Understanding the way in which plants develop, grow and interact with their environment
requires tools capable of a high degree of both spatial and temporal resolution. Magnetic …

Advanced food processing methods that accomplish inactivation of microorganisms but
minimize adverse thermal exposure are of great interest to the food industry. High pressure …

Background Characterizing root system architecture (RSA) is essential to understanding the
development and function of vascular plants. Identifying RSA-associated genes also …

Millets: promising crops for the 21st centuryPanicoids (subfamily: panicoideae) are a group
of C4 grasses, which include agronomically important crops such as sorghum and maize …

The ability to nondestructively image and automatically phenotype complex root systems,
like those of rice (Oryza sativa), is fundamental to identifying genes underlying root system …

This study investigated the effect of fermentation and malting on selected physicochemical,
textural and microstructural changes in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) flour and its …

Hygroscopic food materials contain free (FW) and bound (BW) water in different cellular
environments. In-depth understanding of the mechanisms of moisture migration from …

Plant-based food materials are porous and hygroscopic in nature; therefore, it contains three
water environments, namely, intercellular, intracellular water and cell wall water. The …

Water content and hydraulic conductivity, including transport within cells, over membranes,
cell-to-cell, and long-distance xylem and phloem transport, are strongly affected by plant …

Time-domain NMR is being used throughout all areas of food science and technology. A
wide range of one-and two-dimensional relaxometric and diffusometric applications have …