scholarly journals Oxidation of Imported or Endogenous Carbohydrates by Isolated Chloroplasts from Green Pepper Fruits

1995 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 1421-1426 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Thom ◽  
H. E. Neuhaus
Author(s):  
Agustina Onyebuchi Ijeomah ◽  
Rebecca Ngoholve Vesuwe ◽  
Bitrus Pam

Vegetables growing in mining areas have become a serious food safety concern because of the high levels of heavy metals always associated with mining. In this study, water used for irrigation, soil, cabbage, green pepper and green beans grown in tin mine areas of Heipang District, Barkin-Ladi LGA of Plateau State were analyzed for lead, cadmium and zinc, using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The concentrations of the heavy metals in water, soil, vegetables were all in the order Pb, >> Cd > Zn. In the vegetables, the order was: Pb → cabbage > green beans > green pepper; Cd → green beans > cabbage > green pepper; Zn → cabbage > green pepper = green beans. The transfer factors for all the metals (heavy metal in plant / heavy metal in soil) ranged from 0.95 to 1.48. There were high levels of Pb and Cd in all the vegetables, which may be attributed to the metals in the water used for irrigation. Whilst the concentration of Zn in all the samples were lower than recommended limits, the levels of Pb and Cd in the water, soil and vegetables were higher than the WHO/FEPA standard recommended limits reported for vegetables. The Cd concentrations of the vegetables also exceeded the tolerance thresholds for animals and human beings and therefore consumption of vegetable from the area would endanger the health of the population.


HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 550d-550
Author(s):  
Eric H. Simonne ◽  
John T. Owen

The retail value of yellow and red bell peppers is usually three to five times higher than that of the green ones. However, colored bell pepper production in Alabama is presently limited because most growers do not wait the additional 3 to 6 days needed for marketable green pepper to develop color. Hence, drip-irrigated yellow `Admiral' and `Goldcoast' and red `Bell Star' and `Capsitrano' bell peppers were grown in single row and bare-ground, and harvested as needed between July and October 1997 at the 0/3 (green), 1/3 or 2/3 colored stages. The interaction variety × picking method was not signficant (P > 0.50). Early (9,136 kg/ha) and total (32,363 kg/ha) yields of green (0/3) peppers were significantly (P < 0.05) higher than those of the 1/3 and 2/3 colored ones (5,166 and 27,235 kg/ha, respectively). Higher green yields were mainly due to increased numbers of marketable fruits rather than increased fruit size. The longer the pods stayed on the plants, the more likely was sunscald to occur. Retail values (/ha) for the early fancy grade were $10,800 and $20,500 for the green and colored peppers, respectively (using $2 and $6/kg, respectively). These results suggest that the present higher retail value of the colored bell peppers off-sets the lower expected yields.


Author(s):  
Saidajan Attiq Abdiani ◽  
Kifayatullah Kakar ◽  
Gulbuddin Gulab ◽  
Shafiqullah Aryan

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1640
Author(s):  
M.A. Martín-Lara ◽  
L. Chica-Redecillas ◽  
A. Pérez ◽  
G. Blázquez ◽  
G. Garcia-Garcia ◽  
...  

In this work, liquid hot water pretreatment (autohydrolysis) was used to improve enzymatic hydrolysis of a commonly consumed vegetable waste in Spain, Italian green pepper, to finally produce fermentable sugars. Firstly, the effect of temperature and contact time on sugar recovery during pretreatment (in insoluble solid and liquid fraction) was studied in detail. Then, enzymatic hydrolysis using commercial cellulase was performed with the insoluble solid resulting from pretreatment. The objective was to compare results with and without pretreatment. The results showed that the pretreatment step was effective to facilitate the sugars release in enzymatic hydrolysis, increasing the global sugar yield. This was especially notable when pretreatment was carried out at 180 °C for 40 min for glucose yields. In these conditions a global glucose yield of 61.02% was obtained. In addition, very low concentrations of phenolic compounds (ranging from 69.12 to 82.24 mg/L) were found in the liquid fraction from enzymatic hydrolysis, decreasing the possibility of fermentation inhibition produced by these components. Results showed that Italian green pepper is an interesting feedstock to obtain free sugars and prevent the enormous quantity of this food waste discarded annually.


1960 ◽  
Vol 235 (3) ◽  
pp. 832-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Losada ◽  
A.V. Trebst ◽  
Daniel I. Arnon

2014 ◽  
Vol 1010-1012 ◽  
pp. 670-680
Author(s):  
Jian Sun ◽  
Tie Liang Wang ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Xiao Ting Song

By drip irrigation experiment of Barrel-planted peppers in a greenhouse during autumn and winter adopting Jensen Model, the water sensitivity index and water production function of green pepper at different stages is obtained through multiple linear regression method based on test datum, and the obtained model is verified by using the measured data. Further, compiling optimization program by C#.net language, drip irrigation schedule of green pepper is optimized by the genetic algorithm with the goal of maximizing the relative production. Results show that drip irrigation water of green pepper dring its whole growth period in a greenhouse in both autumn and winter is 285 mm with the highest water production efficiency. The accuracy of the results was verified by experimental data, too.


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