Isotopic views of food web structure in the Florida Everglades

Bemis, Bryan E.; Kendall, Carol

doi:10.3133/fs20043138

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“…These investigators identified some effects of this process including: reduction of post-harvest losses, eradication of insect pests, reduction of food-borne diseases, extension of shelf life, delay in the ripening of some fruits and vegetables and inhibition of sprouting in yams (WHO 1998, Bansa andAppiah 2003). They also identified some applications of the process to include: breeding of high-performance well-adapted and disease-resistant agricultural crop varieties (Andres et al 1994, Emovon 1996), disinfection and reduction of microbial populations in cocoa beans (Adesuyi 1996), treatment of coffee and reduction in the infection rate of in sugar beet seeds (Rasheed et al 2002, Rizk andMoussa 2003).…”

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Effect of gamma irradiation on the grain yield of NigerianZea maysandArachis hypogaea

Mokobia

Okpakorese²,

Analogbei³

et al. 2006

J. Radiol. Prot.

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As a follow-up to our earlier investigation on the effect of gamma radiation on the germination and growth of certain Nigerian agricultural crops, the present study sought to determine the effect of gamma radiation on the grain yield of Zea mays (maize) and Arachis hypogaea (groundnut). The seeds were planted after irradiation without the application of fertiliser. The results show that for maize, grain yield for irradiated samples is increased to levels above the unirradiated yield at doses up to about 250 Gy with the optimum yield occurring at 150 Gy. The corresponding increase for groundnut is observed at doses up to about 930 Gy with optimum yield at a dose of 300 Gy. Inhibition in yield was observed to set in at a dose greater than 250 Gy for maize and 930 Gy for groundnut. The actual relationship between mean yield of these crops and gamma radiation dose was obtained using sixth-degree polynomial equations.

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confidence: 99%