Search Results - "Journal of Central European Agriculture"

This study aimed to obtain freeze-dried highly bioactive powders from 10 blueberry fruit cultivars, which were analysed for their physicochemical and health-promoting properties. Twenty-four phenolic compounds (12.1 to 70.9 mg/g) were identified in the obtained powders, where anthocyanins were the p...

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Although cultured meat is not yet widely available on the market, numerous scientific studies have already looked at consumers in relation to the purchase and consumption of this type of meat. However, many aspects of the consumer perspective on this meat are still unknown in many national markets....

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Kupres, Privor and Stolac Pramenka are indigenous sheep breeds from Bosnia and Herzegovina whose milk is traditionally used for cheese production after the lambs are weaned. The main objective was to determine the udder morphology and the changes in milk production during lactation in Kupres (n=107)...

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A multiresidual method for the determination of 29 active substances was developed and validated. Acetone, petroleum ether and dichloromethane were used for extraction, and a gas chromatograph coupled with a tandem mass spectrometer was used for determination. A survey was conducted to test the meth...

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The scope of research was to determine the ligno-cellulose quality and calorific value of eastern galega, Galega orientalis L. Two complete datasets of acid detergent fiber (ADF), acid detergent lignin (ADL), crude cellulose (CE), hemicellulose (HEM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and high heating...

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The energy requirements of corn silage harvesters and the application of precision agricultural techniques are essential for efficient and productive agricultural practices. The article aims to review previous studies on the energy requirements needed for different corn silage harvesting machines, a...

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This experiment aimed to identify the genetic relationship between sugar beets' quantitative and qualitative traits and their association with sugar yield (WSY). In this study, 13 sugar beet genotypes were grown in a randomised complete block design in Iran's Karaj, Mashhad, Miandoab, Zarg...

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This research uses supercritical water extraction to extract bioactive compounds from orange peel and the edible mushroom Suillus granulatus. The goal was to create a new functional almond yoghurt enriched with these extracts while determining its nutritional, antioxidant, and sensory properties. Mo...

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Food systems are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to changing weather conditions. The need to understand the impacts of climate change on food production is growing among researchers, policymakers, and agricultural producers. In Slovenia, an assessment of the climate vulnerability of individual...

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The study aimed to assess the influence of herd size, age at first calving, year, month, season of first calving, and first calf sex on the longevity of Hungarian Simmental beef cattle using survival analysis. The data included 598 sires, 9,077 dams, and 14,165 cows, with longevity defined by the nu...

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To ensure food security and mitigate environmental degradation caused by conventional farming, the adoption of sustainable production systems or practices is essential. Despite the availability of diverse sustainable agricultural practices, their widespread adoption remains limited. Thus, this study...

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The article presents changes in land use in the marginalized area of Šahy town on the Slovak-Hungarian border in relation to socio-economic changes. The aim of the research was to outline future development trends and propose management measures for the future in terms of the optimal functioning of...

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Prošek, a traditional dessert wine, is made from overripe, dried grapes grown in Coastal Croatia. The characteristic of prošek is the production from grapes that are partially dried on the vine or after harvest, which allows for an increase in the concentration of total soluble solids and other comp...

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Orobanche cumana Wallr. is a parasitic angiosperm distributed in many sunflower-producing countries worldwide, where it can cause a severe yield loss. Field surveys in sunflower fields during July-August in 2017, 2019, and 2021 were conducted in the northeastern part of Croatia to investigate broomr...

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While the bee microbiome has been relatively well studied at the bacterial level, information about the bee fungal communities is still sparse and does not reflect their importance. From the bee larvae of honey bee (Apis mellifera), bee bread and a mix of corbicular pollen, twenty yeast isolates bel...

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The article is devoted to increasing the efficiency of the process of cleaning the grain of cereal crops by intensifying the release of garbage impurities from the grain material. Using the proposed mathematical models, the trajectories of movement of the components of the grain mixture along the wo...

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A study of the process of heat treatment, concentration, and drying of food products in a thermomechanical unit with a rotary thermosiphon was conducted. Analysis of experimental data revealed that, compared to convective drying, the dryers with a rotary thermosiphon (RTS) spend most of the energy (...

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Digitalization of public administration services (e-government) is increasingly becoming prevalent in the agriculture sector in many countries, bringing numerous benefits to farmers and government authorities. However, the sustainability of these digital solutions is questionable, primarily due to t...

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The DuPont analysis is a useful and simple tool for measuring the financial performance of agricultural farms and assessing the company's profit potential. The research objective of this paper is to analyse eight different types of farms and two regions of the Republic of Croatia in the period...

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In Hungary, as in other parts of the world, the ripening time of apricot cultivars has been gradually shifting earlier in recent years. The main reason is a warming climate. To what extent, with what year-to-year variation? This is analysed using 26 years of data on 30 apricot cultivars. The ripenin...

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