Mechanochemical effects on the structural properties of wheat starch during vibration ball milling of wheat endosperm.

Pure wheat endosperm was fully ground in a vibratory ball mill and structural changes in wheat starch were measured to assess the effect of mechanochemical action during the grinding process. Vibratory ball milling changed the endosperm granule size to ~30 μm (D50). There was a significant increase in damaged starch content, and this was positively correlated with the grinding time.

Detection Method of Citrus Psyllids With Field High-Definition Camera Based on Improved Cascade Region-Based Convolution Neural Networks.

Citrus psyllid is the only insect vector of citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), which is the most destructive disease in the citrus industry. There is no effective treatment for HLB, so detecting citrus psyllids as soon as possible is the key prevention measure for citrus HLB. It is time-consuming and laborious to search for citrus psyllids through artificial patrol, which is inconvenient for the management of citrus orchards.

Citrus Huanglongbing Detection Based on Multi-Modal Feature Fusion Learning.

Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), also named citrus greening disease, occurs worldwide and is known as a citrus cancer without an effective treatment. The symptoms of HLB are similar to those of nutritional deficiency or other disease. The methods based on single-source information, such as RGB images or hyperspectral data, are not able to achieve great detection performance.

Sourdough improves the quality of whole-wheat flour products: Mechanisms and challenges-A review.

Increasing the intake of whole-wheat flour (WWF) products is one of the methods to promote health. Sourdough fermentation is increasingly being used in improving the quality of WWF products. This review aims to analyze the effect of sourdough fermentation on WWF products.

Effects of thermal properties and behavior of wheat starch and gluten on their interaction: A review.

Starch and gluten, the most important macromolecules in wheat flour, vary in thermal properties. The thermal behavior of starch, gluten and their complexes during the manufacture and quality control of flour products need to be accurately understood. However, the high complexity of starch-gluten systems impedes the accurate description of their interactions.

Transcriptome Analysis of the Midgut of the Chinese Oak Silkworm Antheraea pernyi Infected with Antheraea pernyi Nucleopolyhedrovirus.

The Antheraea pernyi nucleopolyhedrovirus (ApNPV) is an exclusive pathogen of A. pernyi. The intense interactions between ApNPV and A.

Preparation and characterization of molecularly imprinted microspheres for dibutyl phthalate recognition in aqueous environment.

Molecularly imprinted microspheres (MIMs) were prepared by suspension polymerization for the binding and recognition of dibutyl phthalate (DBP). DBP was used as the template molecule, methacrylic acid as the functional monomer, ethylene dimethacrylate (EDMA) as the linking agent, PVA as the dispersing agent, and Span 60 as the surfactant. The MIMs were characterized with electron microscope scanning and rebinding experiments.

Preparation and evaluation of molecularly imprinted solid-phase micro-extraction fibers for selective extraction of phthalates in an aqueous sample.

A novel molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) that was applied to a solid-phase micro-extraction (SPME) device, which could be coupled directly to gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer (GC/MS), was prepared using dibutyl phthalate (DBP) as the template molecule. The characteristics and application of this fiber were investigated. Electron microscope images indicated that the MIP-coated solid-phase micro-extraction (MI-SPME) fibers were homogeneous and porous.