Influence of Processing Techniques on the Proximate Composition, Anti-Nutritional Factors, and Amino Acid Profile of Red Kidney Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L).

The effects of traditional processing techniques-cooking, autoclaving, and roasting-on the physicochemical properties, anti-nutritional factors (ANF), and amino acid composition of red kidney beans (RKB) were investigated. Significant alterations in proximate composition were observed: cooking generally increased protein levels, while roasting decreased fiber content. Autoclaving produced diverse effects.

Coir fibre-reinforced concrete for enhanced compressive strength and sustainability in construction applications.

This research explores the potential of coir fibre as a sustainable and effective reinforcement material to enhance the compressive strength (CS) of concrete. The influence of the fibre volume fraction (FVF) and fibre length (FL) on the CS of the coir fibre reinforced concrete was studied using the response surface method (RSM). The selected range for the FVF was from 4 % to 12 %, and the FL varied from 0.

Delineation of mechanistic approaches of rhizosphere microorganisms facilitated plant health and resilience under challenging conditions.

Sustainable agriculture demands the balanced use of inorganic, organic, and microbial biofertilizers for enhanced plant productivity and soil fertility. Plant growth-enhancing rhizospheric bacteria can be an excellent biotechnological tool to augment plant productivity in different agricultural setups. We present an overview of microbial mechanisms which directly or indirectly contribute to plant growth, health, and development under highly variable environmental conditions.

sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from beach soil in India.

A moderately halophilic, Gram-stain-negative, aerobic bacterium, strain D1-1, belonging to the genus , was isolated from soil sampled at Pentha beach, Odisha, India. Phylogenetic trees reconstructed based on 16S rRNA genes and multilocus sequence analysis of and genes revealed that strain D1-1 belonged to the genus and was most closely related to YKJ-16 (98.1 %) followed by Al12 (97.