Part of Nebraska Soybean Scholarship requirements. Adapted from CASE food science.
A lesson learning about how soybeans and fuel can have an impact on your future and possible careers.
This course gives an overview of integrated pest management focusing on corn and soybeans and introducing the basics of scouting, plant pathology, management of insects, diseases, and weeds, and discusses pesticides and human and environmental topics related to their use.
This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:
"Biodiesel from plant oils could be the fuel of the future, but the low quality of certain plant oils means that getting there will take some engineering. So, researchers are turning to genetics for a solution. They’ve developed a transgenic soybean line that could dramatically increase biodiesel performance. Biodiesel performance relies on the fatty acid composition of the source oil. On average, soybean oil is only 25% oleic acid, which is a desirable monounsaturated fatty acid, and 13% palmitic acid, an undesirable saturated fatty acid. This fatty acid profile negatively affects biodiesel’s rate of nitrogen oxide emission and freezing point. Through metabolic engineering, the soybean genes FAD2-1 and FatB were down-regulated using RNA interference technology to increase the production of oleic acid to nearly 95% and decrease the production of palmitic acid to less than 3%, with no detectable differences in the fatty acid chemical structure between modified and standard soybean lines..."
The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.
Overview: Part of Nebraska Soybean Scholarship requirements. Adapted from CASE food science.
In this lesson, students will taste soymilk and make a smoothie from soymilk with additives. They will observe how soymilk is made as well as discuss the definition of milk.
In this lesson, students will estimate the yield of soybeans. With that yield, they will determine what food products or other products can be made from one acre of soybeans.