Volatile Organic Compounds in Food Security: The Role of Neglected and Underutilized Legumes

African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms) is an annual legume with the capacity to produce bean seeds in a pod and produce tubers with varying seed patterns and colors. It is suggested to have the potential to significantly boost food security in sub-Saharan Africa due to its considerable nutritional qualities but still yet underutilized. Many farmers show limited interest in its production owing to limited knowledge of its nutritional profile, income generation capacity for small-holder farmers’, processing, and other related utilization concerns. This study evaluated the proximate and antinutrient composition of processed and unprocessed seeds of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms.). Seeds were harvested from the experimental research field consisting of 50 accessions at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. They were divided into two portions; the first was processed by oven drying at 60°C for 24 hours and the second was left raw. There were significant differences (P<0.05) in the levels of proximate and antinutrient in the forms in which the samples were analyzed. TSs104 had the highest protein content of 25.08%, while the lowest was TSs68 (20.50%). However, in the unprocessed seed, protein content ranged between 24.93% (TSs38) and 19.13% (TSs11). Both processed and unprocessed seeds had high carbohydrate contents. In processed seeds, TSs9 (62.93%) had the highest percentage and TSs1 (29.64%) recorded the lowest. In unprocessed seed, the percentage ranged between 67.36% (TSs4) and 54.23% (TSs38). The observed variation may suggest possible suitability of seed for various end-use products and targeted breeding programs for crop improvements. In sub-Saharan Africa, this lesser-known legume could be adapted as a promising food crop in combating protein-energy malnutrition.

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“…ey are grown to support families, offer high nutritional value, and are currently neglected and sparsely documented [4,[11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Evaluation of Nutritional and Antinutritional Properties of African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa(Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms.) Seeds

Adegboyega

Abberton

AbdelGadir

et al. 2020

Journal of Food Quality

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“…This suggests that, despite having significant N fertilization effects on herbivore-induced plant defenses, the parasitoids failed to differentiate between S. exigua larval feeding on physiologically different cotton plants that share huge constitutive volatile pools releasable when induced by herbivorous insects. To increase food security and to domesticate and utilize these crops' immense potential for sustainable agriculture, bioprospecting of VOCs in some crops including legumes is encouraged (Grebosz et al, 2017).…”

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Effects of nitrogen fertilization on crops and their associated insect communities: a global food security perspective

Rahman

2022

Asian Australas. J. Food. Saf. Secur.

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Nitrogen (N) fertilization reduces worldwide food insecurity by boosting crop yield and stability. N is one of the most essential macromolecules required for the growth and reproduction of plants. It occurs in diverse chemical forms and circulates in natural and agricultural ecosystems. It is a constituent of chlorophyll, hence is required for the photosynthesis of plants. Plants receive N through their roots in the form of ammonia or nitrate. Nutritional quality and defense of plants that have a direct impact on herbivorous insects are altered by N fertilization and herbivorous insects can differentiate between plants that receive different applications of N fertilizer. Increasing N fertilization has a variable impact on plant species composition, plant growth, plant biomass, and yields. Plant tissue N and protein contents are also affected by nitrogen fertilization. Moreover, nitrogen fertilization affects many aspects of insects such as population dynamics, larval count, larval weight, feeding choice, and oviposition preference. Furthermore, predatory insect abundance, parasitization performance, and development of parasitoids on host insects are negatively affected by N fertilization. Other important effects of N fertilization are the hemolymph protein profile of herbivores, emission of VOCs, phytohormone biosynthesis, and direct and indirect defense of plants. The aim of this literature research is to demonstrate the effects of variable doses of N fertilization on the crop-herbivore-natural enemy tri-trophic systems. The information gathered in this review might help researchers understand the impact of optimal and excessive N fertilization on crop production and food security. Asian Australas. J. Food Saf. Secur. 2022, 6 (2), 48-56

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Volatile Organic Compounds in Food Security: The Role of Neglected and Underutilized Legumes

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Evaluation of Nutritional and Antinutritional Properties of African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa(Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms.) Seeds

Evaluation of Nutritional and Antinutritional Properties of African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa(Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms.) Seeds

Effects of nitrogen fertilization on crops and their associated insect communities: a global food security perspective

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