Engineered Phytonutrients

research in the world have recently started to discover a wide array of phytonutrients contained in fruits and vegetables. This factor alone make it even more important than we thought they were a variety of fruits and vegetables as part of their daily diet.

phytonutrients offer many advantages with respect to the health of people, some famous, some are still unknown. Did you know widely touted "vitamin" called folic acid is actually a phytonutrient? On top of this millennium, there is no doubt that in the next decade or so will burst wide open with many more undiscovered virtues phytonutrient rich foods that Americans do not eat enough.

Given the current dietary government guidelines, phytonutrients are not considered essential nutrients. However, the flood of anti-aging research is beginning to show, and very provocatively, the potential anti-aging properties of some of these mysterious plant compounds. It has been suggested that diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease may plague the middle and older ages due to our limited knowledge of all major, plant specific nutrients. For example, it is proposed that certain flavinoids found in blueberries may actually reverse nerve cell aging.

Given the current dietary government guidelines, phytonutrients are not considered essential nutrients. However, the flood of anti-aging research is beginning to show, and very provocatively, the potential anti-aging properties of some of these mysterious plant compounds. It has been suggested that diseases such as cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease may plague the middle and older ages due to our limited knowledge of all major, plant specific nutrients. For example, it is proposed that certain flavinoids found in blueberries may actually reverse nerve cell aging.

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Genetic engineering is already able to produce tomatoes with up to three times more lycopene. Lycopene is a cancer, reducing the red pigment found in tomatoes. These changes tomatoes are able to maintain the highest food 3 times longer (duration) than their "regular" counterparts. Autar K. Mato and colleagues in the ARS Vegetable Laboratory inserted a gene that slows the aging plant with a promoter that is driven zrenja.Projektirana tomatoes because they proved that they can accumulate more lycopene and other antioxidants in several ripening stage. It was felt that this new approach should work with other fruits and vegetables.

Environmental factors also appear to make a difference. Cantaloupe melons, grown in subtropical ARS Agricultural Research Center in Weslaco Texas, differed in beta-carotene levels by as much as 500 posto.Razlike in these levels depends on soil, cultivar and fruit size. Gene E. Lester, director of research scientists and colleagues are embarking on a project to understand the post-harvest storage factors, and environmental and genetic factors that influence the level of phytontrient and their quality.

seems to be a specialized plant breeding will be the central place the product with improved phytonutrient levels at the dinner table. It is now known that broccoli contains rich sources of certain compounds that can prevent cancer. It was felt that there is good potential to increase anti-cancer power of this wonderful vegetable. Mark W. Farnham, Research ARS Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, found that the alleged anti-cancer precursor glucoraphanin shows a 30 times increase in inbred lines of broccoli.

While we should all feel grateful that such a wonderful study began to develop, the question remains ... Some food for thought. Although genetically engineered fruits and vegetables at the beginning of the show, no doubt, that we can produce plants that are packed with additional medical support to active compounds, the overall risk? Are these plants as Mother Nature intended it to be? Will changing the genetic potential of plant species generate a multitude of problems yet unseen? To date, we simply do not know.

Introduction of Agriculture

the practice of agriculture is also known as "farming", while scientists, inventors and others devoted to improving farming methods and implements are also said to be engaged in poljoprivredi.Poljoprivredni Wages Board was abolished in the fertilizer sector announced a cull to protect the environment, food and rural Affairs.

Agriculture is the production of food, feed, fiber and many other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the breeding of domestic animals (cattle). Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties and techniques, which consists of ways to expand the land suitable for growing plants, digging water canals and other forms of irrigation.

the suitability of agricultural and environmental articles were rated between 90-100 percent of the large number of samples drawn from different parts of the population who have used this članke.Sustav is based on eight principles that differ from conventional rice cultivation.

These operations typically seek financial income from grain, generate, or livestock. The move has angered Unite, eight appointed by the Board of 21 members, and said his call for a consultation on plans for the abolition of the organization is taken into account. Agriculture sometimes refers to the survival of agriculture, producing enough food to meet only the needs of farmer / agriculturalist and his / her family.

Modern agronomy, plant breeding, pesticides and fertilizers, and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation, and at the same time have caused widespread ecological damage and negative effects of human zdravlje.Izvješće more rice with less water is released at a seminar 3 to 5 October in India.

The Pineberry - A New Fruit Rising

pineberry is amazingly unique fruit. It looks like the inverse strawberries: white and red meat supplies of seed. This berry was introduced into the commercial market through the Waitrose grocery chain in Britain. When the published announcement that pineberry is to be sold in 45 stores across the UK, the news was met with much skepticism.

announcement in late March, just before the first of April. Due to the time of publication and to acknowledge a strange fruit, many people assumed that there is no such thing as pineberry and filed away the announcement as the first of April is a joke.

Well, pineberry not a joke.

So, what does?

Simply put, the red-white-seeded fruits are just old, old, old version strawberries all know and love danas.Izvorni garden strawberry is a crossing uspjeh.Obično white, larger, less tasty strawberry production of strawberry plants native to South America were brought to Europe, along with the usual red, small, sweet strawberry-producing strawberry plants native to North America.

These two plants were successfully crossed and the resultant plant became known as Fragaria x ananassa. The largest and most productive plants were selected for further breeding and refinement. This process of breeding has given us a big, delicious strawberries today. However, some of the non-selected strawberry plant lines remain alive.

One of the less desirable lines managed to survive since 1700 when the initial cross occurred. This unique line of Strawberry other similar genetic strawberries. However, apart from the different expression of genes that cause the body to be white and the seeds of red, strawberry plant has also produced a pineapple flavor berries.

In the past decade, the pineapple, strawberries gave an abbreviated name:. Pineberry

Currently there are not many ways to pineberry plants for home garden. However, it is likely that gardening enthusiasts will be the ones who spread the popularity pineberry moving forward. There is a small company that grows them commercially (and supplies Waitrose stores with them), but there are disadvantages to growing pineberries for commercial purposes.

Pineberries small fruits. They are almost always less than one inch in size, even for "large" berries. In addition, pineberry lines in existence today have not gone through extensive breeding and selection programs that are normal strawberries. Thus, the yield produced by each strawberry plant is considerably less than other varieties of strawberry plants.

Therefore, the commercial market will likely be limited until pineberry has years of selective breeding to produce higher yields and more intense flavor. Until then, home gardeners have the opportunity to spread the news of the rediscovery of a very old strain of strawberries and some herbs too.

Pineberries be grown like any other strawberries that put runners from the propagation of plants. So, buying a pineberries can supply you with an almost endless supply of unique manufacturers. Why not think about buying pineberry plant or two for your garden next year?

It's a Jungle Out There! How Plants Communicate to Get Their Needs Met

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Do plants really communicate with each other? What is really happening in their words, but a dynamic world? Are they like some of their neighbors better than others? Are they really able to fend off insects attack? Over the past 10 years, with some fascinating research delved into what is actually happening in the plant communities and interactions within and between different species of plants and even insects. Studies have also documented a lively communication between plants and microbes - such as fungi and bacteria - the proportion of living space in the root zone of plants. Other studies have shown that there are overhead mechanisms plants use to signal each other, often in times of trouble.

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Scientists have discovered that in many cases, the chemical communicators are secreted from the roots of plants. When I was a student in horticulture, our research team looked at what proved to be a positive outcome of this type of interaction. We grew the seeds of 250 strains of old, never hybridized garden pea (Pisum sativum) in test tubes also contain a common weed seeds. Wow! We were delighted by the fact that 13 strains (originating from countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Peru) was killed invading weeds through natural herbicides, such as chemicals given off its roots.

Scientists have discovered that in many cases, the chemical communicators are secreted from the roots of plants. When I was a student in horticulture, our research team looked at what proved to be a positive outcome of this type of interaction. We grew the seeds of 250 strains of old, never hybridized garden pea (Pisum sativum) in test tubes also contain a common weed seeds. Wow! We were delighted by the fact that 13 strains (originating from countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Peru) was killed invading weeds through natural herbicides, such as chemicals given off its roots.

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Scientists have discovered that in many cases, the chemical communicators are secreted from the roots of plants. When I was a student in horticulture, our research team looked at what proved to be a positive outcome of this type of interaction. We grew the seeds of 250 strains of old, never hybridized garden pea (Pisum sativum) in test tubes also contain a common weed seeds. Wow! We were delighted by the fact that 13 strains (originating from countries such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Peru) was killed invading weeds through natural herbicides, such as chemicals given off its roots.

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Can plants protect themselves from the population of potentially deadly germs? Although we still have a lot to learn about these complex interactions, we also have some answers. The plants are remarkable natural ways to fending for themselves. They are often faced with an arsenal of attack pathogens and win in the struggle to create their own chemical weapons to secrete from their roots. On the battlefield, they are 'front line' of the family, but living cells (aptly called boundary cells) that give off a dizzying array of biological chemicals that thwart the progress of the enemy.

Plants are dependent on the 'good guy' bacteria and fungi that live in the root zone to provide biological control of diseases. That is why it is always a good idea to use non-chemical measures to prevent and minimize damage caused by the disease as possible, relying on chemical controls only as a last resort. As we learn more about what makes plants tick 'we can better appreciate the mutually beneficial nature of plants and microscopic organisms. Fungi that form symbiotic relationships with plant roots in natural settings (mycorrhizae) were found to enhance water and nutrient intake biljaka.Najčešći they enter the stem cell is estimated to be 80-90% of trees, shrub, flower, grass and crop plant species found on earth.A fascinating form of plant-to-plant communication are used for defense against insects include 'conversation' between different plant species.

is an example of a recent experiment carried out by researchers at the University of California, Davis, who performed surgery on sagebrush leaves to mimic the insect štetu.Podrezan sagebrush responded by sending out a chemical SOS signals, picked up a neighboring tobacco plants. On the other hand, tobacco plants cranked out large amounts of enzymes that greatly reduced the tastiness of their leaves. Their intelligence is paid off. Many hungry grasshoppers and caterpillars soon discovered that what was once a favorite restaurant really gone downhill. It is not too discouraged, most traces of the far more palatable to grow tobacco with unclipped sagebrush! (In fact, tobacco plants near clipped sagebrush is 60% less damage than plants near pristine sagebrush .)

is an example of a recent experiment carried out by researchers at the University of California, Davis, who performed surgery on sagebrush leaves to mimic the insect štetu.Podrezan sagebrush responded by sending out a chemical SOS signals, picked up a neighboring tobacco plants. On the other hand, tobacco plants cranked out large amounts of enzymes that greatly reduced the tastiness of their leaves. Their intelligence is paid off. Many hungry grasshoppers and caterpillars soon discovered that what was once a favorite restaurant really gone downhill. It is not too discouraged, most traces of the far more palatable to grow tobacco with unclipped sagebrush! (In fact, tobacco plants near clipped sagebrush is 60% less damage than plants near pristine sagebrush .)

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There has never been a better opportunity for scientists to apply the lessons learned from the nature of communication systems, modern agricultural and horticultural urban settings than in today svijetu.Brzo broader base of knowledge will probably lead to more biological control of pests, reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides, breeding and selection of resistant varieties and genetically modified plants that are able to avoid or keep attacking organisms.

Spices Shield Against Skin Cancer

of skin cancer are the most common cancer globally, and by far the most ubiquitous of these tumors are caused by excessive exposure to sunlight.

of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) are ones who are responsible for causing several pre-malignant processes in the skin. Not only do they damage DNA directly, but they also cause inflammation, excess free radical production and immunosuppression. These factors combine to form a tumourigenic cocktail that increases the risk for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer.

of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) are ones who are responsible for causing several pre-malignant processes in the skin. Not only do they damage DNA directly, but they also cause inflammation, excess free radical production and immunosuppression. These factors combine to form a tumourigenic cocktail that increases the risk for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer.

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There is also evidence that the lack of exposure to the sun's rays is a significant factor in the development of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and certain malignant diseases other than skin cancer.

It is important to note that the human body does not attempt to prevent the accumulation of radiation damage and repair mechanisms, so running at relatively low levels of radiation exposure.

These processes include both intrinsic and extrinsic (plant derived) antioxidants, enzymes and other protective plant-based compounds and work in the following ways:

1 Activation mechanisms against free radicals and oxidative stress.

2 Acceleration of programmed cell death (apoptosis) pre-cancerous cells.

3 Activation of DNA repair mechanisms at low levels of radiation exposure.

There is a dichotomy in relation to UVR. On the one hand, in order to maintain normal physiological processes, we need a certain amount of sun exposure. However, if we are exposed to excessive amounts of UVR and inadequate protection of biological processes, increase our risk for several different types of skin cancer.

It seems obvious that such people lived eons with constant exposure to sunlight, our bodies adapt to protective strategies in the fight against the harmful effects of UVR while still obtaining the benefits thereof. Now we know that some of these strategies, but to understand how to improve them, we have to look back thousands of years on the vital role of nutrient-dense plant foods play in this regard.

Only a few thousand years of our hunter-gatherer ancestors wandered more or less naked, mostly in sun-drenched areas on the planet. With more extensive ozone layer, they were probably exposed to somewhat lower doses of UV radiation per unit time than we have today. However, they undoubtedly spent some time in the sun, while they hunted and collected plant foods. They also had dark skin, which gave them an extra measure (but not complete) protection against excessive exposure to UVR. There is evidence that they lived well into their sixties and are therefore subject to significant UVR exposures for several decades.

protective phytonutrients

key to our ancestors' success in the fight against UVR damage to their consumption of a diet rich in phytonutrients. Due to their active lifestyles, hunter-gatherer communities consuming high calorie dijeta.Razlika between their high-calorie diet and modern high-calorie diet is that the former consisted mainly rich spicy (hot), phytonutrient-dense plant foods, while the modern diet is dominated by relatively mild nutrient lack of plant food.

nutritional characteristics of plants that hunter-gatherers consumed were different than here in the far larger phytonutrient / calorie the ratio of the plants we eat today. They are available today are mostly energy-dense plant foods with a lot lower phytonutrient / calorie ratio.

There are two reasons for this. First, we eat a lot of grain based foods that have very high levels of carbohydrates and relatively low levels of phytonutrient. Second, over the centuries, we have most of our cultivated varieties of grains, fruits and vegetables that are far larger, sweeter and starchier than they were in their natural state.

Add to this the modern chemical farming methods, and we now have a plant food with a very low phytonutrient / calorie ratio, which consist mainly of water and carbohydrates. They provide much less protection than the substance which is several thousand years ago. This translates into a reduced intake of phytonutrients, which, in appropriate amounts, it can protect us from UVR and other cancer-causing environmental factors.

only food categories that have more or less escaped plant breeders' attention to the spices. Spices are plant foods that are closest to our ancestors ate. They are extremely high phytonutrient / calorie ratio and contain high concentrations of various powerful antioxidants and other protective nutrients.

Recent scientific evidence suggests that several herbs contain compounds that are highly effective in the fight against UVR damage to the skin. These molecules have the ability to act as direct and indirect antioxidants. They are anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties and can activate genes that control the process of permanent protection against UVR damage. Scientists working in this field have also noticed that several antioxidant compounds (found in plants phytonutrient rich) have a better protective effect than a high dose antioxidant supplements.

spices known to have some protective effects against radiation damage are:

Turmeric has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, Curcumin , which is remarkable abilities in the fight against cancer against several cancers, including melanoma.

Mustard contains sulphorafane , non-antioxidant compounds also found in cruciferous plants such as broccoli. Sulphorafane works by activating the body's internal cellular defense against UVR and was screened counter skin cancer when used both internally and locally.

Curcumin and sulphoraphane only two spices, based on compounds that are currently being studied as possible treatments for a variety of skin and other cancers. However, as the spices provide a wide range of antioxidants and other protective substances, it is likely that there are many more than those who can help include skin cancer, such as no doubt did for our hunter-gatherer ancestors.

Curcumin and sulphoraphane only two spices, based on compounds that are currently being studied as possible treatments for a variety of skin and other cancers. However, as the spices provide a wide range of antioxidants and other protective substances, it is likely that there are many more than those who can help include skin cancer, such as no doubt did for our hunter-gatherer ancestors.

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The Similarities Between Orchid Types And The Human Race

orchids certainly masters of evolution. With more than a million years under their belt, they are built to live long and prosper as time passes. It's no surprise that most orchid lovers to compare them with people. Orchids, like people, are diverse and resilient -. Having thousands of species from all over the world and living prosperously almost under any circumstances

Like most people of each type has different characteristics and qualities. In addition, each year the diversity of these plants keep on growing more and more orchid growers to experiment with crosses. Orchids are a crossbreed occasionally and discovery of new species has become a thing to be careful.

What surprises me with orchids is their ability to survive almost anywhere. As technology grows, people will find ways to make these plants available to everyone, anywhere.

orchids I know it's time to bloom when the weather starts to become "quick". Cool weather plant that says it's time to get your beautiful flowers.

Some places, of course, have the cooler weather at some point in time, such as California and other tropical places, but sometimes it takes a month before this happens. So, what most growers do is to mimic this situation by placing the plant in large coolers that they start flowering.

of orchids bloom longer than most flowers do, they have become a favorite plant lovers everywhere. Some of these flowers last up to four months before finally falling. They are the perfect plant to spread throughout the house as a substitute for regular blooms.

time and cost (money is) brings a new species of orchids, mini one. Mini-Orchids are smaller versions of these plants that grow below 6 inches in height and can fit in small pots. These new types of orchids need less time to grow and bloom so quickly from their regular sized counterparts.

of these types of mini-orchid is about 200 to 300 species, depending on how you group them. Most of them have white flowers. They are small and compact, and can grow with artificial light and less water.

Orchids, like people, have grown, although the time. And as people experiment on them, more and more varieties occur. As they live longer than regular flowers, you can expect years with them when cared for properly. Orchids to become more than just plants. They become friends and friends over time.

How to Breed Dwarf Gourami

Cichlids are not the only species to create a spawning site or to the practice of parental control over their young. Members Labyrinthfish groups, such as Gouramies and Siamese fighting fish -. We also have refined manner of reproduction

It is desirable to separate the fish tank in which the spawn, which is not only out of politeness, but perhaps to preserve the peace of the community aquarium. In this example, the Dwarf Gourami, Dwarf Colis, can be thought of a quiet type, but during the build up to the spawning male becomes quite angry. The tank containing mainly Livebearers, an ardent Dwarf Gourami managed to kill most other species before anyone realized what was happening.

has no difficulty in sexing these ribe.Muškom flanks are decorated with bright red diagonal stripes and the beginning of the spawning occurs throat and chest region to take on shades of turquoise. In contrast, women can be said to be a bit grubby, but silvery blue-gray with just a hint of the lines on the side. Of course, after the period of the device will meet the egg build up in your body.

process spawning ritual is this: the male builds a floating bubble-nest with saliva and fragments of plant material. It is usually located in a quiet part of the tank, away from any flow of water returning from the filtration sustava.Gnijezdo extends 2-3 cm (1 ") in the air and has a diameter of about 10 cm (4"). At the end of this phase of construction, the male then entices women to review the structure and, if approval appears imminent, then the next part of the spawning occurs. However, one should decide that the male female is quite plausible that he or she despised his invitation and shows little interest in his efforts it is likely to assault it.

It is therefore important that the spawning tank well-planted, so that women can get away from men until they can be saved (by removing from the container fishkeeper). Of course, the plant material was also welcomed by the male to provide building materials for a nest of bubbles.

It is possible to state a couple of dwarf Gouramies the spawning tank with a piece of glass or plastic sheet divided the tank into two parts. Just every fish in their half of the container and food for several weeks.

At the end of the device, remove the partition and watch what happens, prepares all the time to step in if a woman is attacked. It could be that the glass sheet was used as a partition, the male fish will constantly seeing women during conditioning and May are well started and even completed, the construction of a bubble-nest in anticipation of their reunion.

, assuming that all goes to plan, the two fish will cover below the nest, the female will switch back on and put the eggs will be fertilized by male and float up into the bubble-nest. At the end of the spawning action, women are likely to make a dash to the nearest plant, where it should be removed because it will take no further part in the process of spawning.

Left to their own devices, men's sets on patrol under the nest, regular repair parts that may break up and restore any fry that fall out.

Left to their own devices, men's sets on patrol under the nest, regular repair parts that may break up and restore any fry that fall out.

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One problem with the size of a dwarf Gourami fry or, more accurately, their need for fine food. Here fishkeeper must fall back on liquid fry food in the least, or try a piece of hard-boiled egg yolk squeezed in a piece of fabric in some aquarium water. Do not add too much for fear of contamination of the water tank. Another option is to use "green water". This is something that is anathema to pond owners, but may contain microscopic life forms that the FRY could eat. Unfortunately, it obviously must be produced before the spawning period, in order to be ready when needed, so it takes a little forethought to prepare a dish of water and stand in the sun for several weeks, although you may have time to coincide with parents' conditioning period.

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There is often a very high mortality rate of fry. Some say that this happens around the second week, and often a place that cold air enters the tank when the hood is open. For this purpose, many drape a towel over the lid off drafts, but it must be done with caution, if the hood is more heat than light on the inside.