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Spring 2024

Xie, Jin

Fermentation is an oldest and effective method to generate taste-active compounds which contribute to food taste. The aim of this PhD dissertation was to investigate the synthetic mechanism of taste-active γ-glutamyl dipeptides during sourdough fermentation and the fermentation of plant-based...

Spring 2024

Mousavi, Seyedeh Tahereh

The province of Alberta’s diverse ecology and large population of wild game poses the importance of management practices to keep the species population from overpopulating and encountering disease and food shortage. While hunting facilitates these management practices, the success of management...

Fall 2024

Xu, Zhaohui

Food processing environments serve as complex niches for bacterial colonization, adaption, persistence and dispersal, which subsequently shapes the microbial composition and diversity. This Ph.D. dissertation investigated the impact of biofilm formation, bacterial communication and cooperation on...

Fall 2024

Wang, Juli

Punicic acid (PuA) is a high-value edible conjugated fatty acid with strong bioactivities and has important potential applications in nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and oleochemical industries. Since the production of PuA is severely limited by the fact that its primary natural source,...

Fall 2024

Haddis, Dagem Zekaryas

The industrial process to produce bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass has focused on complete or nearly complete hydrolysis of cellulose to fermentable sugars. This entails utilizing different pretreatments and high amount of advanced cellulase cocktail to deconstruct the lignin and...

Fall 2024

Nupur, Juthy Abedin

Brassica napus, mostly known as canola, is an important oilseed crop in Canada. Earliness of flowering and maturity are one of the important traits for growing spring canola in North America. These traits can be improved through identification of the genes and alleles affecting flowering time...

Fall 2024

Mekala, Srujana

The demand for plant-based delivery systems has grown rapidly in recent years. Emerging technologies such as high intensity ultrasound (HIUS) and supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) drying are promising to develop delivery systems with lentil protein and pectin due to their abundance, biocompatibility,...

Fall 2024

Araujo, Gala P

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally and exert a significant burden on healthcare systems and public governmental institutions. Atherosclerosis is a predominant form of CVD characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol-rich lipoproteins within the innermost...

Fall 2024

De Leon Siller, Susana

Insects have been proposed as a more sustainable protein alternative to conventional meat sources. However, consumer acceptance of edible insects is still low in the western hemisphere. The purpose of this study was to examine how characteristics of a cricket-based product along with consumer...

Fall 2024

Yu, ZhiYu

Clubroot, caused by the soilborne pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious disease threatening the production of canola (Brassica napus) in Canada. This project explored various management options for clubroot, including fungicide application, fall and spring liming, and genetic...