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Edible Crickets (Orthoptera) Around the World: Distribution, Nutritional Value, and Other Benefits—A Review
(Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021-01-12)
Edible crickets are among the praised insects that are gaining recognition as human food and livestock feed with a potential of contributing to food security and reduction of malnutrition. Globally, the sustainable use of ...
Affordable Processing of Edible Orthopterans Provides a Highly Nutritive Source of Food Ingredients
(MDPI, 2021-01-12)
Edible orthopterans (grasshoppers, crickets, and locusts) are major delicacies, especially across sub-Saharan Africa. Their promotion as food ingredients is increasingly gaining momentum. This study evaluates the nutritional ...
Genome wide identification of cotton C-repeat binding factor (CBF) and overexpression of Gthu17439 (GthCBF4) gene confer cold stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Preprints, 2021-01-12)
Low temperature is a common biological abiotic stress in major cotton growing areas. Cold stress significantly affects the growth, yield and yield quality of cotton. Therefore, it is important to develop a more robust and ...
Co-production of Urban Knowledge: Context Approach for Effective and Efficient Governance of Cities
(ACTA, 2021-02-03)
Effective and efficient governance is driven by policies that prevail in urban contexts. Policies are usually the result of knowledge co-production, but the efficacy of the process of translating knowledge into policy is ...
Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Entomophagy in Nambale Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies, 2021-02)
Entomophagy describes the practice of eating insects by humans. Globally, there are over 3000 ethnic groups that consume insects. The main aim of this study was to determine the socio economic factors affecting entomophagy ...
A Comparative Evaluation of Nutrient Content of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda) Larvae to Other Chicken Feeds
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021-12-30)
Fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda is a devastating pest of over 350 plant species especially the cereal crops such as, maize, sorghum and rice. The pest is currently posing threats to food security in Africa. FAW ...
Presence of Metals in Farmland Edible Termites in Mazabuka District, Zambia
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021-12-06)
Edible termites have played an important role in the history of human nutrition due to their nutritional value. Despite their nutritional body content, it is known that during their termitarium construction, termites ...
Effect of Nitrogen Nutrition on the Intensity of Cercospora Leaf Spot of Mulberry
(International Journal of Horticultural Science and Technology, 2021-04-21)
Leaf spot (Cercospora moricola, Cooke) is a disease that negatively influences the yield of mulberry (Morus alba L.) plants. To determine the effect of nitrogen levels on the incidence and severity of leaf spot an experiment ...