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John David Axtell
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... One of Axtell's major scientific finclings was the discovery en cl iclentification of genetic factors responsible for reclucecl protein availability in grain sorghum. He led an interdisciplinary research team of biochemists, nutritionists, en cl geneticists who clemonstratecl that tannins hacl a negative effect on protein availability en c!
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... from other studies conducted in Axtell's laboratory using other traditional African sorghum products, such as kisra, aside, ugali, and marisa. The research on digestibility ultimately led to the discovery and development of new, novel, highly digestible strains of sorghum.
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... He consistently and increasingly workocl towards cleveloping a team effort in aciciressing research problems in protein quality, tannin biochemistry, en cl forage quality of sorghum. Internationally his contributions in basic research finclings, germplasm enhancement, graduate student education, en c!
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... John Axtell is survival by his wife of 43 years, Susan D Kent, in West Lafayette, Indiana, son John, fir., of RicigewoocI, New Jersey, daughter Catherine of Albuquerque, New Mexico, en cl daughter Laura of Minneapolis.
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... range of contributions to the agricultural sciences. Although his primary responsibilities were teaching en cl research, he also macle significant international contributions in basic research, germplasm development, and scientific leadership in plant breeding and genetics.
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... The high lysine sorghums are reaclily recognized by farmers in the region as special purpose varieties, and they maintain them by saving seed from their own fields. In recent years Axtell focused his research on the cligestibility of sorghum proteins.
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... that the proteins of various cereals behave clifferently when cookocl en cl that the cooking process was responsible for the clecreasecl protein cligestibility in sorghum. Furthermore, Axtell en c!
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... He was a member of the Board on Agriculture en cl Renewable Resources of the National Academy of Sciences (1978-81) , member of scientific review of Future Strategy of International Rice Research Institute at Los Banos, Philippines (1988)
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... States. FOREIGN SERVICE John Axtell's opinions were widely sought by peers and students in international agriculture clevelopment because of his excellent knowledge and understanding of the challenges en c!
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... , U.S. scientific liaison officer to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Aric!
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... S Agency for International Development 1975 Alexander von Humboldt Award 1976 Crop Science Research Award, Crop Science Society of America 1977 Fellow, American Society of Agronomy 1982 Lynn Distinguished Professor, Purdue University 1984 International Award for Distinguished Service to Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta 1985 Fellow, Crop Science Society of America 1998 Purdue's Pride in International Programs.
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... High lysine mutant gene (hi) that improves protein quality and biological value of grain sorghum.
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... Improving sorghum grain protein quality by breeding. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Sorghum Nutritional Quality, ed.
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... Chemically induced cuticle mutation affecting epidermal conductance to water vapor and disease susceptibility in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.
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... A highly digestible sorghum mutant cultivar exhibits a unique folded structure of endosperm protein bodies.


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