Publications
| Title | Abstract | Year Filter | PMID(sorted ascending) Filter |
|---|
| quantitative evaluation of fiber from nonforage sources used to replace alfalfa silage. | the effectiveness of ndf from nonforage fiber sources was evaluated in two trials using midlactation holsteins. dietary ndf was added to the basal diet using either alfalfa silage or a nonforage high fiber feed. diets were fed for 21 d. in trial 1, four amounts of alfalfa were fed. basal milk fat percentage was 2.61% at 144 g of alfalfa ndf/kg of diet and increased linearly by .066 for each additional 1% alfalfa ndf added, up to 22.8 g of alfalfa ndf/kg of diet. based on one amount of added nonf ... | 1994 | 7962854 |
| complete nucleotide sequence of peanut clump virus rna 1 and relationships with other fungus-transmitted rod-shaped viruses. | the complete nucleotide sequence of rna 1 of the tentative furovirus peanut clump virus (pcv) has been determined by characterization of cloned cdna and by direct rna sequencing. the sequence is 5897 nucleotides in length and contains three long open reading frames (orfs). the 5'-terminal proximal orf has the potential to encode a polypeptide of m(r) 130942 (p131) containing methyltransferase and rna helicase homologous domains and displaying homology with large nonstructural proteins of alpha-l ... | 1994 | 7964624 |
| isolation and characterization of cdnas encoding the vacuolar h(+)-pyrophosphatase of beta vulgaris. | the h(+)-pyrophosphatase (v-ppase) of plant vacuolar membranes catalyzes the electrogenic translocation of h+ from the cytosol to vacuole lumen and, in parallel with the vacuolar h(+)-atpase located in the same membrane, establishes the inside-acid, inside-positive h(+)-electrochemical potential difference responsible for energizing the h(+)-coupled transport of solutes into the vacuole. the results of previous investigations suggest that the gene encoding the substrate-binding subunit of the v- ... | 1994 | 7972521 |
| [an attempt to investigate the effect of magnesium ion supplements on changes in levels of nitrates and nitrites in selected pickled vegetables]. | the aim of this study was to examine the effect of magnesium ions on some changes in the nitrate reductase activity in the white headed cabbage as well as a practical application of the results obtained in vegetable souring. as experimental material were used: white and red headed cabbage, red beets and the same vegetable in the soured form. vegetable souring was performed using a traditional method as well as a modified one, considering a supplement of magnesium chloride at various levels durin ... | 1993 | 7973399 |
| [values of nitrates and nitrites in selected vegetables given to hospitalized children]. | in the study the levels of nitrates and nitrites were determined in certain vegetables used in preparation of meals for hospitalized children. the material studied comprised vegetables taken in three seasons of the year: autumn, winter, spring. nitrates and nitrites were determined by the colorimetric method with griess reagent after previous reduction of nitrates to nitrites with metallic cadmium. the content of nitrates, over 1 g nano3/kg, was found in celery, beet-roots, lettuce, green leaves ... | 1993 | 7973400 |
| [levels of sodium and potassium and their relation to ovarian hormones during estrus synchronization and pregnancy in ewes]. | the active transport of mineral substances by cell membranes plays an important role in the neurohumoral regulation of reproductive processes in farm animals. a great importance is attributed to lipoproteins as sources of the primary precursor of steroid synthesis in the placenta and ovaries (knopp et al., 1986; grummer et al., 1988). the effects of hormones on k metabolism in the blood serum of ewes were studied by hawk et al. (1961). krajnicáková et al. (1993) observed the dynamic changes of e ... | 1994 | 7975052 |
| identification of loci in arabidopsis that confer resistance to geminivirus infection. | the infection of susceptible plant hosts by single-stranded dna viruses in the geminivirus group depends on the interaction of host and viral factors for the replication of viral dna, the expression of viral genes, and the movement of virus throughout the plant. this paper reports that two strains of the geminivirus, beet curly top virus (bctv) differ in their ability to infect certain ecotypes of arabidopsis thaliana. symptoms appeared on susceptible plants approximately 2-3 weeks after inocula ... | 1994 | 7987411 |
| the nucleotide sequence of potato mop-top virus rna 2: a novel type of genome organization for a furovirus. | particles of isolate t of potato mop-top furovirus (pmtv) contain three rna species (6.5, 3.0 and 2.5 kb). hybridization tests with cloned cdna probes showed that none of these species was derived from another. rna 2 (2962 nt), which was sequenced, has non-coding regions of 368 nt and 285 nt at the 5' end and 3' end, respectively. near the 5' terminus, nucleotides 46 to 110 are able to form a stem-loop structure, the stem of which has 23 bp with only one mismatch and one unpaired nucleotide. fro ... | 1994 | 7996148 |
| arabinase gene expression in aspergillus niger: indications for coordinated regulation. | aspergillus niger secretes three glycosylated glycosyl hydrolases which are involved in degradation of the plant cell wall polysaccharide l-arabinan: alpha-l-arabinofuranosidases (abf) a and b, and endo-1,5-alpha-l-arabinase (abn) a. the nucleotide sequence of the previously cloned gene encoding abf a (abfa) from a. niger was determined. the coding region contains seven introns. mature abf a comprises 603 amino acids with a molecular mass of 65.4 kda as deduced from the nucleotide sequence. the ... | 1994 | 8000538 |
| differential screening of mitochondrial cdna libraries from male-fertile and cytoplasmic male-sterile sugar-beet reveals genome rearrangements at atp6 and atpa loci. | as part of a strategy to define differences in genome organization and expression between cytoplasmic male-sterile (cms) and male-fertile (mf) sugar-beet mitochondria, cdna libraries from both mitochondrial genotypes were constructed. preliminary screening with ribosomal rna gene probes identified candidate cdna clones corresponding to structural genes. in addition, reciprocal hybridization experiments were performed using labelled first-strand cdna to identify uniquely transcribed sequences. on ... | 1994 | 8003700 |
| determination of soluble dietary fiber in foods and food products: collaborative study. | a collaborative study was conducted to determine the soluble dietary fiber (sdf) content of foods and food products by using a combination of enzymatic and gravimetric procedures. the method was basically the same as that employed for determining total dietary fiber (tdf), 985.29, and the method for insoluble dietary fiber (idf), 991.42. ten laboratories were each sent 13 test samples (6 blind duplicates and 1 standard [green beans] containing 29-33% tdf, 19-23% idf, and 8-13% sdf) and were inst ... | 2009 | 8012222 |
| determination of honey authenticity by anion-exchange liquid chromatography. | methodology using anion-exchange liquid chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection was developed to determine the addition of invert syrups (beet or cane) and high-fructose corn syrup to honey. the invert syrups used were either chemically (commercially) or enzymatically prepared. fingerprint oligosaccharides were shown to be present in these sweeteners, which were either not detectable or present at low concentrations in pure honey. forty-four pure honey samples produced in continental n ... | 2015 | 8012223 |
| a hydroxyproline-containing class iv chitinase of sugar beet is glycosylated with xylose. | two acidic chitinase isoforms, sp1 and sp2, have been purified to homogeneity from leaves of sugar beet (beta vulgaris) infected with cercospora beticola. sp1 and sp2 are extracellular proteins with an apparent molecular mass of 35 kda and an approximate pi of 4.2. since the only major difference was slightly diverging m(r)'s, only the sp2 chitinase was further characterized. partial amino acid sequence data for sp2 was used to generate a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) clone employed for the is ... | 1994 | 8018873 |
| partial characterization of the lettuce infectious yellows virus genomic rnas, identification of the coat protein gene and comparison of its amino acid sequence with those of other filamentous rna plant viruses. | purified virions of lettuce infectious yellows virus (liyv), a tentative member of the closterovirus group, contained two rnas of approximately 8500 and 7300 nucleotides (rnas 1 and 2 respectively) and a single coat protein species with m(r) of approximately 28,000. liyv-infected plants contained multiple dsrnas. the two largest were the correct size for the replicative forms of liyv virion rnas 1 and 2. to assess the relationships between liyv rnas 1 and 2, cdnas corresponding to the virion rna ... | 1994 | 8021583 |
| nucleotide sequence of cucurbit aphid-borne yellows luteovirus. | the nucleotide sequence (5669 residues) of the genomic rna of cucurbit aphid-borne yellows luteovirus (cabyv) is presented. analysis of genome organization and sequence homologies indicate that cabyv is a member of luteovirus subgroup 2 (other sequenced members: beet western yellows virus, potato leafroll virus, and barley yellow dwarf virus, rpv isolate) and appears to be most closely related to beet western yellows virus. | 1994 | 8030201 |
| in situ localisation of beet necrotic yellow vein virus (bnyvv) in rootlets of susceptible and resistant beet plants. | mechanisms of resistance to beet necrotic yellow vein virus (bnyvv) were studied by comparing the multiplication and distribution of bnyvv in root tissue of some beet accessions. seedlings were infected either by soil containing resting spores of polymyxa betae with bnyvv, or by a viruliferous zoospore suspension. with both inoculation methods high virus concentrations were obtained in rootlets of the susceptible cultivar 'regina'. using infested soil, low virus concentrations were found in the ... | 1994 | 8031238 |
| protopectinase-t: a rhamnogalacturonase able to solubilize protopectin from sugar beet. | protopectinase-t (ppase-t), isolated from the culture broth of trametes sanguinea, was able to release pectic substances from sugar beet by degrading rhamnogalacturonan. the smallest polysaccharide (sps) that can serve as a substrate for ppase-t was prepared from sugar beet pulp by extraction with naoh and digestion with alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase, alpha-l-arabinase, and beta-(1-->4)-d-galactanase. the reaction products of sps with ppase-t were isolated by chromatography on deae-toyopearl 650m ... | 1994 | 8039191 |
| strain-specific mobilization and amplification of a transgenic defective-interfering dna of the geminivirus beet curly top virus. | transgenic nicotiana benthamiana plants have been constructed which bear integrated, tandemly repeated copies of a beet curly top virus (bctv) defective-interfering (di) dna derived from the logan strain. transgenic di-dna plant lines challenge-inoculated with bctv-logan exhibited delayed and attenuated symptoms compared to nontransgenic plants. infection of transgenic plants with the logan strain resulted in the mobilization of the integrated di-dna sequence, which was subsequently amplified as ... | 1994 | 8053165 |
| involvement of small intestinal motility in blood glucose response to dietary fibre in man. | three dietary fibres with different physicochemical properties were studied in healthy humans for their effects on small intestinal motility and postprandial hyperglycaemia. duodeno-jejunal motor activity was evaluated electromyographically for 180 min in six subjects who had ingested a test meal composed of glucose alone or glucose with 15 g of wheat bran (wb), sugar beet (sb) or ispaghula (i) fibres. glucose and insulin concentrations were determined during the same period. each subject receiv ... | 1994 | 8054323 |
| influence of a dietary fiber on development of dimethylhydrazine-induced aberrant crypt foci and colon tumor incidence in wistar rats. | formation of aberrant crypt foci (acf) in archived colon tissue from animals in a previous study was examined. the animals were fed a semisynthetic casein-based diet in which the carbohydrate pool was substituted with a dietary beet fiber (fibeta) as the only source of fiber. oral doses of dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride (dmh-2hcl, 20 mg/kg body wt) once a week for 10 weeks were used as initiator. the rats were fed different levels of the fiber in a preinitiation period, during initiation, or ... | 1994 | 8058528 |
| normative data for commercial pineapple juice from concentrate. | normative data for pineapple juice from concentrate were determined for 19 samples, including 5 that had been aseptically processed and representing 4 of the major pineapple growing regions of the world. values are reported for sugars, organic acids, including isocitric acid, metals (specifically potassium, sodium calcium, and magnesium), delta 13c, and oligosaccharides. although geographical variation existed, the observed ranges and variances were small enough to be useful in describing authen ... | 2016 | 8069130 |
| detection of virus infection in plants and differentiation between coexisting viruses by monoclonal antibodies to double-stranded rna. | monoclonal antibodies to double-stranded rna (dsrna) are described for use as a universal diagnostic tool to detect infection in plants by rna viruses. crude nucleic acid extracts from plants infected with one of 25 different viruses were examined by sandwich-elisa and immunoblotting. in comparison to the corresponding controls elevated dsrna concentrations were found in 21 infected samples by elisa; virus-specific dsrna bands from 18 viruses were detected by immunoblotting. using this method th ... | 1994 | 8071415 |
| utilization of beet molasses for riboflavin production by mycobacterium phlei. | mycobacterium phlei was tested for its ability to utilize beet molasses as the sole carbon source and produce riboflavin. the crude beet molasses was analyzed and treated in various ways to reduce its heavy element content and to remove the muddy residue. promising amounts of riboflavin were produced when the organism was cultivated on decationized (resin-treated) beet molasses. the highest vitamin productivity was achieved by incubating the inoculated medium containing 9% molasses and initially ... | 1994 | 8071802 |
| [effect of fruit and vegetable juices on the changes in the production of carcinogenic n-nitroso compounds in human gastric juice]. | the study was made of the effect of apple, grapefruit, orange and beet juices on in vitro formation of n-nitrosodimethylamine (ndma) from sodium nitrite and amidopirin in human gastric juice (gj). experimental samples of gj from outpatients attending the outpatient department of the ams cancer research center were used. the patients had various forms of gastritis and gastric cancer. it was found that fruit and beet juices may inhibit or enhance ndma formation depending on the gj composition, ph ... | 1993 | 8073694 |
| expression of the crystal protein gene under the control of the alpha-amylase promoter in bacillus thuringiensis strains. | the expression of an insecticidal crystal protein gene of bacillus thuringiensis under the control of the alpha-amylase gene promoter was investigated. the cryic gene, which encodes a protein known to have a unique activity against spodoptera (armyworm) species, was used in this investigation. the cryic gene was placed, along with the alpha-amylase promoter from b. subtilis, in a b. thuringiensis-derived cloning vector, generating a pair of recombinant plasmids, psb744 and psb745. the cloning ve ... | 1994 | 8074511 |
| feruloyl oligosaccharides from cell walls of suspension-cultured spinach cells and sugar beet pulp. | cell walls of suspension-cultured spinach cells and sugar beet pulp were separately hydrolyzed with driselase. a feruloyl arabinobiose was isolated from both spinach cells and sugar beet. four feruloyl oligosaccharides were obtained from sugar beet. the four oligosaccharides were characterized by nmr spectroscopy, methylation analysis and fab-ms. | 1994 | 8075900 |
| vacuolar h(+)-pumping atpase variable transport coupling ratio controlled by ph. | the eukaryote endomembrane system contains a class of h(+)-pumping atpase (h(+)-atpases) of the vacuolar type (v-atpases) that are responsible for the acidification of organelles. their action is critical to numerous physiological processes, but the regulatory mechanisms that may control activity are not yet fully understood. the ratio of h+ transported per atp hydrolyzed (n) has been determined thermodynamically for the red beet v-atpase by using patch clamp. the value of n was found to range f ... | 1994 | 8078920 |
| localization of cytosolically oriented maleimide-reactive domain of vacuolar h(+)-pyrophosphatase. | the vacuolar h(+)-pyrophosphatase (v-ppase) of plant cells is subject to substrate (mg2ppi)-protectable, free ppi-potentiated irreversible inhibition by the sulfhydryl reagent n-ethylmaleimide (nem). inhibition by nem approximates pseudo-first order kinetics and double-log plots of the first order rate constant for inactivation versus nem concentration yield a straight line relationship with a slope of approximately unity. since nem and the membrane-impermeant cysteine reagent 3-(n-maleimidylpro ... | 1994 | 8083239 |
| purification and characterization of an alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase from streptomyces lividans 66 and dna sequence of the gene (abfa). | the gene encoding an alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase (abfa) was homologously cloned in streptomyces lividans and its dna sequence was determined. the enzyme was purified from the cytoplasm of the hyperproducing clone s. lividans iaf116. its m(r) was estimated by gel filtration and found to be approx. 380,000. since sds/page indicated a native protein of m(r) 69,000, it can be concluded that the native protein consists of several subunits of that size. the pi value was 4.6. the kinetic constants dete ... | 1994 | 8092996 |
| expression of tgmv antisense rna in transgenic tobacco inhibits replication of bctv but not acmv geminiviruses. | transgenic tobacco plants expressing an antisense rna targeted against tomato golden mosaic virus (tgmv) show reduced/no symptoms and viral dna accumulation upon tgmv infection [5]. the targeted region includes the al1 gene, encoding an essential viral replication protein. this dna sequence is conserved in various other geminiviruses, suggesting they too might show inhibition of replication in these plants. we infected leaf material with african cassava mosaic virus (acmv) and beet curly top vir ... | 1994 | 8111023 |
| variability and evolution of highly repeated dna sequences in the genus beta. | satellite dna from wild beet species was separated from restriction endonuclease digested genomic dna by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. two nonhomologous haeiii satellite dna repeats were cloned from the wild beet beta trigyna. the type i repeat is 140-149 bp long and at rich, while the type ii is 162 bp in size and gc rich. a third repetitive haeiii element cloned from the related wild beet b. corolliflora was shown to be organized as a hinfi satellite dna family in the cultivated beet b. ... | 1993 | 8112571 |
| nucleotide sequence and organization of eight 3' open reading frames of the citrus tristeza closterovirus genome. | the citrus tristeza closterovirus (ctv) rna genome was cloned as cdna generated from both ctv-specific double-stranded rna and genomic rna, and the sequence of the 3' 7292 nucleotides was determined. the sequenced portion contained eight open reading frames potentially encoding, in the 5' to 3' direction, proteins with the apparent molecular weights of 65, 61, 27, 25 (capsid protein, cp), 18, 13, 20, and 23 kda, and a potential noncoding region of 277 nucleotides. the 65-kda protein is a viral h ... | 1994 | 8116253 |
| sugar-beet fibre increases cholesterol and reduces bile acid excretion from the small bowel. | the effect of addition of sugar-beet fibre to the diet on sterol excretion from the small intestine was studied in nine ileostomy subjects. a constant low-fibre diet was given in two 3 d periods with and without 32 g sugar-beet fibre/d in random order. care was taken to minimize bacterial alteration of the ileostomy contents. the addition of sugar-beet fibre increased net cholesterol excretion by 52 (se 9)% (p < 0.01), from 294 (se 99) to 451 (se 124) mg/d, and decreased bile acid excretion by 2 ... | 1993 | 8117358 |
| effects of beet pulp and animal by-products on milk yield and in vitro fermentation by rumen microorganisms. | forty-six holstein cows (30 primiparous) were assigned to one of four dietary treatments arranged as a 2 x 2 factorial experiment during wk 4 to 17 of lactation. main effects were corn versus dried sugar beet pulp and soybean meal versus animal by-product meal (mixture of meat and bone meal, feather meal, and blood meal). beet pulp replaced half of the corn at 15% of dietary dm. diet dm (mean of four treatments) contained 18% alfalfa pellets, 17.4% alfalfa hay, 17.2% corn silage, and 47.1% conce ... | 1994 | 8120188 |
| alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase production by aspergillus nidulans. | the effects of some physico-chemical parameters on production of extracellular alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase by aspergillus nidulans were examined. highest levels of alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase were generated with cultures grown on 1% (w/v) purified beet pulp arabinan at 30 degrees c and at an initial ph of 7.0. the enzyme was shown to be very sensitive to the action of proteases. zymogram overlay of a protein profile obtained by sds-page revealed the occurrence of a band (m(r) 36,000) exhibiting ... | 1994 | 8125239 |
| symptom severity of beet western yellows virus strain st9 is conferred by the st9-associated rna and is not associated with virus release from the phloem. | the st9 strain of beet western yellows virus (bwyv st9) is unique among bwyv strains because it encapsidates not only its 5.6-kb genomic rna but also a 2.8-kb rna of distinct nucleotide sequence, designated as the st9-associated rna. we obtained isolates of bwyv st9 that are free of the associated rna by transfecting nicotiana tabacum protoplasts with transcripts of an st9 genomic cdna clone. aphids were fed on extracts of infected protoplasts and were transferred to young shepherd's purse (caps ... | 1994 | 8128637 |
| beeturia and the biological fate of beetroot pigments. | beeturia, the passage of pink or red urine after the ingestion of beetroot, is said to occur in 10-14% of the population, and is more common in iron deficiency and malabsorption. a specific hplc assay for betacyanins, the red beetroot pigments, in biological fluids was developed to study the prevalence of this apparent polymorphism in humans, and to investigate its basis in rats. two major peaks were observed in chromatograms of extracts of unpickled beetroot. they had identical uv absorption sp ... | 1993 | 8148871 |
| isolation and sequencing of insecticidal peptides from the primitive hunting spider, plectreurys tristis (simon). | about 50 peptide toxins were purified from venom of the primitive hunting spider, plectreurys tristis. bioassay by injection into larval heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) allowed selection of nine toxins for analysis of amino acid sequences. total sequences were determined for six of the more insecticidal peptides (46-49 amino acids) and three contained free carboxyl-terminal amino acids. these toxins (plectoxins) are paralytic and/or lethal when injected into insect pests such as the lepido ... | 1994 | 8157635 |
| complete nucleotide sequence of the hypervirulent cfh strain of beet curly top virus. | the complete nucleotide sequence of the hypervirulent cfh strain of beet curly top geminivirus (bctv) has been determined. the circular dna genome of bctv-cfh consists of 2,927 nucleotides and shares extensive sequence homology with the biologically distinct california strain of bctv. analysis of the cfh nucleotide sequence indicated that the rightward open reading frames (orfs) r1, r2, and r3 are highly conserved (> 95% amino acid chemical similarity) in the cfh and california strains, although ... | 2006 | 8167369 |
| riboflavin production by aspergillus terreus from beet-molasses. | aspergillus terreus was used for riboflavin (vitamin b2) production in a medium containing beet molasses as the sole carbon source. growth and the vitamin production of the fungus were markedly affected by the composition of the culture medium. a maximum riboflavin yield was achieved at the late exponential growth phase (16 day-old cultures) in the presence of (g/l): centrifuged beet-molasses, 90; l-asparagine, 1; mgso4.7h2o, 0.5; k2hpo4/kh2po4 (1:1), 5; and the medium initially adjusted to ph 8 ... | 1993 | 8172689 |
| effects of feeding restriction and meal pattern of a sugar beet-containing diet and control diet on nutrient digestibility, plasma lipid concentrations and postprandial triacylglycerol response in broiler chickens. | broiler chickens were fed on a control diet based on maize or a diet containing sugar-beet-pulp fibre (beetfiber) at an inclusion level of 46 g/kg. diets were provided ad lib. or at a restricted level either once daily or three times daily. on days 13 and 20, chickens fed on the ad lib. control and sugar-beet-pulp-containing diets generally weighed more and had poorer feed conversion ratios than chickens given the restricted control and sugar-beet-pulp-containing diets respectively. furthermore, ... | 1994 | 8172868 |
| recombinant beet curly top virus genomes exhibit both parental and novel pathogenic phenotypes. | recombinant genomes derived from the logan and cfh strains of the geminivirus beet curly top virus (bctv) have been constructed and analyzed for pathogenicity on nicotiana benthamiana and sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.). infectivity assays indicated that the latent period on n. benthamiana was primarily determined by a dna fragment bearing the leftward open reading frames (orfs) l1, l2, l3, and l4. recombinants bearing leftward orfs from the cfh strain were characterized as having a short latent p ... | 1994 | 8178452 |
| beet curly top virus symptom amelioration in nicotiana benthamiana transformed with a naturally occurring viral subgenomic dna. | beet curly top virus (bctv) infection is associated with the de novo synthesis of a heterogeneous population of subgenomic viral dnas. nicotiana benthamiana plants transformed with a partial repeat of one such subgenomic dna remain susceptible to infection but produce ameliorated symptoms when agroinoculated with bctv. transgenic plants contained from 10 to 30% of the amount of viral dna detected in nontransformed control plants showing severe symptoms. symptom amelioration is associated with th ... | 1994 | 8178467 |
| plasmids isolated from the sugar beet phyllosphere show little or no homology to molecular probes currently available for plasmid typing. | from a representative sample of bacteria, isolated from mature sugar beet leaves (beta vulgaris) grown at three separate locations in the uk, 79 (18%) were shown to contain plasmids ranging in size from 10 kb to 200 kb. a sensitive colony blot method was developed to facilitate the screening of both gram-negative and gram-positive isolates to determine the distribution of known plasmid incompatibility groups among plasmids isolated from the natural environment using the collection of inc/rep pro ... | 1994 | 8180694 |
| co-product fiber digestibility: kinetic and in vivo assessment. | nutrient digestion and kinetic characteristics of alfalfa hay, brewers grains, beet pulp, and cottonseed hulls were studied in two experiments. in the first experiment, these feedstuffs were fed with a mineral/vitamin supplement in a 4 x 4 latin square to eight ewes to determine total tract digestibilities by 8-d total collection and rates of passage using yb as a marker. in the second experiment samples of the same feedstuffs were incubated in situ in four ruminally fistulated steers in a 4 x 4 ... | 1994 | 8181998 |
| artificial defective interfering rnas derived from rna 2 of beet necrotic yellow vein virus. | long internal deletions were introduced into cloned cdna of beet necrotic yellow vein virus rnas 1-4 and transcripts containing the deletions were tested for their ability to inhibit replication of viral rna in chenopodium quinoa protoplasts and plants. no inhibition was observed with the deletion mutants based on rnas 1, 3 and 4 but the rna 2 deletion mutants all provoked a dramatic inhibition of synthesis of viral rnas 1 and 2. | 1994 | 8198439 |
| the cloning and sequencing of coat protein gene from beet necrotic yellow vein virus. | the beet necrotic yellow vein virus (bnyvv) isolate nm was isolated from sugarbeet infected with rhizomania in inner mongolia of china. the cdna of bnyvv coat protein (cp) gene was amplified from the extracted rna of bnyvv isolate nm by using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and cloned into pgem-7zf(+). its complete nucleotide sequence was determined by means of sanger's dideoxy-mediated chain-termination method. the result shows that cp gene of bnyvv isolate has 567 nucleotides. it shares 98 ... | 1993 | 8199322 |
| screening of the closterovirus genome by degenerate primer-mediated polymerase chain reaction. | the genome of beet yellows virus (byv), the type representative of the closterovirus group, encodes a homologue of the cellular heat-shock protein (hsp) 70 family. a pair of degenerate primers targeted to motifs a and e, which are highly conserved in hsp70s, was synthesized. genomes of several definite and possible members of the closterovirus group were screened for the presence of the hsp70 gene with pcr using these degenerate primers. byv, citrus tristeza virus (ctv), beet yellow stunt virus ... | 1994 | 8207405 |
| effect of cutting on solute uptake by plasma membrane vesicles from sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.) leaves. | the uptake of sucrose, 3-o-methylglucose (3-o-meg), and valine were studied in discs and in purified plasma membrane vesicles (pmv) prepared from sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.) exporting leaves. the uptake capacities of freshly excised leaf discs were compared with the uptake in discs that had been floated for 12 h on a simple medium (aging) and with discs excised from leaves that had been cut from the plant 12 h before the experiments (cutting). after cutting, sucrose uptake amounted to twice th ... | 1993 | 8208858 |
| [the staphylococcus aureus carrier state among the workers of a machine-building plant]. | 120 workers of beet-harvesting combines plant and 120 students and teachers (control group) were examined for s. aureus carrying. in workers level of carrying on nasal and pharyngeal mucosa as well as on the skin of hands was 3-7 times as high as in members of control group. number of carriers and quantity of microbial population on the skin of hands depended on the use of oils and emulsion in production process. contact with oils favoured skin contamination while emulsions reduced bacterial col ... | 1993 | 8209547 |
| worldwide production of high-fructose syrup and crystalline fructose. | high-fructose syrups (hfs) are now manufactured and used in many countries throughout the world. they are produced from a variety of starch raw materials including corn, rice, tapioca, wheat, cassava, and sugar beet pulp. production of hfs is highly dependent on local sucrose and economics of agricultural raw materials. hfs is produced and consumed in the largest quantity in the united states by using corn starch as the raw material. eastern europe, the former soviet union, and asia are major gr ... | 1993 | 8213604 |
| reversal of the red beet tonoplast h(+)-atpase by a pyrophosphate-generated proton electrochemical gradient. | the reversal of the tonoplast h(+)-atpase to mediate atp synthesis was investigated in tonoplast vesicles isolated from red beet (beta vulgaris l.) storage tissue. our approach involved use of the h(+)-pp(i)ase to establish a proton electrochemical gradient (delta muh+) across the tonoplast vesicle membrane to drive the h(+)-atpase in reverse. however, an initial problem with this approach was the presence of an adenylate kinase activity in the tonoplast fraction that interfered with measurement ... | 1993 | 8215443 |
| [the use of a hydrolysis residue from lysine production in a straw concentrate mixture for fattening lambs]. | the validity of residues from hydrolysis of soya bean meal for production of lysine was tested in a growth experiment with 2 groups of 25 cross breeding lambs as well as in a n-balance trial with 5 lambs. the animals in the growth experiment started with an average body weight of 25 kg. an industrially produced concentrate for lamb fattening was given to the animals of the control group. to the second group a straw-concentrate mixture was given, containing 30% straw, 52% barley, 5% soya bean mea ... | 1993 | 8215891 |
| [the effect of starch sources barley, maize and potatoes and their ration portions on the nutrient digestibility and energy utilization in ruminants. 4. nitrogen metabolism in the rumen]. | in 9 experimental periods on four adult bulls (lw 550 kg) fitted with re-entrant cannulae in the proximal duodenum isoenergetic rations were used on feeding level 1.7 with ground barley, ground maize or fresh potatoes as starch sources. the net energy parts of these concentrates in the ration amounted to 50, 25 and 10%. 50 to 80% of the ration dm consisted of dried grass and about 10% of sugar beet pulp. the dried grass supplied on an average 87, 79 and 62% of the feed crude protein. the intake ... | 1993 | 8215905 |
| effects of partial replacement of ryegrass by low protein feeds on rumen fermentation and nitrogen loss by dairy cows. | three rumen fermentation studies in combination with three feeding trials were carried out to investigate the effect of partial replacement of heavily fertilized perennial ryegrass by low protein feedstuffs on ph and concentrations of vfa and nh3 n in the rumen and on n excretion in milk, urine, and feces by dairy cows. feedstuffs tested were high fiber concentrate mixtures based on sugar beet pulp and soybean hulls and high starch concentrate mixtures based on corn (experiments 1 and 2), corn s ... | 1993 | 8227624 |
| ryegrass versus corn starch or beet pulp fiber diet effects on digestion and intestinal amino acids in dairy cows. | changes in digestion and aa supply in dairy cows were studied when fresh grass was partly replaced by concentrate mixtures based either on corn starch or sugar beet pulp fiber. treatments were tested in a latin square utilizing three lactating cows' with ruminal and intestinal cannulas. partial replacement of grass decreased cp digestibility. when high starch concentrate was fed, ndf digestibility was lower than that of the high fiber diet, mainly because of decreased ruminal digestion of ndf. f ... | 1993 | 8227671 |
| beet western yellows virus-associated rna: an independently replicating rna that stimulates virus accumulation. | infections of plants by subviral rna agents, alone or in association with virus genomic rna molecules, are well known. the st9 strain of beet western yellows virus encapsidates not only the 5.6-kilobase genomic rna that is typical of luteoviruses, but also a 2.8-kilobase-associated rna that has a distinct nucleotide sequence. the st9-associated rna has been postulated to be a satellite rna, which by definition would be capable of replicating only in coinfections with beet western yellows virus o ... | 1993 | 8234272 |
| the sugar beet mitochondrial genome contains an orf sharing sequence homology with the gene for the 30 kda subunit of bovine mitochondrial complex i. | from a sugar beet mitochondrial dna library, we have isolated an open reading frame (orf192) showing extensive homology to the gene for the 30 kda subunit of the bovine mitochondrial complex i (nadh: ubiquinone reductase). the orf192 was found to be actively transcribed to give an rna of approximately 1.0 kb. we have designated this gene nad9. transcripts from the nad9 locus are edited by five c to u transitions, increasing similarity with the amino acid sequence of the corresponding bovine and ... | 1993 | 8246903 |
| development differences in vowel duration in open and closed syllables. | vowel duration in open and closed syllables was investigated in groups of ten normal 5-, 8-, and 10-year-old children, and adults. productions of three syllables (bee, bead, beet), analyzed acoustically for vowel duration, indicated that for all age groups, mean vowel durations for "bee" and "bead" were significantly different from "beet" but were not different from each other. developmental effects were noted in mean and variability of vowel duration. in addition, a context effect was observed, ... | 1993 | 8247668 |
| limited proteolysis of (1,3)-beta-glucan (callose) synthase from beta vulgaris l: topology of protease-sensitive sites and polypeptide identification using pronase e. | plasma membrane (pm) vesicles of defined sidedness were obtained from beta vulgaris l. and subjected to limited proteolysis to investigate the topology and subunit composition of udp-glucose: (1,3)-beta-glucan (callose) synthase (cals). latency experiments demonstrated that protease-sensitive sites on the cals complex are located primarily at the cytoplasmic face of the pm, with little or no cals inactivation occurring as the result of proteolysis at the apoplastic face. in the pm-bound form, ca ... | 1993 | 8252069 |
| beet yellows closterovirus: complete genome structure and identification of a leader papain-like thiol protease. | the sequence of 8734 nucleotides (nt) from the 5'-end of the beet yellows closterovirus (byv) rna was determined to complete the 15,480-nt sequence of the virus genome. the 5'-terminal two-thirds of the sequence are occupied by two overlapping open reading frames (orfs) 1a and 1b, encoding products with calculated m(r) of 295k and 48k, respectively. the rna sequence surrounding the stop codon in orf 1a shows structural elements typical of ribosomal frameshifting signals in a number of animal and ... | 1994 | 8259666 |
| the effect of non-starch polysaccharide supplementation on circulating bile acids, hormone and metabolite levels following a fat meal in human subjects. | the effects of guar gum, sugar-beet fibre (sbf) and wheat bran supplementation of a high-fat test meal were compared with an nsp-free control meal and a meal containing an equivalent amount of the ion-exchange resin cholestyramine in healthy non-obese human volunteers. their effects on gastric emptying, postprandial circulating bile acids, triacylglycerols and gastrointestinal hormone levels were studied. the in vitro binding of nsp and cholestyramine to [1-14c]glycocholic acid was measured and ... | 1993 | 8260476 |
| adaptation to the digestion of non-starch polysaccharide in growing pigs fed on cereal or semi-purified basal diets. | pigs (25-45 kg) were fed on either cereal or semi-purified basal diets supplemented with either high or low levels of sugar-beet pulp or wood cellulose (solka-floc). the apparent digestibility and retention of n and apparent digestibility and metabolizability of energy (ge) and the apparent digestibility of non-starch polysaccharides (nsp) and their constituent monomers were measured during weeks 2, 4 and 6 of the trial. n and ge were less well-digested, retained or metabolized from cereal basal ... | 1993 | 8260481 |
| mapping the promoter for subgenomic rna synthesis on beet necrotic yellow vein virus rna 3. | during infection of tetragonia expansa leaves, rna 3 of the quadripartite genome of beet necrotic yellow vein virus directs synthesis of a subgenomic rna (rna 3sub) which corresponds to the 3'-terminal 600 residues of the rna 3 molecule. biologically active run-off transcripts have been prepared from full-length cdna of rna 3 cloned behind a bacteriophage t7-rna polymerase promoter. rna 3 transcripts carrying deletions in the vicinity of the rna 3sub initiation site were produced by site-directe ... | 1993 | 8268252 |
| inhibitors of the proton-sucrose symport. | sucrose transporters are important components of the assimilate partitioning pathway in many plants. in the results reported here, we examined the effect of several inhibitors on proton-coupled sucrose transport into plasma membrane vesicles isolated from sugar beet leaf tissue. three compounds that are reversible inhibitors of glucose transporters, phlorizin, cytochalasin b, and forskolin, also inhibited the proton-sucrose symport. additionally, several reagents that covalently modify specific ... | 1993 | 8274022 |
| rna editing of a conserved reading frame in plant mitochondria increases its similarity to two overlapping reading frames in escherichia coli. | an open reading frame (orfx) in mitochondria of the higher plants oenothera berteriana and arabidopsis thaliana is homologous to orf244 in the mitochondrial genome of marchantia polymorpha. homologous sequences are also present in carrot, potato and sugar beet. profile analysis revealed similarity to two overlapping reading frames in the escherichia coli genome. potential translation initiation at conserved ata (isoleucine) and ttg (leucine) codons is discussed. transcripts of the open reading f ... | 1994 | 8277947 |
| detection by immunogold labelling of p75 readthrough protein near an extremity of beet necrotic yellow vein virus particles. | rna 2 of beet necrotic yellow vein virus carries the cistron for the 21 kd coat protein at its 5'-extremity. during translation, the coat protein cistron termination codon is suppressed about 10% of the time so that translation continues into the adjacent open reading frame to produce a 75 kd species, known as p75, which contains the coat protein sequence at its n-terminus. immunoblotting experiments with a p75-specific antiserum showed that p75 is present in only trace amounts in purified virus ... | 1994 | 8279955 |
| quantitation of organic acids in sugar refinery juices with capillary zone electrophoresis and indirect uv detection. | during sugar refinement, monitoring of organic acids such as formate, tartrate, succinate, malate, glycolate and acetate in the process "juices" is important for process control. matrix effects can lead to problems in conventional chromatographic ion analysis of these solutions. capillary zone electrophoresis, with indirect uv detection, has been shown to be a good alternative, requiring almost no sample preparation, other than dilution, and with fast analysis time (less than 7 min). a co-elutio ... | 1993 | 8287143 |
| cloning and characterization of the abfb gene coding for the major alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase (abf b) of aspergillus niger. | based on amino-acid sequence data from aspergillus niger alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase b (abf b), and cyanogen bromide fragments derived thereof, deoxyoligonucleotide mixtures were designed to be employed as primers in a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) on a. niger genomic dna. this resulted in amplification of three related pcr products. the abfb gene encoding abf b was isolated from a genomic library using such an amplification product as a probe. a 5.1-kb bamhi fragment was subcloned to result i ... | 1993 | 8299175 |
| dental care utilization over time. | between 1950 and 1978, per capita real dental expenditures in the u.s. grew at an average annual rate of 3.33%. between 1978 and 1989 there was virtually no net growth in this measure of dental care utilization. this sharp curtailment of utilization growth has promoted debate about the sources of this change. possible explanations include, among others, a reduction in dental disease due to increased exposure to fluoridation, the substitution of noncaloric sweeteners for refined sugar, preventive ... | 1993 | 8303330 |
| evaluation and control of worker exposure to fungi in a beet sugar refinery. | a study of worker exposure to airborne fungi was undertaken in a sugar beet refinery to evaluate the level of exposure and to determine if controls could be implemented that would lower these exposures. a previous study at this refinery identified one worker who reacted on challenge testing to the moldy but not the fresh sugar beet pulp, had specific immunoglobulin g to aspergillus niger, and specific immunoglobulin e to aspergillus. also, two employees were diagnosed with occupational asthma. i ... | 1993 | 8304278 |
| complete nucleotide sequence and organization of the bipartite rna genome of soil-borne wheat mosaic virus. | the complete nucleotide sequences of rnas 1 and 2 of soil-borne wheat mosaic virus (sbwmv), type member of the furovirus group, were determined. rna 1 is 7099 nucleotides (nt) and encodes a 150-kda protein from the 5' end region, the uga termination codon of which can be partially read through to produce a 209-kda protein, and a 37-kda protein in the 3' end region. the c-terminal region of the 150-kda protein contains an ntp-binding helicase motif and the readthrough region, an rna polymerase mo ... | 1993 | 8317092 |
| effects of increasing levels of corn or beet pulp on utilization of low-quality crested wheatgrass hay by lambs and in vitro dry matter disappearance of forages. | two trials were conducted to evaluate the effects of corn or dried beet pulp on intake and digestibility of forage by lambs and on ivdmd. in trial 1, 16 lambs (average bw = 41 +/- .9 kg) were used in a randomized complete block design with eight lambs per block. lambs were fed a crested wheatgrass hay (7.5% cp) and received either no supplement (ns), a protein supplement (ps), or protein supplements with various levels of corn or beet pulp. corn supplements supplied 1.75 (pcl), 3.5 (pmc), and 5. ... | 1993 | 8325820 |
| variations in the ability of galactose and mannose-specific lectins to bind to cell wall surfaces during growth of the insect pathogenic fungus paecilomyces farinosus. | the arrangement of carbohydrate molecules on surfaces of fungal cells may play an important role in nonself recognition of these microorganisms by potential invertebrate hosts. changes in the ability of various galactose and mannose-specific lectins to bind to surface components on cell walls of the insect pathogen paecilomyces farinosus were therefore examined during growth and differentiation of the fungus. fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugates of concanavalin a (con a, specific for alpha-d-ma ... | 1993 | 8330630 |
| breath 13co2 background enrichment during exercise: diet-related differences between europe and america. | a traditional north american diet contains a high percentage of carbohydrates (cho) derived from c4 plants (maize, sugar cane), whereas a european diet contains primarily cho derived from c3 plants (potato, sugar beet). the natural 13c enrichment of the first type of cho is higher than that of the latter type. 13co2 production from orally ingested c4 plant-derived cho can, therefore, be used to quantify oxidation rates of orally ingested cho at rest and during exercise. recently it has been show ... | 1993 | 8335567 |
| nucleotide sequence of beet cryptic virus 3 dsrna2 which encodes a putative rna-dependent rna polymerase. | the nucleotide sequence of a dna copy of beet cryptic virus 3 double-stranded rna2 was determined, and one strand was found to contain a single long open reading frame of 1431 nucleotides which encoded a putative polypeptide containing 478 amino acid residues with an m(r) of 54.9k. this polypeptide contained conserved amino acid sequence motifs found in the genes that encode putative rna-dependent rna polymerases of other rna viruses. | 1993 | 8336129 |
| identification of beet western yellows luteovirus genes implicated in viral replication and particle morphogenesis. | the roles in replication and viral assembly of different beet western yellows luteovirus gene products were investigated in chenopodium quinoa protoplasts using mutated transcripts. of the six long open reading frames (orfs) present on the viral rna, only orfs 2 and 3, which encode proteins containing conserved putative replicase domains, were essential for replication. various deletions in the 3' part of the genome within orfs 4, 5, and 6 did not affect viral replication. analysis of the progen ... | 1993 | 8337839 |
| the sugar beet mitochondrial gene for the atpase alpha-subunit: sequence, transcription and rearrangements in cytoplasmic male-sterile plants. | we have characterized the mitochondrial atpa (the alpha subunit of f1-atpase) gene from male-fertile cytoplasm (cv tk81-0) of sugar beet. the gene is 1518-bp long and encodes a polypeptide of 506 amino acids. the atpa mrna sequence is modified by three c-to-u rna editing events, all of which alter the encoded protein sequences. in order to examine the genome organization of the atpa locus in cytoplasmic male-sterile (cms) sugar beet, atpa-containing clones were isolated from owen cms (tk81-ms) a ... | 2006 | 8358823 |
| potentiometric stripping analysis of selected heavy metals in biological materials. | different biological materials such as edible oils, refined and unrefined cane and beet sugar and tea (black and green) leaves were assayed for the heavy metals cadmium, copper, lead and zinc. the results revealed significant differences in heavy metal contents within each class of the biological materials (p < 0.05). cadmium was not detectable in sugar samples. among the oils, highest amounts of copper (0.263 microgram/g) and lead (0.154 microgram/g) were in corn oil and zinc in olive oil (3.01 ... | 1993 | 8361526 |
| the problems of anticholinergic adverse effects in older patients. | the old saying 'red as a beet, dry as a bone, blind as a bat, hot as a hare, mad as a hatter' is often quoted when describing the autonomic effects of drugs that block the muscarinic cholinergic system. these effects may be subtle or dramatic, yet can be overlooked or discounted as a natural consequence of old age. elderly patients can be particularly sensitive to the anticholinergic action of drugs because of physiological and pathophysiological changes that often accompany the aging process. t ... | 2005 | 8369593 |
| metabolic characteristics of pig colonocytes after adaptation to a high fiber diet. | the capacities of viable colonic epithelial cells to metabolize glucose, glutamine and n-butyrate were studied in 30-kg pigs adapted to a high fiber (12% sugar beet fiber) or a low fiber diet. glucose and glutamine were extensively utilized but predominantly not oxidized, whereas n-butyrate oxidation accounted for 45% of n-butyrate metabolism and was not greatly affected by the presence of glucose or glutamine. with both diets, glycolysis was the major pathway accounting for glucose disappearanc ... | 1993 | 8381478 |
| influence of cattle age, lithium chloride dose level, and food type in the retention of food aversions. | the influences of animal age and lithium chloride (licl) dose levels were evaluated in forming and retaining food aversions to licorice-flavored alfalfa pellets and beet pulp. lithium chloride (100, 200, 300 mg/kg bw) was given to yearling and mature cattle by gavage (four animals per age-dose treatment group) after meals of the test food. cattle dosed with the higher levels of licl formed aversions more rapidly in both trials than those dosed at lower levels. both age classes extinguished avers ... | 1993 | 8382673 |
| energy transduction in tonoplast vesicles from red beet (beta vulgaris l.) storage tissue: h+/substrate stoichiometries for the h(+)-atpase and h(+)-ppase. | the h+/substrate stoichiometries of the tonoplast h(+)-atpase and h(+)-ppase were determined by a kinetic approach. using red beet (beta vulgaris l.) tonoplast vesicles, rates of substrate-dependent h+ transport were estimated by (i) a mathematical model describing the time course of delta ph formation, (ii) the rate of h+ leakage following h+ pump inhibition at a steady state delta ph, and (iii) the initial rate of alkalinization of the external medium. when compared with rates of substrate hyd ... | 1993 | 8382906 |
| conversion of iq to 7-ohiq by gut microflora. | the rates of conversion of 2-amino-3-methyl-3h-imidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (iq) to its reportedly mutagenic 7-keto derivative (7-ohiq) by intestinal bacteria from humans, mice, and rats were compared. iq was metabolized faster by cecal contents from rats or mice than by human fecal samples (113 and 87 mumol 7-ohiq formed/hr/g cecal contents, respectively, vs. 12.3 mumol/hr/g feces). cecal contents from germ-free rats colonized with human fecal bacteria [human flora-associated (hfa) rats] converted i ... | 1993 | 8383316 |
| dietary fiber in the management of diabetes. | it generally is accepted that a diet high in fiber, particularly soluble fiber, is useful in the management of the plasma glucose concentration in individuals with diabetes. this is one of the reasons several national diabetes associations have recommended that diabetic individuals ingest a diet high in fiber-containing foods. however, more recent data obtained in carefully controlled studies with more definitive end points, indicate this may not be the case. it has been shown clearly that addit ... | 1993 | 8384131 |
| effects of sugar beet fiber feeding on serum lipids and binding of low-density lipoproteins to liver membranes in growing pigs. | two groups of pigs were fed either a control diet or a diet containing sugar beet fiber (sbf). after 4 wk, total serum cholesterol and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations were similar on both diets. by contrast, the fasting triacylglycerols were 21% lower (p < 0.05) and apparent feed-conversion efficiency was 47% higher (p < 0.01) on the sbf diet than on the control diet. accordingly, the effect of sbf did not appear to be mediated by an impairing effect on dietary lipid absorpti ... | 1993 | 8384780 |
| influence of the ratio between wheat straw and ground barley, ground corn or dried sugar beet pulp on in sacco dry matter degradation of ryegrass and wheat straw, rumen fermentation and apparent digestibility in sheep. | castrated male sheep were fed with 5 different rations varying in the straw to concentrate ratio between 100: 0, 75: 25, 50: 50, 25: 75 and 0: 100. ground barley, ground corn and dried sugar beet pulp were used as concentrate sources. chopped winter wheat straw was fed as roughage source. all rations were supplemented with a protein-mineral-vitamin-premix. in sacco dry matter degradability of artificially dried ryegrass, untreated and ammonia treated wheat straw was measured within three rumen f ... | 1993 | 8390235 |
| ileorectostomy or cecectomy but not colectomy abolishes the plasma cholesterol-lowering effect of dietary beet fiber in rats. | adult male rats were fed a cholesterol-free diet with no added fiber (fiber-free) or with 10% cellulose or beet fiber. after 7 d of feeding, plasma total cholesterol concentrations were significantly lower in rats fed beet fiber than in those fed fiber-free or cellulose diets. this difference was due mainly to lower hdl cholesterol concentrations and remained significant for 28 d. the hypocholesterolemic effect of beet fiber relative to fiber-free disappeared when the cecum and colon were concur ... | 1993 | 8391564 |
| influence of energy source on forage intake, digestibility, in situ forage degradation, and ruminal fermentation in beef steers fed medium-quality brome hay. | eight ruminally cannulated steers (average initial weight 196 +/- 13 kg) were arranged in a replicated 4 x 4 latin square. steers had ad libitum access to chopped brome hay (bromus inermus l. 9.9% cp) and one of four supplements. supplements were fed to provide 195 g of cp.steer-1 x d-1 (equalized with soybean meal), and supplemental energy intake was similar among energy supplements. supplemental treatments were control (ctrl; primarily soybean meal), barley (bar), beet pulp (pulp), and corn (c ... | 1993 | 8397175 |
| effects of increasing levels of sugar-beet pulp in broiler chicken diets on nutrient digestion and serum lipids. | broiler chickens were fed on a control diet based on maize or on diets including conventionally-dried (standard pulp) or vacuum-dried (fipec pulp) sugar-beet pulp at inclusion levels of 23, 46 and 92 g/kg. diets were fed ad lib. except for half of the chickens fed on the control diet which were fed twice daily at a restricted level. although not statistically significant, chickens given the 23 g sugar-beet pulp/kg diets generally consumed more feed, had increased body weights and converted feed ... | 1993 | 8399094 |
| influence of particle size and sources of non-starch polysaccharides on postprandial glycaemia, insulinaemia and triacylglycerolaemia in pigs and starch digestion in vitro. | physico-chemical properties of dietary fibres might be involved in metabolic control, particularly of the postprandial blood glucose response. the aim of the present study was to look at the effects of the content of soluble fibres and of the particle size of solid fibres on in vitro and in vivo starch hydrolysis and on the subsequent glucose absorption as well as the triacylglycerolaemia. two sources of dietary fibres, one, with soluble fibres (beet pulp), the other with mostly insoluble fibres ... | 1993 | 8399100 |
| an acidic class iii chitinase in sugar beet: induction by cercospora beticola, characterization, and expression in transgenic tobacco plants. | an acidic chitinase (se) was found to accumulate in leaves of sugar beet (beta vulgaris) during infection with cercospora beticola. two isoforms, se1 and se2, with mw of 29 kda and pi of approximately 3.0 were purified to homogeneity. se2 is an endochitinase that also exhibits exochitinase activity, i.e., it is capable of hydrolyzing chito-oligosaccharides, including chitobiose, into n-acetyl-glucosamine. partial amino acid sequence data for se2 were used to obtain a cdna clone by polymerase cha ... | 1993 | 8400378 |
| [toxic action of resin - regulator of sugar beet growth]. | 1993 | 8406088 | |
| riboflavin 3'- and 5'-sulfate, two novel flavins accumulating in the roots of iron-deficient sugar beet (beta vulgaris). | roots from iron-deficient sugar beet grown in the presence of calcium carbonate exhibit a yellow color and autofluorescence typical of flavin-like compounds, whereas roots of control, iron-sufficient plants exhibited no yellow color and extremely low autofluorescence. the two major flavins whose accumulation is induced by iron deficiency have been shown to be different from riboflavin, fmn, and fad by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. these flavins, accounting for 82 and 15% ... | 1993 | 8407931 |
| nucleotide sequence of beet cryptic virus 3 dsrna2 which encodes a putative rna-dependent rna polymerase. | 1993 | 8409956 | |
| the beet western yellows virus st9-associated rna shares structural and nucleotide sequence homology with carmo-like viruses. | complementary dnas corresponding to the virion rnas of the st9 isolate of beet western yellows virus (st9 bwyv) were cloned and the complete, 2843 nucleotide sequence of a unique rna associated with st9 bwyv, the st9-associated rna (st9 arna), was determined. three orfs with deduced translation products of molecular weights 22,600, 12,500, and 35,900, respectively, and a small orf, potentially encoding for a 3400 molecular weight protein, were identified in the st9 arna sequence. possible gene p ... | 1993 | 8421895 |
| nucleotide sequence and genome organization of tomato leaf curl geminivirus. | the genome of tomato leaf curl virus (tlcv) from australia was cloned and its complete nucleotide sequence determined. it is a single circular ssdna of 2766 nucleotides containing the consensus nonanucleotide sequence present in all geminiviruses. it has six open reading frames with an organization resembling that of certain other dicotyledonous plant-infecting monopartite geminiviruses, i.e. tomato yellow leaf curl and beet curly top viruses. the regulatory sequences present indicate a bidirect ... | 1993 | 8423446 |
| carbohydrate and aspergillus oryzae effects on intake, digestion, and milk production by dairy cows. | six multiparous, ruminally cannulated holstein cows (46 dim, 584 kg of bw) and 6 primiparous holstein cows (35 dim, 506 kg of bw) were used in two 6 x 6 latin squares with 21-d periods to examine the effects of level of non-fiber carbohydrate, source of fibrous carbohydrate, and aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract on intake, digestion, and milk production. treatments were 42 and 36% non-fiber carbohydrate; shelled corn and soybean meal were replaced partially by beet pulp and dried brewers g ... | 1993 | 8436677 |
| genetic analysis of beet curly top virus: evidence for three virion sense genes involved in movement and regulation of single- and double-stranded dna levels. | the monopartite dna genome of beet curly top geminivirus (bctv, strain logan) contains four leftward, complementary sense open reading frames (orfs) designated l1, l2, l3, and l4 and three rightward, virion sense orfs designated r1, r2, and r3 (r1 encodes the coat protein). the r3 orf has not been reported previously in the bctv genome, and evidence for three functional virion sense genes on one genome component has not been presented before for any geminivirus. we investigated the functions of ... | 1993 | 8460493 |
| the secondary structure of the 5'-noncoding region of beet necrotic yellow vein virus rna 3: evidence for a role in viral rna replication. | secondary structure-sensitive chemical and enzymatic probes have been used to produce a model for the folding of the first 312 residues of the long 5'-noncoding region of beet necrotic yellow vein virus rna 3. the structure consists of two major domains, one of which includes long distance base-pairing interactions between two short sequence elements (box i and box ii) situated between positions 237 and 292 and complementary elements (box i' and ii') near the 5'-terminus. previous studies have s ... | 1993 | 8464729 |