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popcorn, etc ; Sorghum bicolor; genotype; ingredients; seeds; sweets; Texas; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Interest has increased in pop sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) as an alternative to popcorn as an ingredient in snack foods and as a confectionary snack per se. However, studies on the effect of sorghum genotype, agronomic production and grain processing on popping quality are limited and this has hindered the development of sorghum hybrids specifically for popping. This study assessed the ef ...
popcorn, etc ; Zea mays; antioxidant activity; bulk density; color; energy; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of infrared (IR) popping process, different IR power (350, 450 and, 550 W (W)) in the different distances (10, 20 and, 30 cm) on some physicochemical characteristics of popcorn (antioxidant activity, total phenolic content, color, morphology (SEM), FTIR and energy consumption). By increasing the power of IR and reducing the distance, poppin ...
popcorn, etc ; Sorghum bicolor; Zea mays; genotype; grain sorghum; niche markets; prediction; starch; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Growth in the niche market of popped grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] has increased the demand for grain sorghum lines or hybrids with improved popping quality. While there is a clear morphological difference in kernel morphology between popcorn [Zea mays L. everta] and most other types of corn, most grain sorghum genotypes have kernels with generally similar morphological structure. Th ...
Clério Valentin Damasceno Junior; Samantha Godoy; Adriana Gonela; Carlos Alberto Scapim; Adriana Grandis; Wanderley D. dos Santos; Claudete Aparecida Mangolin; Marcos S. Buckeridge; Maria de Fátima P.S. Machado
popcorn, etc ; cell walls; endosperm; lignin; lignin content; pericarp; quantitative trait loci; research; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The popping expansion is a characteristic that is positively related with the quality of popcorn. A positive correlation between the volume of expansion and the thickness of the pericarp, and between the proportion of the opaque/shiny endosperm and the grain weight and volume, were postulated. However, there are no reports in the literature that address the importance of cell wall components in th ...
María Elena Sosa‐Morales; Larissa Minerva Andaluz‐Mejía; Román Cardona‐Herrera; Luis Rey Castañeda‐Rodríguez; Diana Angélica Ochoa‐Montes; Norma A. Santiesteban‐López; Roberto Rojas‐Laguna
popcorn, etc ; Zea mays; air; ambient temperature; dielectric heating; disinfestation; pasteurization; radio waves; water activity; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Radio frequency (RF) treatments have been reported for pasteurization and disinfestation of diverse grains such as corn. Yellow corn (Zea mays cv. Everta) is the kernel employed for popcorn, a popular snack in different countries. In this study, yellow corn was subjected to RF heating (until reach 52 °C), holding time (1 min) and cooling with forced air (until room temperature) as a disinfestation ...
... Laboratory experiment was conducted with various saturated fats (coconut oil, palm oil, cheese and butter) and unsaturated (mustard, soybean, groundnut and sunflower) in grains soaked with water to enhance the popping quality of popcorn variety Amber. the range of variability of different characteristics such as bulk density, popping percent, grain weight loss during popping and expansion volume v ...
popcorn, etc ; genetic distance; genetic variation; genomics; germplasm; kinship; linkage disequilibrium; phylogeny; plant height; population structure; principal component analysis; sweetcorn; wheat; India; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Several maize breeding programs in India have developed numerous inbred lines but the lines have not been characterized using high-density molecular markers. Here, we studied the molecular diversity, population structure, and linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns in a panel of 314 tropical normal corn, two sweet corn, and six popcorn inbred lines developed by 17 research centers in India, and 62 no ...
... External influences on eating behaviour, such as portion size, have been reliably shown to influence food intake in the laboratory. However, little research has examined whether laboratory settings under or overestimate the effect that external influences have on food intake compared to when studied in the real-world. In Study 1, 60 participants (mean age = 32 years) were randomized to consume a l ...
... This study aimed to identify the genetic control of morphological, water status, and root traits in four inbred lines and their pre-selected hybrid combinations of popcorn, and to identify the best parents and hybrids. The plants were grown under greenhouse conditions, and with two water conditions—water-stressed (WS) and well-watered (WW). We evaluated shoot biomass (SB), whole plant leaf area (W ...
popcorn, etc ; Aspergillus; Fusarium; Penicillium; aflatoxins; aluminum silicates; animal and human health; biological control; breakfast; corn germ; fumonisins; glucomannans; humans; microwave treatment; nixtamalization; ochratoxin A; staple foods; toxicity; trichothecenes; zearalenone; Africa; Show all 21 Subjects
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... This article summarizes the main mycotoxins in maize, the problems they cause for human and animal health, and possible methods for their control in the 21st century. Maize is a staple food worldwide, and its mycotoxins come from Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium moulds. Aflatoxins are prevalent in food, but they are toxic and dangerous. Human exposure to aflatoxins, their effects, and their p ...
popcorn, etc ; Luvisols; MSW composts; adults; agroecosystems; air drying; average daily intake; bioavailability; calcium; field experimentation; geochemistry; health effects assessments; heavy metals; risk; sandy loam soils; seeds; toxicity; water content; South Africa; Show all 19 Subjects
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... Application of municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) to marginal soil enhances crop growth but could also serve as source of pollutants into agroecosystem. There is scanty report on bioavailability of potentially toxic element (PTE) and the health risk of consuming popcorn kernel harvested from field fertilized with MSWC. Field trial was carried out in 2017–2019 to evaluate bioavailability of PTEs ...
popcorn, etc ; genetic structure; genetic variation; genotype; grain quality; imports; landraces; starch; Show all 8 Subjects
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... In this study; the local varieties (Nermin Cin) and 34 local popcorn populations which obtained from Turkey's different regions were used to determine the popping traits and grain quality of populations by growing in Kahramanmaraş conditions. The differences among examined features of genotypes, years and genotype x year interactions were statistically significant (p < 0.01). The varieties among p ...
popcorn, etc ; appetite; food intake; humans; mobile telephones; people; speech; taste; television; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Food tastes better and people eat more when eating with others compared to eating alone. Although previous research has shown that watching television facilitates eating, the influencing factors regarding video content are unclear. We compared videos of a person speaking with those of only objects (food and a cell phone) in Experiment 1, and videos of groups of four people talking in Experiment 2. ...
Marcelo Akira Saito; Alex Viana Alves; Danilo de Paula Kuritza; Yure Pequeno de Souza; Maria Fernanda de Souza Dias Maioli; Antônio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior; Antônio Carlos Bento; Carlos Alberto Scapim; Ronald José Barth Pinto
popcorn, etc ; Zea mays; agronomy; genotype; path analysis; pericarp; phenotype; seeds; sweetcorn; thermal diffusivity; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Knowledge about relationships between traits can contribute to raising the efficiency of selection of superior genotypes. The objective of this study was to estimate the correlations, direct and indirect effects of agronomic, chemical and physical traits of kernels on popping expansion (PE) in popcorn (Zea mays L.). The trial was carried out in the 2017/2018 growing season, in Maringá ‐ PR, with 4 ...
popcorn, etc ; appetite; chocolate; color; dietary restriction; eyes; ingestion; potato chips; questionnaires; satiety; water; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Previous paradigms used to examine attentional distraction by task-irrelevant food words and food images were not suited for the investigation of involuntary and automatic attentional capture. In the current experiments we adapted a well-established visual-search paradigm (with eye tracking) to investigate involuntary attentional capture by food and drink rewards. We first used a satiety procedure ...
popcorn, etc ; Zea mays; digital images; fractal dimensions; image analysis; morphometry; roughness; seeds; temperature; water content; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Upon popping, corn kernels undergo substantial dehydration. Initial moisture content of the kernel, popping method and temperature determine the final quality, and physical characteristics of the flakes. In this work, corn kernels (Zea Mays var Everta) at different moisture contents were subjected to hot-air popping and quality, physical and morphometric parameters of the flakes were evaluated, an ...
... The 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP) is the distinctive aroma compound in rice and many other foods such as popcorn, wheat, and rye bread crusts. Its amount in rice is very minute and varies from 0.05 to 0.34 ppm. Several methods are available for identifying and quantifying the 2-AP in rice. Nevertheless, an extensive method is lacking to extract, identify and quantify 2-AP, which needs attention imme ...
... Popcorn is a food highly appreciated throughout the world, generating billions of dollars annually just in the North American market alone. Even in the face of the historical superiority of American hybrids, which occupy almost 100% of the grain production fields in Brazil, our researchers have been working to develop cultivars that combine important traits for the crop, such as tolerance to leaf ...
popcorn, etc ; acrylamides; asparagine; corn products; food chemistry; food intake; humans; markets; public health; risk; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Widely consumed thermally processed corn-based foods can have a great contribution to acrylamide dietary intake, thus bearing a high public health risk and requiring attention and application of strategies for its reduction. This paper reviews the literature on the acrylamide content of corn-based food products present in the market around the world. The potential of corn for acrylamide formation ...
popcorn, etc ; gene frequency; genetic variation; genotyping; heterosis; humans; molecular biology; population structure; waxy corn; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Specialty maize is widely used for human and animal consumption. It is therefore important to conduct a genome-wide comparison of regular and specialty maize. In the present study, a total of 20,000 SNP markers were generated using genotyping by target sequencing (GBTS) approach, of which 18,497 high-quality SNPs were used to explore the population structure and genetic diversity of both regular ( ...