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Gurtler JB, Garner CM, Mullen CA, Vinyard BT. Minimum Concentrations of Slow Pyrolysis Paper and Walnut Hull Cyclone Biochars Needed to Inactivate Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Soil. J Food Prot 2024; 87:100210. [PMID: 38158047 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2023.100210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Antimicrobial properties of biochar have been attributed to its ability to inactivate foodborne pathogens in soil, to varying degrees. High concentrations of biochar have reduced E. coli O157:H7 in soil and dairy manure compost, based on alkaline pH. Preliminary studies evaluating 31 different biochars determined that two slow pyrolysis biochars (paper biochar and walnut hull cyclone biochar) were the most effective at inactivating E. coli in soil. A study was conducted to determine the lowest percentages of paper and walnut hull cyclone biochars needed to reduce E. coli O157:H7 in soil. A model soil was adjusted to 17.75% moisture, and the two types of biochar were added at concentrations of 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, and 6.5%. Nontoxigenic E. coli O157:H7 were inoculated into soil at 6.84 log CFU/g and stored for up to 6 weeks at 21°C. Mean E. coli O157:H7 counts were 6.01-6.86 log CFU/g at all weeks between 1 and 6 in soil-only positive control samples. Populations in all soil amended with 1.0 and 1.5% of either type of biochar (as well as 2.0% of the walnut hull biochar) resulted in ≤0.68 log reductions at week 6, when compared with positive controls. All other concentrations (i.e., ≥2.0% paper and ≥2.5% walnut hull) inactivated ≥2.7 log at all weeks between 1 and 6 (p < 0.05). At the end of 6 weeks, E. coli O157:H7 declined by 2.84 log in 2.0% paper biochar samples, while concentrations of between 2.5 and 6.5% paper biochar completely inactivated E. coli O157:H7, as determined by spiral plating, at weeks 5 and 6. In contrast, 2.0% walnut hull biochar lowered populations by only 0.38 log at week 6, although 2.5-6.5% concentrations of walnut hull biochar resulted in complete inactivation at all weeks between 3 and 6, as assessed by spiral plating. In summary, ≥2.5% paper or walnut hull biochar reduced ≥5.0 log of E. coli O157:H7 during the 6-week storage period, which we attribute to high soil alkalinity. Amended at a 2.5% concentration, the pH of soil with paper or walnut hull biochar was 10.67 and 10.06, respectively. Results from this study may assist growers in the use of alkaline biochar for inactivating E. coli O157:H7 in soil.
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- Joshua B Gurtler
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038-8551, USA.
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038-8551, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038-8551, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Bldg. 003, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA
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Luchansky JB, Barlow K, Webb B, Beczkiewicz A, Merrill B, Vinyard BT, Shane LE, Shoyer BA, Osoria M, Campano SG, Porto-Fett ACS. Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. During Cooking of Country Ham and Fate of L. monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus During Storage of Country Ham Slices. J Food Prot 2024; 87:100222. [PMID: 38218339 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Thermal inactivation studies were undertaken on Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. inoculated on the surface of country ham. Hams (average = ca. 3.4 ± 0.5 kg each; average = ca. ≥18% shrinkage) were used as provided by the processor (i.e., "salted hams"), desalted in tap water (i.e., "desalted hams"), or dried for an additional period (i.e., "extra-dried hams"). Hams were surface inoculated (ca. 9.5 log CFU/ham) with a multistrain cocktail of L. monocytogenes or Salmonella spp. and cooked within a bag ina circulating water bath to an internal temperature of 130°F (54.4°C) instantaneous, 145°F (62.8°C) and held for 4 min, 153°F (67.2°C) and held for 34 s, or 160°F (71.1°C) instantaneous. Regardless of ham type, all four time and temperature combinations tested herein delivered a ≥6.7-log reduction of cells of L. monocytogenes or Salmonella spp. Differences in product pH, moisture content, or aw did not have an appreciable impact on the thermal inactivation of L. monocytogenes or Salmonella spp. on country ham. In addition, shelf-life studies were undertaken using slices of "salted" country ham that were surface inoculated (ca. 5.5 log CFU/slice) with a multistrain cocktail of L. monocytogenes or Staphylococcus aureus and then stored at 20°C. Levels of S. aureus increased by ca. ≤1.4 log CFU/slice during storage for 90 days, whereas levels of L. monocytogenes remained relatively unchanged (≤0.2 log CFU/slice increase). Our data validated that cooking parameters elaborated in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A) are sufficient to deliver significant reductions (ca. ≥6.8 log CFU/ham) in levels of L.monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. on country ham. In addition, in the event of postprocessing contamination, country ham may support the outgrowth of S. aureus or survival of L. monocytogenes during storage at 20°C for 90 days.
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- John B Luchansky
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA.
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
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Roseland JM, Phillips KM, Vinyard BT, Todorov T, Ershow AG, Pehrsson PR. Large Iodine Variability in Retail Cows' Milk in the U.S.: A Follow-Up Study among Different Retail Outlets. Nutrients 2023; 15:3077. [PMID: 37513495 PMCID: PMC10383396 DOI: 10.3390/nu15143077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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In a previous study, large variability in iodine content was found among samples of store brand retail milk at a single time point in a sampling taken from 24 nationwide U.S. locations for the USDA FoodData Central database, but the sampling plan was not designed to detect differences among locations. This follow-up study was carried out to evaluate iodine levels in retail milk across the U.S. over time. Milk samples (2% fat) were collected bimonthly in fourteen locations for one year and analyzed in duplicate. Control materials were used to support accuracy of results and ensure precision across analytical batches. The overall mean and standard error (SE) for iodine concentration were 82.5 (7.0) µg/240 mL serving, which was comparable to the previous national mean [85.0 (5.5) µg/240 mL]. A similar wide range among individual samples was detected (27.9-282 µg/240 mL). For some locations, the mean iodine concentration differed significantly from others, and differed from the national average by amounts ranging from -47 µg to +37 µg per serving. The between-sample range within location was large for some (up to 229 µg/serving) and minimal for others (as little as 13.2 µg/serving). These findings suggest iodine intake from some retail milk supplies could be over- or underestimated relative to the national average, even if the national average is suitable for population-wide intake estimates.
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- Janet M Roseland
- Methods and Application of Food Composition Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Statistics Group, Northeast Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Office of Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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- Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Methods and Application of Food Composition Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Luchansky JB, Shane LE, Osoria M, Vinyard BT, Shoyer BA, Campano SG, Porto-Fett ACS. Fate of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., and Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli on Slices of an All-Beef Soppressata during Storage. Foods 2023; 12:foods12101954. [PMID: 37238772 DOI: 10.3390/foods12101954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Cells of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., or Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) were inoculated (ca. 4.0 log CFU/slice) onto slices (ca. 4 g each slice) of an all-beef soppressata (ca. pH 5.05 and aw 0.85). The storage of vacuum-sealed slices of inoculated soppressata at 4 °C or 20 °C for 90 days resulted in reductions of all three pathogens by ca. 2.2 to 3.1 or ca. ≥3.3 log CFU/slice, respectively. When pathogen levels decreased to below detection (≤1.18 log CFU/slice) by direct plating, it was possible to recover each of the target pathogens by enrichment, albeit more frequently from slices stored at 4 °C (p < 0.05) compared to 20 °C. In summary, the slices of the commercially produced beef soppressata selected for this study did not provide a favorable environment for either survival or outgrowth of surface-inoculated cells of L. monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., or STEC during storage.
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- John B Luchansky
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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Lu X, Han YC, Shepherd BS, Xiang Y, Deng DF, Vinyard BT. Molecular Analysis and Sex-specific Response of the Hepcidin Gene in Yellow Perch (Perca Flavescens) Following Lipopolysaccharide Challenge. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2023; 15:215-225. [PMID: 36562953 DOI: 10.1007/s12602-022-10024-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hepcidin antimicrobial peptide (hamp) is active in teleosts against invading pathogens and plays important roles in the stress and immune responses of finfish. The response of hamp gene was studied in yellow perch (yp) (Perca flavescens) challenged with lipopolysaccharides to understand if this immunity response is sex-specifically different. The cloned hamp gene consists of an open-reading frame of 273 bp and encodes a deduced protein of 90 amino acids (a.a.), which includes a signal peptide of 24 a.a., a pro-domain of 40 a.a. and a mature peptide of 26 a.a. Yp hamp involves 8 cysteine residues with 4 disulfide bonds, and a protein with an internal alpha helix flanked with C- and N-terminal random coils was modeling predicted. RT-qPCR was used to analyze the relative abundances (RAs) of hamp mRNA in the livers of juvenile female and male yellow perch challenged with lipopolysaccharide. The expression levels of hamp were significantly elevated by 3 h (RA = 7.3) and then peaked by 6 h (RA = 29.4) post-treatment in females but the peak was delayed to 12 h (RA = 65.4) post-treatment in males. The peak mRNA level of challenged males was shown 7.6-fold higher than females. The post-treatment responses in both genders decreased to their lowest levels by 24 h and 48 h. Overall, female perch had an earlier but less-sensitive response to the lipopolysaccharide challenge than male.
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- Xing Lu
- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan, 430223, Hubei, China
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education-Oak Ridge Associated Universities-US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service-School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA.
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- US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service-School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA
- School of Basic Medical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53204, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service/Northeast Area Statistics Group, Beltsville, MD, USA
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Luchansky JB, Campano SG, Rieker M, Mahoney C, Vinyard BT, Shane LE, Shoyer BA, Osoria M, C S Porto-Fett A. Viability of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. on Slices of a German-Style Bologna Containing Blends of Organic Acid Salts During Storage at 4 or 12°C. J Food Prot 2023; 86:100019. [PMID: 36916599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2022.100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Viability of cells of Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella spp. was quantified on slices of a German-style bologna manufactured by a local butcher to contain no added antimicrobials or to include 0.9% or 1.3% of a blend of potassium acetate and sodium diacetate (K-Ace) or 2.5% of a blend of potassium lactate and sodium diacetate (K-Lac) as ingredients. After slicing (ca. 7.1 cm L by 6.7 cm W, ca. 0.5 cm thick, ca. 22.4 g each), a single slice of bologna was placed into a nylon-polyethylene bag and surface inoculated with 250 µL per side of a five-strain mixture of either cells of L. monocytogenes or Salmonella spp. to achieve an initial level of ca. 3.5-4.0 log CFU/slice. The packages were vacuum-sealed and then stored at 4 or 12°C for 90 and 30 days, respectively. Without antimicrobials added to the formulation, L. monocytogenes numbers increased by ca. 5.4 and 6.0 log CFU/slice at both 4 and 12°C during the entire 90- and 30-day storage period, respectively. Likewise, levels of Salmonella also increased by ca. 6.0 log CFU/slice at 12°C in the absence of added antimicrobials; however, levels of this pathogen decreased by ca. 1.7 log CFU/slice after 90 days at 4°C. With the inclusion of 0.9% or 1.3% K-Ace or 2.5% K-Lac in the bologna formulation, levels of L. monocytogenes decreased by ca. ≤0.7 log CFU/slice after 90 days at 4°C, whereas levels of Salmonella decreased by ca. 1.6-2.3 log CFU/slice. After 30 days at 12°C, levels of L. monocytogenes increased by ca. ≤3.4 log CFU/slice on product containing 0.9% K-Ace or 2.5% K-Lac but remained relatively unchanged on slices formulated with 1.3% K-Ace. For Salmonella, in the presence of 0.9% or 1.3% K-Ace or 2.5% K-Lac, pathogen levels decreased by ca. ≤0.7 log CFU/slice at 12°C after 30 days. Our data validate that the inclusion of K-Ace (0.9% or 1.3%) or K-Lac (2.5%) as ingredients is effective for controlling L. monocytogenes and Salmonella on slices of bologna during refrigerated storage.
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- John B Luchansky
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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Cornelius ML, Vinyard BT, Weber DC. Annual and Seasonal Changes in Parasitism Rates by Hadronotus Pennsylvanicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on the Squash Bug Anasa Tristis (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in Squash Fields: Implications for Augmentative Releases. Insects 2022; 13:984. [PMID: 36354808 PMCID: PMC9693398 DOI: 10.3390/insects13110984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This study evaluated parasitism rates by Hadronotus pennsylvanicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on the squash bug Anasa tristis DeGeer (Hemiptera: Coreidae) over a six-year period in squash fields in Maryland. From 2016-2021, 2226 wild squash bug egg masses were collected, 2180 (98.0%) A. tristis egg masses and 46 (2.0%) A. armigera egg masses. The mean (±SE) parasitism rate was 10.9 ± 0.16%. Yearly parasitism rates were significantly different with rates in 2017 and 2018 that were significantly lower than in 2019, 2020, and 2021. The significant difference in parasitism rates based on planting date was primarily due to the high parasitism rate observed in 2021. These results suggest that the use of augmentative releases early in the season could result in effective control by increasing parasitism earlier in the season and by causing the parasitism rate in the field to peak at a higher number late in the season.
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- Mary L. Cornelius
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agriculture Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Building 007, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Statistics Group, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area Office, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agriculture Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Building 007, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Porto-Fett ACS, Espuña E, Shane LE, Shoyer BA, McGeary L, Vinyard BT, Stahler LJ, Osoria M, Luchansky JB. Viability of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes during Preparation and Storage of Fuet, a Traditional Dry-Cured Spanish Pork Sausage. J Food Prot 2022; 85:879-889. [PMID: 35294002 DOI: 10.4315/jfp-21-356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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ABSTRACT The primary objective of this study was to monitor viability of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes during preparation and storage of fuet. Regarding methodology, coarse-ground pork (ca. 35% fat) was mixed with salt (2.5%), dextrose (0.3%), starter culture (ca. 7.0 log CFU/g), celery powder (0.5%), and ground black pepper (0.3%) and then separately inoculated with a multistrain cocktail (ca. 7.0 log CFU/g) of each pathogen. The batter was stuffed into a ca. 42-mm natural swine casing and fermented at 23 ± 2°C and ca. 95% ± 4% relative humidity to ≤pH 5.3 (≤48 h). Sausages were then dried at 12 ± 2°C and ca. 80% ± 4% relative humidity to a water activity (aw) of 0.89 (within 33 days) or aw 0.86 (within 60 days). A portion of each batch of fuet was subjected to high-pressure processing (HPP; 600 MPa for 3 min) before chubs were vacuum packaged and stored for 30 days at 20 ± 2°C. The results revealed that pathogen numbers remained relatively unchanged after fermentation (≤0.35 log CFU/g reduction), whereas reductions of ca. 0.8 to 3.2 log CFU/g were achieved after drying fuet to aw 0.89 or 0.86. Regardless of whether fuet was or was not pressure treated, additional reductions of ca. 2.2 to ≥5.3 log CFU/g after drying were achieved following 30 days of storage at 20°C. For non-HPP-treated fuet dried to aw 0.89 and stored for 30 days at 20°C, total reductions of ≥5.3 log CFU/g in levels of STEC or Salmonella spp. were achieved, whereas levels of L. monocytogenes were reduced by ca. 3.6 log CFU/g. Total reductions of ≥5.3 log CFU/g in levels of all three pathogens were achieved after drying non-HPP-treated fuet to aw 0.86. For fuet dried to aw 0.89 or 0.86, that were pressure treated and then stored for 30 days at 20°C, total reductions of >6.2 log CFU/g in levels of all three pathogens were achieved. In conclusion, the processing parameters tested herein, with or without application of HPP, validated that reductions of ≥2.0 or ≥5.0 log CFU/g in levels of STEC, Salmonella spp., and L. monocytogenes were achieved during preparation and storage of fuet. HIGHLIGHTS
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- Anna C S Porto-Fett
- Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
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- Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
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- Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
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- Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
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- Statistics Group, Northeast Area Office, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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- Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
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- Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
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- Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038
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Jenkins MC, Parker C, O'Brien C, Camp MJ, Vinyard BT, Heeder C, Proszkowiec-Weglarz M. Metagenomic Analysis of 16S Clostridium perfringens Amplicons Corroborates C. perfringens Counts on Select Agar and C. perfringens PCR Analyses of Bacteria in Broiler Farm Litter. Avian Dis 2021; 65:554-558. [DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-21-00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Mark C. Jenkins
- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Statistics Group, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Statistics Group, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Machtinger ET, Nadolny RM, Vinyard BT, Eisen L, Hojgaard A, Haynes SA, Bowman L, Casal C, Li AY. Spatial Heterogeneity of Sympatric Tick Species and Tick-Borne Pathogens Emphasizes the Need for Surveillance for Effective Tick Control. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2021; 21:843-853. [PMID: 34463140 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2021.0027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three tick species that can transmit pathogen causing disease are commonly found parasitizing people and animals in the mid-Atlantic United States: the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say), the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis [Say]), and the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum [L.]) (Acari: Ixodidae). The potential risk of pathogen transmission from tick bites acquired at schools in tick-endemic areas is a concern, as school-aged children are a high-risk group for tick-borne disease. Integrated pest management (IPM) is often required in school districts, and continued tick range expansion and population growth will likely necessitate IPM strategies to manage ticks on school grounds. However, an often-overlooked step of tick management is monitoring and assessment of local tick species assemblages to inform the selection of control methodologies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate tick species presence, abundance, and distribution and the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in both questing ticks and those removed from rodent hosts on six school properties in Maryland. Overall, there was extensive heterogeneity in tick species dominance, abundance, and evenness across the field sites. A. americanum and I. scapularis were found on all sites in all years. Overall, A. americanum was the dominant tick species. D. variabilis was collected in limited numbers. Several pathogens were found in both questing ticks and those removed from rodent hosts, although prevalence of infection was not consistent between years. Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia ewingii, and Ehrlichia "Panola Mountain" were identified in questing ticks, and B. burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi were detected in trapped Peromyscus spp. mice. B. burgdorferi was the dominant pathogen detected. The impact of tick diversity on IPM of ticks is discussed.
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- Erika T Machtinger
- USDA, ARS, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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- Army Public Health Center, Tick-Borne Disease Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Army Public Health Center, Tick-Borne Disease Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA
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- Army Public Health Center, Tick-Borne Disease Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA
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- Army Public Health Center, Tick-Borne Disease Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA
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- USDA, ARS, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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Cornelius ML, Herlihy MV, Vinyard BT, Weber DC, Greenstone MH. Parasitism and Predation on Sentinel Egg Masses of Three Stink Bug Species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Native and Exotic Ornamental Landscapes. J Econ Entomol 2021; 114:590-596. [PMID: 33522562 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toaa329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study evaluated parasitism and predation on sentinel egg masses of three stink bug species, the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say), the brown stink bug, Euschistus servus (Say), and the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål), in ornamental landscapes composed of either native or exotic plants. This study also compared the species composition of parasitoids attacking two native stink bug species (P. maculiventris and E. servus) with those attacking the invasive BMSB on the same tree species in the same habitat. Overall, egg parasitism and predation were much higher on the two native stink bug species compared with BMSB, with an average parasitism rate of 20.6% for E. servus, 12.7% for P. maculiventris, and only 4.2% for H. halys and an average predation rate of 8.2% for E. servus,17.7% for P. maculiventris, and 2.3% for H. halys. Egg predation was also significantly higher on P. maculiventris than on E. servus eggs. Eight parasitoid species attacked sentinel stink bug eggs in the ornamental landscaped plots. Trissolcus euschisti (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) was the predominant parasitoid for all three stink bug species. There were no significant differences in parasitism and predation rates on any of the stink bug species between native and exotic plots. Therefore, there is no evidence that ornamental landscapes composed of native plants increased parasitism or predation rates of sentinel egg masses of two native stink bug species or the invasive BMSB, compared with those composed entirely of exotic plants.
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- Mary L Cornelius
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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- Statistics Group, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area Office, Beltsville, MD
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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Cornelius ML, Vinyard BT, Mowery JD, Hu JS. Ovipositional Behavior of the Egg Parasitoid Gryon pennsylvanicum (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on Two Squash Bug Species Anasa tristis (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and Anasa armigera: Effects of Parasitoid Density, Nutrition, and Host Egg Chorion on Parasitism Rates. Environ Entomol 2020; 49:1307-1315. [PMID: 33315077 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvaa118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study examined the ovipositional behavior of Gryon pennsylvanicum Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on egg masses of two squash bug species Anasa tristis DeGeer and Anasa armigera Say (Hemiptera: Coreidae) by evaluating how parasitoid density and access to nutrition influenced percent parasitism on egg masses of different sizes in laboratory tests. When three parasitoids were exposed to A. tristis egg masses with only three to five eggs, 72.7% of parasitoids became trapped in the eggs and failed to emerge successfully. These results suggest that competition between larvae within the egg may have reduced the fitness of the surviving parasitoid. Continual access to honey water did not significantly influence parasitism rates on A. armigera egg masses and only increased parasitism on A. tristis egg masses with 20-25 eggs. Overall, parasitism rates were higher on A. armigera egg masses than on A. tristis egg masses, and parasitoids were more likely to emerge successfully from A. armigera eggs than from A. tristis eggs. Parasitoids spent the same amount of time probing eggs of the two species, but they spent significantly more time drilling into A. tristis eggs than A. armigera eggs. Measurements taken using transmission electron microscopy determined that the average combined width of the epicuticle and exocuticle of the egg chorion was significantly greater for A. tristis eggs than for A. armigera eggs. This difference may account for the lower rates of parasitism and parasitoid emergence and for the increased time spent drilling into A. tristis eggs compared with A. armigera eggs.
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- Mary L Cornelius
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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- Statistics Group, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area Office, Beltsville, MD
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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Charron CS, Vinyard BT, Jeffery EH, Ross SA, Seifried HE, Novotny JA. BMI Is Associated With Increased Plasma and Urine Appearance of Glucosinolate Metabolites After Consumption of Cooked Broccoli. Front Nutr 2020; 7:575092. [PMID: 33072799 PMCID: PMC7542245 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2020.575092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Introduction: Preclinical studies suggest that brassica vegetable diets decrease cancer risk, but epidemiological studies show varied effects, resulting in uncertainty about any health impact of brassicas. Factors controlling absorption of glucosinolate metabolites may relate to inconsistent results. We reported previously that subjects with BMI > 26 kg/m2 (HiBMI), given cooked broccoli plus raw daikon radish (as a source of plant myrosinase) daily for 17 days, had lower glucosinolate metabolite absorption than subjects given a single broccoli meal. This difference was not seen in subjects with BMI < 26 kg/m2 (LoBMI). Our objective in this current study was to determine whether a similar response occurred when cooked broccoli was consumed without a source of plant myrosinase. Methods: In a randomized crossover study (n = 18), subjects consumed no broccoli for 16 days or the same diet with 200 g of cooked broccoli daily for 15 days and 100 g of broccoli on day 16. On day 17, all subjects consumed 200 g of cooked broccoli. Plasma and urine were collected for 24 h and analyzed for glucosinolate metabolites by LC-MS. Results: There was no effect of diet alone or interaction of diet with BMI. However, absorption doubled in HiBMI subjects (AUC 219%, plasma mass of metabolites 202% compared to values for LoBMI subjects) and time to peak plasma metabolite values and 24-h urinary metabolites also increased, to 127 and 177% of LoBMI values, respectively. Conclusion: BMI impacts absorption and metabolism of glucosinolates from cooked broccoli, and this association must be further elucidated for more efficacious dietary recommendations. Clinical Trial Registration: This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03013465).
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- Craig S Charron
- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Statistics Group, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Division of Cancer Protection, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Division of Cancer Protection, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, United States
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Stephen R. Delwiche
- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Food Quality Laboratory USDA, Agricultural Research Service Beltsville MD USA
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- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Food Quality Laboratory USDA, Agricultural Research Service Beltsville MD USA
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- Northeast Area Office of the Director Statistics Group USDA‐ARS Beltsville MD USA
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Phenolic phytochemical are known to perform several functions ranging from phytoprotectants, to protecting lipids in food products, to antioxidant activity in animals and humans. The need for a common standard mixture containing multiple phenolic phytochemicals is critical for the development of a robust validation assay for accurately quantifying antioxidant activity in various matrixes. Different research groups have used A wide array of single purified reference phenolic compounds in this regard. A 5 compound mixture (caffeic acid, morin hydrate, hesperetin, catechin hydrate, and epigallocatechin gallate) containing phenolic compounds from 4 subgroups (phenolic acid, flavone, flavanone, and flavan-3-ol) was prepared. The mixture was assayed for stability evaluation by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a diode array detection procedure for a 3 month time interval. HPLC analysis confirmed that there was no significant interaction between different components of the mixture. The among-sample relative standard deviation (RSD) of all 5 phenolic compounds, as well as the total HPLC area, was <1. The RSD due to instrument variation was <2 and the total RSD among-days was <5. These results unambiguously suggest that the sample was stable for a 3 month time interval in an amber vial stored in a refrigerator below 5C. This mixture is currently being used for the single-laboratory validation study for the assay of total phenolic content by the Folin-Ciocalteu method and the antioxidant capacity by oxygen radical absorbing capacity procedure.
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- Devanand L Luthria
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Bldg 161, BARC (E), 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biometrical Consulting Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Li J, Teng Z, Weng S, Zhou B, Turner ER, Vinyard BT, Luo Y. Dynamic changes in the physicochemical properties of fresh-cut produce wash water as impacted by commodity type and processing conditions. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222174. [PMID: 31557181 PMCID: PMC6762053 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Organic materials in fresh-cut produce wash water deplete free chlorine that is required to prevent pathogen survival and cross-contamination. This research evaluated water quality parameters frequently used to describe organic load for their fitness to predict chlorine demand (CLD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD), which are major needs identified by the industry-led produce food safety taskforce. Batches of romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, or carrot of different cut sizes and shapes were washed in 40 liters of water. Physicochemical properties of wash water including CLD, COD, total organic carbon (TOC), total suspended solids (TSS), total dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity, total sugar content, and pH, were monitored. Results indicate that pH is primarily commodity dependent, while organic load is additionally impacted by cutting and washing conditions. Significant linear increases in COD, TOC, CLD, TDS, and turbidity resulted from increasing product-to-water ratio, and decreasing cut size. Physicochemical parameters, excluding pH, showed significant positive correlation across different cut sizes within a commodity. High correlations were obtained between CLD and COD and between COD and TOC for pooled products. The convenient measurement of TDS, along with its strong correlation with COD and CLD, suggests the potential of TDS for predicting organic load and chlorine reactivity. Finally, the potential application and limitation of the proposed models in practical produce processing procedures are discussed extensively.
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- Jie Li
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China
- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural, Research Center, Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States of America
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural, Research Center, Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States of America
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States of America
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- JHU/MWH Alliance, 615 N. Wolfe St., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural, Research Center, Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States of America
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural, Research Center, Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States of America
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- Statistics Group, Northeast Area Office, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States of America
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural, Research Center, Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States of America
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Cornelius ML, Vinyard BT, Gates MW. Use of Flowering Plants to Enhance Parasitism and Predation Rates on Two Squash Bug Species Anasa tristis and Anasa armigera (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Insects 2019; 10:insects10100318. [PMID: 31557963 PMCID: PMC6835606 DOI: 10.3390/insects10100318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A two-year study evaluated the effect of a flowering border of buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum Moench on rates of egg parasitism, egg predation and adult parasitism on two squash bug species, Anasa tristis (DeGeer) and Anasa armigera Say, by comparing rates in squash fields with and without a flowering border. Furthermore, we evaluated whether there was an edge effect by comparing parasitism and predation rates in plots located in the corner of a squash field with plots located in the center of a squash field for fields with and without a flowering border. The egg parasitism rates were not affected by either treatment (flowering border or control) or plot location (edge or center). Anasa armigera egg masses only accounted for 4.3% of the total egg masses collected. The egg parasitism rates increased gradually throughout the season, peaking in the last week of August in 2017 at 45% for A. tristis egg masses. The most common egg parasitoid recovered was Gryon pennsylvanicum (Ashmead) followed by Ooencyrtus anasae (Ashmead). Adult parasitism was not affected by treatment, but A. tristis adult parasitism rates were higher in plots located on the edge of squash fields compared with plots located in the center of squash fields in 2016. Since adult parasitoid, Trichopoda pennipes (Fabricius) flies were observed visiting buckwheat flowers, future studies could explore the possibility that the flowering buckwheat may have a more impact on adult parasitism if there was a greater distance between fields with and without a flowering border.
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- Mary L Cornelius
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Lab, ARS-USDA, Beltsville Agriculture Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Bldg. 007, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- Statistics Group, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area Office, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS-USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution Ave. NW, MRC 168, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
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Cao H, Pradhan AK, Karns JS, Hovingh E, Wolfgang DR, Vinyard BT, Kim SW, Salaheen S, Haley BJ, Van Kessel JAS. Age-Associated Distribution of Antimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli Isolated from Dairy Herds in Pennsylvania, 2013–2015. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2019; 16:60-67. [DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2018.2519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Huilin Cao
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
- Center of Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Statistic Group, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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Cornelius ML, Hu JS, Vinyard BT. Comparative Study of Egg Parasitism by Gryon pennsylvanicum (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on Two Squash Bug Species Anasa tristis and Anasa armigera (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Environ Entomol 2018; 47:1451-1458. [PMID: 30256925 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvy145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study evaluated how the size of the egg mass and the parasitoids prior exposure to eggs influenced parasitism rates by Gryon pennsylvanicum Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on egg masses of two squash bug species, Anasa tristis DeGeer and Anasa armigera Say (Hemiptera: Coreidae). G. pennsylvanicum is the primary egg parasitoid of A. tristis. There were no published reports available on egg parasitism of A. armigera. In choice tests, there was no difference in host acceptance by G. pennsylvanicum of egg masses of the two squash bug species. In no-choice tests, overall parasitism rates were significantly higher on A. armigera egg masses than on A. tristis egg masses. Naive parasitoids had significantly higher parasitism rates than experienced parasitoids on egg masses of both squash bug species. In a comparison of parasitism rates of field-collected and laboratory-tested A. tristis egg masses of different sizes, parasitism rates were similar in the field and in the laboratory, with the exception of egg masses with > 25 eggs. Only 17.9% of eggs were parasitized in the laboratory, compared with 36.4% in the field. Results of this study indicate that transient egg limitation prevents G. pennsylvanicum from ovipositing in every available host egg in large squash bug egg masses. The low parasitism rate of G. pennsylvanicum on large egg masses may limit its effectiveness as a biological control agent of squash bugs.
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- Mary L Cornelius
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD
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- Statistics Group, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area Office, Beltsville, MD
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Delwiche SR, Rausch SR, Vinyard BT. Correction of wheat meal falling number to a common barometric pressure at simulated laboratory elevations of 0–1,500 m. Cereal Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cche.10044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Stephen R. Delwiche
- Food Quality Laboratory Beltsville Agricultural Research Center USDA, Agricultural Research Service Beltsville MD USA
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- Food Quality Laboratory Beltsville Agricultural Research Center USDA, Agricultural Research Service Beltsville MD USA
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- Northeast Area Office of the Director Statistics Group USDA‐ARS Beltsville MD USA
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- Stephen R. Delwiche
- U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Food Quality Laboratory, Building 303, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, U.S.A. Mention of trade names or commercial products is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply endorsement or recommendation by the USDA
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- USDA-ARS, Northeast Area Office of the Director, Statistics Group, Beltsville, MD, U.S.A
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Cornelius ML, Dieckhoff C, Vinyard BT, Hoelmer KA. Parasitism and Predation on Sentinel Egg Masses of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Three Vegetable Crops: Importance of Dissections for Evaluating the Impact of Native Parasitoids on an Exotic Pest. Environ Entomol 2016; 45:1536-1542. [PMID: 28028102 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvw134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We conducted a survey to examine parasitism, predation, and the species composition of native parasitoids attacking sentinel egg masses of the invasive pest, the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), in bell pepper, squash, and tomato. A 2-yr survey was conducted for each crop. The species composition of parasitoids was determined for parasitoids that successfully emerged from eggs, parasitoids that were identified from dissections, and parasitoids that were found attending egg masses at the time of collection. The overall rate of brown marmorated stink bug nymphal emergence was 82.7% from laboratory-reared control egg masses compared with only 23.4% from sentinel egg masses due to a combination of predation, parasitism, and unknown mortality causes. Overall, 12.4% of sentinel eggs were parasitized. Parasitoids emerged successfully from only 2.3% of eggs, but they were dissected from an additional 10.1% of eggs. Telenomus podisi Ashmead was the predominant species identified from emerged parasitoids (57.4%), dissected parasitoids (90.2%), and parasitoids attending egg masses (77%). This study provides further evidence that the impact of native parasitoids on brown marmorated stink bug egg mortality may be greatly underestimated based solely on parasitoid emergence rates alone.
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- Mary L Cornelius
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agriculture Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Bldg. 007, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Beneficial Insects Introduction Research, USDA-ARS, 501 South Chapel St., Newark, DE 19713 (; )
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- Statistics Group, Northeast Area Office, USDA ARS, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Beneficial Insects Introduction Research, USDA-ARS, 501 South Chapel St., Newark, DE 19713 (; )
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Jang S, Sun J, Chen P, Lakshman S, Molokin A, Harnly JM, Vinyard BT, Urban JF, Davis CD, Solano-Aguilar G. Flavanol-Enriched Cocoa Powder Alters the Intestinal Microbiota, Tissue and Fluid Metabolite Profiles, and Intestinal Gene Expression in Pigs. J Nutr 2016; 146:673-80. [PMID: 26936136 PMCID: PMC4807644 DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.222968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Consumption of cocoa-derived polyphenols has been associated with several health benefits; however, their effects on the intestinal microbiome and related features of host intestinal health are not adequately understood. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the effects of eating flavanol-enriched cocoa powder on the composition of the gut microbiota, tissue metabolite profiles, and intestinal immune status. METHODS Male pigs (5 mo old, 28 kg mean body weight) were supplemented with 0, 2.5, 10, or 20 g flavanol-enriched cocoa powder/d for 27 d. Metabolites in serum, urine, the proximal colon contents, liver, and adipose tissue; bacterial abundance in the intestinal contents and feces; and intestinal tissue gene expression of inflammatory markers and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) were then determined. RESULTS O-methyl-epicatechin-glucuronide conjugates dose-dependently increased (P< 0.01) in the urine (35- to 204-fold), serum (6- to 186-fold), and adipose tissue (34- to 1144-fold) of pigs fed cocoa powder. The concentration of 3-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid isomers in urine decreased as the dose of cocoa powder fed to pigs increased (75-85%,P< 0.05). Compared with the unsupplemented pigs, the abundance ofLactobacillusspecies was greater in the feces (7-fold,P= 0.005) and that ofBifidobacteriumspecies was greater in the proximal colon contents (9-fold,P= 0.01) in pigs fed only 20 or 10 g cocoa powder/d, respectively. Moreover, consumption of cocoa powder reducedTLR9gene expression in ileal Peyer's patches (67-80%,P< 0.05) and mesenteric lymph nodes (43-71%,P< 0.05) of pigs fed 2.5-20 g cocoa powder/d compared with pigs not supplemented with cocoa powder. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that consumption of cocoa powder by pigs can contribute to gut health by enhancing the abundance ofLactobacillusandBifidobacteriumspecies and modulating markers of localized intestinal immunity.
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- Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory
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- Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory
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- Biometrical Consulting Services, USDA, Northeast Area, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD; and
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Huang L, Vinyard BT. Direct Dynamic Kinetic Analysis and Computer Simulation of Growth ofClostridium perfringensin Cooked Turkey during Cooling. J Food Sci 2016; 81:M692-701. [DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.13202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Lihan Huang
- U.S. Dept. of AgricultureAgricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center 600 E. Mermaid Lane Wyndmoor Pa. 19038 U.S.A
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- U.S. Dept. of AgricultureAgricultural Research Service, Northeast Area 10300 Baltimore Avenue Beltsville Md. 20705–2350 U.S.A
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Charron CS, Dawson HD, Albaugh GP, Solverson PM, Vinyard BT, Solano-Aguilar GI, Molokin A, Novotny JA. A Single Meal Containing Raw, Crushed Garlic Influences Expression of Immunity- and Cancer-Related Genes in Whole Blood of Humans. J Nutr 2015; 145:2448-55. [PMID: 26423732 PMCID: PMC4620724 DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.215392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Preclinical and epidemiologic studies suggest that garlic intake is inversely associated with the progression of cancer and cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE We designed a study to probe the mechanisms of garlic action in humans. METHODS We conducted a randomized crossover feeding trial in which 17 volunteers consumed a garlic-containing meal (100 g white bread, 15 g butter, and 5 g raw, crushed garlic) or a garlic-free control meal (100 g white bread and 15 g butter) after 10 d of consuming a controlled, garlic-free diet. Blood was collected before and 3 h after test meal consumption for gene expression analysis in whole blood. Illumina BeadArray was used to screen for genes of interest, followed by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) on selected genes. To augment human study findings, Mono Mac 6 cells were treated with a purified garlic extract (0.5 μL/mL), and mRNA was measured by qRT-PCR at 0, 3, 6, and 24 h. RESULTS The following 7 genes were found to be upregulated by garlic intake: aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT), hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1A), proto-oncogene c-Jun (JUN), nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) activating protein with immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif 1 (NFAM1), oncostatin M (OSM), and V-rel avian reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog (REL). Fold-increases in mRNA transcripts ranged from 1.6 (HIF1A) to 3.0 (NFAM1) (P < 0.05). The mRNA levels of 5 of the 7 genes that were upregulated in the human trial were also upregulated in cell culture at 3 and 6 h: AHR, HIF1A, JUN, OSM, and REL. Fold-increases in mRNA transcripts in cell culture ranged from 1.7 (HIF1A) to 12.1 (JUN) (P < 0.01). OSM protein was measured by ELISA and was significantly higher than the control at 3, 6, and 24 h (24 h: 19.5 ± 1.4 and 74.8 ± 1.4 pg/mL for control and garlic, respectively). OSM is a pleiotropic cytokine that inhibits several tumor cell lines in culture. CONCLUSION These data indicate that the bioactivity of garlic is multifaceted and includes activation of genes related to immunity, apoptosis, and xenobiotic metabolism in humans and Mono Mac 6 cells. This trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01293591.
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- Biometrical Consulting Services, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD
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- Stephen R. Delwiche
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Food Quality Laboratory, Building 303, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD, 20705-2350, U.S.A. Mention of trade names or commercial products is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply endorsement or recommendation by the USDA
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- USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Biometrical Consulting Service, Beltsville, MD
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Reynnells R, Ingram DT, Roberts C, Stonebraker R, Handy ET, Felton G, Vinyard BT, Millner PD, Sharma M. Comparison of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Composting Council Microbial Detection Methods in Finished Compost and Regrowth Potential ofSalmonellaspp. andEscherichia coliO157:H7 in Finished Compost. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2014; 11:555-67. [DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Russell Reynnells
- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Area Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Area Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Area Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Area Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Science and Technology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Area Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Biometrical Consulting Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Area Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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- Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Area Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland
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Sparks JT, Vinyard BT, Dickens JC. Gustatory receptor expression in the labella and tarsi of Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2013; 43:1161-1171. [PMID: 24157615 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, infects a growing number of people every year with dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya viruses. Contact chemoreception in mosquitoes influences a number of behaviors including host-selection, oviposition and feeding. While these behaviors are in many instances well documented, the molecular mechanisms mediating them are not well understood. Here we report the results of sequencing total messenger RNA in the labella and tarsi of both male and female Ae. aegypti to reveal Gustatory Receptor (GR) gene expression profiles in these major gustatory appendages. Gene expression levels in each tissue were verified by RT-qPCR. We discuss potential functions for the GRs revealed here by considering homologous GRs in other insects. Specific GRs provide molecular targets for modification of gustatory-mediated behaviors in this important disease vector.
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- Jackson T Sparks
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Plant Sciences Institute, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Charron CS, Clevidence BA, Albaugh GA, Kramer MH, Vinyard BT, Milner JA, Novotny JA. Assessment of DNA damage and repair in adults consuming allyl isothiocyanate or Brassica vegetables. J Nutr Biochem 2013; 24:894-902. [PMID: 22902324 PMCID: PMC3504633 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) is a dietary component with possible anticancer effects, though much information about AITC and cancer has been obtained from cell studies. To investigate the effect of AITC on DNA integrity in vivo, a crossover study was conducted. Adults (n=46) consumed AITC, AITC-rich vegetables [mustard and cabbage (M/C)] or a control treatment with a controlled diet for 10 days each. On day 11, volunteers provided blood and urine before and after consuming treatments. Volunteers were characterized for genotype for GSTM1 and GSTT1 (glutathione S-transferases) and XPD (DNA repair). DNA integrity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was assessed by single-cell gel electrophoresis. Urine was analyzed for 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) and creatinine. Ten-day intake of neither AITC nor M/C resulted in statistically significant differences in DNA strand breaks [least squares mean (LSmean) % DNA in tail±S.E.M.: 4.8±0.6 for control, 5.7±0.7 for AITC, 5.3±0.6 for M/C] or urinary 8-oxodG (LSmean μg 8-oxodG/g creatinine±S.E.M.: 2.95±0.09 for control, 2.88±0.09 for AITC, 3.06±0.09 for M/C). Both AITC and M/C increased DNA strand breaks 3 h postconsumption (LSmean % DNA in tail±S.E.M.: 3.2±0.7 for control, 8.3±1.7 for AITC, 8.0±1.7 for M/C), and this difference disappeared at 6 h (4.2±0.9 for control, 5.7±1.2 for AITC, 5.5±1.2 for M/C). Genotypes for GSTM1, GSTT1 and XPD were not associated with treatment effects. In summary, DNA damage appeared to be induced in the short term by AITC and AITC-rich products, but that damage disappeared quickly, and neither AITC nor AITC-rich products affected DNA base excision repair.
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- Craig S. Charron
- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Biometrical Consulting Services, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Biometrical Consulting Services, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention, Nutritional Science Research Group, Rockville, MD 20892
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- U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Charron CS, Dawson HD, Solano‐Aguilar GI, Molokin A, Vinyard BT, Milner JA, Novotny JA. Garlic intake influences gene expression in whole blood. FASEB J 2013. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.637.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Craig S. Charron
- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Biometrical Consulting ServiceU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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Attraction of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to 1-octen-3-ol (octenol), CO2, lactic acid, or ammonia emitted by vertebrate hosts is not only contingent on the presence of odorants in the environment, but is also influenced by the insect's physiological state. For anautogenous mosquito species, like A. aegypti, newly emerged adult females neither respond to host odors nor engage in blood-feeding; the bases for these behaviors are poorly understood. Here we investigated detection of two components of an attractant blend emitted by vertebrate hosts, octenol, and CO2, by female A. aegypti mosquitoes using electrophysiological, behavioral, and molecular approaches. An increase in sensitivity of octenol olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) was correlated with an increase in odorant receptor gene (Or) expression and octenol-mediated attractive behavior from day 1 to day 6 post-emergence. While the sensitivity of octenol ORNs was maintained through day 10, behavioral responses to octenol decreased as did the ability of females to discriminate between octenol and octenol + CO2. Our results show differing age-related roles for the peripheral receptors for octenol and higher order neural processing in the behavior of female mosquitoes.
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- Jonathan D. Bohbot
- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Plant Sciences Institute, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research ServiceBeltsville, MD, USA
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Plant Sciences Institute, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research ServiceBeltsville, MD, USA
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- Biometrical Counseling Service, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research ServiceBeltsville, MD, USA
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- Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Plant Sciences Institute, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research ServiceBeltsville, MD, USA
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Charron CS, Clevidence BA, Albaugh GP, Kramer M, Vinyard BT, Milner JA, Novotny JA. Influence of consumption of allyl isothiocyanate or cabbage and mustard on DNA integrity in humans. FASEB J 2012. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.1024.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Craig S. Charron
- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Biometrical Consulting ServiceU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Biometrical Consulting ServiceU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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- Division of Cancer PreventionNational Cancer InstituteRockvilleMD
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- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research CenterU.S. Department of AgricultureBeltsvilleMD
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Luthria D, Singh AP, Wilson T, Vorsa N, Banuelos GS, Vinyard BT. Influence of conventional and organic agricultural practices on the phenolic content in eggplant pulp: Plant-to-plant variation. Food Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Meyer SLF, Halbrendt JM, Carta LK, Skantar AM, Liu T, Abdelnabby HME, Vinyard BT. Toxicity of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG) to plant-parasitic and bacterial-feeding nematodes. J Nematol 2009; 41:274-80. [PMID: 22736826 PMCID: PMC3381463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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The antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG) is produced by some isolates of the beneficial bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. DAPG is toxic to many organisms, and crop yield increases have been reported after application of DAPG-producing P. fluorescens. This study was conducted to determine whether DAPG is toxic to selected nematodes. The plant-parasitic nematodes Heterodera glycines, Meloidogyne incognita, Pratylenchus scribneri and Xiphinema americanum, and the bacterial-feeding nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans, Pristionchus pacificus, and Rhabditis rainai, were immersed in concentrations ranging from 0 to 100 μg/ml DAPG. Egg hatch and viability of juveniles and adults were determined. DAPG was toxic to X. americanum adults, with an LD₅₀ of 8.3 μg/ml DAPG. DAPG decreased M. incognita egg hatch, but stimulated C. elegans hatch during the first hours of incubation. Viability of M. incognita J2 and of C. elegans J1 and adults was not affected. There were no observed effects on the other nematodes. The study indicated that DAPG is not toxic to all nematodes, and did not affect the tested species of beneficial bacterial-feeding nematodes. Augmentation of DAPG-producing P. fluorescens populations for nematode biocontrol could be targeted to specific nematode species known to be affected by this compound and by other antibiotics produced by the bacteria, or these bacteria could be used for other possible effects, such as induced plant resistance.
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- Susan L F Meyer
- USDA, ARS, Nematology Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)-West, Bldg. 011A, Rm. 165B, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA
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Bannerman DD, Rinaldi M, Vinyard BT, Laihia J, Leino L. Effects of intramammary infusion of cis-urocanic acid on mastitis-associated inflammation and tissue injury in dairy cows. Am J Vet Res 2009; 70:373-82. [PMID: 19254150 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.3.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of cis-urocanic acid (cis-UCA) on mammary gland (MG) inflammation and injury associated with Escherichia coli-induced mastitis in dairy cows. ANIMALS 12 lactating dairy cows (36 MGs). PROCEDURES At 7-week intervals, a different MG in each cow was experimentally inoculated with E coli. At 6-hour intervals from 6 to 36 hours after inoculation, the inoculated MG in each cow was infused with 40 mL of saline (0.9% NaCl) solution, 12.5mM cis-UCA, or 25mM cis-UCA (4 cows/group); ultimately, each cow received each treatment. Immediately prior to and at various time points after inoculation and treatment, milk samples were collected. Bacterial CFUs, somatic cell counts (SCCs), N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAGase) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities, and concentrations of bovine serum albumin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and cis-UCA were quantified in each milk sample. Results-Compared with findings in saline solution-treated MGs, NAGase and LDH activities in milk samples from cis-UCA-treated MGs were lower. Cis-UCA had no effect on milk SCCs and milk concentrations of bovine serum albumin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Furthermore, cis-UCA had no adverse effect on bacterial clearance; CFUs of E coli in MGs treated with saline solution or cis-UCA were equivalent. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE In cows, milk NAGase and LDH activities were both lower in E coli-infected MGs infused with cis-UCA than in those infused with saline solution, which suggests that cis-UCA reduced mastitis-associated tissue damage. Furthermore, these data indicated that therapeutic concentrations of cis-UCA in milk can be achieved via intramammary infusion.
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- Douglas D Bannerman
- Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
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Zeng R, Bequette BJ, Vinyard BT, Bannerman DD. Determination of milk and blood concentrations of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein in cows with naturally acquired subclinical and clinical mastitis. J Dairy Sci 2009; 92:980-9. [PMID: 19233791 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Blood and milk concentrations of the acute phase protein lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) were evaluated in cows with naturally occurring mastitis. Blood and milk samples were collected from 101 clinically healthy dairy cows and 17 dairy cows diagnosed with clinical mastitis, and the LBP concentrations of the samples were measured by an ELISA. Concentrations of LBP were greater in the blood and milk of cows with clinical mastitis than in those with healthy quarters. Concentrations of LBP also differed between uninfected and subclinically infected quarters with low somatic cell count. Blood concentrations of LBP in cows with subclinical intramammary infections could not be differentiated from those of cows with all healthy quarters. Together, these data demonstrate that increased blood and milk concentrations of LBP can be detected in dairy cows with naturally acquired intramammary infections that cause clinical mastitis.
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- R Zeng
- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Wang TTY, Hudson TS, Wang TC, Remsberg CM, Davies NM, Takahashi Y, Kim YS, Seifried H, Vinyard BT, Perkins SN, Hursting SD. Differential effects of resveratrol on androgen-responsive LNCaP human prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Carcinogenesis 2008; 29:2001-10. [PMID: 18586690 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgn131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Resveratrol is a phytochemical that has been under consideration for use as a prostate cancer chemopreventive agent. However, the efficacy, as well as the mechanisms of action of resveratrol on prostate cancer prevention, remains largely unknown. This study seeks to address these questions and examine the cancer preventive effects of resveratrol using complementary human LNCaP prostate cancer cell culture and xenograft models. In cultured LNCaP cells, we found that resveratrol inhibited cell growth. The growth inhibitory effects of resveratrol appeared to be through modulation of both androgen- and estrogen-mediated events. Global gene expression analysis using microarrays identified androgen-responsive genes as a group of genes universally affected by resveratrol in LNCaP cells in vitro. The effect of resveratrol on expression of these genes appeared to be through inhibition of both androgen- and estrogen-mediated transcription. In a xenograft model, resveratrol delayed LNCaP tumor growth and inhibited expression of a marker for steroid hormone responses. However, exposure to resveratrol also led to increased angiogenesis and inhibition of apoptosis in the xenograft. In summary, resveratrol may act through modulation of steroid hormone-dependent pathways to inhibit prostate cancer cell growth in both culture and xenografts, but exposure in vivo may be of concern.
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- Thomas T Y Wang
- Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Luthria DL, Vinyard BT. Development of a potential reference material for evaluating antioxidant activity. J AOAC Int 2008; 91:506-510. [PMID: 18567294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Phenolic phytochemical are known to perform several functions ranging from phytoprotectants, to protecting lipids in food products, to antioxidant activity in animals and humans. The need for a common standard mixture containing multiple phenolic phytochemicals is critical for the development of a robust validation assay for accurately quantifying antioxidant activity in various matrixes. Different research groups have used A wide array of single purified reference phenolic compounds in this regard. A 5 compound mixture (caffeic acid, morin hydrate, hesperetin, catechin hydrate, and epigallocatechin gallate) containing phenolic compounds from 4 subgroups (phenolic acid, flavone, flavanone, and flavan-3-ol) was prepared. The mixture was assayed for stability evaluation by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a diode array detection procedure for a 3 month time interval. HPLC analysis confirmed that there was no significant interaction between different components of the mixture. The among-sample relative standard deviation (RSD) of all 5 phenolic compounds, as well as the total HPLC area, was < 1%. The RSD due to instrument variation was < 2% and the total RSD among-days was < 5%. These results unambiguously suggest that the sample was stable for a 3 month time interval in an amber vial stored in a refrigerator below 5 degrees C. This mixture is currently being used for the single-laboratory validation study for the assay of total phenolic content by the Folin-Ciocalteu method and the antioxidant capacity by oxygen radical absorbing capacity procedure.
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- Devanand L Luthria
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Composition and Methods Development Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Bldg 161, BARC (E), 10300 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Oudemans PV, Polashock JJ, Vinyard BT. Fairy Ring Disease of Cranberry: Assessment of Crop Losses and Impact on Cultivar Genotype. Plant Dis 2008; 92:616-622. [PMID: 30769638 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-92-4-0616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Fairy ring is a disease of cultivated cranberry common in the eastern growing regions of the United States, especially New Jersey and Massachusetts. Rings may persist for many years, and current control recommendations are costly and largely ineffective. The goal of this study was to accurately assess the impact of this disease on cranberry, a long-lived, high-value, perennial crop. The rate of fairy ring expansion, rate of formation of new rings, and distribution of rings across three cultivars were determined using a geographical information system (GIS) database that incorporated aerial and satellite imagery. Ring growth rates, estimated from imagery collected over a 10-year period in cv. Ben Lear, averaged 0.455 m in radius per year. Rings were observed in 'Ben Lear' three times more frequently than in either 'Early Black' or 'Stevens' cultivars. Direct sampling showed that estimates for yield within rings were 22 to 68% less than unaffected areas of the field for cv. Ben Lear. These estimates included the effects of fruit rot, which was elevated within rings to 18 to 29% of the total harvest. The impact on yield of 'Stevens' and 'Early Black' was lower than in 'Ben Lear'. Most cranberry cultivars are clonal and variation in fruit morphology within rings, particularly in 'Ben Lear', prompted an analysis of vine genotype. Areas affected by fairy ring in 'Ben Lear' showed an increase in genetic diversity at least 0.4 to 4 times that of unaffected areas. Therefore, it appears that fairy ring not only directly reduces yield but also can increase the host genetic diversity. This likely is due to increased seedling establishment resulting from seed drop when fruit decompose. Because seedlings typically yield less than the parental cultivar, the increase in genetic diversity also may contribute to long-term reduction of productivity in a cranberry field.
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center, Chatsworth, NJ 08019
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- USDA-ARS, Biometrical Consulting Service, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Meyer SLF, Lakshman DK, Zasada IA, Vinyard BT, Chitwood DJ. Dose-response effects of clove oil from Syzygium aromaticum on the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Pest Manag Sci 2008; 64:223-229. [PMID: 18080287 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clove oil, derived from the plant Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & Perry, is active against various organisms, and was prepared in a soy lecithin/detergent formulation to determine concentrations active against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood. RESULTS In microwell assays, the mean effective clove oil concentration that reduced egg hatch by 50% (EC(50)) was 0.097% (v/v) clove oil; the EC(50) for second-stage juvenile (J2) viability was 0.145% clove oil (compared with carrier control treatments). Volatiles from 5.0% clove oil reduced nematode egg hatch in water by 30%, and decreased viability of hatched J2 by as much as 100%. Reductions were not as large with nematodes in carrier. In soil trials with J2 recovered from Baermann funnels, the EC(50) = 0.192% clove oil (compared with water controls). CONCLUSION The results demonstrated that the tested formulation is active against M. incognita eggs and J2, that the EC(50) values for J2 in the microwell studies and the soil recovery tests were similar to each other and that direct contact with the clove oil is needed for optimal management results with this natural product.
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- Susan L F Meyer
- USDA, ARS, Nematology Laboratory, Henry A Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)-West, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA.
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Kauf ACW, Vinyard BT, Bannerman DD. Effect of intramammary infusion of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on experimentally induced Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infection. Res Vet Sci 2007; 82:39-46. [PMID: 16887158 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2006.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2005] [Revised: 04/27/2006] [Accepted: 05/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mastitis due to Staphylococcus aureus is a significant problem in the dairy industry and is refractory to antibiotic treatment and/or vaccine prevention. Relative to other mastitis-causing pathogens, S. aureus elicits a diminutive host inflammatory response during intramammary infection. To determine whether induction of a heightened inflammatory response could influence outcome of infection, the highly pro-inflammatory molecule bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was infused into udder quarters experimentally infected with S. aureus. Relative to S. aureus-infected udder quarters receiving saline, quarters infused with LPS demonstrated a heightened inflammatory response as demonstrated by the induction of TNF-alpha and higher milk somatic cell counts and albumin levels. Although there was no overall effect on bacterial clearance, a trend toward reduced bacterial numbers during the immediate pro-inflammatory response following LPS infusion was observed suggesting that this novel approach to treating S. aureus intramammary infection may warrant further investigation.
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- Adam C W Kauf
- Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, BARC-East, Building 1040, Room #2, Beltsville, MD 20705, United States
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Puthoff DP, Ehrenfried ML, Vinyard BT, Tucker ML. GeneChip profiling of transcriptional responses to soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, colonization of soybean roots. J Exp Bot 2007; 58:3407-18. [PMID: 17977850 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is currently the most devastating pathogen of soybean. SCN penetrates the root and migrates toward the central vascular bundle where it establishes a complex multinucleated feeding structure that provides plant-derived nutrients to support the development and growth of the nematode. To identify host genes that play significant roles in SCN development in susceptible roots, RNA from SCN-inoculated and non-inoculated root pieces were hybridized to the Affymetrix soybean genome GeneChips. RNA was collected at 8, 12, and 16 d post-inoculation from root pieces that displayed multiple swollen female SCN and similar root pieces from non-inoculated roots. Branch roots and root tips were trimmed from the root pieces to minimize the amount of RNA contributed by these organs. Of the 35 593 transcripts represented on the GeneChip, approximately 26,500 were expressed in the SCN-colonized root pieces. ANOVA followed by False Discovery Rate analysis indicated that the expression levels of 4616 transcripts changed significantly (Q-value < or =0.05) in response to SCN. In this set of 4616 transcripts, 1404 transcripts increased >2-fold and 739 decreased >2-fold. Of the transcripts to which a function could be assigned, a large proportion was associated with cell wall structure. Other functional categories that included a large number of up-regulated transcripts were defence, metabolism, and histones, and a smaller group of transcripts associated with signal transduction and transcription.
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- David P Puthoff
- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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Meyer SLF, Zasada IA, Roberts DP, Vinyard BT, Lakshman DK, Lee JK, Chitwood DJ, Carta LK. Plantago lanceolata and Plantago rugelii Extracts are Toxic to Meloidogyne incognita but not to Certain Microbes. J Nematol 2006; 38:333-338. [PMID: 19259537 PMCID: PMC2586708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Extracts from the plants Plantago lanceolata and P. rugelii were evaluated for toxicity to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, the beneficial microbes Enterobacter cloacae, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma virens, and the plant-pathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. gladioli, Phytophthora capsici, Pythium ultimum, and Rhizoctonia solani. Wild plants were collected, roots were excised from shoots, and the plant parts were dried and ground to a powder. One set of extracts (10% w/v) was prepared in water and another in methanol. Treatments included extract concentrations of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%, and water controls. Meloidogyne incognita egg hatch was recorded after 7-day exposure to the treatments, and second-stage juvenile (J2) activity after 48 hours. All extracts were toxic to eggs and J2, with P. lanceolata shoot extract tending to have the most activity against M. incognita. Numbers of active J2 remained the same or decreased in a 24-hour water rinse following the 48-hour extract treatment, indicating that the extracts were lethal. When data from water- and methanol-extracted roots and shoots of both plant species were combined for analysis, J2 tended to be more sensitive than eggs to the toxic compounds at lower concentrations, while the higher concentrations (75% and 100%) were equally toxic to both life stages. The effective concentrations causing 50% reduction (EC(50)) in egg hatch and in J2 viability were 44.4% and 43.7%, respectively. No extract was toxic to any of the bacteria or fungi in our assays.
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- Susan L F Meyer
- Nematology Laboratory, Bldg. 011A, Rm. 165B; Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory; Biometrical Consulting Service; Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, US National Arboretum, USDA, ARS, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD
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Skantar AM, Agama K, Meyer SLF, Carta LK, Vinyard BT. Effects of geldanamycin on hatching and juvenile motility in Caenorhabditis elegans and Heterodera glycines. J Chem Ecol 2005; 31:2481-91. [PMID: 16195856 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-7114-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2004] [Revised: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 05/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Several Streptomyces species are known to produce metabolites that inhibit plant pathogens. One such compound is geldanamycin (GA), a benzoquinone ansamycin originally isolated from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. We examined the effect of geldanamycin on egg hatch and juvenile motility in Caenorhabditis elegans and in two populations of the plant-parasitic nematode Heterodera glycines. When C. elegans eggs were exposed to geldanamycin, both hatch and motility were reduced by GA doses between 2 and 50 microg/ml. The H. glycines inbred populations TN17 and TN18 exhibited low dose stimulation of hatch and motility, whereas levels occurring at higher GA doses were at or below control levels. These experiments represent the first demonstration of geldanamycin effects in C. elegans and H. glycines and suggest that the heat shock chaperone Hsp90, the known molecular target of geldanamycin, may be involved in nematode egg hatch and motility. This study also indicates that geldanamycin-producing strains of Streptomyces may be useful as biocontrol agents for nematodes.
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Chernyak SM, Rice CP, Quintal RT, Begnoche LJ, Hickey JP, Vinyard BT. Time trends (1983-1999) for organochlorines and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) from Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior, USA. Environ Toxicol Chem 2005; 24:1632-41. [PMID: 16050579 DOI: 10.1897/04-390r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The U.S. Geological Service Great Lakes Science Center has archived rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) collected from the early 1980s to the present. These fish were collected to provide time- and site-dependent contaminant residue data needed by researchers and managers to fill critical data gaps regarding trends and behavior of persistent organic contaminants in the Great Lakes ecosystem. In the present study, data are presented for concentrations of several organochlorine (OC) contaminants in the archived smelt, including DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), toxaphene, and chlordanes in Lakes Michigan and Huron (MI, USA) and in Lake Superior (MN, USA). The trends for all the OCs were declining as a first-order decay over the sampled time series (1983/1985-1993/1999) with the exception of toxaphene in Lake Superior and PCBs at the Charlevoix/Little Traverse Bay site in Lake Michigan. Concentration of the emerging contaminant, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), also was traced from its apparent entry into this ecosystem in approximately 1980 until 1999. Time trends for the PBDEs were increasing exponentially at all sites, with concentration-doubling times varying from 1.58 to 2.94 years.
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- Sergei M Chernyak
- US Geological Service/Great Lakes Science Center, 1451 Green Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
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Belasque J, Parra-Pedrazzoli AL, Rodrigues Neto J, Yamamoto PT, Chagas MCM, Parra JRP, Vinyard BT, Hartung JS. Adult Citrus Leafminers (Phyllocnistis citrella) Are Not Efficient Vectors for Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri. Plant Dis 2005; 89:590-594. [PMID: 30795383 DOI: 10.1094/pd-89-0590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Interest in the interaction between the citrus leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella) and citrus bacterial canker, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, has increased as a greater incidence and severity of canker-diseased plants was observed in groves infested with the citrus leafminer. To determine whether adults of the citrus leafminer could act as vectors of citrus canker, we investigated two potential mechanisms for direct spread by leafminer adults using experimental microcosms. First, adult leafminers were raised on canker-infected foliage and were allowed to mate and lay eggs on healthy plants. These plants then were observed for development of citrus canker symptoms. In a second set of experiments, adults raised on healthy plants were given free access to canker-diseased plants during the period in which they mated and laid eggs on healthy plants. In all, 3,119 mines were produced by developing larvae on a total of 2,384 leaves examined for citrus canker symptoms. No symptoms of citrus bacterial canker disease were observed on any of the healthy test plants in 37 independent experimental trials conducted to test these two potential mechanisms of spread of citrus canker, and the pathogen was not recovered from insects exposed to symptomatic Rangpur lime plants. The upper limit on the rate of transmission was estimated to be less than 0.2% per oviposition event based on the binomial probability distribution. However, when adult P. citrella insects were artificially contaminated with high levels of X. axonopodis pv. citri, transmission to Rangpur lime plants with the induction of citrus canker was observed. This suggests that the ability of P. citrella to transmit X. axonopodis pv. citri is limited by the rate at which it can acquire inoculum from infected plants. The results support the conclusion that adult citrus leafminers are not efficient vectors for citrus canker bacteria, and the disease is unlikely to be spread this way.
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- J Belasque
- Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura (Fundecitrus), CP 391, 14901-870, Araraquara, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, CP 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bacteriologia Vegetal, Instituto Biológico, CP 70, 13001-970, Campinas, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA/EMPARN, CP 188, 59020-390, Natal, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
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OBJECTIVE To compare the diet quality and overweight status of free-living adults, ages 20 years and older, grouped based on their fast food intake status. METHODS USDA's 1994 to 1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII 1994-1996) data was used. Three separate analyses were conducted: (1) effect of fast food on diet quality of males and females based on day-one data, (2) comparison of dietary and overweight status of adults who ate fast food on one- two- or none of survey days and (3) within-person analysis comparing energy and macronutrient intakes of adults who ate fast food on one of the two survey days. SUDAAN software package was used in pair-wise mean comparisons and regression analyses (alpha = 0.05). RESULTS At least one in four adults reported eating fast food. The diet of males and females who consumed fast food was high in energy and energy density. Fast food provided more than one-third of the day's energy, total fat and saturated fat; and was high in energy density. Negligible amounts of milk and fruits, but substantially large amounts of non-diet carbonated soft drinks were reported consumed at fast food places. After controlling for age, gender, socio-economic and demographic factors, energy and energy density increased and micronutrient density decreased with frequency of fast food consumption. Adults who reported eating fast food on at least one survey day had higher mean body mass index values than those who did not eat fast food on both survey days. A small, but significant, positive association was seen between fast food consumption and overweight status. Within-person comparisons showed that energy intakes were higher on a fast food day than on a non-fast food day. CONCLUSION Fast food consumption was associated with a diet high in energy and energy density and low in essential micronutrient density. Frequent fast food consumption may contribute to weight gain.
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- Shanthy A Bowman
- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, USA.
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Conway JM, Ingwersen LA, Vinyard BT, Moshfegh AJ. Effectiveness of the US Department of Agriculture 5-step multiple-pass method in assessing food intake in obese and nonobese women. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77:1171-8. [PMID: 12716668 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.5.1171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 565] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND National surveys of food intake rely on the 24-h dietary recall method for assessing the nutrient intakes of Americans. OBJECTIVES This observational validation study was conducted under controlled conditions to test the effectiveness of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) 5-step multiple-pass method for dietary recall; to test the ability of normal weight, overweight, and obese women to recall food intake; and to test the accuracy of macronutrient recall. DESIGN Women (n = 49) aged 21-65 y with a body mass index (in kg/m(2)) of 20-45 selected all meals and snacks for 1 d from a wide variety of foods. A 24-h dietary recall with the use of the USDA 5-step multiple-pass method was administered by telephone the following day. Analysis of variance and covariance tested the overall accuracy of recall and the effect of BMI on dietary recall. RESULTS As a population, the women overestimated their energy and carbohydrate intakes by 8-10%. No significant differences between mean actual and recalled intakes of energy and the macronutrients were observed in the obese women. Normal-weight and overweight women significantly (P < 0.01) overestimated their energy, protein, and carbohydrate intakes. Recalled fat intake was not significantly different from actual intake in women across the BMI range studied. CONCLUSIONS The USDA 5-step multiple-pass method effectively assessed mean energy intake within 10% of mean actual intake on the previous day. Obese women more accurately recalled food intake than did overweight and normal-weight women despite undereating on the day of the study.
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- Joan M Conway
- Diet and Human Performance Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Edwards AJ, Vinyard BT, Wiley ER, Brown ED, Collins JK, Perkins-Veazie P, Baker RA, Clevidence BA. Consumption of watermelon juice increases plasma concentrations of lycopene and beta-carotene in humans. J Nutr 2003; 133:1043-50. [PMID: 12672916 DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.4.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Watermelon is a rich natural source of lycopene, a carotenoid of great interest because of its antioxidant capacity and potential health benefits. Assessment of bioavailability of lycopene from foods has been limited to tomato products, in which heat processing promotes lycopene bioavailability. We examined the bioavailability of lycopene from fresh-frozen watermelon juice in a 19-wk crossover study. Healthy, nonsmoking adults (36-69 y) completed three 3-wk treatment periods, each with a controlled, weight-maintenance diet. Treatment periods were preceded by "washout" periods of 2-4 wk during which lycopene-rich foods were restricted. All 23 subjects consumed the W-20 (20.1 mg/d lycopene, 2.5 mg/d beta-carotene from watermelon juice) and C-0 treatments (controlled diet, no juice). As a third treatment, subjects consumed either the W-40 (40.2 mg/d lycopene, 5.0 mg/d beta-carotene from watermelon juice, n = 12) or T-20 treatment (18.4 mg/d lycopene, 0.6 mg/d beta-carotene from tomato juice, n = 10). After 3 wk of treatment, plasma lycopene concentrations for the W-20, W-40, T-20 and C-0 treatments were (least squares means +/- SEM) 1078 +/- 106, 1183 +/- 139, 960 +/- 117 and 272 +/- 27 nmol/L, respectively. Plasma concentrations of beta-carotene were significantly greater after W-20 (574 +/- 49 nmol/L) and W-40 (694 +/- 73 nmol/L) treatments than after the C-0 treatment (313 +/- 27 nmol/L). Plasma lycopene concentrations did not differ at wk 3 after W-20, W-40 and T-20 treatments, indicating that lycopene was bioavailable from both fresh-frozen watermelon juice and canned tomato juice, and that a dose-response effect was not apparent in plasma when the watermelon dose was doubled.
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- Alison J Edwards
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Phytonutrients Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, MD 20705, USA
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Bakst MR, Vinyard BT. Oviducal sperm storage in turkeys: spatial distribution of sperm within the uterovaginal junction sperm-storage tubules. J Exp Zool 2002; 292:206-9. [PMID: 11754036 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The spatial distribution of sperm within the sperm storage tubules (SST) found in the uterovaginal junction (UVJ) of the turkey is not known. In this study, we inseminated sperm stained with a fluorescent dye (Hoechst 33342) to determine their distribution in SST in the ventral, dorsal, and lateral regions of the proximal, middle, and distal regions of the UVJ. There was no preferential filling in the ventral-dorsal axis of the UVJ. In contrast, preferential filling of the SST was observed in the middle section of the UVJ. Here the individual SST were clearly longer and more pleomorphic than the SST in the more proximal and distal aspects of the UVJ. While no information on the temporal aspect of SST filling by sperm could be gleaned, it is evident that the more morphologically developed SST either accept sperm more readily or store sperm more efficiently than SST elsewhere in the UVJ.
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- Murray R Bakst
- Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, USA.
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