Essays about: "faba beans"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 27 essays containing the words faba beans.

  1. 6. Some faba beans and a nice Chianti : prospects and challenges for increasing the production of faba beans as food

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Hannah Carlsson Wendin; [2022]
    Keywords : faba beans; cultivation; food processing; food; possibility; restriction; summative content analysis; conventional content analysis;

    Abstract : Swedish produced faba beans have recently been acknowledged as a sustainable food product containing important nutrition and are produced with low environmental impact. Faba beans belong to the group of protein crops and have great potential to replace resource-demanding proteins, but today the crop is exclusively used as feed in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 7. Phytic acid in faba bean : the effect of pH, soaking time and heat-treatment to reduce the phytic acid content offaba bean

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Rebecka Sterner; [2022]
    Keywords : Plant-based food; Vicia faba; phytic acid; soaking treatment; anion-exchange chromatography; colorimetric method;

    Abstract : To feed a globally growing population, a challenging shift in the usage of today’s food system is required. This includes a shift towards more sustainable human diets, with increased levels of protein from plant-based sources. Faba bean (Vicia faba L. READ MORE

  4. 8. Insect pollination of faba beans, Vicia faba : the abundance and foraging behaviour of different pollinators and their effect on crop yield

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Ylva Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : honeybee; Apis mellifera; bumblebees; B. pascuorum; B. hortorum; B. lucorum; B. terrestris; B. ruderatus; B. cryptarum; B. distinguendus; B. lapidarius;

    Abstract : Faba beans, Vicia faba is known as a self-pollinating crop, however significant yield increases have been found in plants visited by honeybees and bumblebees. The bees either make positive visits, entering the flower and transferring pollen between different flowers resulting in cross-pollination, or negative visits, piercing the flower to “steal” nectar or collect nectar from extrafloral nectaries. READ MORE

  5. 9. Svenskodlade baljväxter : möjligheter & utmaningar för nya livsmedelsprodukter

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Heli Lindeberg-Lindvet; [2020]
    Keywords : svenskodlade baljväxter; näring i baljväxter; odling av baljväxter; baljväxters miljöpåverkan; antinutritionella faktorer; sojabönan; gulärt; gråärt; gröna ärtor; lupin; linser; fababöna; bruna bönor; extrahering; extrudering; förädling; konsumentattityd;

    Abstract : Trots att utbudet av vegetariska produkter ökar i Sverige, är andelen produkter baserade på svenskodlade baljväxter i nuläget låg. Soja är en vanligt förekommande råvara, men är ofta importerad. De baljväxter som främst odlas i Sverige är olika former av ärter samt åkerbönor. READ MORE

  6. 10. Bumblebee resource dynamics : a review of foraging and nesting in the agricultural landscape

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Anna Douhan Sundahl; [2020]
    Keywords : bumblebees; bumblebee population dynamics; bumblebee drivers; flower strips; competition with honeybees; foraging; nesting; hibernation;

    Abstract : 90 % of all plants on earth either benefits or entirely depends on pollination. There are pollinators among families of bees (Apidea), butterflies (Lepidoptera) and birds (Aves). Bees of genus Bombus spp., bumblebees, are especially important and provide pollination service for 80 % of the crops of Europe and many wild plant species. READ MORE