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2. Rice Consumption and Subclinical Lung Disease in US Adults: Observational Evidence From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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Sanchez, Tiffany R, Oelsner, Elizabeth C, Lederer, David J, Cascio, Christian M Lo, Jones, Miranda R, Grau-Perez, Maria, Francesconi, Kevin A, Goessler, Walter, Perzanowski, Matthew S, Barr, R Graham, and Navas-Acien, Ana
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ANTHROPOMETRY , *ARSENIC , *ATHEROSCLEROSIS , *BLACK people , *COMPUTED tomography , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *COOKING , *ETHNIC groups , *FOOD habits , *INGESTION , *INTERSTITIAL lung diseases , *LUNGS , *SCIENTIFIC observation , *RESPIRATORY measurements , *RICE , *RISK assessment , *SMOKING , *SPIROMETRY , *URINALYSIS , *WHITE people , *CROSS-sectional method , *VITAL capacity (Respiration) , *DISEASE risk factors , *ADULTS - Abstract
Rice accumulates arsenic, an established lung toxicant. Little is known about the association of rice consumption with arsenic-related health effects, particularly interstitial lung disease. Between 2000 and 2002, 6,814 white, black, Hispanic, and Chinese adults from 6 US cities were enrolled in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. We included 2,250 participants who had spirometry data, 2,557 with full-lung computed tomography (CT) scans, and 5,710 with cardiac CT scans. Rice consumption and 310 participants with urinary arsenic were assessed at baseline. Spirometry and full-lung CT-derived measures of total lung capacity and high attenuation area (HAA), and interstitial lung abnormalities were measured at examination 5. Cardiac CT-derived HAA was measured at 1–3 visits. Twelve percent of participants reported eating at least 1 serving of rice daily. Comparing data between that group with those who ate less than 1 serving weekly, the mean difference for forced vital capacity was −102 (95% confidence interval (CI): −198, −7) mL, and for forced expiratory volume in 1 second was −90 (95% CI: −170, −11) mL after adjustment for demographics, anthropometrics, dietary factors, and smoking. The cross-sectional adjusted percent difference for total lung capacity was −1.33% (95% CI: −4.29, 1.72) and for cardiac-based HAA was 3.66% (95% CI: 1.22, 6.15). Sensitivity analyses for urinary arsenic were consistent with rice findings. Daily rice consumption was associated with reduced lung function and greater cardiac-based HAA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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3. White Rice Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer Among Japanese Americans: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
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Okada Y, Park SY, Wilkens LR, Maskarinec G, Shvetsov YB, Haiman C, and Le Marchand L
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- Female, Humans, Male, Asian, Cohort Studies, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, United States epidemiology, Colorectal Neoplasms epidemiology, Diet adverse effects, Oryza
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Background: White rice is a staple food for Japanese, a population at high risk for colorectal cancer (CRC). We investigated the association between white rice intake and CRC among Japanese Americans in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) study., Methods: The MEC study is a prospective study established in Hawaii and California in 1993-1996. Usual dietary intake was assessed using a validated quantitative food frequency questionnaire at baseline. Cox proportional hazards models were used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for quartiles of intake and to perform trend tests across sex-specific quartiles with adjustment for relevant confounders., Results: We identified 1,553 invasive CRC cases among 49,136 Japanese Americans (23,595 men and 25,541 women) during a mean follow-up of 19 years. White rice consumption was not associated with overall CRC incidence in men (P
trend = 0.11) or women (Ptrend = 0.56). After excluding participants with a history of diabetes, the inverse associations were significant for CRC (Ptrend = 0.03, HR for quartile 4 [Q4] vs quartile 1 [Q1], 0.81; 95% CI, 0.64-1.03) and tumors of the distal colon (Ptrend = 0.006, HR for Q4 vs Q1, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.44-0.99) among men but not women., Conclusion: White rice consumption was not associated with an increased risk of overall CRC among Japanese Americans. An inverse association was observed with risk of CRC and distal colon cancer in men without a history of diabetes.- Published
- 2023
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4. What Will Become of the Farmer?
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Tugwell, Rexford Guy
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AGRICULTURE ,SOCIAL scientists ,ECONOMISTS ,TOBACCO ,ORYZA - Abstract
The emergency faced by the U.S. agriculture is one which calls for emergency remedies. It is perhaps true that an abolition of tariffs which favor our manufacturing group and operate disadvantageously to farmers would correct the worst artificial handicaps they suffer. So much may be taken for granted since it is a matter by now of almost universal recognition among economists. The enumeration of "basic agricultural products" included only cotton, wheat, corn, rice, tobacco, and swine. What is notable about such a list is, of course, its restriction.
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- 1927
5. Nutritionally Important Starch Fractions of Rice Cultivars Grown in Southern United States.
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Patindol, James A., Guraya, Harmeet S., Champagne, Elaine T., and McClung, Anna M.
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STARCH , *RICE , *DIGESTION , *ORYZA , *GLUCOSE - Abstract
Dietary starches can be classified into 3 major fractions according to in vitro digestibility as rapidly digestible (RDS), slowly digestible (SDS), and resistant starch (RS). Literature indicates that SDS and/or RS have significant implications on human health, particularly glucose metabolism, diabetes management, colon cancer prevention, mental performance, and satiety. In this study, the nutritionally important starch fractions (RDS, SDS, and RS) in cooked rice were assayed in vitro, making use of 16 cultivars grown in 5 southern U.S. rice growing locations (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas). RDS, SDS, and RS were 52.4% to 69.4%, 10.3% to 26.6%, and 1.2% to 9.0%, respectively, of cooked rice dry weight. Cultivar, location, and cultivar-by-location interaction contributed to the variations in RDS, SDS, and RS contents. Means pooled across locations indicated that SDS was higher for the Louisiana samples than those from Texas, whereas RS was higher for the Texas samples than those from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Some cultivars were identified to possess high levels of RS (for example, Bowman and Rondo) or SDS (for example, Dixiebelle and Tesanai-2) and were also stable across growing locations. Apparent amylose content correlated positively with RS ( n = 80, r = 0.54, P ≤ 0.001), negatively with RDS ( n = 80, r =−0.29, P ≤ 0.05), and insignificantly with SDS ( n = 80, r = 0.21, P > 0.05). RS and SDS were not collinear ( n = 80, r =−0.18, P > 0.05); it does not follow that a cultivar high in RS will also be high in SDS, and vice versa. The observed differences in RDS, SDS, and RS among the samples are indicative of wide genetic diversity in rice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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6. Effects of the Presence of Barnyardgrass on Rice Water Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Rice Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Populations on Rice .
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Tindall, K. V., Stout, M. J., and Williams, B. J.
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CURCULIONIDAE ,RICE water weevil ,BEETLES ,INSECT population density ,RED rice ,ORYZA - Abstract
Both the rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel, and rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.), are important pests of rice, Oryza sativa L., in the United States. The host ranges of both insects primarily consist of monocotyledonous plants. Previous research has shown that the rice water weevil prefers barnyardgrass, Echinochloa crus-galli Beauv., over rice for feeding and oviposition. Barnyardgrass is also a preferred host for rice stink bug. Thus, presence of barnyardgrass in rice fields may alter populations of one or both insects. Field experiments were conducted to determine how the presence of a preferred host influences rice water weevil and rice stink bug populations on rice. Mixed plots of barnyardgrass and rice were cultivated such that either rice was surrounded by barnyardgrass or barnyardgrass was surrounded by rice. Insects were collected from rice portions of mixed plots and compared with numbers collected from whole plots of rice in the same location. Presence of barnyardgrass had little impact on rice water weevil densities on rice. In contrast, presence of barnyardgrass influenced rice stink bug populations on rice. Rice stink bugs were found on barnyardgrass in mixed plots before panicle emergence of rice. After panicle emergence of rice, results varied from 2001 and 2002. In 2001 and 2003, rice stink bugs were up to 9 times more abundant on rice in mixed plots of barnyardgrass and rice compared with whole plots of rice. Rice stink bugs were up to 4 times greater on rice in whole plots of rice than in mixed plots in 2002. Differences are likely a result of the developmental stage of barnyardgrass relative to rice. Data suggest the presence and developmental stage of barnyardgrass can influence the severity and timing of rice stink bug infestations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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7. Fieldwork and Tropicality in French Indochina: Reflections on Pierre Gourou's Les Paysans Du Delta Tonkinois , 1936.
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Bowd, Gavin and Clayton, Daniel
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FIELD research , *IMPERIALISM , *ORYZA , *DELTAS , *RIVERS - Abstract
Abstract This paper examines the fieldwork undertaken by the distinguished French geographer Pierre Gourou (1900–99) in the Tonkin Delta (Red River Delta) of northern Vietnam in the 1920s and 1930s, and his wider configuration of “the tropical world” as a distinct space of knowledge and radical otherness. Gourou's fieldwork endeavours in French Indochina are interpreted in the light of recent work on “tropicality”: the idea that “the tropics” need to be understood as a western cultural construction and colonising discourse that essentialised the hot, wet regions of the world, and exalted the temperate world over its tropical counterpart. The paper focuses on Gourou's monumental 1936 study Les paysans du delta tonkinois, étude de géographie humaine. It is argued that in this study, and his later comparative work on the tropics, Gourou elaborated a distinct geographical variant of tropicality, but one that, ultimately, reinforced the essentialist logic and momentum of this discourse. Particular attention is paid to the geographical ideas, fieldwork techniques and discursive strategies that Gourou used in his 1936 study, and the French colonial context in which he worked. The article shows how Gourou appealed to western reason and science as tools of study, identified overpopulation as the key problem facing the Tonkin Delta, and suggested that colonial practices of modernisation had a limited place and ineffectual role in the rice plains of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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8. Infant infections, respiratory symptoms, and allergy in relation to timing of rice cereal introduction in a United States cohort.
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Moroishi Y, Signes-Pastor AJ, Li Z, Cottingham KL, Jackson BP, Punshon T, Madan J, Nadeau K, Gui J, and Karagas MR
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- Cohort Studies, Edible Grain, Female, Humans, Infant, Pregnancy, United States epidemiology, Hypersensitivity epidemiology, Oryza, Respiratory Tract Infections epidemiology
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Rice products marketed in the USA, including baby rice cereal, contain inorganic arsenic, a putative immunotoxin. We sought to determine whether the timing of introduction of rice cereal in the first year of life influences occurrence of infections, respiratory symptoms, and allergy. Among 572 infants from the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study, we used generalized estimating equation, adjusted for maternal smoking during pregnancy, marital status, education attainment, pre-pregnancy body mass index, maternal age at enrollment, infant birth weight, and breastfeeding history. Among 572 infants, each month earlier of introduction to rice cereal was associated with increased risks of subsequent upper respiratory tract infections (relative risk, RR = 1.04; 95% CI: 1.00-1.09); lower respiratory tract infections (RR = 1.19; 95% CI: 1.02-1.39); acute respiratory symptoms including wheeze, difficulty breathing, and cough (RR = 1.10; 95% CI: 1.00-1.22); fever requiring a prescription medicine (RR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.02-1.45) and allergy diagnosed by a physician (RR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.06-1.36). No clear associations were observed with gastrointestinal symptoms. Our findings suggest that introduction of rice cereal earlier may influence infants' susceptibility to respiratory infections and allergy., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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- 2022
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9. Complete Genome Sequence Data of Four Burkholderia glumae Strains Isolated from Rice Fields in the United States.
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Lee HH, Lelis T, Ontoy J, Bruno J, Ham JH, and Seo YS
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- Sequence Analysis, DNA, United States, Virulence genetics, Burkholderia genetics, Oryza
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Bacterial panicle blight caused by Burkholderia glumae is a major disease in rice production worldwide. Currently, only a few whole-genome sequences of B. glumae strains isolated in the United States are available. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of four B. glumae strains, including three virulent strains (336gr-1, 411gr-6, and 957856-41-c) and the nonpathogenic strain B. glumae 257sh-1, which were isolated from rice fields in Louisiana (336gr-1, 957856-41-c, and 257sh-1) and Arkansas (411gr-6). The whole-genome sequence data of B. glumae strains will contribute to investigations of the molecular mechanism underlying bacterial pathogenicity and virulence to rice plants.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- 2021
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10. Mendelian randomization analysis of arsenic metabolism and pulmonary function within the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
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Scannell Bryan M, Sofer T, Afshar M, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Hosgood HD, Punjabi NM, Zeng D, Daviglus ML, and Argos M
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, United States, Vital Capacity, Arsenic pharmacokinetics, Arsenic toxicity, Asthma chemically induced, Asthma genetics, Asthma physiopathology, Cacodylic Acid pharmacokinetics, Cacodylic Acid toxicity, Hispanic or Latino, Oryza
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Arsenic exposure has been linked to poor pulmonary function, and inefficient arsenic metabolizers may be at increased risk. Dietary rice has recently been identified as a possible substantial route of exposure to arsenic, and it remains unknown whether it can provide a sufficient level of exposure to affect pulmonary function in inefficient metabolizers. Within 12,609 participants of HCHS/SOL, asthma diagnoses and spirometry-based measures of pulmonary function were assessed, and rice consumption was inferred from grain intake via a food frequency questionnaire. After stratifying by smoking history, the relationship between arsenic metabolism efficiency [percentages of inorganic arsenic (%iAs), monomethylarsenate (%MMA), and dimethylarsinate (%DMA) species in urine] and the measures of pulmonary function were estimated in a two-sample Mendelian randomization approach (genotype information from an Illumina HumanOmni2.5-8v1-1 array), focusing on participants with high inferred rice consumption. Among never-smoking high inferred consumers of rice (n = 1395), inefficient metabolism was associated with past asthma diagnosis and forced vital capacity below the lower limit of normal (LLN) (OR 1.40, p = 0.0212 and OR 1.42, p = 0.0072, respectively, for each percentage-point increase in %iAs; OR 1.26, p = 0.0240 and OR 1.24, p = 0.0193 for %MMA; OR 0.87, p = 0.0209 and OR 0.87, p = 0.0123 for the marker of efficient metabolism, %DMA). Among ever-smoking high inferred consumers of rice (n = 1127), inefficient metabolism was associated with peak expiratory flow below LLN (OR 1.54, p = 0.0108/percentage-point increase in %iAs, OR 1.37, p = 0.0097 for %MMA, and OR 0.83, p = 0.0093 for %DMA). Less efficient arsenic metabolism was associated with indicators of pulmonary dysfunction among those with high inferred rice consumption, suggesting that reductions in dietary arsenic could improve respiratory health.
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- 2021
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11. Combined Use of PGPRs and Reduced Rates of Azoxystrobin to Improve Management of Sheath Blight of Rice.
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Zhou XG, Kumar KVK, Zhou LW, Reddy MS, and Kloepper JW
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- Plant Diseases prevention & control, Pyrimidines, Rhizoctonia, Strobilurins pharmacology, United States, Oryza
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Farmers rely heavily on the use of strobilurin fungicides to manage sheath blight (ShB) caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA, the most important disease in rice in the southern United States. Greenhouse and field studies were conducted to evaluate the potential use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) in combination with a reduced rate of azoxystrobin application as a strategy to improve the current fungicide-reliant management. Of the nine antagonistic PGPR strains screened in the greenhouse, Bacillus subtilis strain MBI600 provided the most significant and consistent suppression of ShB. Efficacy of strain MBI600 was further evaluated at the concentrations of 0, 10
3 , 106 , 109 , and 1011 CFU/ml alone or in combinations with 0, 17, 33, 50, 67, 83, and 100% of the recommended application rate (0.16 kg a.i./ha) of azoxystrobin. Strain MBI600 applied at 106 ,109 , and 1011 CFU/ml alone was effective in reducing ShB severity. Combinations of this strain at these rates with ≥33% of the recommended application rate of azoxystrobin further reduced ShB severity. A dose-response model defining the relationships between strain MBI600, azoxystrobin, and ShB severity was established. Estimates of the effective concentrations (EC50 and EC90 ) of strain MBI600 when applied in combination with 50% of the recommended application rate of azoxystrobin were 104 and 109 CFU/ml, respectively. A field trial was conducted over 4 years to verify the efficacy of their combinations. Strain MBI600 alone, when applied at 109 CFU/ml at the boot stage, reduced ShB severity but did not significantly increase grain yields each year. Combination of strain MBI600 with azoxystrobin at half of the recommended application rate improved efficacy of strain MBI600, reducing ShB severity to a level comparable to that of azoxystrobin applied at the full rate in all 4 years. The combined treatment also increased grain yield by 14 to 19%, comparable to the fungicide applied at the full rate in 3 of 4 years. Combined use of PGPR strain MBI600 with a reduced rate of azoxystrobin application can be a viable management option for control of ShB while allowing producers to use less fungicide on rice.- Published
- 2021
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12. Kinetic parameters of thiamine degradation in NASA spaceflight foods determined by the endpoints method for long-term storage.
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Goulette TR, Zhou J, Dixon WR, Normand MD, Peleg M, McClements DJ, Decker E, and Xiao H
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- Food Analysis methods, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kinetics, Oryza, Red Meat, Space Flight, Temperature, Thiamine analysis, United States, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Water chemistry, Food, Food Storage, Thiamine metabolism
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Retention of labile vitamins such as thiamine (vitamin B1) in NASA spaceflight foods intended for extended-duration missions is critical for the health of the crew. In this study, the degradation kinetics of thiamine in three NASA spaceflight foods (brown rice, split pea soup, BBQ beef brisket) during storage was determined for the first time, using an interactive isothermal model developed by our group. Results showed that brown rice and split pea soup demonstrated resistance to thiamine degradation, while thiamine in beef brisket was less stable. Model-predicted thiamine retention in brown rice stored at 20 °C for 720 days was 55% of the original thiamine content after thermal processing, 42% for split pea soup, and 3% for beef brisket. Water activity, moisture content, and pH differences did not sufficiently explain the variation in the degradation kinetics of thiamine among these foods., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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13. Manganese levels in infant formula and young child nutritional beverages in the United States and France: Comparison to breast milk and regulations.
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Frisbie SH, Mitchell EJ, Roudeau S, Domart F, Carmona A, and Ortega R
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- Animals, Beverages adverse effects, Beverages standards, Child, Preschool, France, Goats, Humans, Infant, Infant Formula adverse effects, Infant Formula standards, Infant, Newborn, Manganese adverse effects, Milk chemistry, Milk Substitutes standards, Oryza, Soy Milk chemistry, Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission, United States, Beverages analysis, Infant Formula chemistry, Manganese analysis, Milk Substitutes chemistry, Milk, Human chemistry
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Exposure to high levels of manganese (Mn) in children has recently been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental effects. Current infant formula regulations for Mn content were set between 1981 (United States), 2006 (European Union, France), and 2007 (Codex Alimentarius) prior to the publication of much of the growing body of research on the developmental neurotoxicity of Mn. In this study, we sought to measure the concentrations of Mn in some infant formulas and young child nutritional beverages available on the United States (US) and French markets using ion beam analysis by particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectrometry and then compare the analytical results to concentrations reported in the literature for breast milk and applicable infant formula regulations and guidelines. We were particularly interested in measuring Mn concentrations in product types for which there is very little data from previous surveys, especially soy-based, rice-based, goat-milk based, chocolate-flavored, and nutritional beverages for young children that are not regulated as infant or follow-on formulas (e.g. "toddler formulas" and "toddler powders"). We purchased 44 infant formulas and young child nutritional beverage products in the US and France with varying protein sources (cow-milk, goat-milk, soy, rice) labelled for birth to 3 years. We selected these samples using maximum variation sampling to explore market extremes to facilitate comparisons to regulatory limits. Since this sampling method is non-probabilistic, other inferences cannot be made beyond this set of samples to the overall markets. We used ion beam analysis to measure the concentrations of Mn in each product. The range of measured Mn concentrations in the products is 160-2,800 μg/L, substantially higher than the 3-6 μg/L mean Mn concentration reported in human breast milk. All products satisfied national and Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) international standards for minimum Mn content in infant formulas; however, 7/25 of the products purchased in the US exceeded the CAC Guidance Upper Level of 100 μg Mn/kcal for infant formula., Competing Interests: EJM’s affiliation is with Better Life Laboratories, a nonprofit organization that conducts scientific research and provides technical expertise, equipment, and training to help needy people around the world. Better Life Laboratories received no specific funding for this project from any donors. Donors to Better Life Laboratories provided no input in choosing the subject matter of this project, the hypotheses that were tested, the individual samples that were analyzed, the method of analysis, the research findings, or the manner of disseminating the results. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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- 2019
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14. COLD SAKE IS GETTING HOT.
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McLaughlin, Lisa
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RICE wines ,ORYZA ,WINES ,CANTHARELLUS - Abstract
Looks at the interest in Japanese Sake or rice wine, served chilled rather than warm. Sake lists of the Chanterelle restaurant in New York City; How Sake is served in San Francisco; Full stocking of sake wines by the Minnie's Barbeque in Memphis; Topic of the major exhibition running through June at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California.
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- 2004
15. Registration of 'Saber' Rice.
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McClung, A.M., Fjellstrom, R.G., Bergman, C.J., Bormans, C.A., Park, W.D., and Marchetti, M.A.
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Presents information on 'saber' rice. Development by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Development from the cross 'Gulfmont'/RU8703196/'Te Qing'; Smaller grain dimension that Gulfmont parent.
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- 2004
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16. Safeguarding America's Food Supply.
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- Humans, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Arsenic adverse effects, Food Contamination prevention & control, Food Safety, Food Supply standards, Oryza
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- 2016
17. Rice consumption and cancer incidence in US men and women.
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Zhang R, Zhang X, Wu K, Wu H, Sun Q, Hu FB, Han J, Willett WC, and Giovannucci EL
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms etiology, Proportional Hazards Models, United States epidemiology, Neoplasms epidemiology, Oryza
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While both the 2012 and 2014 Consumer Reports concerned arsenic levels in US rice, no previous study has evaluated long-term consumption of total rice, white rice and brown rice in relation to risk of developing cancers. We investigated this in the female Nurses' Health Study (1984-2010), and Nurses' Health Study II (1989-2009), and the male Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2008), which included a total of 45,231 men and 160,408 women, free of cancer at baseline. Validated food frequency questionnaires were used to measure rice consumption at baseline and repeated almost every 4 years thereafter. We employed Cox proportional hazards regression model to estimate multivariable relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). During up to 26 years of follow-up, we documented 31,655 incident cancer cases (10,833 in men and 20,822 in women). Age-adjusted results were similar to multivariable-adjusted results. Compared to participants with less than one serving per week, the multivariable RRs of overall cancer for individuals who ate at least five servings per week were 0.97 for total rice (95% CI: 0.85-1.07), 0.87 for white rice (95% CI: 0.75-1.01), and 1.17 for brown rice (95% CI: 0.90-1.26). Similar non-significant associations were observed for specific sites of cancers including prostate, breast, colon and rectum, melanoma, bladder, kidney, and lung. Additionally, the null associations were observed among European Americans and non-smokers, and were not modified by BMI. Long-term consumption of total rice, white rice or brown rice was not associated with risk of developing cancer in US men and women., (© 2015 UICC.)
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- 2016
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18. Arsenic and Rice: Translating Research to Address Health Care Providers' Needs.
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Lai PY, Cottingham KL, Steinmaus C, Karagas MR, and Miller MD
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- Adolescent, Arsenic urine, Biomedical Research trends, Carcinogens, Child, Child, Preschool, Environmental Exposure, Health Personnel, Humans, Infant, United States, Arsenic toxicity, Diet, Food Contamination, Oryza
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- 2015
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19. Who and what drove Walter Kempner? The rice diet revisited.
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Klemmer P, Grim CE, and Luft FC
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- Diabetes Mellitus diet therapy, Diabetes Mellitus physiopathology, Dietary Carbohydrates administration & dosage, Germany, History, 20th Century, Humans, Hypertension physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, United States, Diet, Diet Therapy history, Hypertension diet therapy, Oryza
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- 2014
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20. Rice Prices.
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ORYZA ,RICE ,PRICES ,COST ,AGRICULTURE ,DEVELOPING countries ,AGRICULTURAL productivity ,AGRICULTURAL economics - Abstract
The article focuses on the rice price changes since the 1970s. It states that many years ago, rice was a cheap commodity that many rice growing nations cut its production. World stocks had declined to their lowest levels since the 1970s and there were concerns of food shortages and rice riots, as world prices jumped from 500 U.S. dollars a ton to over 1,200 U.S. dollars a ton. In 2008, rice futures jumped 36% amid surging demand from developing countries and poor crop yields. A U.S. government planting report also indicated a slight upswing in rice planting.
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- 2008
21. Leverage points for improving global food security and the environment.
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West PC, Gerber JS, Engstrom PM, Mueller ND, Brauman KA, Carlson KM, Cassidy ES, Johnston M, MacDonald GK, Ray DK, and Siebert S
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- China, Humans, India, Meat, Oryza, Population, Triticum, United States, Crops, Agricultural, Energy Intake, Environment, Food Supply
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Achieving sustainable global food security is one of humanity's contemporary challenges. Here we present an analysis identifying key "global leverage points" that offer the best opportunities to improve both global food security and environmental sustainability. We find that a relatively small set of places and actions could provide enough new calories to meet the basic needs for more than 3 billion people, address many environmental impacts with global consequences, and focus food waste reduction on the commodities with the greatest impact on food security. These leverage points in the global food system can help guide how nongovernmental organizations, foundations, governments, citizens' groups, and businesses prioritize actions., (Copyright © 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science.)
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- 2014
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22. FDA data show arsenic in rice, juice, and beer.
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- Animal Feed, Animals, Beer, Beverages, Food Safety, Food Supply, Fruit, Humans, Oryza, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Arsenic, Food Contamination
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- 2014
23. Rice consumption and urinary concentrations of arsenic in US adults.
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Wei Y, Zhu J, and Nguyen A
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- Adult, Aged, Animals, Cacodylic Acid urine, Cats, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Nutrition Surveys, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Young Adult, Arsenic urine, Diet, Environmental Exposure, Environmental Pollutants urine, Food Contamination analysis, Oryza
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Exposure to inorganic arsenic in the general population occurs mainly from drinking water and food sources. This study examined the association between rice consumption and urinary concentrations of arsenic in US adults, aged 20-85 years, in the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Significantly higher geometric means of creatinine-corrected urinary concentrations of total arsenic (TAs) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) were found in participants who consumed rice more than twice per week, compared to the reference group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed a statistically significant association between rice consumption and urinary concentrations of TAs [odds ratio (OR) = 1.51 (1.08, 2.09)] and DMA [OR = 2.24 (1.57, 3.21)] after adjustment for demographic variables, seafood intake (the main source of organic arsenic), and source of drinking water. Furthermore, significant variations in rice consumption and urinary concentrations of arsenic were observed in different racial groups. This study demonstrated that rice consumption contributed to inorganic arsenic exposure in US adults.
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- 2014
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24. Rice consumption and urinary arsenic concentrations in U.S. children.
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Davis MA, Mackenzie TA, Cottingham KL, Gilbert-Diamond D, Punshon T, and Karagas MR
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- Adolescent, Arsenic toxicity, Cacodylic Acid toxicity, Child, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Environmental Monitoring, Food Contamination, Humans, Linear Models, Mass Spectrometry, Nutrition Surveys, United States, Arsenic urine, Cacodylic Acid urine, Environmental Exposure, Oryza
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Background: In adult populations, emerging evidence indicates that humans are exposed to arsenic by ingestion of contaminated foods such as rice, grains, and juice; yet little is known about arsenic exposure among children., Objectives: Our goal was to determine whether rice consumption contributes to arsenic exposure in U.S. children., Methods: We used data from the nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to examine the relationship between rice consumption (measured in 0.25 cups of cooked rice per day) over a 24-hr period and subsequent urinary arsenic concentration among the 2,323 children (6-17 years of age) who participated in NHANES from 2003 to 2008. We examined total urinary arsenic (excluding arsenobetaine and arsenocholine) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) concentrations overall and by age group: 6-11 years and 12-17 years., Results: The median [interquartile range (IQR)] total urinary arsenic concentration among children who reported consuming rice was 8.9 μg/L (IQR: 5.3-15.6) compared with 5.5 μg/L (IQR: 3.1-8.4) among those who did not consume rice. After adjusting for potentially confounding factors, and restricting the study to participants who did not consume seafood in the preceding 24 hr, total urinary arsenic concentration increased 14.2% (95% confidence interval: 11.3, 17.1%) with each 0.25 cup increase in cooked rice consumption., Conclusions: Our study suggests that rice consumption is a potential source of arsenic exposure in U.S. children.
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- 2012
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25. Genetic structure of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) populations in mills.
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Semeao AA, Campbell JF, Beeman RW, Lorenzen MD, Whitworth RJ, and Sloderbeck PE
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- Animal Migration, Animals, Insect Control methods, Oryza, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Population Dynamics, Puerto Rico, Triticum, United States, Flour, Genetic Variation, Tribolium genetics
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The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), is primarily found associated with human structures such as wheat and rice mills. Such structures are predicted to be spatially isolated resource patches with frequent population bottlenecks that should influence their genetic structure. Genetic diversity and differentiation among nine populations of T. castaneum collected from wheat and rice mills (ranging from <1-5,700 km apart) were investigated using eight polymorphic loci (microsatellites and other insertion-deletion polymorphisms, each with 3-14 alleles). Seventy-two locus-by-population combinations were evaluated, of which 31 deviated significantly from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, all because of a deficiency of heterozygotes. AMOVA analysis indicated significant differences among populations, with 8.3% of the variation in allele frequency resulting from comparisons among populations, and commodity type and geographic region not significant factors. Although there were significant differences in genetic differentiation among populations (F(ST) values = 0.018-0.149), genetic distance was not significantly correlated with geographic distance. Correct assignment to the source population was successful for only 56% of individuals collected. Further analyses confirmed the occurrence of recent genetic bottlenecks in five out of nine populations. These results provide evidence that populations of T. castaneum collected from mills show spatial genetic structure, but the poor ability to assign individuals to source populations and lack of isolation by distance suggest greater levels of gene flow than predicted originally.
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- 2012
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26. Rice consumption contributes to arsenic exposure in US women.
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Gilbert-Diamond D, Cottingham KL, Gruber JF, Punshon T, Sayarath V, Gandolfi AJ, Baker ER, Jackson BP, Folt CL, and Karagas MR
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- Adolescent, Adult, Arsenic urine, Biomarkers urine, Creatinine urine, Environmental Exposure, Female, Food, Food Contamination, Humans, Linear Models, Middle Aged, New Hampshire, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, United States, Arsenic toxicity, Oryza
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Emerging data indicate that rice consumption may lead to potentially harmful arsenic exposure. However, few human data are available, and virtually none exist for vulnerable periods such as pregnancy. Here we document a positive association between rice consumption and urinary arsenic excretion, a biomarker of recent arsenic exposure, in 229 pregnant women. At a 6-mo prenatal visit, we collected a urine sample and 3-d dietary record for water, fish/seafood, and rice. We also tested women's home tap water for arsenic, which we combined with tap water consumption to estimate arsenic exposure through water. Women who reported rice intake (n = 73) consumed a median of 28.3 g/d, which is ∼0.5 cup of cooked rice each day. In general linear models adjusted for age and urinary dilution, both rice consumption (g, dry mass/d) and arsenic exposure through water (μg/d) were significantly associated with natural log-transformed total urinary arsenic (βrice = 0.009, βwater = 0.028, both P < 0.0001), as well as inorganic arsenic, monomethylarsonic acid, and dimethylarsinic acid (each P < 0.005). Based on total arsenic, consumption of 0.56 cup/d of cooked rice was comparable to drinking 1 L/d of 10 μg As/L water, the current US maximum contaminant limit. US rice consumption varies, averaging ∼0.5 cup/d, with Asian Americans consuming an average of >2 cups/d. Rice arsenic content and speciation also vary, with some strains predominated by dimethylarsinic acid, particularly those grown in the United States. Our findings along with others indicate that rice consumption should be considered when designing arsenic reduction strategies in the United States.
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- 2011
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27. Dry cereals fortified with electrolytic iron or ferrous fumarate are equally effective in breast-fed infants.
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Ziegler EE, Fomon SJ, Nelson SE, Jeter JM, and Theuer RC
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- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency blood, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency epidemiology, Breast Feeding, Double-Blind Method, Electrolysis, Female, Ferritins blood, Ferrous Compounds pharmacology, Humans, Infant, Iron blood, Iron pharmacology, Male, Oryza, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Trace Elements blood, Trace Elements pharmacology, United States, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency prevention & control, Edible Grain, Ferrous Compounds therapeutic use, Food, Fortified, Iron therapeutic use, Iron, Dietary administration & dosage, Trace Elements therapeutic use
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Precooked, instant (dry) infant cereals in the US are fortified with electrolytic iron, a source of low reactivity and suspected low bioavailability. Iron from ferrous fumarate is presumed to be more available. In this study, we compared a dry infant rice cereal (Cereal L) fortified with electrolytic iron (54.5 mg iron/100 g cereal) to a similar cereal (Cereal M) fortified with ferrous fumarate (52.2 mg Fe/100 g) for efficacy in maintaining iron status and preventing iron deficiency (ID) in breast-fed infants. Ascorbic acid was included in both cereals. In this prospective, randomized double-blind trial, exclusively breast-fed infants were enrolled at 1 mo and iron status was determined periodically. At 4 mo, 3 infants had ID anemia and were excluded. Ninety-five infants were randomized at 4 mo, and 69 (36 Cereal L, 33 Cereal M) completed the intervention at 9 mo. From 4 to 9 mo, they consumed daily one of the study cereals. With each cereal, 2 infants had mild ID, a prevalence of 4.2%, but no infant developed ID anemia. There were no differences in iron status between study groups. Iron intake from the study cereals was (mean ± SD) 1.21 ± 0.31 mg⋅kg(-1)⋅d(-1) from Cereal L and 1.07 ± 0.40 mg⋅kg(-1)⋅d(-1) from Cereal M. Eleven infants had low birth iron endowment (plasma ferritin < 55 μg/L at 2 mo) and 54% of these infants had ID with or without anemia by 4 mo. We conclude that electrolytic iron and ferrous fumarate were equally efficacious as fortificants of this infant cereal.
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- 2011
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28. Rice consumption in the United States: recent evidence from food consumption surveys.
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Batres-Marquez SP, Jensen HH, and Upton J
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- Adult, Demography, Diet ethnology, Diet trends, Diet Surveys, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Mental Recall, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Diet statistics & numerical data, Nutrition Policy, Oryza
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Background: Little is known about rice consumption, related food intake patterns, and the nutritional contribution that rice provides in the diets of Americans., Objective: To provide information about rice consumption in the United States and the diets of rice consumers., Design: Data come from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (1994-1996) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2002). Respondents report 24-hour recall dietary intakes. The amount of rice available in foods is estimated using the Food Commodity Intake Database. Consumers are classified based on the amount of rice they consume in foods., Subjects: The analysis includes information from adult individuals: 9,318 from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals and 4,744 from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey., Statistics: Weighted percentages and mean values show the food and nutrient intake amounts. Logistic regression analysis is used to examine relationships among economic, social, and demographic factors that affect rice consumption., Results: Rice is consumed by a significant portion of the US adult population. Compared with others who did not consume rice, rice consumers consumed a smaller share of energy per day from fat and saturated fat; more iron and potassium; and more dietary fiber, meat, vegetables, and grains. Race/ethnicity and education are determinants of the probability of consuming rice, and more so than low-income status., Conclusions: Rice consumers choose a diet that includes more vegetables, a smaller share of energy from fat and saturated fat, more dietary fiber and more iron than those who do not consume rice; the differences have remained relatively stable over the last decade. Accounting for race/ethnicity and income levels is important for better understanding of factors that affect food choices and for effective design of dietary interventions.
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- 2009
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29. Development and validation of a multiresidue method for determination of 82 pesticides in water using GC.
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Mamun MI, Park JH, Choi JH, Kim HK, Choi WJ, Han SS, Hwang K, Jang NI, Assayed ME, El-Dib MA, Shin HC, Abd El-Aty AM, and Shim JH
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- Oryza, United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Chromatography, Gas methods, Pesticides analysis, Pesticides chemistry, Water analysis, Water chemistry
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Several methods used for the multiresidue analysis of pesticides from the environment and drinking water have been reported. However, most of these reports dealt with a small number of targeted pesticides or some special groups. A method that is simple, faster, and more cost-effective than the environmental protection agency (EPA) method has been developed for the analysis of 82 frequently used pesticides in water samples obtained from Yeongsan and Sumjin rivers, as well as rice fields located in various locations around the two rivers. The samples were extracted by dichloromethane, and the pesticides were analyzed using a GC-electron capture detector (ECD), followed by confirmation with GC-MS. Recoveries were found to be between 82 and 120.1% for most of the tested pesticides, which were in agreement with the standard values dictated by the EPA. The method was potentially applied to 66 water samples for human consumption and 90 water samples from the rice fields and irrigation ditches that were collected from June to September 2007. Oxadiazon, butachlor, and alachlor were detected in some of the river water samples collected in June, iprobenfos (IBP) was detected in samples collected in August, and no pesticide was detected in September. On the other hand, chlorpyrifos-methyl, IBP, hexaconazole, diazinon, oxadiazon, butachlor, and isoprothiolane were detected at relatively high concentrations in 48 rice paddy field water samples collected between June and September 2007. Alachlor in one sample and procymidone in some of the rice paddy field water samples were also detected in trace amounts. The results were consistent with the temporal pattern of pesticide application in Korean rice fields.
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- 2009
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30. Oral versus intravenous rehydration of moderately dehydrated children.
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Greenough WB 3rd
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- Child, Child, Preschool, Dehydration etiology, Developing Countries, Gastroenteritis complications, Glucose administration & dosage, Home Nursing, Humans, Infant, Infusions, Intravenous, Oryza, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Solutions administration & dosage, United States, Dehydration therapy, Fluid Therapy methods, Fluid Therapy statistics & numerical data
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- 2005
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31. Tropical medicine: melioidosis? Never heard of it...
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Aldhous P
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- Agriculture, Animals, Bacterial Vaccines, Biomedical Research economics, Biomedical Research ethics, Burkholderia mallei genetics, Burkholderia pseudomallei genetics, Burkholderia pseudomallei pathogenicity, Burkholderia pseudomallei physiology, Clinical Trials as Topic trends, Evolution, Molecular, Humans, National Institutes of Health (U.S.) economics, National Institutes of Health (U.S.) trends, Oryza, Shock, Septic complications, Shock, Septic microbiology, Thailand epidemiology, United States, Biomedical Research trends, Bioterrorism prevention & control, Melioidosis drug therapy, Melioidosis economics, Melioidosis epidemiology, Melioidosis microbiology, Tropical Medicine trends
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- 2005
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32. Absorption, distribution and excretion of selenium from beef and rice in healthy North American men.
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Hawkes WC, Alkan FZ, and Oehler L
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- Adult, Animals, Cattle, Diet, Feces chemistry, Humans, Male, Selenium blood, Selenium pharmacology, Tissue Distribution, United States, Intestinal Absorption, Meat, Oryza, Selenium pharmacokinetics
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Previous metabolic studies of selenium used pure selenium compounds with pharmacologic activities unrelated to selenium nutrition. Healthy men were fed foods naturally high or low in selenium while confined to a metabolic research unit. Selenium intake was 47 microg/d (595 nmol/d) for 21 d while energy intakes and body weights were stabilized and selenium excretion and intake came into metabolic balance. On d 22, selenium intake was changed to either 14 microg/d (177 nmol/d, low selenium) or 297 microg/d (3.8 micromol, high selenium) for the remaining 99 d. The absorption, distribution and excretion of selenium in food were similar to selenomethionine, and distinctly different from sodium selenite. Daily urinary selenium excretion and selenium concentrations in plasma and RBC showed the largest responses to selenium intake relative to interindividual variation. Urinary selenium and plasma selenium responded most rapidly to changes in selenium intake, whereas RBC reflected longer-term selenium intake. Given the difficulty of 24-h urine collections outside a metabolic research unit, RBC and plasma selenium seem to be the most useful indicators of selenium intake. During the intervention period, the high selenium group retained 15 mg (190 micromol) of selenium, with approximately 5 mg (63 micromol) going into skeletal muscle. The low selenium group lost only 0.9 mg (11 micromol) of whole-body selenium but lost 3.3 mg (42 micromol) from muscle, indicating that selenium was redistributed from muscle to tissues that have a higher metabolic priority for selenium such as testes. Fecal excretion decreased by half, representing an important but previously underappreciated adaptation to selenium restriction.
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- 2003
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33. EPA error risked halving India's rice harvest.
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Gopal ES
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- India, United States, Crops, Agricultural economics, Greenhouse Effect, Methane analysis, Oryza, United States Environmental Protection Agency
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- 2000
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34. FDA and Pharmanex clash over dietary supplement.
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- Advertising, Drug Approval, Drug Industry, Lovastatin, Phytotherapy, United States, Anticholesteremic Agents, Food, Fortified standards, Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Oryza, United States Food and Drug Administration
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- 1997
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35. Influence on the selenium concentration and selenium intake of infants of infants of ingredients in Spanish homogenised infant beikosts.
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Ortuño J, Ros G, Periago MJ, Martínez C, López G, and Rodrigo J
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- Animals, Cattle, Chickens, Fishes, Humans, Infant, Meat, Nutritional Requirements, Oryza, Reproducibility of Results, Spain, Spectrophotometry, Atomic methods, United States, Vegetables, Infant Food analysis, Selenium analysis, Selenium metabolism
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Selenium (Se) concentration in 13 homogenised beikosts ("any additional food used in infant nutrition different from human milk and formulas") was investigated, as well as the influence of ingredients on Se concentration in three beikost types (meat, vegetables and fish). Levels of Se varied widely, ranging from 20 micrograms/kg d.w. for mixed vegetables to 258 micrograms/kg d.w. for hake with rice. These values increased as high-protein ingredients (meat or fish) were included. Fish-based beikosts showed the highest contribution of Se, covering more than 50% of the RDA in the USA for infants from 6 to 12 months old. The best Se sources were meat and fish, and their contributions to Se concentrations in the final products were 85.3% for chicken with rice and 75% for hake and vegetables.
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- 1997
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36. Composition and preliminary evaluation of a hydrolyzed rice-based oral rehydration solution for the treatment of acute diarrhea in children.
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Lebenthal E, Khin-Maung-U, Rolston DD, Melman S, Jirapinyo P, Shin K, Takita H, Firmansyah A, Ismail R, and Bakri A
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- Acute Disease, Amylases metabolism, Amylopectin metabolism, Child, Preschool, Chlorides analysis, Dehydration epidemiology, Dehydration metabolism, Dehydration therapy, Diarrhea epidemiology, Diarrhea metabolism, Diarrhea, Infantile epidemiology, Diarrhea, Infantile metabolism, Glucans therapeutic use, Humans, Indonesia epidemiology, Infant, Japan epidemiology, Male, Osmolar Concentration, Potassium analysis, Rehydration Solutions chemistry, Rehydration Solutions therapeutic use, Sodium analysis, Thailand epidemiology, United States epidemiology, World Health Organization, Diarrhea therapy, Diarrhea, Infantile therapy, Glucans standards, Oryza, Rehydration Solutions standards
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to experimentally develop and clinically evaluate the safety and potential usefulness of a rice-based, short glucose polymer oral rehydration solution (ORS), Amylyte, in the treatment of acute diarrhea. Amylyte has a similar osmolality but a higher caloric density than the WHO ORS., Methods: Different amounts of rice were cooked in 500 ml of water containing salts (1.5 g NaCl, 600 mg KCl, and 150 mg CaCl2) with varying amounts of thermophilic amylase (252,500 modified Wohlgemuth units). Amylase (25 mg) thinned the gluey rice water when 100 g of rice was cooked in 500 ml of water for 10 minutes. The volume of the resultant supernatant (Amylyte) was approximately 250 ml. A two-part, clinical case study was performed. In study 1, 12 children with diarrhea and mild dehydration were studied to determine the safety of Amylyte. In study 2, Amylyte and the WHO ORS were given to 24 and 31 male children with acute diarrhea and moderate to severe dehydration, respectively., Results: 92-96% of the rice amylose and amylopectin were converted to short polymers of glucose (3-9 molecules of glucose). The osmolality of 7,994 packages used to make the Amylyte solution ranged between 277-340 mOsm/kg. The mean electrolyte composition was Na+ = 68 mEq/L, K+ = 20 mEq/L, Cl = 73 mEq/L, the caloric density 425 kcal/L and rice proteins 0.7 g/L. In study 1, 12 children with diarrhea and mild dehydration were rehydrated successfully with Amylyte ORS and the diarrhea ceased within 48 hours. None developed clinical features of carbohydrate intolerance. In study 2, an open-label clinical case study, children with acute diarrhea given Amylyte ORS had significantly less stool output than children given the WHO ORS., Conclusions: Amylyte ORS has the advantages of a higher caloric density than the WHO ORS and shares a simple preparation of appropriate osmolality and electrolyte composition. It can safely and effectively rehydrate children with acute diarrhea and dehydration.
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- 1995
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37. Rice-based oral rehydration fluid in the treatment of infant diarrhea.
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Cusson RM
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- Diarrhea, Infantile epidemiology, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, United States epidemiology, Diarrhea, Infantile therapy, Fluid Therapy methods, Oryza
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- 1992
38. Drop Those Chopsticks! Sushi Is Finger Food, He Says.
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Fabrikcant, Florence
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Using chopsticks to eat sushi? Wrong, wrong, wrong, says Trevor Corson, the author of ''The Story of Sushi'' (originally published as ''The Zen of Fish,'' Harper Perennial, 2008). Mr. Corson, standing above, who calls himself a sushi concierge, is holding classes at Jewel Bako in the East Village to show Americans how to navigate the sushi bar as Japanese connoisseurs do. He recommends finding a sushi bar you like, never sitting at a table and getting to know the chef, from whom you should request omakase, or chef's choice. Eat the sushi with your fingers, and if you want a little sauce, be sure to dip the fish, not the rice, and do not muddy it with wasabi (there may already be some under the fish). The class includes a sushi meal, prepared by the restaurant's staff. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2009
39. SPREADING RICEGRASS.
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RICEGRASSES ,ORYZA ,RANGE plants ,FORAGE plants ,HAY ,GRASSLANDS ,PRAIRIE plants ,GRASSES - Abstract
The article offers information on the Spreading Ricegrass, Oryzopsis asperifolia, in the U.S. These are native perennial grasses which stand 1 to 2.5 feet tall that grow in low, leafy, evergreen or semi-evergreen tufts. It has single, oval flower cluster with an awn that soon falls off. Their empty scales are left on the flowering stem after the grains have fallen out. They usually thrive in sandy or rocky upland woods and thickets. Their flowers bloom in May and despite its name, it is unrelated to cultivated rice.
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- 2008
40. Association of diet and place of birth with stomach cancer incidence in Hawaii Japanese and Caucasians.
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Kolonel LN, Nomura AM, Hirohata T, Hankin JH, and Hinds MW
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- Aged, Animals, Ascorbic Acid administration & dosage, Dietary Carbohydrates administration & dosage, Female, Fishes, Food Preservation, Hawaii, Humans, Japan ethnology, Male, Middle Aged, Oryza, Sex Factors, Sodium Chloride, United States ethnology, Vegetables, Asian People, Diet, Stomach Neoplasms epidemiology, White People
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Stomach cancer incidence rates were compared among four groups: Japanese in Japan, Japanese in Hawaii, Caucasians in Hawaii, and all American whites. The highest rates at all ages occurred in the Japan Japanese, followed next by the Hawaii Japanese. Hawaii Caucasians tended to have similar age-specific rates to American whites in general. When the Japanese and Caucasians in Hawaii were divided by place of birth, the Japanese migrants to Hawaii had higher age-adjusted incidence rates than the Japanese born in Hawaii, while the Caucasian migrants to Hawaii (chiefly from the United States mainland) had lower rates than the Caucasians born in Hawaii. Examination of dietary data in relation to the place-of-birth-specific incidence rates showed positive association of stomach cancer with consumption of rice, pickled vegetables, and dried/salted fish, and a negative association with vitamin C intake. The results are consistent with the particular hypothesis that stomach cancer is caused by endogenous nitrosamine formation from dietary precursors, and that vitamin C may protect against the disease.
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- 1981
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41. Bacillus cereus food poisoning.
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Morris JG Jr
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- Foodborne Diseases epidemiology, Humans, Oryza, United States, Bacillus cereus, Food Microbiology, Foodborne Diseases etiology
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- 1981
42. Walter Kempner: a perspective.
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Stead EA Jr
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- History, 20th Century, Humans, Hypertension therapy, Oryza, United States, Diet Therapy history, Hypertension history
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- 1974
43. Treatment of hypertensive vascular disease with rice diet.
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Kempner W
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- Diet Therapy, History, 20th Century, Hypertension therapy, Oryza, United States, Hypertension history
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- 1974
44. Pesticides: the good and the bad.
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Mrak EM
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- Agricultural Workers' Diseases chemically induced, Agriculture, Animals, Antinematodal Agents poisoning, Egg Shell, Environmental Pollutants, Fishes physiology, Food Contamination, Humans, Legislation, Drug trends, Oryza, Pesticides poisoning, Polychlorinated Biphenyls toxicity, Species Specificity, United States, Vegetables, Pesticides pharmacology
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Pesticides have been used for many years. In earlier times they were a protection against fungi and insect pests. The great increase in the use of pesticides occurred with the development of new organic chemicals following World Wars I and II. In addition to chemicals for the control of fungi and insects, new developments were nematocides, herbicides, rodenticides, avicides, defoliants, wood preservatives, etc. The use of chemicals helped increase productivity, but caused great concern about their effect on human health and safety. On the other hand, chemicals did help tremendously from the standpoint of protecting against diseases that were carried by insects, especially mosquitoes. Adverse publicity has caused great concern about pesticides and this is especially so since our society has undergone great changes from an agricultural society to an industrial society and finally to a communications society. Unfortunately, publicity relating to the use of pesticides has seldom been balanced from the standpoint of the good and the bad. In fact, the communications media has and does usually stress the potential adverse effects of pesticides without reference to the good. This has caused concern on the part of advocates and the average person to the extent that it has placed heavy constraints on agriculture. There is a need for the dissemination of balanced information on the good as well as the bad of pesticides.
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- 1984
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45. Walter Kempner. A biographical note.
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Skyler JS
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- Diet Therapy, Germany, History, 20th Century, Humans, Hypertension therapy, Oryza, United States, Bibliographies as Topic, Hypertension history
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- 1974
46. Genetic improvement of plant protein.
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Johnson VA and Lay CL
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- Agriculture, Amino Acids analysis, Animals, Breeding, Edible Grain, Forecasting, Humans, Lysine analysis, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Oryza, Plant Proteins analysis, Plant Proteins standards, Plant Proteins therapeutic use, Protein-Energy Malnutrition therapy, Triticum, United States, Vegetables, Zea mays, Dietary Proteins metabolism, Genetics, Plant Proteins metabolism, Plants, Edible
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- 1974
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47. Nutrition realities in the lower income countries.
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Schertz LP
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- Africa, Animals, Asia, Australia, Developing Countries, Dietary Proteins, Economics, Edible Grain, Europe, Humans, India, International Cooperation, Oryza, Plant Proteins, South America, Triticum, USSR, United States, Agriculture, Food Supply, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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- 1973
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48. Ischemic heart disease and dietary fiber.
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Trowell H
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- Africa, Southern, Animals, Aorta metabolism, Bile Acids and Salts metabolism, Cellulose, Cholesterol blood, Cholesterol metabolism, Defecation, Europe, Female, Humans, Hyperlipidemias prevention & control, Lignin, Liver metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Nutrition Surveys, Oryza, Rats, United States, Coronary Disease prevention & control, Dietary Carbohydrates therapeutic use, Polysaccharides therapeutic use
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- 1972
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49. Semidwarf rice and wheat in global food needs.
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Athwal DS
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- Africa, Breeding, China, Developing Countries, Europe, Fertilizers, Genes, Genetic Variation, India, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Population Control, Seeds, South America, Taiwan, United States, Agriculture, Food Supply, Oryza, Triticum
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- 1971
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50. The world outlook for conventional agriculture. More emphasis is needed on farm price policy and plant research if future world food needs are to be met.
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Brown LR
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- Economics, Europe, Hybridization, Genetic, Japan, Oryza, Photosynthesis, Population Growth, Triticum, United States, Zea mays, Agriculture, Food Supply
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1) The worldwide demand for food will continue to be strong in the coming decades. Two forces-rapidly growing population and, in much of the world, rapidly rising incomes-are expected to result in increases in the demand for food even more rapid than those that have occurred during the past. 2) Conventional agriculture has assured an adequate food supply for the economically advanced one-third of the world. The challenge now is to assure an adequate food supply for the remaining two-thirds, where population is now increasing at the rate of 1 million people per week and where malnutrition is already widespread. 3) Economically feasible prospects for significantly expanding the world's area of cultivated land in the 1960's and 1970's are limited and largely confined to sub-Saharan Africa and the Amazon Basin. Even here, agronomic problems will limit the rate of expansion. When the cost of desalting seawater is substantially reduced-probably not before the late 1970's or early 1980's at best-it may become feasible to irrigate large areas of desert. 4) Given the limited possibilities for expanding the area of land under cultivation, most of the increases in world food needs must be met, for the foreseeable future, by raising the productivity of land already under cultivation. Food output per acre, rather static throughout most of history, has begun to increase rapidly in some of the more advanced countries in recent decades. All of the increases in food production over the past quarter century in North America, western Europe, and Japan have come from increasing the productivity of land already under cultivation. The area under cultivation has actually declined. 5) Achieving dramatic gains in land productivity requires a massive investment of capital and the widespread adoption of new technology. A similar effort must now be made in the less-developed nations if these nations are to feed their people. The most important single factor influencing this rate of investment is food prices, more particularly the relationship between the price farmers receive for their food products and the cost of modern inputs such as fertilizer. 6) In some of the more-developed countries where per-acre yields have been rising for a long time, there is now evidence that the rate of yield increase may be slowing. Nonrecurring inputs may have made their maximum contribution to output in the case of some crops, pushing yield levels past the middle of the S-shaped logistic curve. Although this cannot be determined with any certainty, the possibility that the middle of the curve has been passed in some instances should be taken into account in viewing the long-term future. 7) If the rate of increase in yield per acre does in fact begin to slow in some of the agriculturally advanced countries, additional pressure will be put on the less-developed countries-which have much of the world's unrealized food-production potential-to meet the continuing future increases in world food needs. 8) Man has not yet been able to bypass the process of photosynthesis in the production of food. This dependence on photosynthesis plays a significant role in determining the upper levels of the S-shaped yield curve. Additional research is urgently needed to increase the photosynthetic efficiency of crops and to raise the upper levels of economically feasible yields.
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- 1967
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