Agave - Science topic

I need to know the chemical composition of the agave piña bulbs after the leaves are removed and before entering the cooking or baking step. Any help?

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Im working with hydrogels of agave lignin crosslinked with PEGDGE in alkali media but i need to wash them to quit the excess of reagents, when i wash them on water they swell and lose its structure, i tried on acid but the salt formation seems to be dehydrating the gels causing hornification, in which media could i wash my materials?

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Hello, I am working with vermicompost of agave bagasse with cow dung. I am tryng to measure the pH with 1:10 (w:v) with water, but the vermicompost absorbs all the water. Any recomendation??

I am measuring the total carbohydrates of Agave americana fermented beverages. The absorbance value of my blanks is so different between each measure. Is this problem normal?

I have read the Infoods database of FAO but there is not exist

I have a question about the work published by Mills and Cowling: "How Fast Can Carbon Be Sequestered When Restoring Degraded Subtropical Thicket?" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264773087 )

I request help with any or all of the questions below.

1. The rates of CO2-absorption achieved by Agave and other species (Tables 1 and 2 of the reference above) seem rather high. Have these values been verified?

2. Does Spekboom hold any advantages over those species?

3. Which species of plants have the greatest propensity to capture CO2 from the atmosphere most rapidly over the short- to medium term (tens of months, rather than tens of years).

Can anyone identify this Agave?

Most flowering stalks reach 7-8 feet but some are 3-4 feet tall with nothing observed of intermediate length. Shaw's agave is endemic to Southern California and Northern Mexico. It is considered endangered for several reasons. First, it has an inefficient reproductive strategy. Second, its habitat was threatened by erosion and by the border fence. Third, the indigenous people used to eat the reproductive parts of the plant thus interfering with its proliferation. One challenge of studying Shaw's is that the best examples grow on federal land, much of which is restricted to the public. Another problem is that few seem to care about the future of the plant. I have studied the morphology, distribution and life cycle of Shaw's agave for many years but I have more questions than answers. Can anyone help?

I found some mites running on some Agave plants we have in our greenhouse (attached picture) and just got curious about their identity. They have about 17 spatulate setae around the edge of the dorsum of the idiosoma, and two rows of three spatulate setae along the centre of the dorsum. The legs and the gnathosoma are bright orange and the body is very dark blue.

Any idea about the family or anything else? They were found in central Mexico.

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