CAROTENOIDS 



Badger, 237 



Bacillariophyceae (see diatoms) 

 Bacteria, 118-28 

 Bacteriochlorophyll, 128 

 Bacterioerythrin (see a-bacteriopur- 



purin) 

 a-bacteriopurpurin, 121 

 p-bacteriopurpurin, 119-20, 124 

 Bahia grass, 289 

 Bajri, 289 

 Bamboo, 294, 300 

 Bananas, 24, 30, 39, 289, 294, 304 

 Bandaria, 302 

 Barley, di- and tetraploid, 80 



— etiolated seedlings, 73 



— flour, 42 



— grass, 289 



— leaves, 8 



— seeds, 71, 294 



— spikes, 88 



Base-exchange capacity of soils, 78-9 



Base-saturation of soils, 78 



Beach plums, 24 



Beach worms, 166, 195 



Bee bread, 54 



Beeswax, 54 



Beet, 54, 75, 81, 294, 300 



Beet tops, 300 



Beetle, Colorado, 214 



— flour, 214 



— potato (see Colorado) 

 Bengal gram, 289, 295 

 Benzidine, autoxidation of, 87 

 Bermuda grass, 289 

 Berseem, 289 



Big blue stem grass, 22, 289 

 Bile, 232, 244 

 Bile pigments, 218, 222 

 Bills, birds', 260 



Biosynthesis of carotenoids (see 

 Carotenoids, formation of) 

 Birds, 259-66 

 Birdsfoot trefoil, 289 

 Biri, 289 



Bishop birds, 262, 267 

 Bitch, 247 

 Bixin, 93 

 Black bass, 192 

 Blackberry, 295, 306 

 Black finger, 289 

 Black-headed gull, 260 

 Black grama, 289 

 Black sapote, 304 

 Blimburg, 295 

 Blueberry, 295 

 Blue grama, 289 

 Blue grass, 289 

 Blue joint, 289 



Blue-green algae, 135-7 

 Blue vetch flour, 42 

 Blue whale, 198 

 Blood, bull, 238 



— carabao, 246 



— copepod, 167 



— cow, 237-40, 249 



— decapod, 168 



— dog, 247 



— fox, 247 



— goat, 248, 281-2 



— hedgehog, 246 



— hen, 260, 265 



— horse, 245 



— human, 230, 232-6 



— mare, 245 



— pig, 248 



— rabbit, 248 



— rat, 248 



— sheep, 246 



— snake, 226 



— turtle, 226 

 Bobwhite quail, 265 

 Body fat, bird, 260 



— carabao, 246 



— cow, 244 



— elephant, 247 



— hen, 260 



— human, 230-1 



— pig, 248 



— rabbit, 248 



— rat, 248 



— turtle,226 

 Boipeva, 226 



Bokhara clover (see spineless cactus) 



Bone marrow, 231 



Boron and carotenogenesis, 78 



Boric acid and fertilization, 92 



Bottle gourd, 289 



Box leaves, 82 



Brachial nerve of frog, 211 



Brachipoda, 166, 184-5 



Bracken, 99, 289 



Brazilian snakes, 226 



Breadfruit, 302 



Bristle grass, 289 



Broad bean, 306 



Broad red clover, 289 



Broccoli, 11, 289, 300 



Brome grass, 290 



Brown algae, 132-4 



Brown Swiss, milk, 242 



Brussels sprouts, 290 



Bryophyta, 99 



Bryozoa, 166, 184-5 



Buffalo, 245-6 



Buffalo grass, 22, 289-90 



Bulls, 238, 244 



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