also a major food allergen. Many studies have shown that about 40% of patients with allergy against egg proteins were sensitive to ovomucoid. Egg whites are popularly used in the world to enhance the nutritional value of food products (as additives in pastry, meats, sauces, salads and creams) and the production and use of eggs in the world is increasing. Their complete elimination from the diet is highly challenging. Ovomucoid comprises 186 amino acids and has antibacterial properties, and inhibits the activity of microbial enzymes. In this experiment, chicken egg ovomucoid was isolated and polyclonal antibodies were obtained by immunizing a rabbit with the ovomucoid solution to analyze the effect of non-enzymatic glycosylation on the physicochemical properties and immunoreactivity of the studied ovomucoid. Methods: The study analyzed ovomucoid – a protein isolated from the whites of the analyzed eggs. Ovomucoid was isolated by the method proposed by Roy et al. (2003). The next procedure was rabbit immunization. Polyclonal antibodies were obtained by subcutaneously immunizing a male rabbit with a solution of chicken egg glycated or native (a 100 ìg protein dose) in 1 ml PBS with pH 7.2. All measurements were performed in triplicate. The Fisher’s test was conducted to analyze variations in immunoreactivity and changes in glycation degree. Result: Research has shown that it is needed to research the toxicity of proteins, in this case ovomucoid. Glycation may be recommended as a way to reduce or inhibit immunoreactivity. In case of allergies, such action is necessary and purposeful and it is essential to choose such reaction conditions which do not cause products harmful to human’s health.

scholarly journals Effect of Arthrospira Microalga Fortification on Physicochemical Properties of Yogurt

2020 ◽  
pp. 531-540
Author(s):  
Wanida Pan-utai ◽  
Jariya Atkonghan ◽  
Tipakorn Onsamark ◽  
Wachiraya Imthalay
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Titratable Acidity ◽  
Fermented Milk ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Natural Food ◽  
Food Ingredient ◽  
Fresh Biomass ◽  
Green Microalga

Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis, a blue-green microalga, is a rich source of organic nutrients. Microalgae are used as food supplements with enhanced nutritional and functional values. Consumption of fermented milk products such as yogurt has recently increased. Both oven-dried and fresh Arthrospira biomass supplemented into yogurt at different concentrations of 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5% (w/v) and 1, 5, and 10% (v/v), respectively improved physicochemical properties. Arthrospira supplemented in yogurt fermentation gave faster decrease in pH value with green color index of finished yogurt. Oven drying is a convenient method; however, fresh biomass gave similar nutritional value with higher C-phycocyanin content. During storage, pH, titratable acidity, and color of yogurt showed negligible variations. Results indicated that Arthrospira increased both nutritional composition and functional properties of yogurt as a natural food ingredient.

scholarly journals Compost Based on Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge, Fruit-Vegetable Waste, Mushroom Spent Substrate and Rye Straw Improves Yield and Nutritional Value of Tomato

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Zawadzińska ◽  
Piotr Salachna ◽  
Jacek S. Nowak ◽  
Waldemar Kowalczyk ◽  
Rafał Piechocki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Wood Fiber ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pine Bark ◽  
Vegetable Waste ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Paper Mill Sludge ◽  
Growing Media ◽  
Rye Straw

Plant biomass in the form of waste materials and by-products from various industries can be a valuable material for the production of composts and growing media for urban gardening. In this study, pulp and paper mill sludge, fruit-vegetable waste, mushroom spent substrate and rye straw were used to produce compost that was further used as a medium component in container cultivation of tomato. The plants were grown in containers with a capacity of 3 dm3 filled with three types of compost-based growing media supplemented with high peat, fen peat, pine bark and wood fiber. The tomato plants grown in 100% peat substrate served as controls. The plants grown in the compost-enriched media had a higher leaf greening index and percentage of ripe fruit, and exhibited an increased content of total polyphenols and flavonoids, potassium, calcium, magnesium and copper in fruit as compared with the control. The tomatoes grown in a medium consisting of 25% compost, 30% high peat, 15% low peat, 20% pine bark and 10% wood fiber reached the highest fresh fruit weight, total polyphenol content and L-ascorbic acid levels. This study demonstrated that the compost produced from natural materials from various sources was a valuable potting medium supplement with positive effects on tomato yield and nutritional value.

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