Monthly Archives: December 2015

How to study plant roots!

Posted on December 28, 2015 by | 2 comments

This is an interesting article about excavating roots to show their growth. The plants are apples and raspberries. We have done root excavations at Hort UAF, and it is a pain in the backside! This excavation is extraordinary!  Root excavations

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Bumble bees are best for haskap pollination

Posted on December 26, 2015 by | Leave a comment

This research showed that bumble bees, Bombus terrestris were the most important pollinators of Lonicera cerulea, honey berry/haskap. Honey bees are good as a supplement but they don’t work in cold temperatures, and their efficiency is far less that the B.B.

2016.Frier et al.

 

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Posted in Honeyberry, Haskap (Loniera), Pollination, Pollinators

Alaska Butterflies

Posted on December 18, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Here is a link to a book just published on all Alaska butterflies. Senior author is the late Ken Philip, an amazing man who loved butterflies and tromping around the state looking for them.  He was a wonderful resource for all things butterflies. His collections now reside at the UAF museum and the Smithsonian.

Alaska Butterflies

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Color and antioxidants in bot blueberry wine

Posted on December 8, 2015 by | Leave a comment

This is an interesting article from China that examines the changes in antioxidants of bog blueberry in winemaking as the wines age.

V. ulig wind

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Posted in Blueberries (Vaccinium), Health, Wine, Liqueur

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This research examines the polyphenol, anthocyanin and antioxidant capacity of 4 cultivars of honey berry extracts. The abstract and citation are included.

AbstHaskap antioxidantsract

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Alaska-Yukon Circumboreal Region Map

Posted on December 8, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Here is a great document with outstanding photos of a mapping project for the vegetation of the Alaska-Yukon Region by Fairbanks researcher, Torre Jorgensen and others. It is an attempt to refine vegetation classification systems using the latest technology.

Jorgensen, T. and D. Meidinger. 2015. The Alaska Yukon Region of the Circumboreal Vegetation map (CBVM). CAFF Strategies Series Report. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Akureyri, Iceland. ISBN: 978-

9935-431-48-6

Circumboreal Map

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Posted in Berry Harvesting, Foraging, Wild harvesting

Processing and phenolic compounds in honey berry

Posted on December 8, 2015 by | Leave a comment

The aim of the study was to evaluate different methods used for the preparation of powders from blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L. var. kamtschatica) cv. ‘Wojtek’, and the effects of these methods on chemical composition and antioxidant activity of lyophilized powders and pomace. The analyzed samples were evaluated for their basic chemical composition (dry weight, pH, total acidity, sugars (glucose, fructose and sucrose), and antioxidant capacity (FRAP, ABTS). Polyphenolic compounds were identified and quantified by UPLC-PDA-MS/MS. Thirty eight polyphenolic compounds, including eight phenolic acids, eight anthocyanins, five flavan-3-ols, twelve flavonols and five flavones were identified in blue honeysuckle products. The highest content of bioactive compounds was detected in juice pressed from peels, as compared with fresh berries and other products. Moreover, crushed berries were found to be a better material for obtaining dried product than intact fruit. Jan Oszmiański, Aneta Wojdyło, , and Sabina Lachowicz. 2015. LWT- Food Science and Technology. 2015. Effect of dried powder preparation process on polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity of blue honeysuckle fruits (Lonicera caerulea L. var. kamtschatica) Available Online: Abstract

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