The Truth About Food Additives Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance its taste and appearance. Some additives have been used for centuries; for example, preserving food by pickling (with vinegar), salting, as with bacon, preserving sweets or using sulfur dioxide as with wines. With the advent of processed […]
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Limonene Limonene is a colorless liquid hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic terpene It is found in orange rinds or peels .Orange peels are blended with water and the essential oil is extracted by steam distillation assembly. It is used in chemical synthesis as a precursor to carvone and as a renewables-based solvent in cleaning products.
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Multiblock Polymer Could Change the World of Recycling 78 million tons of plastic are used in a single year for packaging. This includes things like to go containers and soda bottles. Only two percent of these items truly get reused and recycled, with the majority ending up in landfills. However, there is a reason these
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Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister: Feature beetle for biological suppression of Parthenium hysterophorus Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) a parthenium beetle or Mexican beetle is a small beetle having brown head, brown and yellow elytra marked with characteristic elongated brown stripes. Zygogramma bicolorata adult and larva are used as a bio control agent for controling Parthenium hysterophorus
Effect of pre-harvest foliar spray of calcium and potassium on fruit quality of Pear cv. Pathernakh Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Burm Nakai) is one of the important fruit of temperate region of the world. It can be grown in a wide range of climatic conditions and tolerate as low as – 26°C temperature when dormant and
Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Genetic modification (GM) is the use of modern biotechnology techniques to change the genes of an organism, such as a plant or animal. As the world’s demand for food continues to increase plant breeders work to breed better yielding crop varieties. They use a range of methods including conventional breeding, mutagenesis,
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Benthic Macro Invertebrate As Biological Indicator Benthic macro invertebrates live in a wide variety of habitats and can be found from the smallest headwater streams down to the largest rivers. In general, benthic organisms are most diverse in the fast flowing riffle and run areas of streams. Compared to pools and glides, riffles and runs
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Vertical Gardens: growing more in less space One of the gardening world’s hottest trends, “vertical gardens” allows plants to grow on walls and other non-horizontal surfaces. They’re especially popular for small-space gardening where ground is at a premium, or as decoration for patios and outdoor rooms. Putting plants at eye-level also gives new appreciation to
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Methods of Micropropagation Micro-propagation is the practice of quickly multiplying stock plant material to produce a large number of progeny plants, using contemporary plant tissue culture methods. Micro propagation is used to multiply dignified plants such as those that have been genetically modified or bred through conventional plant breeding methods. It is also used to
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Parasitic Leeches and Copepods on Fish Although not a common problem, occasionally, fish will be observed infected with either leeches or copepods. Leeches have long, slender flexible bodies and actively swim for an attack on their prey. Skin and underlying soft tissues are damaged and allow blood to flow into the leech’s digestive tract. Leeches
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