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Chufa
Definition:
(n.) A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chufa nodules have an optimal ratio of proteins, carbohydrates and fats containing essential fatty acids.
(2) The cultivation schemes, productivity, total biochemical, lipid in particular, composition of nodules of chufa (Cyperus esculentus) were studied, using a phytotron.
(3) Samples of field corn (Zea mays) (n = 111) and chufa (Cyperus esculentus) (n = 20), obtained in 1987, 1988 and 1989 on the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (MSCNWR) and nearby private lands were analyzed for aflatoxin B1(AB1), ochratoxin A and sterigmatocystin using thin layer chromatography.
(4) The number of actinomycetes increased when chufa and wheat plants were grown together.
(5) Chufa samples were negative for all three mycotoxins.
(6) To meet man's requirements for vegetable oils and essential fatty acids, it is necessary to produce daily 150--200 g dry chufa nodules which are quite acceptable as a dietary ingredient.
(7) From the microbiological point of view chufa plants can be used in the higher plant component of the biological life support system.
(8) For a month chufa was introduced daily at the rate of 1.7 g per kg of body weight.
(9) By the end of vegetation fungi were accumulated in the chufa rhizosphere.
(10) In 2 experiments lasting 30 days each with participation of 6 volunteers the possibility of daily consumption in the diet of chufa in an amount allowing for minimal requirement of the organism in polyunsaturated fatty acids was studied.
(11) The microbiological characteristics of the chufa plant grown alone or in combination with wheat and vegetables were investigated.
(12) The results showed that the bacterial flora of chufa plants did not change significantly.
(13) Upon continuous illumination chufa yielded a high total productivity and a satisfactory coefficient of economic effectiveness (not less than 50%).