The apparatus (1) for agricultural crop analysis, comprises: a light source (2) for sending light radiation towards a crop; a plurality of sensors (21) for acquiring light radiation reflected by the crop and a plurality of filtering elements (22) adapted to enable complete passage only of light having frequencies within a predetermined passband.

The filtering elements (22) have passbands that differ from each other and each filtering element (22) is functionally coupled with a respective sensor (21) in such a manner that the latter receives only light radiation that has traversed the former.

The present invention fitted in the medical-clinical sector, shows a method for monitoring the ingestion of gluten by measuring protein/gluten peptides present in fecal samples with antibodies against immunogenic peptides resistant to gastrointestinal digestion. The presence or absence of these immunogenic peptides is controlled by immunological assays based on antibodies reactive against immunogenic gluten peptides that are resistant to proteolysis. These assays may be quantitative techniques ELISAs, or qualitative as rapid immunochromatographic assays, immunoblots, etc. These measures may also be applied to verify compliance with the gluten-free diet, to improve diagnosis in cases of refractory or severe symptoms of celiac disease in which a gluten-free diet is supposedly being respected, or to clinical research on the effectiveness of enzymatic therapies related with prolamin detoxification.

Methods for determining an in vitro release profile of peanut allergens in a sample are provided. Methods for determining one or more signatures of peanut allergens in a sample are provided.

A processing and detection system for detecting presence of at least one gluten protein in a food sample comprises a food processor including: a reservoir containing a process liquid for processing the food sample; a body that comprises a chamber configured to receive the food sample; and a pressing surface configured to press on the reservoir to cause the process liquid to exit the reservoir and mix with the food sample, thereby generating a processed food liquid; and an exit port configured to conduct the processed food liquid out of the food processor; and a cartridge including: at least one sensor configured to receive the processed food liquid and to generate an electrical signal in response to interaction with the at least one gluten protein in the processed food liquid, and an analyzer in electrical communication with the at least one sensor for detecting the electrical signal and determining the presence of the at least one gluten protein in the food sample based on the detected electrical signal.

The present invention relates to new transporter polypeptides, and genes encoding therefor, which can be used to confer upon a plant resistance to one or more biotrophic fungal pathogens.

A processing and detection system for detecting presence of at least one gluten protein in a food sample comprises a food processor including: a reservoir containing a process liquid for processing the food sample; a body that comprises a chamber configured to receive the food sample; and a pressing surface configured to press on the reservoir to cause the process liquid to exit the reservoir and mix with the food sample, thereby generating a processed food liquid; and an exit port configured to conduct the processed food liquid out of the food processor; and a cartridge including: at least one sensor configured to receive the processed food liquid and to generate an electrical signal in response to interaction with the at least one gluten protein in the processed food liquid, and an analyzer in electrical communication with the at least one sensor for detecting the electrical signal and determining the presence of the at least one gluten protein in the food sample based on the detected electrical signal.

A method and a system for detecting pesticide residues in tea based on a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensor are provided. An octahedral gold-silver hollow cage-based sensor is prepared, mixed with a pesticide standard solution and analyzed to obtain SERS spectral data. The SERS spectral data is processed, and a quantitative model is established based on the processed SERS spectral data. Based on the quantitative model, the detection of thiram and pymetrozine in tea samples can be completed. By means of an octahedral cuprous oxide template, gold-silver octahedral hollow cage (AuAgOHCs) nanomaterials are prepared by reduction of gold and silver ions and removal of the template by acid dissolution, so as to prepare the SERS sensor, which can be applied to the rapid and quantitative detection of thiram and pymetrozine in tea samples.

The present invention relates to methods of identifying substances that modulate GA action through targeting its receptor or acting as a GA functional analog, sensor peptides especially designed for that methods as well as a strain of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing such a sensor peptide.

The present invention relates to a simple method for selecting varieties of seeds from wheat, barley, rye and, in particular, oats, which enables said seeds, whether or not genetically manipulated, to be used in the production of gluten-free foods and beverages suitable for coeliac patients, and also the preparation of excipients for specific drugs. This invention is based on a simple immunological detection system that makes it possible to quantify the most immunogenic peptides of gluten with a view to ascertaining whether the cereal variety, preferably oats, can be used to produce suitable seeds that can form part of the diet of a coeliac patient. Preferred tests would make use of at least one antibody that recognizes the most immunogenic part of prolamines, the reactivity of which antibody vis--vis cereal seeds having been demonstrated to be proportional to the immunogenicity thereof with T-cells from coeliac patients.

Secreted proteins as detection markers for insect vector and graft transmitted citrus disease are described. Method and kits for detecting the secreted proteins are provided.