Publications by authors named "Daniel Ingo Hefft"

Foods vary in their elastic properties over a wide range of behaviours. In the case of mastication, textures vary from hard solid through brittle (chocolate bar) and crispy/crunchy (biscuits) to viscous and extensional flow (syrup) and finally very low viscosity fluid (water). Here we deploy an elastic description of soft solids which embraces all these behaviours to quantify the elastic behaviour of food, in particular through the use of sound.

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The present investigation explores the variability of populations belonging to different regions. Variability among 74 genotypes for thirty-seven traits (29 quantitative and 8 qualitative) were studied to ascertain the population structure of the . Among the agro-morphological traits, wide range of variability was recorded in tuber shape, tuber colour, seed shape, seed colour, growth habit, leaf shape, leaf colour, umbel shape, umbel colour, plant height (22.

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The remediation in plant enzymatic activities in Cd-contaminated soil was monitored through tea waste. Tea is an extensively used beverage worldwide with the release of a high quantity of tea waste utilized in the growing condition of on Cd metal contaminated soil. The study was a plan for the natural environmental condition in the greenhouse.

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  • * Phylogenetic analysis revealed five clusters of chitinases, which can be grouped into two major mega-groups (X and Y) that have evolved independently.
  • * Promoter and qRT-PCR analyses highlighted the role of chitinases in responding to biotic and abiotic stresses, indicating their importance in plant defense, although further research is needed to fully understand their functions.
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The demand of functional foods is on the rise, and researchers are trying to develop nutritious dairy products by using well-characterized strains of bacteria. In this study, we identified locally isolated strains of Lactobacillus fermentum from Bubalus bubalis (Nilli Ravi buffalo) milk and evaluated their potential as probiotics in food products like fermented milk. Fifteen Lactobacillus strains were initially isolated, and only four strains (NMCC-2, NMCC-14, NMCC-17, and NMCC-27) were examined for morphological and biochemical characterizations due to their ability of gas production in Durham tubes.

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This research was carried out to evaluate the effect of biochar and compost application on Spinacia oleracea growth in cadmium contaminated soil. Cd toxicity decreased plant growth and biomass significantly and also negatively affected the physiological and biochemical attributes of plants. However, the application of biochar and compost improved the contaminated soil by reducing Cd toxicity and causing its immobilization, which in turn improved plant growth.

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Throughout the ages, the common bean has been consumed by humanity as an important food staple crop and source of nutrition on a global scale. Since its domestication, a wide spectrum of phenotypic and genotypic investigations have been carried out to unravel the potential of this crop and to understand the process of nutrient accumulation along with other desirable characteristics. The common bean is one of the essential legume crops due to its high protein and micronutrient content.

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The influence of varying concentrations (0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 % v/v) of neem () leaf extract on drought stressed (40 % field capacity) quinoa ( Willd.) plants was assessed. During the current study two cultivars of quinoa (V7 and V9) were used.

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The carcinogenic attribute of arsenic (As) has turned the world to focus more on the decontamination and declining the present level of As from the environment especially from the soil and water bodies. Phytoremediation has achieved a status of sustainable and eco-friendly approach of decontaminating pollutants, and in the present study, an attempt has been made to reveal the potential of As remediation by a halophyte plant, Acanthus ilicifolius L. Special attention has given to analyse the morphological, physiological and anatomical modulations in A.

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Organic manures in combination with biochar might improve efficacy of biochar in improving soil functions related to hydro-physical properties and a field experiment was conducted over the course of two years with two levels of biochar @ 0 and 2tha and four levels of compost (100% recommended dose of N through farm yard manure, 100% recommended dose of N through vermicompost, 50% recommended dose of N through farm yard manure, and vermicompost each, and unfertilized control). Each treatment was replicated three times in factorial randomized block design (RBD). The objective of this research was to determine the effects of biochar and compost on soil hydro-physical properties, water use efficiency, monetary returns and yield of knolkhol ( var.

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  • * The sorghum variety SSG 59-3 shows resilience to salt stress by enhancing antioxidant activities and protecting cell integrity, while also increasing proline, ascorbic acid, and carbohydrate levels.
  • * Salinity alters ion balances and gene expression related to starch synthesis in sorghum, with SSG 59-3 effectively managing excess sodium ions and maintaining lower cytosolic Na/K ratios, highlighting its potential for stress alleviation.
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The large genetic evolution due to the sexual reproduction-mediated gene assortments and propensities has made (causing apple scab) unique with respect to its management strategies. The resistance in apple germplasm against the scab, being controlled for by more than fifteen genes, has limited gene alteration-based investigations. Therefore, a biological approach of bacterial endophyte community dynamics was envisioned across the apple germplasm in context to the fungistatic behavior against .

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Nitric oxide releasing compound sodium nitroprusside (SNP) is regarded as novel chemical to beat the daunting challenges of postharvest losses in cut flowers. In the recent years, it has yielded propitious results as postharvest vase preservative for cut flowers. Our study explicates the efficacy of SNP in mitigating postharvest senescence in Consolida ajacis (L.

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Anthropogenic activities such as mining, fossil fuel combustion, fertilisers and pesticides utilisation in agriculture, metallurgic processes and disposal of industrial wastes have contributed an exponential rise in arsenic content in environment. The present paper deals with arsenate (AsV) incited stress in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) plants and its alleviation through the application of nitric oxide (NO) and spermidine (SPD).

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Superoxide Dismutase are defense associated proteins that detoxify ROS and primarily serve as scavengers. They have been described in numerous plant species, but their in-depth characterization in has not been reported. Therefore, the present investigation on genome wide study of gene family was conducted to identify Br genes, their domain-based organization, gene structure analysis, phylogenetic analysis, intron-exon structure of genes and expression analysis.

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