Essays about: "fungi production"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 101 essays containing the words fungi production.

  1. 21. Production of biocomposite materials from filamentous fungi grown on apple pomace

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Angela Sabbagh; Susanna Bahari; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Managing and reducing food waste has increasingly become a global problem in later years, including food waste in the form of fruit pulp from the juice and beverage production industries. Another current urgent issue is the need for a replacement of fossil fuel-based plastics with more sustainable biopolymers. READ MORE

  3. 22. Birch for Future: Yay or Nay?

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Swastika Chakravorty; [2022]
    Keywords : Betula pendula Roth; Biodiversity; Growth; Simulation; Species Mixture;

    Abstract : Birch (Betula pendula Roth in this study) is a widespread broadleaf species in the Swedish forests. Different birds, saproxylic insects, understorey vascular plants and mycorrhizal fungi are dependent on birch and birch deadwood. The mixture of birch and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L. READ MORE

  4. 23. Exploration of ways to utilize wheat chaff through fungal substrate conversion : a base for animal feed or substrate for cultivation of edible mushrooms

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Caroline Sandberg; [2022]
    Keywords : harvest residues; chaff; oyster mushroom; agro-waste reduction; mushroom production;

    Abstract : The shift towards a more sustainable food system emphasises a need for increased circularity and valorisation of available resources. Chaff constitutes one of three main fractions obtained upon harvest of certain crops, during which it is generally discarded on the field. READ MORE

  5. 24. Developing a Method to Study the Impact of Microbial DNA on the Brain Related to Alzheimer’s Disease – Can Food Make a Change?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Author : Fuh-Tzu Yang; [2022]
    Keywords : DNA extraction; Microbiome DNA enrichment; Host DNA depletion; 16S rRNA sequencing; Alzheimer’s disease; Gut-brain axis; Microbiota; Microbial DNA; Black currant; Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Understanding the gut-brain-microbiota axis can help us provide a new tool to manage conditions such as Alzheimer’s. However, a major challenge is selectively amplifying the bacterial DNA which is present at a much lower level than the host DNA. READ MORE

  6. 25. Effects of plant-fungal interactions on volatile emission of Hordeum vulgare and aphid preference

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Bina Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : volatile organic compounds; chemical communication; Trichoderma atroviride; Fusarium graminearum; Rhopalosiphum padi; biological control;

    Abstract : Barley is one of the most economically important cultivated crops in the world. However, barley is a host for many insect pests and plant pathogenic fungi which is a threat to the production. Rhopalosiphum padi is an economically important insect pest that leads to large economical losses in agricultural crops such as barley. READ MORE