Effects of Different Retail Packaging Materials on the Shelflife of Dehusked Foxtail Millet

Pragnya, Pooran; Kumar, Ravi; Mathad, Pratima; Jha, V.B.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.705.210

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“…It is a subject of crop improvement with knowledge on genetic and genomic features due to its diverse germplasm, C 4 photosynthetic pathway, and small size of genome 11 . To date, scientific communities have focused on chemical composition, suitable processing techniques, the effect of pretreatment and processing operations on nutrient and antinutrient content, flour functionality, and the development of new food products, as well as their packaging and storability 12–17 . The unique agronomic features of the foxtail crop, the security offered to the environment, the economic benefits to farmers on cultivation, 18 and the positive effects on human health of consumption of foxtail millet or foods from it have caught researchers’ attentions 19 …”

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Foxtail millet: a potential crop to meet future demand scenario for alternative sustainable protein

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Foxtail millet (Setaria italica), an annual grass plant, produces seeds that possess health‐promoting properties owing to its unique protein composition containing a high content of essential amino acids. The mature foxtail seeds mainly consist of proline‐rich, alcohol‐soluble proteins (prolamin) called setarins, comprising about 60% of the total protein, with less content of disulfide cross‐linked proteins than with other cereal and millets. Protein fractionation schemes are an important tool and provide preliminary information on the nature of foxtail proteins for their applications in the field of agriculture, food pharma, and bio‐based materials. Variation in the methods of preparation can influence the composition, structure, and nutritional quality of the protein concentrate. Moreover, foxtail protein or its hydrolysate has shown several bioactive effects that can be explored further for the management of chronic diseases in humans. Additionally, owing to its low cost and excellent functional properties of flour and protein concentrate, foxtail millet can be considered as good candidate for replacing animal protein foods. Furthermore, there is huge potential for successfully developing low‐cost, protein‐rich functional food products helpful in the prevention and management of lifestyle‐related chronic diseases. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry

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Insect Pest Management in Stored Millets

Rajendran,

Sriranjini

2024

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Recognizing the significance of millets as Nutri-Cereals, India celebrated the National Year of Millets in 2018, and subsequently, as proposed by India, the FAO of the United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYoM). Consequently, there has been an intensive drive, globally, to increase the production and popularise the consumption of whole as well as processed millets by creating an awareness about their significant health benefits and richness in nutritional elements. Besides food, millets play a role as feed and in industrial uses. In commensurate with anticipated higher production, storage and international trade of whole millets and their products, it is important to protect millets throughout the supply chain from stored grain insects, the predominant biotic agent responsible for their qualitative and quantitative losses. In this context, this review focusses on the type of insect infestation encountered in millets from field to consumer levels affecting their market value and causing consumer concern. Insect management techniques adopted by the stakeholders such as farmers, traders, and government grain storage agencies are discussed. Due to financial constraints, small holder farmers use traditional storages and insect management measures using locally available plant products. Like other cereals, fumigation with aluminium phosphide (phosphine) preparations has a major role in insect pest management in millets at various storage levels. Hermetic storage bags of different capacities are used in India and in other millet producing countries especially at farmers level as a valuable insect management tool for whole millets and seed materials. Powdered and processed millets have shorter shelf-life and are more vulnerable to insect attack during storage. Hence, there are studies to increase their shelf life and to check infestation by suitable packaging material. Alternate insect management techniques investigated include ozone treatment, protective packaging materials, screening and breeding of millet varieties that are resistant to grain insects National regulations pertinent to insect management in stored millets have also been discussed.

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Effects of Different Retail Packaging Materials on the Shelflife of Dehusked Foxtail Millet

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Foxtail millet: a potential crop to meet future demand scenario for alternative sustainable protein

Foxtail millet: a potential crop to meet future demand scenario for alternative sustainable protein

Insect Pest Management in Stored Millets

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