[{"id": "aesr-1084", "words": "9130", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "G. M., Mafuyai; I. S., Eneji; R., Sha\u2019Ato; L. A., Nnamonu", "title": "Heavy Metals in Soil and Vegetables Irrigated with Ex- Tin Mining Ponds Water in Barkin - Ladi Local Government Area Plateau State, Nigeria", "date": "2019", "keywords": "concentration; contamination; journal; metals; mining; pond; soil; tin; vegetables; vol; water", "summary": "Thus, the need to investigate the levels of accumulation of heavy metal concentrations in the edible parts of some cultivated vegetables irrigated with Ex \u2013 Tin Mining water in the area. Heavy metals concentration in both sites vegetables showed significant level (p < 0.05) accumulation except Cd (p = 0.05).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-110", "words": "5025", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Dak\u00e9n\u00e9, Virginie Marie; S\u00e9r\u00e9m\u00e9, Abdoulaye; Koala, Moumouni; Somda, Marius K.; Lingani, Hagr\u00e9tou Sawadogo -; Traor\u00e9, Alfred S.", "title": "Influences of Storage Conditions, Cultivation and Culinary Practices, On the Antioxidant Capacity of Red Bulbs of Some Onion Varieties Grown in Burkina Faso", "date": "2019", "keywords": "antioxidant; bulb; burkina; chemical; content; cooking; data; food; journal; onion; practices; storage; vol", "summary": "The information sought was related to onion bulb culinary practices as an ingredient of different dishes. About dishes,7.61% of cooks, peel, cut and wash onion bulb before steam cooking, boiling water cooking or oil frying them at high temperature during 30 minutes to 3 hours.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-111", "words": "5147", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Alves, Thayane Leonel; Freire Lemos, Evandro; Arruda Barbosa, Jos\u00e9 De; De Almeida, Gabriela Mour\u00e3o; Pereira Bertino, Ant\u00f4nio Michael", "title": "Proportions of Organic Waste in the Process of Composting", "date": "2019", "keywords": "cfh; coffee; composting; fruit; grounds; process; ratio; sawdust; temperature; treatments; vegetable; waste", "summary": "Passos, MG. Characteristics Residues Fruit / vegetable peel Coffee grounds and filter Sawdust Humidity (%) 86.81 51.38 2.18 M.S. (%) 13.19 48.62 97.82 N (g/kg) 20.37 21.42 4.13 P (g/kg) 2.54 1.37 0.07 K (g/kg) 20.95 11.31 0.21 Ca(g/kg) 10.15 0.91 0.36 Mg (g/kg) 1.50 1.81 0.78 S (g/kg) 1.88 1.31 0.30 B (mg/kg) 22.87 9.07 5.34 Cu (mg/kg) 8.57 19.14 0.58 Fe (mg/kg) 431.42 533.77 155.18 Mn (mg/kg) 45.42 36.16 46.99 Zn (mg/kg) 17.05 8.40 8.30 Total carbon (%) 37.26 49.09 47.43 Carbon / Nitrogen Ratio 18.29 22.92 114.84 M.O. (%) 64.24 84.63 81.77 pH 5.64 4.95 4.52 Note: Legend: M.S. (Dry matter); N (Nitrogen); P (Phosphorus); Organic materials discarded in the trash are classified as greens (rest of raw vegetables, rest and fruit peels, coffee grounds and filter, rest of bread, eggshell, tea bag, etc.) and brown (sawdust, leaves, bark, dried straw, hay, grass trimming, tree pruning, etc.).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-112", "words": "3808", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Ray, Subhajit", "title": "Impact of Osmodrying on Qualitative Properties of Fruits Viz. Pineapple Cube, Apple Cube and Banana Slice", "date": "2019", "keywords": "apple; banana; concentration; dehydration; food; fruits; journal; process; sugar; vol", "summary": "Similarly apple cubes dehydrated using70% sugar concentration shows negligible growth of yeast and mold. Similarly apples dehydrated using70% sugar syrup shows negligible growth of yeast and mould.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-113", "words": "9074", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Mohiuddin, A. K.", "title": "The Mysterious Domination of Food/Drinking Water Contaminants and Adulterants in Bangladesh", "date": "2019", "keywords": "act; adulteration; bangladesh; bdl; cancer; chemical; city; color; daily; dhaka; drinking; fish; food; food adulteration; health; items; journal; milk; oil; online; people; powder; products; research; star; sun; vol; water", "summary": "Although microbiological contamination and chemical hazards have received most attention, it is recognized that food adulteration and food fraud should not be neglected considering their role in public health Food adulteration includes various forms of practices, such as mixing, substituting, concealing the quality of food by mis-labelling, putting up decomposed or expired food, and adding toxic substances [15].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-114", "words": "5366", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Diro, Samuel; Erko, Beza; Fikirie, Kalkidan", "title": "Production and Adoption Constraints of Improved Coffee Varieties in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia", "date": "2019", "keywords": "coffee; district; farmers; land; mean; production; research; result; s.e; source; study; survey", "summary": "Coffee farmers were told ten major problems related to coffee production on their area to rank them based on their importance. Apart from these, disease and lack of pest control programs also results in decline in coffee production [9].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-116", "words": "5347", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Ray, Subhajit", "title": "Effect of Storage Conditions on Quality Characteristics of Spicy and Nonspicy Varieties of Pork Sausages", "date": "2019", "keywords": "characteristics; content; fat; food; journal; meat; paper; pork; products; quality; sausage; spicy; storage; varieties", "summary": "There were no significant variations in the nutritional composition of pork sausage varieties during storage. Keywords: Pork sausage, Refrigeration, Storage stability, Low-density polyethylene, Wax paper.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-117", "words": "4920", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Yahaya, Olotu; E.O., Atanda; A.A., Rodiya; M.C., Okafor", "title": "Prediction of Climate Change Effects on Plantain Yield in Ondo State, Nigeria", "date": "2019", "keywords": "agriculture; agro; change; climate; ondo; osaez; period; plantain; plantain yield; study; temperature; yield", "summary": "Statistical metrics for plantain yield trends for the Agro-Ecological Zones. Plantain yield trends in three Agro-Ecological Zones from 1975-2005.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-119", "words": "4220", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Boyacioglu, Olcay; Kara, Bet\u00fcl; Can, Hilal; Yerci, Tug\u00e7e Naile; Yilmaz, Sima; Boyacioglu, Seda Orenay", "title": "Leaf Hexane Extracts of Two Turkish Fig (Ficus carica L.) Cultivars Show Cytotoxic Effects on a Human Prostate Cancer Cell Line", "date": "2019", "keywords": "aydin; carica; effect; extract; ficus; fig; hexane; journal; leaf; leaves; vol", "summary": "[13] N. Y. Gond and S. S. Khadabadi, Hepatoprotective activity of Ficus carica leaf extract on rifampicin-induced hepatic damage in rats, Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, vol. 70, pp. [22] N. Aghel, H. Kalantari, and S. Rezazadeh, Hepatoprotective effect of Ficus carica leaf extract on mice intoxicated with carbon tetrachloride, Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 10, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-120", "words": "6648", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Seleshi, Getaneh; Woldetsadik, Kebede; Azene, Mulualem", "title": "Effect of Calcium Chloride Dipping and Beeswax Coating on the Shelf Life and Quality of Nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nucipersica) Fruits", "date": "2019", "keywords": "beeswax; cacl2; coatings; dipping; effect; food; fruits; journal; nectarine; quality; research; storage; vol", "summary": "At day 20, the PLW for 3% BW with 4.5% CaCl2 treated fruits was reduced nearly by half as compared to the highest PLW of 27.55% for 0% BW with 3.0% CaCl2 treatment. At day 25, the highest decay (60%) was observed from 6% BW with 0% CaCl2 and 6% BW with 1.5% CaCl2 treated fruits whereas the lowest (20%) was from 3% BW with 3.0% CaCl2 and 3% BW with 4.5% CaCl2 treated fruits Table 5. Table-5.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-122", "words": "4250", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Ehemba, Georgina Lala; Zoclanclounon, Yedomon Ange Bovys; Gueye, Moustapha; Diatta, Cyril; Diatta, Martial Barnabe Etienne; Thiaw, Cheikh; Kouly Tine, Alfred; Bald\u00e9, Alpha Bocar; Kanfany, Ghislain", "title": "Evaluation of Extra-early Maturing Maize Genotypes for Grain Yield and Stability in the Groundnut Basin Agro-ecological Zone of Senegal", "date": "2019", "keywords": "ammi; analysis; biplot; environment; genotype; gge; interaction; journal; maize; senegal; stability; vol; yield", "summary": "Assuming \ud835\udf07 is the grand mean of extra early maize genotypes yield, \ud835\udefc\ud835\udc54 is the genotype deviation of the grand mean, \ud835\udefd\ud835\udc52 is the environment deviation, \ud835\udf06\ud835\udc5b is singular value for interaction principal component (IPC) n and \ud835\udf06\ud835\udc5b 2 is the corresponding eigenvalue, \ud835\udefe\ud835\udc54\ud835\udc5b is the eigenvector for genotype g and component n, \ud835\udeff\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc5b is the eigenvector for environment e, \ud835\udf0c\ud835\udc52 is the residual, \ud835\udf05\ud835\udc5f(\ud835\udc52) is the block effect for replication r within environment e and \ud700\ud835\udc54\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc5f is the error, the yield of genotype g in environment e for replication r (\ud835\udc4c\ud835\udc54\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc5f) is expressed by Gauch Information on extra-early maize genotypes used in this study.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-123", "words": "3438", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Santos, Alisson Augusto; Alves, Thayane Leonel; Lemos, Evandro Freire; Arruda Barbosa, Jos\u00e9 De; Oliveira Rocha, Ian Lucas de; De Almeida, Gabriela Mour\u00e3o", "title": "Ethylene Biosynthesis Inhibitors on the Quality of the Coffee Beverage and Efficiency of the Mechanical Harvest", "date": "2019", "keywords": "cherry; coffee; ethephon; fruits; green; harvest; product", "summary": "Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2019, 6(1): 85-88 87 \u00a9 2019 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group The harvest started when, aproximately, the percentual of maturation was reached: T1- cherry fruit: 89.79% and green fruits: 10.21%; T2 \u2013 cherry fruits: 72.98% and green fruits: 27.01%; T3- cherry fruits 86.02% and green fruits13.97%; T4 \u2013 cherry fruits: 86.63% and green fruits: 13.37%. The harvest started when, the maturation of the beans got the following levels: T1 \u2013 89.79% of cherry fruits, T2 \u2013 72.98% of fruits, T \u2013 86.02% of cherry fruits, T4 86.63% of cherry fruits.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-124", "words": "5985", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "65", "author": "Adekunle A., Folorunso,; Aisha S., Habeeb,; T., Ajayi, Odunola", "title": "Sensory Evaluation of Snacks Produced From Wheat-Breadfruit Flour and Nutritional Composition of the Flour Blends", "date": "2019", "keywords": "breadfruit flour; chin; content; dough; flour; flour sample; sample; snack; wheat; wheat flour", "summary": "A while the lowest value of carbohydrate and moisture content were observed in flour sample B and the lowest value of protein, fat, ash and crude fiber content were observed in flour sample C. The result showed that the highest value of moisture content, ash content and crude fiber content were observed in flour sample A (50:50), highest value of protein content, and fat content were observed in flour sample B (30:70) and highest value of carbohydrate content was observed in flour sample C (70:30).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-125", "words": "5270", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Osodo, Booker; Nyaanga, Daudi; Kiplagat, Jeremiah", "title": "Simulation of Grain Quantity, Fan and Solar Collector Sizes for an Experimental Forced Convection Grain Dryer", "date": "2019", "keywords": "air; dryer; drying; flow; grain; layer; pressure; simulation; solar; thickness; velocity", "summary": "It is evident that for grain layer thickness of 0.1 m, air velocity increased gradually up the entire grain layer, leveling off at the top. For example for grain layer thickness of 0.2 m at inlet velocities 1 m/s, velocity increased gradually up to a grain layer height of 0.04 m, before falling sharply.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-128", "words": "4094", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "70", "author": "Islam, Md. Mahbubul; Ferdous, Jannatul; Debnath, Manika Rani", "title": "Performance of CVL-1 Seedling Growth and Dry Weight Attributes Under Greenhouse and Field Conditions as Affected By Seed Source and Seedling Age", "date": "2019", "keywords": "base; diameter; length; root; root length; seedling; shoot; weight", "summary": "Results revealed that seedling growth and dry weight parameters varied significantly due to seed sources. The shoot height, base diameter, root length, shoot dry weight and root dry weights varied significantly due to seed sources in both the condition of greenhouse and field.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-129", "words": "4167", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "M. N, Chukwu,; C. G., Ezeagwula,; A. A, Nwakaudu,; W., Oti,; I, Anyaogu,", "title": "Microbial Loads of Ogiri-Ahuekere Condiment Produced from Groundnut Seed (Arachis hypogaea Linn)", "date": "2019", "keywords": "agar; ahuekere; count; days; fermentation; food; groundnut; journal; ogiri; samples; seeds; tcc; vol", "summary": "Table showed that TCC of fermented ogiri-ahuekere samples from 1 and 2 day(s) were significantly the same while TCC of 2 days fermented ogiri-ahuekere sample (1.03\u00d7107cfu/g) was significantly different from TCC of unfermented ahuekere though similar to TCC (1.60\u00d7107cfu/g) of 3 days fermented ogiri-ahuekere sample. Many families in West Africa often used fermented condiments as low cost meat substitute.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-130", "words": "5586", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "E. E., Osuji,; M. O., Okwara,; U. A., Essien,; C. G., Agu,; M. N., Oguegbuchulam,", "title": "Sustainability of Climate Change Adaptation Measures in South-South, Nigeria", "date": "2019", "keywords": "adaptation; area; change; climate; climate change; crop; farmers; information; nigeria; south; variability", "summary": "Abstract The rampaging effects of climate change on Nigeria agriculture cannot be totally undermined, hence, the sustainability of climate change adaptation measures in South-South, Nigeria. [15] A. Egeru, Role of indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, vol. 11, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-131", "words": "4192", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "69", "author": "Tolessa, Egata Shunka; Weldegiorigis, Gebremedhin; Chindi, Abebe", "title": "Traditional Potato Food Types Preparation Practices and Farmer Reaction in Welmera and Ada Berga District, West Shewa, Ethiopia", "date": "2019", "keywords": "chips; farmers; food; group; photo; potato; training; types", "summary": "To diversify potato utilization, training on potato processing was held in two kebeles of Welmera and one kebele\u2019s of Ada Berga District for selected potato producing farmers group and cooperative members to promote potato processing and increase farmer\u2019s attitude towards potato production as well as to diversify the use of potato product and foods farmers use. In addition, it helps to diversify the ways of eating potato product in different food items.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-132", "words": "10116", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Awolu, Olugbenga Olufemi; Olabiran, Temitope Esther", "title": "Supplementation of Rice Flour With Carrot, Date Palm and Defatted Soybean Flours for Enhanced Nutritional, Antioxidants and Physicochemical Properties", "date": "2019", "keywords": "beans flour; capacity; carrot flour; content; date; date palm; flour; flour blends; food; journal; palm flour; pasting; properties; protein; rice flour; sample; soya; soybean; soybean flour; vol; water; wheat flour", "summary": "Flour samples with high BD are good as thickeners, while those with lower BD are better for complementary foods. Composite flour sample with lower soybean but higher carrot content (sample 2) had the best potassium content.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1327", "words": "3446", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Mustafa, Omer Allagabo Omer", "title": "Efficiency of Agriculture and Water Sector and the Reality of Food Security in Arab Countries (2010-2017)", "date": "2020", "keywords": "agriculture; arab; countries; food; gap; security; water", "summary": "This situation raises questions about the reality of Arab food security and the role of agricultural and water sector in reducing of the Arab food gap? 1.2. To highlight challenges that face Arab food security.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1336", "words": "4469", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Parvez, Rezwanul; Chowdhury, Nazea Hasan Khan", "title": "Weather and Crop Management Impact on Crop Yield Variability", "date": "2020", "keywords": "change; corn; crop; crop yield; data; price; research; temperature; vol; weather; wheat; yield", "summary": "These findings have useful implications for agriculture sector on how historical weather trends have affected crop yield and distribution pattern. A vast majority of existing literature primarily focused on investigating how crop yield respond to weather conditions, with emphasis on the decadal and interannual weather variability [1-3] weather extremes", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1337", "words": "3568", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Amedi, Maxwell; Dumayiri, Moses; Suhuyini, Mohammed Abdul-Rashid", "title": "Effect of Credit on Cassava Productivity in Kintampo South District Using Cobb-Douglas Production Function Model", "date": "2020", "keywords": "cassava; credit; district; farmers; kintampo; output; production; south; study", "summary": "Agricultural credit therefore plays short-circuiting role in individual savings process to increase investment in agriculture [5]. [9] examination of credit supply from different sectors of the economy, agricultural credit and production response.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-134", "words": "3881", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Obinna-Echem, Patience C.; Chukunda, Franklyn A.", "title": "Nutrient Composition of Mushroom: Pleurotus Ostreatus (Jacaum, ex. Fr. Kummer) grown on Different Agricultural Wastes", "date": "2018", "keywords": "content; fruit; google; mineral; mushroom; ostreatus; pleurotus; substrates; view; vol; wastes", "summary": "It has been reported that the proximate and mineral composition of edible mushroom were found to be significant for human consumption [2] H. K. M. Chan, Consumption of edible mushrooms in Hong Kong, Mushroom Newsletter for the Tropics, vol. 1, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-135", "words": "12568", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Maletsema Alina, Mofokeng,; Kingstone, Mashingaidze,", "title": "Genetic Differentiation of ARC Soybean [Glycine Max (L.) Merrill] Accessions Based on Agronomic and Nutritional Quality Traits", "date": "2018", "keywords": "accessions; acid; diversity; google scholar; plant; pod number; pod weight; seed number; seed yield; soybean; soybean accessions; traits; view; vol", "summary": "View at Google Scholar [28] D. K. Ojo, A. A. O., and O. O. A., Genetic relationships among soybean accessions based on morphological and RAPDs techniques, Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, vol. 35, pp. 237-248, 2012. The study of genetic diversity is invaluable for efficient utilization, conservation and management of germplasm collections.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-137", "words": "4260", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Obinna-Echem, Patience C.; Torporo, Charles N.", "title": "Physico-Chemical and Sensory Quality of Tigernut (Cyperus Esculentus) \u2013Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Milk Drink", "date": "2018", "keywords": "coconut; coconut milk; content; drink; food; google; milk; sample; scholar; tigernut; view; vol", "summary": "This observation indicated that tigernut milk had more protein than the coconut milk as the decrease in protein was with increase in coconut milk. View at Google Scholar | View at Publisher [25] W. H. Bowen and R. A. Lawrence, Comparison of the carcinogenicity of Honey, cattle milk human milk and sucrose, Pediatrics, vol. 116, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-138", "words": "13923", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Kumar Singh, Ajay; Issac, Jofri", "title": "Impact of Climatic and Non-climatic Factors on Sustainable Livelihood Security in Gujarat State of India: A Statistical Exploration", "date": "2018", "keywords": "area; development; districts; economic; eei; esi; factors; food; gujarat; index; india; linear; livelihood; population; rate; regression; research; security; sei; slsi; social; variables; view; vol", "summary": "Pearson correlation coefficients among SLSI and its associated indexes Parameters SLSI ESI EEI SEI SLSI 1 0.529** 0.650** 0.576** ESI 0.529** 1 0.259** -0.188** EEI 0.650** 0.259** 1 -0.002 SEI 0.576** -0.188** -0.002 1 Note: SLSI- (apcpspse)dt -0.0052*** (apcpsuse)dt -0.0258 (apcpause)dt +Udt [N= 216; Wald Chi2 =58*; R-squared =0.1985; Mean VIF= 5.77; AIC= -120.4305; BIC= -73.1766; F-Value (Ramsey RESET)= 0.35] (22) (SLSI)dt = -3.9216 +0.0055 (ttf) +0.7385** (amaxtwise)dt -0.0096*** (amaxtwise^2)dt -0.6937*** (amaxtspse)dt +0.0084 (amaxtspse^2)dt +0.3273 (amaxtsuse)dt -0.0067 (amaxtsuse^2)dt -0.8773*** (amaxtause)dt +0.0131*** (amaxtause^2)dt - 0.7264* (amintwise)dt +0.0202* (amintwise^2)dt +1.4593** (amintspse)dt -0.0280** (amintspse^2)dt -0.6018 (amintsuse)dt +0.0168 (amintsuse^2)dt -0.1416 (amintause)dt +0.0012 (amintause^2)dt -0.2353 (apcpwise)dt +1.6931 (apcpwise^2)dt +0.0140 (apcpspse)dt -0.0029*** (apcpspse^2)dt -0.0126 (apcpsuse)dt +0.0002 (apcpsuse^2)dt -0.0882 (apcpause)dt +0.0117 (apcpause^2)dt + \u0277dt [N= 216; Wald Chi2 = 84.05*; R-squared =0.2889; Mean VIF =2149.81; AIC= -122.2791; BIC= - 34.5219; F-Value (Ramsey RESET)= 2.23***] (23) 6.3.2.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-140", "words": "3219", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Ibrahim El-Gali, Zahra", "title": "Evaluation of Some Plant Extracts and Powders in Control of Bean Damping-Off By Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum", "date": "2018", "keywords": "control; extracts; google; journal; plant; powder; view; vol", "summary": "Keywords: Plant extract, Powder, Phytochemical, Damping-off, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Effect of plant extracts and powders on seed decay.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-141", "words": "3779", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Gebremeskel, Haileslassie; Jaleto, Kedir; Biratu, Wakuma; Abebe, Haile", "title": "Growth and Yield Response of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam) Varieties to Lowland Agro-Ecology of Raya Azebo, Ethiopia", "date": "2018", "keywords": "ha-1; mean; plant; potato; research; testing; tuber; varieties; variety; yield", "summary": "Whereas emergence percentage and plant height were significantly Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2018, 5(2): 52-56 54 affected (P<0.05) by sweet potato variety; which however, highly significant influence (P<0.01) was found in internodes length and tuber length and very highly significant (P<0.001) in marketable yield, unmarketable yield and total tuber yield of sweet potato varieties. [16] A. S. Bhagsari and D. A. Ashley, Relationship of photosynthesis and harvest index of sweet potato yield, Journal of Horticultural Science, vol. 111, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1417", "words": "4360", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Tsagaye, Dasta; Gadebo, Andargachew; Aklilu, Shimelis", "title": "Genetic Variability in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum MILL) Genotypes in the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia", "date": "2020", "keywords": "days; fruit; genotypes; heritability; journal; number; plant; research; tomato; variability", "summary": "Tomato fruit is traded on the fresh market and used in the processing industry for making ketchup, juice, and soups. pH of tomato fruit: Tomato juice was extracted from red ripe fruits, was determined from extracted juice, by using pH meter at room temperature.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-143", "words": "5669", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "O., ADENIYI Paulina; Veronica A., OBATOLU; Hammed A., KEHINDE", "title": "Comparative Evaluation of the Nutritional, Physical and Sensory Properties of Beef, Chicken and Soy Burgers", "date": "2018", "keywords": "beef; beef burger; burger; chicken; chicken burger; content; food; protein; samples; soy; soy burger; study; view; weight", "summary": "Keywords: Beef burger, Chicken burger, Soy burger. Discussion Soy burger was significantly higher in protein content than chicken burger while beef burger had the highest value (Table 2).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-145", "words": "3062", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Nokerbekova, N.K.; Suleimenov, Ye. T.; Zhapayev, R.K.", "title": "Influence of Fertilizing with Nitrogen Fertilizer on the Content of Amino Acids in Sweet Sorghum Grain", "date": "2018", "keywords": "acids; amino; content; fertilizers; g/100; grain; nitrogen; protein; sorghum", "summary": "Effective and cost-effective production of livestock products is inconceivable without the right combination of amino acids in the diet. The quality of the fodder protein is determined from the point of view of the animals\u2019 need for amino acids, firstly, the amino acid profile, which represents the ratio of essential amino acids in the protein and, secondly, their availability for metabolism and growth [2].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-146", "words": "2693", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Chang, Youngjae; Kim, Geumsoo", "title": "Forecasting Waste Agricultural Plastics Generation in the Republic of Korea and its Policy Implications", "date": "2018", "keywords": "collection; generation; house; plastics; treatment; wap; waste", "summary": "However, farmers do not have sufficient incentives to take waste plastics to private collectors or public collection points voluntarily and the basic administrative districts do not have the resources to deal with the waste fully. However, the most prevalent type of waste plastics, mulching Low Density Polyethylene(LDPE) and High Density Polyethylene(HDPE), which accounted for 76% of the total 322,964 tons of waste generated in 2015, would create a serious problem if left intact in fields.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-147", "words": "5156", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Dak\u00e9n\u00e9, Virginie Marie; S\u00e9r\u00e9m\u00e9, Abdoulaye; Koala, Moumouni; Somda, Marius K.; Sawadogo \u2013 Lingani, Hagr\u00e9tou; Traor\u00e9, Alfred S.", "title": "Influence of Agro-Ecological Areas on the Antioxidant Capacity of Onion Varieties Grown in Burkina Faso", "date": "2019", "keywords": "antioxidant; bulb; burkina; central; faso; galmi; material; onion; total; varieties; violet", "summary": "To our knowledge very little work has been done on the antioxidants and polyphenols of onion bulb varieties grown in Burkina Faso. The results of this work show that onion bulb varieties cultivated in Burkina Faso are rich in antioxidants, and concentrations vary from one agro-ecological area to another.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-148", "words": "5830", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Wireko-Manu, Faustina Dufie; Amamoo, Cleopatra", "title": "Comparative Studies on Proximate and Some Mineral Composition of Selected Local Rice Varieties and Imported Rice Brands in Ghana", "date": "2017", "keywords": "brown; content; crude; food; ghana; google; mg/100; mineral; rice; rice varieties; scholar; values; varieties; view; vol", "summary": "Many urban consumers are said to prefer imported rice to local rice even though it is more expensive because it looks cleaner, more polished and more prestigious to eat and to offer to visitors. In the same year, computations by the Ghana statistical service indicated a custom value of imported rice of GH\u00a2 108,523,136 compared to a significantly low amount of GH\u00a2 1,186 of exported rice in Ghana.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1484", "words": "8601", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "A. E, Uzoukwu,; C. N, Ubbaonu,; J. N., Nwosu,; C. C., Ogueke,; M. N., Chukwu,", "title": "The Anti-Nutritional and Proximate Composition of Rain Tree (Samanea saman) Pod Samples", "date": "2020", "keywords": "anti; content; flask; food; journal; pod; pods; protein; pulp; rain; research; saman; samanea; samanea saman; samples; seed; tree; vol", "summary": "The lipid content (Ether extract) results in Table 2 shows that Samanea saman pod had the highest lipid content(3.31%) among the samples with Samanea saman seed having 2.66% and the Samanea saman pulp having the lowest lipid content (2.52%).The lipid content of all the samples were significantly (p< 0.05) different from each other. This is in line with Esuoso [8] who reported ash contents of 4.16% and 2.10% for Samanea saman whole pod and seed respectively.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-149", "words": "10302", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Ozung, P. O.; Kennedy Oko, O. O.; Agiang, E. A.; Eburu, P. O.; Evans, E. I.", "title": "Growth Performance and Apparent Nutrient Digestibility Coefficients of Weaned Rabbits Fed Diets Containing Different Forms of Cocoa Pod Husk Meal", "date": "2017", "keywords": "animal; cocoa; cocoa pod; cphm; diets; digestibility; feed; fibre; husk; husk meal; meal; o. o.; percent; performance; pod husk; protein; rabbits; raw; research; values; view; vol; water", "summary": "Abstract The growth performance and apparent nutrient digestibility co \u2013 efficients of weaned rabbits fed corn \u2013 soybean meal basal diets containing different forms of cocoa pod husk meal were determined. Twelve is nitrogenous and is caloric diets were formulated containing sundried (T1 T2, T3 & T4), fermented (T5 T6, T7 & T8), and hot - water treated (T9 T10, T11 & T12) cocoa pod husk meal (CPHM) each at 0, 12.5, 25 and 37.5% levels of inclusion, respectively.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-150", "words": "3243", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "O.F, Olotuah,; E.O, Dawodu,", "title": "Biocidal Properties of Cymbopogon Citratus Extracts on Termite (Microcerotermes Beesoni)", "date": "2017", "keywords": "0.00\u00b10.0a; application; control; ethanol; extracts; hexane; mortality; termites; use", "summary": "While the least mortality was observed in ethanol shoot extract and followed by ethanol root extract. After 20seconds of application of all the extracts, the least mortality was observed in ethanol shoot extract replicate while the highest mortality was observed in n-hexane root extract replicate.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1503", "words": "5709", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Abeshu, Yadesa; Zewdu, Ashagrie", "title": "Developing Calibration Model for Prediction of Malt Barley Genotypes Quality Traits using Fourier Transform near Infrared Spectroscopy", "date": "2020", "keywords": "barley; calibration; content; data; food; malt; model; near; quality; samples; spectroscopy; study; traits; validation", "summary": "3. Results and Discussion Calibration model development highly depends on selecting a set of good calibration samples data obtained by wet chemistry analysis method. The set of calibration samples used in this study also contained the range of chemical and physical variations for which calibration model was applied.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-151", "words": "4575", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Al-Seeni, Madeha N.; Ali, Ahmed M.; Elsawi, Nagwa M.; Abdo, Asma S.", "title": "Assessment of the Secondary Metabolite Patulin and Lycium Barbarum Fruit on INS-1 Rat Pancreatic \u0392-Cells", "date": "2018", "keywords": "amylase; blood; control; glucose; goji; google; google scholar; group; insulin; patulin; publisher; scholar; view; vol; weeks", "summary": "Insulin is known to facilitate the absorption of glucose through the specialized membrane of the insulin sensitive cells which invariably results in an increase in blood glucose level due to delayed glucose uptake [30]. View at Google Scholar | View at Publisher [16] M. Najafian, M. Z. Jahromi, and M. J. Nowroznejhad, Phloridzin reduces blood glucose levels and improves lipids metabolism in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, Molecular Biology Reports, vol. 1, pp. 1-8, 2011.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1518", "words": "4468", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Tesfaye, Deressa; Yilma, Gizachew; Achenif, Gebeyew; Abo, Temesgen; Sefera, Tadese; Temesgen, Tamene", "title": "Faba Bean Variety Development for Yield, Quality, and Disease Resistance for Water Logged Vertisol Areas-Registration of a Faba Bean Variety Named \u2018Ashebeka\u2019", "date": "2020", "keywords": "ashebeka; bean; environments; ethiopia; faba; faba bean; genotypes; production; research; stability; variety; water; yield", "summary": "[9] F. Etemadi, M. Hashemi, B. Xing, and H. Mashayekhi, Accumula- tion trend of L -Dopa in different parts of faba beans varieties, in In: ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meetings. [13] G. Yitayih and Y. Azmeraw, Adaptation of faba bean varieties for yield, for yield components and against faba bean gall (Olpidium viciae Kusano) disease in South Gondar, Ethiopia, The Crop Journal, vol. 5, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-152", "words": "4864", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Okebiorun, E.O.; Jatto, N.A.", "title": "Value Addition in Cassava Processing: Evidence from Women in Ilesa West Local Government Area of Osun State", "date": "2017", "keywords": "agriculture; area; cassava; experience; food; processing; processors; research; value; women; years", "summary": "The socio-economic characteristics of cassava processors have direct or indirect influence on cassava processing. The constraints in cassava processing in the study area were found to be numerous, stating from high cost of cassava, water lodge, heat from firewood and scarcity of firewood, Table 4 shows the gravity of these constraints provided by cassava processors.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-154", "words": "5957", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "38", "author": "Samuel Mensah, Owusu; Jincai, Zhuang; Isaac, Asare Bediako; Patrick, Acheampong", "title": "The Role of Institutional Policies in Promoting Agribusiness Development in Rural China", "date": "2017", "keywords": "agribusiness; agricultural; china; development; google; google scholar; growth; publisher; quantile; regression; rural; scholar; view; vol", "summary": "However, we adopt quantile regression, which is the appropriate quantitative technique to measure the effect predictor variables on agricultural growth in rural China. [12] using province-level panel data investigated the effect of rural reforms on agricultural growth in rural China.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-155", "words": "7683", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Temesgen, Nigussie; Haile, Abebe", "title": "Determinants of Nutritional Status of Under-Five Children in Ethiopia: With Particular Reference to Anelmoworeda, Hadiya Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region", "date": "2017", "keywords": "age; children; food; health; malnutrition; nutritional; size; source; status; study; stunting; underweight; wasting; water", "summary": "TOP = Total number of population (in this case total number of population is number of 6-59 months age children in the Woreda). The prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting among children ages 6-59 months in Anlemo Woreda were about 42.4%, 16.1% and 9.7% respectively.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-156", "words": "8642", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Markos, Daniel; Loha, Gobeze", "title": "Sweet Potato Agronomy Research in Ethiopia: Summary of Past Findings and Future Research Directions", "date": "2016", "keywords": "crop; ethiopia; food; fym; maize; planting; potato; research; root; varieties; vine; yield", "summary": "Results showed that sweet potato crop has a potential of 50 to 60 t/ha in Ethiopia and the length of vines to be used for planting shall be 30 to 40 cm. Sweet potato crop has a potential of 50 to 60 t/ha in Ethiopia; however, farmers are obtaining 6 to 8 tons/ha only.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-157", "words": "4349", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Markos, Daniel; Hidoto, Legesse; Negash, Fiseha", "title": "Achievements of Cassava Agronomy Research in Southern Ethiopia in the Last two Decades", "date": "2016", "keywords": "cassava; harvesting; maize; planting; research; root; row; spacing; yield", "summary": "Effect of intercropped grain legumes with cassava on yield of legumes kg/ha) Treatments Sole yield (kg/ha) Intercrop yield (kg/ha) LER Competitive value Haricot Bean 3510 3222 1.09 1.49 Cow Pea 3302 2844 0.86 1.37 Soybean 2010 2010 1.00 2.08 Mung Bean 1740 1948 1.12 2.24 Source: unpublished data Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2016, 3(1): 12-18 16 Intercropping cassava with haricot bean, cowpea, soybean and mung bean, reduces cassava yield by 27%, 37%, 52% and 50% respectively. Therefore, planting cassava in a ridge was recommended in Amaaro Kele area.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-158", "words": "5298", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Yusuf, Hauwa L.; Igwegbe, Amin O.; Idakwo, Paul Y.", "title": "Comparison of Some Quality Characteristics of Milk from White Fulani Cow, Ouda Ewe, and Kano Brown Doe Reared Under the Same Environment", "date": "2016", "keywords": "cow; cow milk; fat; goat; kano; milk; protein; sheep; study; vol; white", "summary": "Nigeria is the largest milk producer in West Africa and the third largest producer of cow milk in Africa, yet Africa contributes just over two percent of the World's milk supply Thus, goat milk is naturally homogenized and therefore it is easier to digest than cow milk because of smaller nature of the fat globules", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-159", "words": "2814", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Angbre, Francis, A.", "title": "The Role of Agricultural Education in Ensuring National Security in Nigeria", "date": "2016", "keywords": "agriculture; challenges; education; nigeria; security; skills", "summary": "References [1] I. Adabara, Vocational agricultural education production means for strengthening Nigerian economy, Oju Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, vol. 2, pp. Mohammed [5] sees vocational education as systematic learning experiences which are designed to fit individuals for gainful employment in recognized occupations as semi-skilled workers.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1592", "words": "4974", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Fikirie, Kalkidan; Bezu, Abebe; Eshetu, Melat; Bekele, Daniel; Rabo, Mohamed", "title": "Evaluate Technical Standards of Implemented Soil Bund in Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia: The Case of Adama, Lume and Dodota Districts", "date": "2020", "keywords": "adama; area; bund; conservation; district; erosion; ethiopia; farmers; practices; soil; study; water; water conservation", "summary": "[15] D. Gizaw, Conceptualizing rill erosion as a tool for planning and evaluating soil conservation in Angereb watershed, Ethiopia: Methodological Development Research Report for Q505 Project Supported by Eastern and Southern Africa Partnership Program (ESAPP). Abstract Land degradation in the form of soil erosion is a serious problem in Ethiopia.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1593", "words": "6888", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Mushonga, Princess; Parawira, Wilson; Nyanga, Loveness Kuziwa", "title": "Occurrence of Fumonisins in Some Maize Meal Marketed to Consumers in Harare, Zimbabwe", "date": "2020", "keywords": "bran; contamination; food; fumonisin; journal; levels; maize; maize meal; meal; millers; samples; vol", "summary": "Fumonisin B2 was not detected in maize meal samples, such as maize meal with wheat bran added and some super refined maize meal yet FB1 was detected in the same samples at 2.5 \u00b5g/kg detection limit. Fumonisin B1 and Fumonisin B2 were extracted from maize meal with methanol-water (3:1, v/v) using ultrasonic extraction.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-160", "words": "5981", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Mwaniki Ndiritu, Moses; Kilalo, Dora; Kimenju, John Wangai; Mwaniki, Shelmith Waruguru", "title": "Pathogenicity of Selected Kenyan Entomopathogenic Nematodes of Genus Steinernema against Banana Weevil (Cosmopolites Sordidus)", "date": "2016", "keywords": "adult; banana; control; epns; journal; larvae; mean; mortality; nematodes; spp; steinernema; test; vol; weevil", "summary": "Keywords: Banana, Cosmopolites sordidus, Management, Entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema spp. Entomopathogenic nematodes were obtained from the entomology laboratory.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-161", "words": "6435", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Haile, Abebe; Geribo, Martha; Kinfe, Esayas", "title": "Evaluation of Porridge Made from Composite Flour of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato and Enset (Bulla) Flours", "date": "2016", "keywords": "bulla; carotene; composite; content; flour; food; ofsp; p<0.05; porridge; potato; water", "summary": "Hence, Bulla composite flours porridge needs additional fiber source of food. B1PM1=100% of Bulla flour, OB1PM1=30% OFSP + 70% of Bulla, OB2PM1=35% OFSP + 65% of Bulla, OB3PM1=40% OFSP + 60% of Bulla and OB4PM1=45% OFSP + 55% of Bulla composite flour; B1PM2=100% Bulla porridge, OB1PM2=30 % OFSP + 70% Bulla, OB2PM2=35% OFSP + 65% of Bulla, OB3PM2=40% OFSP + 60% Bulla and OB4PM2=45% OFSP + 55% Bulla composite flour porridge. 2.5.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-162", "words": "2658", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Mudalal, M.O.; Bushara, I.; Mekki, Dafalla M.; Besheer, ElGazafey; Babiker, S.A.", "title": "Effect of Feeding Regimen on Relationship between Carcass Measurements, Slaughter Weight and Hot Carcass Weight of Sudanese Desert Goats", "date": "2016", "keywords": "carcass; carcass measurements; carcass weight; length; measurements; slaughter; slaughter weight; vol; weight", "summary": "Abstract The study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding diets, on growth performance and relationship between carcass measurements, slaughter weight and hot carcass weight, of 72 intact male desert bucks divided randomly into three groups; each group (24 males), the animals were slaughtered according to halal standard procedures. [1] who reported that the there is positive relationship between carcass measurements, slaughter weight and hot carcass weight were significant positive for animal depending on natural grazing.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1627", "words": "2603", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Mieso, Beriso; Befa, Abdela", "title": "Physical Characteristics of the Essential Oil Extracted from Released and Improved Lemongrass Varieties, Palmarosa and Citronella Grass", "date": "2020", "keywords": "citronella; grass; gravity; lemongrass; lomisar; oil; palmarosa; research; varieties", "summary": "Essential Oil Content From the essential oil extracted essential oil contents of grass species samples were calculated based on the formula described below Oil content (w/w (%) = mass of extracted oil (g) mass of extracted sample (g) The physical quality parameter of aromatic plants in this study like essential oil content, relative density or specific gravity, refractive index, appearance, color, and odor were analyzed and the results were shown in the following tables Table 1 and Table 2.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-163", "words": "2562", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Ali, Sajed; Raza, Syed Ali; Butt, Shahid Javed; Sarwar, Zahid", "title": "Effect of Foliar Boron Application on Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Growth and Final Crop Harvest", "date": "2016", "keywords": "application; boron; grains; plant; rice; soil; vol; yield", "summary": "The results illustrated a significant effect of B foliar application on number of grains panicle-1, number of filled grains and final grain yield. Keeping in view the deficiencies reported causing reduction in final crop harvest and less availability of B in calcareous soils, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of boron foliar application on rice yield and yield components in calcareous soils of Pakistan.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1634", "words": "7720", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Gurmu, Sisay", "title": "Determination of NP Fertilizer Rates and Plant Population Density on Yield and Yield Related Parameters of Quality Protein Maize (Zea mays L.) in Southwestern Ethiopia", "date": "2020", "keywords": "density; fertilizer; grain; growth; ha-1; journal; maize; p2o5; plant; plant population; population; population density; soil; yield", "summary": "Summaries of earlier results from different studies on maize plant population densities indicate that better yields were obtained at planting density in range of 6-7.5 plants m-2 The result showed that biological yield was increased by increasing plant density due to high grain yield, number of ears per plant and plant height in the treatment of high plant population density of 88,888 plants ha-1 (75x15cm) and low biomass yield was obtained in the treatment of lower plant population density 44,444 plants ha-1 (75x30cm).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-164", "words": "4258", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Ahmad, Iftekhar; Das, Tomal Toru; Yasin, Md.; Afzal Hossain, Mohammad", "title": "Study on Biochemical Compounds, Antioxidant Activity and Organoleptic Taste of Some Spice Tea", "date": "2016", "keywords": "activity; cardamom; cinnamon; food; ginger; sample; spice; tea; total; vol; water", "summary": "Determination of Antioxidant Activity The scavenging effects of spice tea samples for 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical were measured according to the method by Chan, et al. Quantification of Lipids 1g of tea sample was taken in a separating funnel and 25 ml of chloroform and methanol mixture (2:1) was added into it.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1643", "words": "4018", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "O.O., Awolu,; C.F., Ajibola,; J.B., Adeloye,; F., Ogwu,", "title": "Optimization of Proximate and Minerals Compositions of Sweet Potato, Soybean and Rice Bran Composite Flours for Production of Low Glycemic Index Dough Meal", "date": "2020", "keywords": "bran; content; dough; flour; food; index; meal; potato; rice", "summary": "The responses were proximate properties (protein, carbohydrates, ash, crude fibre, fat and moisture) and mineral (calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium and zinc) composition, while the variables were the raw materials (sweet potato flour, rice bran flour and soybean meal flour), as presented in Table 1. The moisture content decreased significantly (p\uf0a3 0.05) as in soybean meal and rice bran flour contents increased.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-165", "words": "4099", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "64", "author": "Ahmed, M.M. Emam; Haque, Md. Maksudul; Khan Robin, A.B.M Arif Hasan; Hossain, Mohammad Anwar", "title": "Morphological Characterization of Deepwater Rice Genotypes", "date": "2016", "keywords": "br224; das; genotypes; height; leaves; number; plant; rice; tillers; yield", "summary": "Plant height of different rice genotypes at different treatments. Number of leaves of different rice genotypes at different treatments.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-166", "words": "7231", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Daba, Tadessa; Shigeta, Masayoshi", "title": "Enset (Ensete Ventricosum) Production in Ethiopia: Its Nutritional and Socio-Cultural Values", "date": "2016", "keywords": "bulla; composition; corm; crop; enset; ethiopia; food; kocho; plant; potato; protein; pseudostem; research; starch; values; varieties; vol", "summary": "It should be noted that protein is not enough if they live on enset food (kocho/bulla) alone. Enset food products are usually used after fermentation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-167", "words": "2499", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "D\u00f6lek, \u00dcmit; G\u00fcne\u015f, Mehmet", "title": "Fruit Growth Characteristics of Rose Hips (Rosa sp)", "date": "2016", "keywords": "developing; fruit; growth; jundzillii; source; weight", "summary": "Keywords: Rosa, Fruit growth, Sigmoid, Curve, Fruit diameter, Fruit flesh Contents 1. Fruit growth is influenced by some genetic factors such as cultivar/variety, rootstock, age, biennial bearing, the position of the flower on spur, cultural factors such as pruning, defending against pests, thinning, irrigation and nutrition, exogenous hormone applications and environmental factors such as temperature, light, soil, moisture, wind and gases [3].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-168", "words": "3629", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Krasteva, Gyurova, Desislava; Rositsa Kirilova, Enikova,", "title": "Dietary Fibers in Grain Species as Sources of Wholegrain Foods", "date": "2015", "keywords": "bulgaria; content; fibers; flour; foods; rye; type; wheat; wholegrain", "summary": "I 16,41\u00b10,30 Wholegrain wheat flour - Bulgaria II The imported USA lots of wholegrain wheat flour have high fiber content.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-169", "words": "3744", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Ahmad, Iftekhar; Fuad, Imran; Kanak Khan, Zobada", "title": "Mycelia Growth of Pink Oyster (Pleurotus Djmour) Mushroom in Different Culture Media & Environmental Factors", "date": "2015", "keywords": "agar; dextrose; growth; media; mushroom; mycelial; mycelium; potato", "summary": "Mycelial growth rate per day by different media Media Mycelial growth rate (cm/day) Mycelial growth rate (cm/day) for various PDA media composition Treatment Mycelial growth rate (cm/day) T1 --- T2 0.28 ab T3 0.30 ab T4 0.33 a T5 0.31 ab T6 0.26 a C.V% 9.57 Note: Means followed by same letters are not significantly different from each other at 5% level", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-170", "words": "5928", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Perez-Carrillo, Esther; Chew-Guevara, Ana A.; Heredia-Olea, Erick; Vel\u00e1zquez-Reyes, Hector H.; Serna-Saldivar, Sergio O.", "title": "Mixolab Profile of Wheat Flour and Their Correlation with Textural Properties of Hot-Press Tortilla", "date": "2015", "keywords": "cereal; dough; flour; mixolab; parameters; properties; starch; tortillas; values; vol; water; wheat", "summary": "[5] N. N. Kelekci, S. Pascut, and R. D. Waniska, The effects of storage temperature on the staling of wheat flour tortillas, J. Cereal Sci., vol. 37, pp. [4] T. O. Jondiko, N. J. Alviola, D. B. Hays, A. Ibrahim, M. Tilley, and J. M. Awika, Effect of high-molecular-weight glutenin subunit allelic composition on wheat flour tortilla quality, Cereal Chem., vol. 89, pp. 155-160, 2012.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-171", "words": "3801", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Zhang, Ke", "title": "Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oil from the Clove Buds (Syzygium Aromaticum) Toward Various Oxidative Stresses in Vitro", "date": "2015", "keywords": "antioxidant; buds; clove; damage; dna; dpph; effect; food; oil; scavenging; vol", "summary": "[15] compared essential oils of clove buds extracted with supercritical carbon dioxide and other three traditional extraction methods, and found that there were differences in the components and content of essential oil of clove buds by various methods, but the content of engenol was more than 50%; Jirovetz, et al. Similar to our finds, some studies reported that eugenol was the main component of clove essential oil, but its content was different.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-172", "words": "4846", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Elago, Selma N.; Tjaveondja, Lisias T.", "title": "A Comparative Evaluation of the Economic Contributions and Uses of Strychnos cocculoides and Schinziophyton rautanenii Fruit Trees to Poverty Alleviation in Mile 20 Village of Namibia", "date": "2015", "keywords": "cash; cash income; cocculoides; food; fruits; income; namibia; rautanenii; schinziophyton; strychnos; study", "summary": "The questionnaire sought to capture data on the use of indigenous fruit trees as well as their role within the household system in the study area. In addition, physical observation was also done in order to have a clue on the socio-economic impact of indigenous fruit trees in the study area.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-173", "words": "5241", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Amponsah, Lawrence; Hoggar, Glory Kofi; Asuamah, Samuel Yeboah", "title": "Climate Change and Agriculture: Modeling the Impact of Carbon Dioxide Emission on Cereal Yield in Ghana", "date": "2015", "keywords": "agriculture; carbon; cereal; change; climate; co2; dioxide; model; results; run; series; test; vol; yield", "summary": "Specifically, the paper examines; (a) The unit root properties of carbon dioxide emissions and cereal yields, (b) The co-integration relationship between carbon emission and cereals yield, (c) The long run and short run parameter estimate of the effect of carbon emission on cereal yield. The results indicate that carbon dioxide concentration is statistically significant determinants of cereal crop yields in the short run.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1735", "words": "5536", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "N.J.T, Emelike,; A. E., Ujong; S. C., Achinewu,", "title": "Physicochemical and Antioxidant Properties of Oils Used by Local Fried Food Vendors in D/Line-Port Harcourt, Rivers State", "date": "2020", "keywords": "content; food; frying; journal; oils; samples; smoke; study; value; vegetable; vol; week", "summary": "Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 95 References .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 95 http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.20448/journal.512.2020.71.89.96&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2017-01-14 http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.20448/journal.512.2020.71.89.96&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2017-01-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AESR/article/view/1735 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8440-7072 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6572-2328 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7161-8148 Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2020, 7(1): 89-96 90 \u00a9 2020 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study contributes to literature by evaluating the level of degradation in the quality of frying oils used by local fried food vendors in D/line, Port Harcourt during frying operations. There was a decrease in the TPC of frying oils collected from Agudama, Worgu, Emekuku and Railway Streets at 3rd week of collection while those from Kaduna recorded an increase.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-175", "words": "1908", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Lin, Rui-Lin", "title": "A Study of Innovative Design and Development of Hand-Made Diet Product Series", "date": "2015", "keywords": "design; innovation; product; research; study; technology", "summary": "It can be classified in detail into product innovation, process innovation, and administrative innovation. R&D is the key to success in product innovation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-177", "words": "5192", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Etim, Ime; Ahuchaogu, I.I.; Etuk, A. I.", "title": "Tillage Methods to Determine Soil Infiltration Rates: A Case Study in Uyo, Nigeria", "date": "2015", "keywords": "food; harrow; infiltration; infiltration rate; moisture; plough; rate; soil; surface; tillage; tilth; water", "summary": "[2] stated that soil tillage is considered to be one of the biggest farm operations as it requires more energy on the farm. [15] evaluated factors that affect soil water infiltration to include traffic, tillage between crops and the formation of channels by roots of perennial crops.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-178", "words": "3620", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Duan, Jiang-Lian; Xu, Jian-Guo", "title": "Effects of Drying Methods on Physico-Chemical Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Shiitake Mushrooms (Lentinus Edodes)", "date": "2015", "keywords": "drying; effects; food; methods; mushroom; ratio; shiitake; vol", "summary": "The Effects of Drying Methods on Color The effects of drying methods on color of dried mushroom are shown in Table 1. CIE L*, a*, and b* values were significantly different among drying methods. The Effects of Drying Methods on Proximate Chemical Compositions The effects of drying methods on the chemical compositions of dried shiitake mushroom are shown in Table 2.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-179", "words": "4818", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "N.J.T, Emelike; C.O, Ebere", "title": "Influence of Processing Methods on the Tannin Content and Quality Characteristics of Cashew By-Products", "date": "2015", "keywords": "cashew; cashew kernel; flour; food; kernel; oil; roasted; sensory; soybean; value; vol", "summary": "Peroxide value of cashew kernel oil is 0.001meq/g while that of soybean oil is 0.010meq/g. Acid value of cashew kernel oil falls within the ranges of jatroph curcas seed oil (1.50mg KOH/g) and groundnut seed (1.79mg KOH/g) as reported by Akintayo", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-181", "words": "2254", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Ndidi, Nwachoko,; Reuben, Jack, Ibiba", "title": "Production and Nutritional Studies of Cookies and Spiced Millet Drink", "date": "2014", "keywords": "cookies; drink; millet; test; tubes", "summary": "Sensory Evaluation The sensory properties of cookies and spiced millet drink were determined using a fifteen member panelists consisting of students from different Departments of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, cookies and spiced drink samples were subjected to sensory evaluation. Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................................................. 4 References .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Nutritional studies of cookies produced from wheat (Triticumaestivum) flour and spiced millet drink produced from millet (Pinnesetumnigritarum) spiced with Aframomumchrysanthum were investigated.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-182", "words": "3703", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Mossalem, Hanan S.; ElEnain, Gehan L.", "title": "Evaluation of the Pesticide Emamectin and Methanol Extract of Wheat Bran against Biomphalaria Alexandrina Snails, Their Hemocytes and Their Infection with Schistosoma Mansoni", "date": "2014", "keywords": "alexandrina; bran; control; emamectin; mewb; snails; vol; wheat", "summary": "Colorimetric estimation of total protein content in haemolymph of B. alexandrina snails was estimated according to the principle of Biuret-tartrate method The LC25, LC50 and LC90 obtained with the aqueous Emamectin solution against B. alexandrina snails were 9.08 ppm, 22.3ppm and 50.4 ppm, respectively.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-183", "words": "2897", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "T, Mamman,; J.K, Ipinjolu,; G.D, Bilyaminu", "title": "Effect of Drying Methods on the Nutritive Value of Some Aquatic Macrophytes in River Rima, North Western Nigeria", "date": "2014", "keywords": "content; crude; drying; fish; methods; protein; samples; water", "summary": "Keywords: Drying method, Nutritive values, Aquatic macrophyte. A comparative study on the effectiveness of different drying methods on the nutrient contents of water hyacinth (Eichorniacrassipes) , Water lilly(Nymphae lotus) and water primrose (Ludwigiahysopifollia ) leavewas carried out in order to ascertain their potential as nutrient supplements in fish feed formulation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1919", "words": "7064", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "64", "author": "Deedam, N.J.; China, M.A.; Wachukwu, H.I.", "title": "Utilization of Soursop (Annona muricta) Flour for the Production of Chin-Chin", "date": "2020", "keywords": "chin; chin samples; content; flour; food; increase; journal; samples; soursop; soursop flour; ssf; substitution; vol; wheat; wheat flour", "summary": "Chin-chin was prepared from blends of wheat and soursop flours using 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50 of wheat flour to soursop flour (SSF), and 100% wheat flour as control. The acceptable level of soursop flour to wheat flour for chin-chin production was also established.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1920", "words": "7235", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Chimwamurombe, Percy M.; Luchen, Charlie C.; Mataranyika, Paidamoyo N.", "title": "Redefining Global Food Security: Do we really have a Global Food Crisis?", "date": "2020", "keywords": "access; countries; food; food security; journal; production; research; sciences; security; spoilage; vol; wastage", "summary": "Keywords: Climate change, Food production, Food shortage, Food security, Nutritional security. 110 References ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 110 http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.20448/journal.512.2020.71.105.112&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2017-01-14 http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.20448/journal.512.2020.71.105.112&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2017-01-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AESR/article/view/1920 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-1651 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-4635 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9758-9752 Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2020, 7(1): 105-112 106 \u00a9 2020 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This paper provides an alternative outlook on the current state of food security across the globe.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1946", "words": "10590", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Tefera, Abenezer Abebe; Beyene, Legesse Wolde; Abtew, Wosene Gebreselassie", "title": "Combining Ability Analysis of Maize Inbred Lines in Ethiopia", "date": "2020", "keywords": "ability; amb16n42; combining; crosses; ear; effects; gca; grain; journal; lines; maize; number; plant; research; sca; tester; traits; vol; yield", "summary": "Abstract The study was initiated to estimate combining ability of maize inbred lines and crosses using line by tester analysis. The study was initiated to estimate combining ability of maize inbred lines and crosses using line by tester analysis.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-1953", "words": "4458", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Olumuyiwa, Adekoyeni Oludare; Ellawule, Abdulhamid", "title": "Feasibility and Economic Analysis of Bread Production in Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria", "date": "2020", "keywords": "analysis; bakery; bread; cost; flour; gashua; journal; nigeria; production; project", "summary": "This paper provided an economic feasibility study of bread production business in Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria with emphasis on the costs and return associated with bread production including the resource use efficiency. Abstract The feasibility and economic analysis of bread production for a modern cottage bread production business in Gashua, Yobe State was analysed.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-2336", "words": "6771", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "N.C, Amaechi,; C.U, Okoronkwo,; T, Agbaeze,", "title": "Evaluation of Starch Components, Pasting and Functional Properties of PleurotusTuberregium Flour from Air Dried Sclerotia", "date": "2020", "keywords": "air; amylose; capacity; flour; food; journal; pasting; properties; sclerotia; starch; tuberregium; viscosity; vol; water", "summary": "This suggests that flour from air dried sclerotia of Pleurotustuberregiumcan be classified as high resistant starch flour. [14] classified food materials with resistant starch content of 5-15% as high resistant starch foods.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-2734", "words": "5624", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Hopla, Gabriel Akwakwa; Sun, Yang; Sun, Chunyu; Onautshu, Odimba", "title": "Impact of the Aerobic Mesophilic Microorganisms on Black Sigatoka of Bananas According to the Cropping Systems in the Region of Kisangani (Case of the old secondary forest)", "date": "2021", "keywords": "bacillus; bacteria; banana; cfu; depth; forest; gram; microorganisms; number; season; sigatoka; soil", "summary": "Number of microbial colonies as a function of soil depth during two seasons. 3. 103 UFC( UNIT FORMAT COLONY) by gram of soil between 0 and 5 cm against 2754,5.103 UFC by gram of soil between 15 and 20 cm.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-2968", "words": "4527", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Martini, Desak Ketut Tri; Paramita, Desak Putu Raka", "title": "The Effect of Planting Distance and Bokashi from Several Types of Organic Fertilizers on the Growth and Yield of Elephant Ginger Variety (Zingiber Officinale var. Roscoe)", "date": "2021", "keywords": "bokashi; clump; dap; growth; oven; spacing; weight", "summary": "Average plant growth rates are all variables to consider. Increased leaf weight, roots, stems, and oven-dry stems per clump in the organic fertilizer bokashi treatment also contributed to the increase in average plant growth rate (LPT).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3521", "words": "3533", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "K O, Ojimi; W O, Oyediran; M B, Salawu; Y, Abiodun; F A, Alaka; G A, Otufale; O M, Ojo", "title": "Postharvest Losses of Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum) in the Open Markets in Ibadan Metropolis", "date": "2021", "keywords": "food; ibadan; journal; losses; marketers; nigeria; postharvest; research; respondents; study; tomato", "summary": "However, refrigerating (57.5%) and covering of tomato with paper (47.5%) were reported to be ineffective technique towards reducing tomato postharvest losses, and these are the least adopted techniques by tomato marketers. Table-5. This implies that marketers need to be educated on how to best package and preserve tomato properly, as this may reduce tomato postharvest losses in the study area.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3538", "words": "4645", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Uckun, Ayca Akca", "title": "Characterisation of Phenolic Compounds, Sterols and Geographical Fingerprint of \u00c7eki\u015fte Extra-Virgin Olive Oils According to their Geographical Locations by Using LC IMS QTOF Mass Spectrometry", "date": "2021", "keywords": "acid; content; evoos; ims; locations; oil; olive; phenolic; qtof; research; samples", "summary": "Fatty Acid Composition Important fatty acid compositions were determined in \u00c7eki\u015fte olive oil samples. Significant differences were found in the contents of \u03b2-sitosterol and \u0394-5-avenasterol according to different geographical locations.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3580", "words": "5111", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "A U, Akpan; K O, Orji; S C, Uhala", "title": "Growth and Yield Components of Some Turmeric Varieties (Curcuma Longa L.) As Affected by Inorganic Fertilizer Levels in Umudike, South-Eastern, Nigeria", "date": "2021", "keywords": "cropping; dry; fertilizer; growth; levels; map; research; rhizome; seasons; turmeric; variety; yield", "summary": "Perhaps, this was the reason [4] reported that variation in turmeric yield could be due to variety used, the type of soil and the prevailing weather situations during the cropping seasons. [4], that variation in turmeric yield could be caused by prevailing weather situations during cropping seasons.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3639", "words": "5991", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Ohiri, Reginald C; Onyeike, Eugene N; Uwakwe, Augustine A", "title": "Toxicological Indices of Wistar Rats Fed Formulated Chaw of Telfairia occidentalis Planted on Crude Oil Contaminated and Remediated Soil", "date": "2022", "keywords": "control; control lot; fed; lot; lots; occidentalis; pointers; rats; significance; soil; superscript", "summary": "(c) Representative section of the liver of rat fed T. occidentalis from natural attenuated lot. Representative section of Pancreas of rat fed T. occidentalis from natural attenuated lot.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3758", "words": "6869", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Abdelhamid, Amira ; Jeder, Houcine; Salah, Ahmed ", "title": "Agriculture Adaptation Strategies of Tunisian Oasis Households to Climate Change", "date": "2022", "keywords": "adaptation; agriculture; binary; change; climate; climate change; farmers; group; oasis; perception; probit; production; strategies; strategy; variables; water", "summary": "[26] T. Aemro, K. Mengistu, and T. Beyene, Climate change adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers: The case of Babile District, East Hararghe Zone of Oromiya Regional State of Ethiopia, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, vol. 3, pp. 1-12, 2012. Data were gathered at the household level on socio-economic characteristics, agricultural production system characteristics, extension institutions and climate change perceptions Table 1.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3768", "words": "6402", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "UG, Anyanwu; EE, Osuji ; IUO, Nwaiwu; AC, Tim-Ashama ; CC, Ibekwe; MO, Osuala ; EU, Eze ; CN, Praise ", "title": "Effects of Demographic Factors on Population Dynamics in Imo State, Nigeria; Implications for Farm Labor Availability and Supply", "date": "2022", "keywords": "age; agricultural; area; distribution; dynamics; farm; labor; migration; nigeria; population; respondents; supply; table", "summary": "It is on this backdrop that the paper presents the implications of demographic factors on population dynamics and its effects on farm labor availability in Imo State, Nigeria based on the current evidences in knowledge on agriculture, population and farm labor supply or availability. Agricultural intensification in the state is ought to be boosted by farm labor supply arising from increasing population but this is not the case in the area as most of their able-bodied young men had migrated to cities/towns in search of greener pastures.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3793", "words": "3665", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "EO, Akele; FA, Akinyosoye; VO, Oyetayo", "title": "Microbial Quality and Sensory Properties of Ogiri Produced from Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Seed", "date": "2022", "keywords": "bacillus; condiment; fermentation; journal; production; sample; seeds; vol; watermelon", "summary": "Which resulted to the biochemical transformation which altered the appearance, texture and flavor of fermented watermelon seeds given it an overall acceptability adjudged like very much. Which supports that fermented watermelon seeds could be additives in animal and baby weaning feed.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3858", "words": "8782", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Emna, Ouertani ; Zied, Dhraief Mohamed ", "title": "Factors Determining where to Buy Olive Oil on the Tunisian Local Market: The Importance of Quality Attributes Perception", "date": "2022", "keywords": "attributes; choice; consumers; factor; indicators; market; oil; oil purchase; olive; olive oil; place; purchase; quality; tunisian", "summary": "[30] about impact of olive oil quality attributes perception on place of purchase choice [31]. Therefore, the aims of the present study are: \u2022 To explore the behaviour of Tunisian olive oil consumers toward olive oil.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3862", "words": "5221", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Ali, Mohammad ; Villa, Kira M", "title": "We are how much we Eat: Nutrient-Specific Versus Calorie-Based Adult-Equivalent Scales", "date": "2022", "keywords": "adult; availability; calorie; equivalent; household; level; nutrient; scales; specific", "summary": "For example, when individual-level calorie availability is calculated using a calorie-based scale, none of them provide accurate estimates of household nutrient availability per adult male equivalent for other important macro- and micronutrients. Differences between Cost-Based, Calorie-Based, and Nutrient-Specific Scales We compare average household nutrient availability per adult male equivalent based on three different equivalency scales.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3865", "words": "2995", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "P, Inyang; EM, Bassey; A, Afangide; E, Ankrumah; FC, Anosike; F, Akpaninyang; EM, Ndifon", "title": "Influence of Packaging Material and Rates of Potassium Permanganate on Post Harvest Ripening of African Eggplant (Solanum Macrocarpon)", "date": "2022", "keywords": "days; egg; garden; packaging; permanganate; potassium; ripening; storage", "summary": "the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study has showed that polythene bags with little KMnO4 can extend the shelf -life of garden egg fruit without refrigerator. Illustrates garden egg fruits in polythene bag, treated with different rate of KMnO4.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-3944", "words": "5160", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "MA, Ojo; MO, Ologunde; OD, Alabi; OR, Ohijeagbon; H, Ojo", "title": "Evaluation of Cocoyam-Soybean Flour Blends and Sensory Properties of the Amala Dumpling", "date": "2022", "keywords": "amala; cocoyam; cocoyam flour; content; flour; flour blends; food; journal; protein; soybean; soybean flour; vol", "summary": "Proximate composition of cocoyam and soybean flour blends. Functional properties of cocoyam and soybean flour blends.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-4110", "words": "3813", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Lyngdoh, Jesparwell ; Ray, Subhajit ", "title": "Valorization of Garlic Peel as a Potential Ingredient for the Development of ValueAdded Rice Based Snack Product Pukhelein", "date": "2022", "keywords": "antioxidant; content; figure; food; garlic; peel; powder; pukhelein; rice; value", "summary": "Abstract The present study was designed to develop and evaluate the nutritional, functional, sensory properties and texture profile data of garlic peel powder fortified viz. the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study contributes to existing literature by emphasizing the development and evaluation of garlic peel powder fortified rice based innovative value-added snack product pukhelein with respect to nutrition, functional, sensorial and textural properties.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-44", "words": "4450", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Parvin, Elora; Mahmud, Firoz; Rashid Bhuiyan, Md. Shahidur; Haque, Md. Maksudul", "title": "Multivariate Analysis of Genetic Variation in Rapeseed ( Brassica Napus L. )", "date": "2019", "keywords": "analysis; bari; cluster; days; diversity; genotypes; lines; napus; plant; seed; siliqua", "summary": "This redirects the high degree of genetic diversity and allied phenotypic plasticity. Genetic diversity is vital to develop cultivars with improved yields, wider adaptation, desirable qualities, and pest and disease resistance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-4839", "words": "3833", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Jiang, Zehui ; Hu, Yongguang; Wu, Wenchao ", "title": "Optimal design of blade parameters for fracturing tea-picking machine", "date": "2023", "keywords": "analysis; blade; factor; fracturing; level; picking; stem; table; tea", "summary": "In this study, the effects of blade width, blade thickness, and cutting angle on the maximum fracturing force of tea stems were analyzed using the L9 (34) standard orthogonal table, with the maximum fracturing force used as the evaluation index. The results indicate that the main factors affecting the maximum fracturing force (MFF) of tea stems are cutting angle (CA), blade width (BW), and blade thickness (BT) in that order.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5186", "words": "4530", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Gyanwali, Prashant ; Khanal, Renuka ; Pokharel, Netra Prasad ; Tharu, Bhuwan ; Koirala, Rajan; Paudel, Sandesh ; Paudel, Rajan ", "title": "Invitro analysis of antifungal effects of botanicals on sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing white mold disease", "date": "2023", "keywords": "botanicals; food; inhibition; journal; plant; sclerotinia; vol", "summary": "[12] D. Mueller et al., Efficacy of fungicides on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and their potential for control of Sclerotinia stem rot on soybean, Plant Disease, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 26-31, 2002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123058 [24] K. K. Mishra et al., Medicinal plants having antifungal properties.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5195", "words": "11858", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Abeshu , Yadesa ", "title": "Review on deep fat-fried food products safety and its implication for consumer healthiness", "date": "2023", "keywords": "acids; changes; chemical; compounds; cooking; fat; fat frying; fatty; food; formation; free; frying; group; journal; oil; oils; oxidation; products; quality; reactions; research; temperature; time; vegetable; vol", "summary": "The consumption of frying oils did not significantly change the bioavailability of calcium. [23] E. Choe and D. Min, Chemistry of deep\u2010fat frying oils, Journal of Food Science, vol. 72, no. 5, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5209", "words": "2897", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Miruts, Fistum ; Roba, Belay ; Sori, Derara ", "title": "Participatory demonstration and evaluation of improved onion variety in East Shewa zone of Oromia regional state, Ethiopia", "date": "2023", "keywords": "demonstration; farmers; nafis; onion; production; technology; variety; yield", "summary": "Farmers' preferences were used to evaluate onion varieties with criteria of yield, disease, bulb size, bulb color (deep red preferred), pungency, storability, and market preference. Farmers Feedback Farmers' preferences were used to evaluate onion varieties with criteria of yield, disease and insect resistance, bulb size, bulb color (deep red preferred), pungency, storability, and market preference.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5210", "words": "3043", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Roba, Belay ; Miruts, Fistum ", "title": "On-farm demonstration of improved and drought tolerant maize varieties with associated management practices", "date": "2023", "keywords": "demonstration; farmers; maize; production; research; varieties; variety; yield", "summary": "Hence, Seed producer enterprises, cooperatives or seed producing farmers\u2019 groups and other responsible stakeholder should work for the adequate and quality seed supply of Melkassa-2 maize variety till the best performing maize variety that can be replace the existing Melkassa-2 variety is released by the national lowland maize research. Farmers Preferences Farmers made selection among demonstrated maize varieties depending on their own preference criterion.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5261", "words": "7660", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Asllam, Lahoucine ; Bari, Ahmed Ait; Amzil, Mustapha ", "title": "Moroccan and Spanish agriculture comparative analysis 2008-2021", "date": "2024", "keywords": "average; maximum; minimum; morocco; performance; production; products; spain; trend", "summary": "In the general context of Morocco's New Development Model, where public policies need all their credentials, and more specifically in the context of Morocco's new agricultural strategy (Green Plan), the challenge is to develop modern agriculture with high added value and high productivity, capable of competing with agricultural production in other countries. This article compares the overall characteristics of agricultural production in Spain and Morocco.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5359", "words": "10609", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Giovanna, Dragonetti; Soumiya, Cherradi ; Francesca, Mapelli ; Valentina, Riva ; Redouane, Choukr-Allah; Oqbit, Weldeyohannes Amanuel ; Sara, Borin ", "title": "Inoculating plant growth-promoting bacteria - effects on soil hydraulic properties and tomato root development under water stress conditions", "date": "2024", "keywords": "bacteria; conditions; conductivity; control; distribution; growth; hydraulic; irrigation; journal; pgpb; plant; pores; potential; properties; root; size; soil; soil water; stress; vol; water; water stress", "summary": "This behavior is induced by a rearrangement of soil structure due to the bacteria growth occupying mesopores and micropores contributed to increase soil water available. Conclusions Prolonged dry conditions reduce plant growth and its development, but an alternative strategy as the PGP B would allow to alter soil water hydraulic properties and enhance the water stress tolerance of plants.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5486", "words": "4443", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Bhattarai, Pragyan ; Gyanwali, Prashant ; Pokharel, Netra Prasad ; Bashyal, Parbin ; Mainali, Rasmita ; Khanal, Renuka ", "title": "Agro-morphological analysis of yield and yield attributing traits of wheat under heat stress condition", "date": "2024", "keywords": "analysis; correlation; grain; journal; spike; stress; vol; wheat; yield", "summary": "Improvements in wheat yield can be done effectively by selection for yield attributing traits. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 References .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 mailto:pragyanbhattarai29@gmail.com mailto:Prashantgyawali7@gmail.com mailto:netrapokharel73@gmail.com mailto:parbinbashyal56@gmail.com mailto:2057mainalirasmita@gmail.com mailto:Renukhanal57@gmail.com https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://www.doi.org/10.20448/aesr.v11i1.5486 https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9687-4479 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6428-491X https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9237-3992 https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2929-0868 https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7150-5577 https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6929-4284 Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2024, 11(1): 30-35 31 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This paper builds on the existing knowledge of wheat breeding and helps guide wheat breeding by providing information regarding the major parameters that have the maximum effect on wheat yield.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5699", "words": "5538", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Pokharel, Netra Prasad ; Dhakal, Keshav ; Panth, Pravin; Koirala, Rajan ", "title": "Effect of different additives on nutrient parameter and palatability of ensiled water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)", "date": "2024", "keywords": "feed; flask; flour; hyacinth; molasses; rice; rice bran; rice straw; sample; silage; vol; water; water hyacinth; wheat", "summary": "The treatments included: water hyacinth with rice straw(T1); water hyacinth with rice straw and rice bran(T2); water hyacinth with rice straw and wheat flour(T3); water hyacinth with rice straw and molasses(T4); water hyacinth with rice straw, wheat flour and molasses(T5); water hyacinth with rice straw, wheat flour and rice bran(T6) and water hyacinth with rice straw, wheat flour, molasses and rice bran(T7). Hence, silage of water hyacinth with rice straw, wheat flour, and rice bran has high nutrient content, palatability and can be used as a feed alternative to solve the problem of feed scarcity.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5870", "words": "6058", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Okorie, Chinasa ; Onwuka, Gregory Ikechukwu ; Obasi, Nneoma Elechi ", "title": "Evaluation of the mineral and antinutritional composition of bottled and sterilized Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus) milk", "date": "2024", "keywords": "brown; composition; content; food; journal; methods; milk; mineral; processing; study; tigernut; tubers; vol; yellow", "summary": "Tigernut milk is among the most valued plant-based beverages, obtained from the aqueous extract of tigernuts tubers. Tigernut milk is one of the most consumed plant-based beverages, obtained during aqueous extraction from tigernuts tubers (Cyperus esculentus)", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-5995", "words": "4070", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Yefremova, Oxana V; Molodtsov, Vladimir V; Storozhenko, Sergey Yu; Shamychkova, Anna A; Sergeev, Michael G", "title": "The grasshopper arcyptera (Pararcyptera) meridionalis ikonnikov (Insecta, orthoptera) as a possible agricultural pest in temperate Asia", "date": "2024", "keywords": "distribution; east; journal; meridionalis; models; orthoptera; parts; species; vol", "summary": "[40] N. S. Baturina, V. V. Molodtsov, A. A. Shamychkovan, S. Y. Storozhenko, and M. G. Sergeev, The distribution patterns of the two-coloured bush-cricket Bicolorana bicolor (Philippi, 1830) The generated models predict that the status of A. meridionalis as the important pest will not change significantly in the nearest future, however, in the middle of this century, its distribution patterns will become more complicated.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6076", "words": "4426", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Abia, Wilfred Angie ; Perkwang, Taty Brandy ; Djoussou, Kaoke Matheiu ", "title": "Agri-food fraud in Africa vis-\u00e0-vis global health", "date": "2024", "keywords": "africa; agri; consumers; food; food fraud; fraud; health; journal; oil; products; trade; vol", "summary": "Furthermore, mislabeling, a prevalent form of food fraud, has increased from 33% in 2015 to 47% in 2019 globally\u2019 As predicted by the Consumers Brand Association, food fraud may cost between 10 - 15 billion USD loss to the global food industry, hence affecting 10% of all world food products that are being commercially sold [14].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6167", "words": "7779", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Kouaho, Frederic Harding ; Toure, Abdoulaye ; Gouro, Abdoulaye Soumana ", "title": "Inventory of the risks of contamination of milk from the neighbourhoods in traditional farms in the Poro region in C\u00f4te d'ivoire", "date": "2024", "keywords": "breeders; dairy; farmers; farms; food; livestock; mastitis; milk; poro; poro region; production; region; study; table; use; years", "summary": "Power Condition Variables Staff numbers of Farms (N= 45) % 95% CI Origin of the water used At the farm level (Here) Departments Cow of 3 years Cow of 4 years Cow of 5 years Cow of 6 years old Staff % KORHOGO 8 12 2 0 22 (25.59) SINEMATIALI 6 10 8 0 24 (27.90) DIKODOUGOU 4 4 3 1 12 (13.96)", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6168", "words": "7383", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Climaco, Alvarez; Elevina, Perez; Giovanni, Silva; Angelica, Pavani; Hadith, Fernandez", "title": "Physical and sensory quality of the fine-flavored and aromatic cocoas growing in different Venezuelan regions", "date": "2024", "keywords": "aroma; attributes; beans; chocolate; cocoa; fermentation; figure; group; quality; research; samples; standards; taste; test", "summary": "49 samples of cocoa beans gathered in plantations from different regions of Venezuela were evaluated using methodologies described to analyze cocoa physicochemical standards. Fermentation constitutes a transcendental stage in the processing or post-harvest benefit of cocoa beans.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6169", "words": "7769", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Adedamola, Rasaki, Wasiu ; Bababtunde, Omotoso Abeeb ", "title": "Impact of bank of agriculture credit\u2019s on agricultural productivity in South Western Nigeria", "date": "2024", "keywords": "agricultural; bank; beneficiaries; boa; credit; development; farmers; impact; matching; nigeria; non; percent; productivity; research; study; table", "summary": "Results revealed that, there were significant differences between BOA credit beneficiary farmers and non-beneficiary farmers with respect to sex, years of schooling, household size, main occupation, contact with extension agents, membership of organizations and farm size. \ud835\udc47\ud835\udc56 = 1) \u2013 \ud835\udc38(\ud835\udc4c\ud835\udc56(0) | \ud835\udc47\ud835\udc56 = 0) (2) Where D= different in productivity of credit beneficiary and non-beneficiary Yi stand in for household", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6177", "words": "3914", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Belozertseva, Irina Aleksandrovna ; Lopatina, Daria Nikolaevna ; Sorokovoi, Andrei Anatolievich ", "title": "Soils of the Baikal region: Mapping, use, transformation", "date": "2024", "keywords": "agricultural; authors; baikal; irkutsk; land; map; region; soil; use; zoning", "summary": "[27] M. V. Butyrin, Agrochemical characteristics of agricultural land soils and recommendations for the use of fertilizers in the Ust-Altan municipal district of the Osinsky district of the Irkutsk region. Published maps: Soil zoning.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6178", "words": "3839", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Umoh , Enobong Okon ", "title": "Evaluation of physico-chemical properties of unripe plantain peels as affected by different drying temperature regimes", "date": "2024", "keywords": "content; flour; food; peel; plantain; sample; temperature; unripe; unripe plantain", "summary": "[9] E. Agama-Acevedo, J. A. Sa\u00f1udo-Barajas, R. V\u00e9lez De La Rocha, G. A. Gonz\u00e1lez-Aguilar, and L. A. Bello-Per\u00e9z, Potential of plantain peels flour (Musa Paradisiaca L.) as a source of dietary fiber and antioxidant compound, CyTA - Journal of Food, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. Keywords: Evaluation, Physico-chemical properties, Plantain peel, Temperature regimes, Unripe plantain, Flour.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6179", "words": "3765", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Wang, Pengfei ; Hu, Yongguang ; Liu, Decheng ; Pan, Qingmin ; Wu, Wenqiang ", "title": "Design and experimentation of a pressure testing platform for tea tree canopy", "date": "2024", "keywords": "canopy; data; design; harvesting; platform; pressure; tea; tea tree; testing; tree", "summary": "Measurement results of tea canopy pressure at the same pressure depth. Research on the pressure characteristics of tea tree canopies remains limited, and there is a lack of systematic experimental platforms to dynamically monitor the behavior of tea trees under stress conditions", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6226", "words": "10355", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Charif, Khadija ; Rimani, Maria ; Mzabri, Ibtissam ; Otouya, Said ; Kouddane, Noureddine ; Touzani, Rachid; Rhazi, Larbi ; Gotor, Alicia Ayerdi ; Berrichi, Abdelbasset ", "title": "Effect of salt stress on the growth and development of six species of turf grasses in the eastern region of Morocco", "date": "2024", "keywords": "authors; content; effect; figure; growth; journal; nacl; plant; research; salinity; salt; salt stress; sciences; species; stress; tolerance; turfgrass; vol; water", "summary": "[2] Y. Arif, P. Singh, H. Siddiqui, A. Bajguz, and S. Hayat, Salinity induced physiological and biochemical changes in plants: An omic approach towards salt stress tolerance, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, vol. 156, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2004.06.010 [5] Q. Zhang and W. Dai, Plant response to salinity stress, in: Stress physiology of woody plants, first issued in paperback.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6227", "words": "7603", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Alcantara, Aline Moreira de ; Boaventura, Tulio Pacheco ; Paulino, Renan Rosa ; Rosa, Priscila Vieira e ; Ugucioni, Julio Cesar ; Oliveira, Juliano Elvis ", "title": "Encapsulation of vegetable oils in polylactic acid nanofibers to improve oil retencion in feed aquaculture", "date": "2024", "keywords": "acid; encapsulation; feed; fish; food; journal; nanofibers; oil; oils; release; results; samples; solution; vegetable; vol; water", "summary": "Focused on developing more sustainable aquaculture processes several authors have been studying alternative lipid sources to replace fish oil [9, 10]. [47] M. Piedecausa, M. Maz\u00f3n, B. G. Garc\u00eda, and M. Hern\u00e1ndez, Effects of total replacement of fish oil by vegetable oils in the diets of sharpsnout seabream (Diplodus puntazzo), Aquaculture, vol. 263, no. 1-4, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6228", "words": "6544", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Thom, Pham Thi ; Khoi, Nguyen Tuan ; Na, Phan Le ", "title": "Heavy metal accumulation in soil and leafy vegetables irrigated with domestic wastewater in Vietnam", "date": "2024", "keywords": "accumulation; health; leafy; qcvn; soil; spinach; vegetables; vol; wastewater", "summary": "Similarly, heavy metal accumulation in the soil remained within the permissible limits under QCVN standards. The study concludes that using domestic wastewater for vegetable irrigation does not lead to heavy metal accumulation beyond safe thresholds, supporting sustainable and safe agricultural practices.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6232", "words": "13335", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Shackelford, John B; McMillin, Kenneth W; Bankston, J David ; Janes, Marlene E; Lampila, Lucina E", "title": "Properties of boiled or steamed Procambarus clarkii girard and Procambarus zonangulus crawfish tail meat during refrigerated and frozen storage", "date": "2024", "keywords": "boiled; crawfish; crawfish tail; day; food; hepatopancreas; journal; means; meat; month; p<0.05; samples; steamed; storage; table; tail; tail meat; time; treatment; values; vol; \u00b0 c", "summary": "Proximate Analysis Proximate analysis (moisture, ash, protein, and fat) was conducted on refrigerated crawfish tail meat with adhering hepatopancreas on days 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 and on frozen crawfish tail meat with adhering hepatopancreas at months 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 for both boiled and steamed samples. Crawfish tail meat possess a high protein content", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6238", "words": "3455", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Boaventura, T\u00falio Pacheco ; Santos, F\u00e1bio, Aremil Costa; Pedras, Pedro Paulo Cortezzi ; Luz, Ronald Kennedy", "title": "Performance of juvenile Pangasianodon hypophthalmus cultivated in a recirculating aquaculture system with tanks of different colors", "date": "2024", "keywords": "aquaculture; black; blue; color; hypophthalmus; juveniles; performance; tanks; vol", "summary": "RAS tank color can have a great influence on fish, with direct impacts on food capture and, consequently, performance and survival [4-7]; However, the influence of tank color is specific to each fish species, with some performing best in light-colored tanks and others in darker-colored tanks [5]. 173 References .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 173 mailto:tuliopb1@hotmail.com mailto:fabioaremil@gmail.com mailto:pedrocortezzi@hotmail.com mailto:luzrk@yahoo.com https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://www.doi.org/10.20448/aesr.v11i2.6238 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-5417 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5682-8040 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8456-8880 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-5772 Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2024, 11(2): 170-174 171 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study evaluates the effect of tank color in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) on the performance of juvenile Pangasianodon hypophthalmus over 60 days.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6249", "words": "4158", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Fialho, Martins Marcela ; Gabriel, Trindade Julio ; Pacheco, Boaventura Tulio; Brey, Gil Camila Silva ", "title": "Banknotes residues and thermoplastic starch as sustainable reinforcements for LDPE-based agricultural composites", "date": "2024", "keywords": "absorption; composites; fibers; ldpe; polymer; properties; samples; starch; tps; vol; water", "summary": "FTIR spectra of the banknotes residues, pure LDPE, and LDPE composites. Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 180 References ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 180 mailto:marcela.martins1@estudante.ufla.br mailto:camilabreygil@gmail.com mailto:jgabriel0499@gmail.com mailto:tuliopb1@hotmail.com https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://www.doi.org/10.20448/aesr.v11i2.6249 https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4707-4239 https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3284-0111 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-5417 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0767-3123 Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2024, 11(2): 175-181 176 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study uniquely integrates recycled banknote fibers into LDPE composites, combining hydrophobic fiber treatment with thermoplastic starch to enhance mechanical properties and biodegradability.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6250", "words": "3457", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Daniel, Alcala-Sanchez ; Juan-Carlos, Tapia-Picazo ", "title": "Bio-geotextiles based acrylonitrile and their evaluation on radish plants (Raphanus sativus)", "date": "2024", "keywords": "biof; biog; geotextiles; journal; moisture; radish; soil; vol", "summary": "Nutrient impregnation, % 39.8 58.5 Moisture retention, % 88 65 3.2 Preparation and Evaluation of Bio-Geotextile Nonwoven BioG constructed from ST-AN BioF was evaluated for its effects on soil moisture retention and radish plant growth. The results in Figure 3 indicate that geotextiles can aid soil moisture retention.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6251", "words": "3702", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Martins, Talita ; Junior, Ezequiel de Souza Costa ; Nunes, Eduardo Henrique Martins ", "title": "Preparation of chemically crosslinked chitosan hydrogels with adipic acid and EDAC carbodiimide: Tailored biomaterials for multifunctional applications", "date": "2024", "keywords": "acid; adipic; chitosan; crosslinking; degree; edac; figure; films; hydrogels; journal; vol", "summary": "This result was anticipated, as the addition of EDAC promotes chemical crosslinking, which takes precedence over the ionic crosslinking naturally present in chitosan films when combined with diacids. [13] M. G\u00e1miz-Gonz\u00e1lez et al., Determining the influence of N-acetylation on water sorption in chitosan films, Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 133, pp.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6252", "words": "6970", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Han, Sang Hoon ; Kim, Yu-Na ; Park, Soo-Kwon ; Lee, Jung Jae", "title": "Genomic selection strategies in crop science for sustainable agriculture in Korea", "date": "2024", "keywords": "arrays; breeding; crops; et al; genome; genomic; genotyping; plant; selection; snp; species; traits; vol", "summary": "https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12234 [26] S. Pavan, C. Delvento, L. Ricciardi, C. Lotti, E. Ciani, and N. D\u2019Agostino, Recommendations for choosing the genotyping method and best practices for quality control in crop genome-wide association studies, Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 11, p. 447, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00447 [27] J. C. Glaubitz et al., TASSEL-GBS: A high capacity genotyping by sequencing analysis pipeline, PloS One, vol. 9, no. 2, p. e90346, 2014. In wheat, Kang et al. focused on optimizing GS for traits related to adaptability and yield, whereas Kim et al. addressed key productivity and quality traits in rice.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6253", "words": "15859", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "35", "author": "Adhikari, Dipan ; Khatun, Parvin ; Koley, Satyajit ; Sen, Moutushi ; Ghosh, Sudip Kumar ", "title": "Nanotechnology: A double-edged sword for future smart agriculture and phytopathological management in plants", "date": "2024", "keywords": "activity; agriculture; antibacterial; authors; cells; copper; damage; disease; dna; enps; food; growth; journal; management; nanomaterials; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; nms; nps; oxide; pathogens; plant; potential; properties; research; ros; sciences; silver; soil; species; stress; toxicity; vol", "summary": "A virus-induced change in nanoparticle activity may modify soil characteristics, influencing plant water availability and root growth. Figure 4 Illustrates the detailed processes during Nanoparticle toxicity which has a general mechanism.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6254", "words": "3930", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Sabir , Ali ", "title": "Pre-grafting treatments of plant fatty acid extract, seaweed (Ascophylum nodosum L.) and micronized calcite increase the grafting success in grapevine propagation", "date": "2024", "keywords": "callusing; extract; grafting; grafts; journal; plant; point; rootstock; scion; treatments; union; vol", "summary": "Therefore, the breeding and unitization of environment-adopted rootstock to cope with problematic areas should be based on many criteria such as soil features of vineyard, genetically rooting ability of the rootstock, genetic potential in vine vegetative development, usefulness in grafting and scion/rootstock graft compatibility [4-6]. However, mistakes in any process of grafting operation can inevitably cause failure in grafts success as well as serious subsequent problems difficult to compensate.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6260", "words": "8020", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Nadri, Touba ; Gambini, Andres ", "title": "A review of the role of lectins in animal gametes and embryo development", "date": "2024", "keywords": "acrosome; binding; cell; development; egg; fertilization; journal; lectins; maturation; oocyte; reaction; reproduction; sperm; surface; vitro; vol", "summary": "Disadvantages of Lectins In humans, lectins have been reported to cause damage, including mass food poisoning from uncooked kidney beans and it also causes hemolytic anemia and jaundice from Mexican fava beans. A review of the role of lectins in animal gametes and embryo development Touba Nadri1,2\uf040 Andres Gambini3,4 (\uf040 Corresponding Author) 1Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6455", "words": "7377", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Mougang, Nelly Ndee ; Tene, Stephano Tambo ; Zokou, Ronice; Kohole, Hermann Arantes Foffe ; Mboukap, Alix Ntongme ; Abaoabo, Arnellie Archelle Foudjin ; Solefack, Elsa Nguepi ; Womeni, Hilaire Macaire ", "title": "Chemical analysis of cocoa butters and risk assessment of production processes in five localities in Cameroon", "date": "2025", "keywords": "acid; beans; butter; cocoa; cocoa butter; drying; extraction; fermentation; harvest; method; post; producers; quality; table; time; value", "summary": "1 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Agriculture and Food Sciences Research Vol. 12, No. 1, 1-11, 2025 ISSN(E) 2411-6653/ ISSN(P) 2518-0193 DOI: 10.20448/aesr.v12i1.6455 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Chemical analysis of cocoa butters and risk assessment of production processes in five localities in Cameroon Nelly Ndee Mougang1 Stephano Tambo Tene2 Ronice Zokou3 Hermann Arantes Foffe Kohole4 Alix Ntongme Mboukap5 Arnellie Archelle Foudjin Abaoabo6 Elsa Nguepi Solefack7 Hilaire Macaire Womeni8\uf040 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8Research Unit of Biochemistry of Medicinal Plants, Food Sciences and Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon. A survey of post-harvest treatments and extraction methods for cocoa butter (Theobroma cacao L.) was carried out, after which the critical control points of the process were determined.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6554", "words": "5943", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Thevs , Niels ", "title": "Sustainable biomass sourcing through agroforestry systems based on poplar and eucalyptus as fast-growing trees", "date": "2025", "keywords": "af systems; agroforestry; biomass; crop; data; food; ler; lerc; poplar; systems; tree; yields", "summary": "Tree windbreak systems adhered to principles of sustainable biomass sourcing, while other agroforestry systems often provided lower food crop yields compared to the corresponding crop monoculture. Keywords: Alley cropping, Bioeconomy, Biomass demand, Land equivalency ratio, Material use, Tree windbreak systems, Woody biomass.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6555", "words": "3691", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Okon, Umoh, Enobong ", "title": "Effect of extrusion process parameters on the overall acceptability of snacks produced from aerial yam and soybean flour mixture", "date": "2025", "keywords": "acceptability; extrusion; flour; food; journal; screw; snacks; soybean; yam", "summary": "Keywords: Aerial yam flour, Extrusion cooking, Overall acceptability, Response surface, Single-screw extruder, Soybean flour, Snacks. [12], aerial yam flour was made by cleaning and sorting the bulbs to remove any unwanted materials, then peeling them with a knife, washing them with clean water, and cutting them into chips that were 10 mm thick.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6568", "words": "4421", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Bojnanska, Tatiana; Cech, Matej ; Kolesarova, Anna ; Bojnansky, Jozef ", "title": "Application of shiitake and maitake extracts to wheat flour and their effect on technological and baking properties", "date": "2025", "keywords": "addition; bread; content; control; flour; food; gluten; journal; quality; shiitake; vol; wheat", "summary": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2012.08.012 [5] L. Tebben, Y. Shen, and Y. Li, Improvers and functional ingredients in whole wheat bread: A review of their effects on dough properties and bread quality, Trends in Food Science & Technology, vol. 81, pp. 10-24, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11030480 [13] D. Atudorei, S. Mironeasa, and G. G. Codin\u0103, Dough rheological behavior and bread quality as affected by addition of soybean flour in a germinated form, Foods, vol. 12, no. 6, p. 1316, 2023.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6569", "words": "6690", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Alimari, Ibrahim ; Abbasi, Soleiman ", "title": "Freeze assisted-aqueous extraction of rapeseed oil using Tween 20", "date": "2025", "keywords": "effect; extraction; food; journal; oil; oil extraction; pretreatment; rapeseed; ratio; research; tween; vol; water; yield", "summary": "By using cutting-edge technologies, the quantity and quality of oil extraction can potentially be improved. Therefore, a number of factors are usually considered when choosing the most appropriate method of oil extraction, including the type of seeds, oil content, volume of production, quality of oil required, intended use of the oil, and the availability of appropriate technology [4].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6570", "words": "5514", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Emmanuel, Ankrumah ; Ejimofor, Ogbonna Peter ; Nduka, Onyia Vincent; Lucky, Omoigui ; Yahya, Kamara Alpha; M\u2019jaika, Ndifon Elias ", "title": "Understanding cowpea yield: A comprehensive analysis of physiological traits' contribution through path analysis", "date": "2025", "keywords": "chlorophyll; conductance; content; cowpea; grain; grain yield; lai; path; rate; traits; transpiration; vol; water; yield", "summary": "Grain yield was extrapolated from the total seed weight in grams per plot and adjusted based on moisture content (12%) to obtain grain yield in kilograms per hectare (kgha-1) using the relation below. The study suggests that cowpea breeding efforts should focus on improving photosynthetic efficiency and optimizing traits like LAI and stomatal conductance to boost cowpea grain yields.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6818", "words": "3368", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Kovacik, Adam ; Kucerova, Lenka ; Jauschova, Alzbeta ; Ziarovska, Jana ", "title": "The potential of specific profilin based fingerprinting differs in legume species", "date": "2025", "keywords": "dna; journal; markers; plant; polymorphism; profilin; vol", "summary": "Both of this species are well characterized in their germplasm variability using different DNA based markers. Here, profilin based polymorphism was firstly applied to analyse the variability among pea and chickpea germplasm.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6819", "words": "8625", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Haque, Md. Enamul ; Bell, Richard W. ; Cheng, Miaomiao ; Satter, Md. Abdus ; Hossain, Md. Baktear ; Jahiruddin, Md. ; Jahangir, Md. Mofizur Rahman ; Islam, Md. Aminul ; Akhter, Sohela ; Miah, Md. Monayem ; Rahman, A. K. M. Anisur ", "title": "On-farm evaluation of fertilizer recommendation methods: Impacts on rice yield and economic benefits in subtropical soils", "date": "2025", "keywords": "bangladesh; crop; farmers; fertilizer; ffp; frg; locations; methods; rcm; recommendation; research; rice; soil; stk; yield", "summary": "The grain yield varied with different fertilizer recommendation methods, locations and sites. 54 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Agriculture and Food Sciences Research Vol. 12, No. 1, 54-68, 2025 ISSN(E) 2411-6653/ ISSN(P) 2518-0193 DOI: 10.20448/aesr.v12i1.6819 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group On-farm evaluation of fertilizer recommendation methods: Impacts on rice yield and economic benefits in subtropical soils Md.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6820", "words": "7787", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Abdulamonov, Kozimamad A ; Qadamov, Aslam Q ; Khan, Aziz Ali ; Sidle, Roy C. ; Abdulamonov, Ahmad Q ", "title": "Assessment of productivity of spring and winter wheat sorts from China and Pakistan in high mountain Tajikistan", "date": "2025", "keywords": "control; cultivars; figure; food; grains; heading; number; period; research; sorts; spike; varieties; vol; weight; wheat; yield", "summary": "Local wheat varieties have some valuable characteristics such as tolerance to local stresses, yield stability, strong adaptability to high altitudes, and important genetic diversity. Grain productivity in local wheat varieties is formed based on characteristics such as productive tillering, spike length, number of spikelets, and number of grains in the main spike.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6906", "words": "5254", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "E A M, Mostafa ; Abdel-Hak, Rasha S; Ashour, N E ; Saleh, M M S", "title": "Yield and fruit quality of Barhee date palms as affected by gibberellic acid, boron and active dry yeast sprays", "date": "2025", "keywords": "acid; boron; date; fruit; ga3; journal; palm; quality; season; vol; weight; yeast; yield", "summary": "By applying boron and bio-fertilization, date palm fruit quality had improved. 78 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Agriculture and Food Sciences Research Vol. 12, No. 1, 78-83, 2025 ISSN(E) 2411-6653/ ISSN(P) 2518-0193 DOI: 10.20448/aesr.v12i1.6906 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Yield and fruit quality of Barhee date palms as affected by gibberellic acid, boron and active dry yeast sprays Mostafa, E.A.M.1 Rasha, S. Abdel-Hak2 N.E.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6960", "words": "5049", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Kovvuri, Mahalakshmi; Khushalani, Bharat", "title": "Comprehensive analytical report on crop performance using ratio-based metrics", "date": "2025", "keywords": "area; crops; figure; food; high; kgh; performance; production; ratio; study; yield", "summary": "The extremes of crop yields in India using extreme value theory are analyzed in Lakshmi Kumar et al. The study revealed significant regional differences in productivity, emphasizing the need for targeted strategies to improve crop yields.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-6961", "words": "4855", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Aviles, Lucrecia; Zaragoza, Facundo; Mamani, Angel; Gajardo, Omar Ariel", "title": "Good agricultural practices in horticultural production under cover in the LVRN, Patagonia, Argentina", "date": "2025", "keywords": "area; crops; greenhouses; irrigation; lvrn; management; modules; producers; production; soil; system; transition; water; winter", "summary": "Irrigation Water Quality Regarding irrigation water, both in conventional production systems and those undergoing agroecological transition, during the summer season (August to April), farms have a water supply from the Negro River through a system of high-quality canals (EC 0.4 mS/cm and SAR < 1). [13] P. Lobos Rodr\u00edguez, B. Vega Candia, and J. Carrasco Jim\u00e9nez, Greenhouse vegetable production: Use of a rainwater collection, storage and harvesting unit.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-7312", "words": "6975", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Abubakar, Abba Ibrahim; Masud, Abubakar; Muktar, Muktar Umar; Ahmad, Bilkisu; Tajo, Tukur Sani; Ibrahim, Sani; Abdullahi, Mahmud Suraj", "title": "Effects of additives and ensiling period on groundnut shell silage and in sacco rumen degradability characteristics", "date": "2025", "keywords": "additives; degradability; ensiling; gns; groundnut; journal; matter; period; shell; silage; urea; vol; week; yeast", "summary": "100 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Agriculture and Food Sciences Research Vol. 12, No. 2, 100-109, 2025 ISSN(E) 2411-6653/ ISSN(P) 2518-0193 DOI: 10.20448/aesr.v12i2.7312 \u00a9 2025 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Effects of additives and ensiling period on groundnut shell silage and in sacco rumen degradability characteristics Abba Ibrahim Abubakar1\uf040 Abubakar Masud2 Muktar Umar Muktar3 Bilkisu Ahmad4 Tukur Sani Tajo5 Sani Ibrahim6 Mahmud Suraj Abdullahi7 (\uf040 Corresponding Author) 1,2,3,4Department of Animal Health and Production Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Kabo, Kano State, Nigeria. Effects of additives and ensiling period on groundnut shell silage and in sacco rumen degradability characteristics.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-7404", "words": "5521", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Huyen, Phan Thi Thanh; Duyen, Dinh Hong; Hue, Nguyen Thi; Thao, Nguyen Thi; Ngan, Truong Quang", "title": "Enhancing land use efficiency for tea cultivation: A case study in Quang Binh District, Ha Giang Province", "date": "2025", "keywords": "area; binh; cultivation; district; economic; efficiency; land; production; quang; soil; tea; use", "summary": "The study aims to evaluate the efficiency of tea land use in Quang Binh district across three aspects: economic, social, and environmental. Some Solutions to Enhance the Efficiency of Tea Land Use Reasonable planning and improvement of tea-growing land: The efficiency of tea land use depends largely on the organization of production space.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-7530", "words": "5345", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Seki , Hiroko", "title": "Fermentation characteristics of yeasts isolated from apple and kiwi", "date": "2025", "keywords": "apicola; dough; fermentation; height; hours; sugar; yeast", "summary": "In bread production, yeast fermentation generates carbon dioxide, which causes wheat gluten to expand, and differences in yeast fermentation capacity directly affect bread quality. The effects of temperature, sugar type, and concentration on yeast fermentation capacity were investigated in this study.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-7621", "words": "8515", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Vald\u00e9s , Yanelis Castilla; Vega, Mar\u00eda Esther Gonz\u00e1lez", "title": "Cryopreservation and its effects in coffee-tree (Coffea spp.) culture", "date": "2025", "keywords": "cells; coffee; content; cryopreservation; dehydration; desiccation; embryos; liquid; method; moisture; nitrogen; plant; seeds; vitrification; vol", "summary": "For seed cryopreservation, the pre-culture phase is omitted, which implies the use of a more simplified and shorter protocol. [6] B. Panis, Sixty years of plant cryopreservation: From freezing hardy mulberry twigs to establishing reference crop collections for future generations, Acta Horticulturae, vol. 1234, pp. 1-8, 2018.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-7803", "words": "5946", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Kapri, Manisha; Kesarwani, Amit; Kumar, Rajeew; Rathore, Vineeta", "title": "Nutrient use efficiency and growth analysis of wheat crop under precision nitrogen management techniques and growth regulators application", "date": "2025", "keywords": "content; grain; growth; management; nitrogen; nutrient; straw; treatments; uptake; wheat; yield", "summary": "The experiment was conducted during the Rabi season 2019-20 to assess these effects, involving various treatment combinations of different nitrogen doses, use of growth regulators, including precision nitrogen management using leaf color charts, GreenSeeker, and decision-support tools such as Nutrient Expert. Significant effects of different nitrogen doses and plant growth regulators were observed in the uptake of nitrogen by the crop.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-807", "words": "6496", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "64", "author": "O.M., Komolafe,; J. B., Hussein,; Q., Adebayo,; O.O., Abiona,; M.O., Oke,", "title": "Effect of Pretreatments on the Drying Characteristics and Quality of African Star Apple (Chrysophyllum albidum)", "date": "2019", "keywords": "acid; african; apple; ascorbic; colour; drying; food; journal; samples; star; vol", "summary": "Temperature Pre-treatment L* a* b* \u0394E 50 \u00b0C Control 24.42 \u00b1 0.37a 7.82 \u00b1 0.60b 1.71 \u00b1 0.81a 12.70 \u00b1 0.82a Blanched 29.16 \u00b1 4.47b 7.82 \u00b1 0.24b 4.41 \u00b1 1.99b 17.70 \u00b1 4.42b Ascorbic 24.88 \u00b1 0.54a 7.79 \u00b1 0.60b 1.79 \u00b1 0.60a 13.02 \u00b1 0.35a Lime 28.58 \u00b1 1.82b 5.48 \u00b1 0.51a 2.66 \u00b1 0.59a 15.53 \u00b1 1.67ab Salt 29.24 \u00b1 1.95b 7.70 \u00b1 1.37b 5.15 \u00b1 0.69b 18.14 \u00b1 1.54b 55 \u00b0C Control 28.50 \u00b1 0.36a 7.54 \u00b1 0.30a 3.54 \u00b1 0.75b 16.53 \u00b1 0.46a Blanched 27.15 \u00b1 1.28a 9.21 \u00b1 0.59b 4.92 \u00b1 1.58b 17.04 \u00b1 2.08a Ascorbic 27.12 \u00b1 1.44a 6.82 \u00b1 0.64a 1.87 \u00b1 0.22a 14.34 \u00b1 1.02a Lime 27.12 \u00b1 1.45a 7.06 \u00b1 0.68a 4.22 \u00b1 1.48b 16.23 \u00b1 3.13a Salt 27.12 \u00b1 1.46a 7.36 \u00b1 0.29a 4.53 \u00b1 0.58b 16.32 \u00b1 1.93a 60 \u00b0C Control 27.74 \u00b1 2.09a 7.34 \u00b1 1.16b 4.26 \u00b1 1.98b 16.31 \u00b1 3.03b Blanched 25.66 \u00b1 3.34a 6.42 \u00b1 0.86ab 1.08 \u00b1 0.40a 12.84 \u00b1 2.13a Ascorbic 25.04 \u00b1 0.89a 5.30 \u00b1 0.14a 0.80 \u00b1 0.86a 11.59 \u00b1 1.18a Lime 25.46 \u00b1 0.35a 5.45 \u00b1 0.66a 1.81 \u00b1 0.90a 12.59 \u00b1 0.87a Salt 26.39 \u00b1 1.34a 6.17 \u00b1 0.71ab 2.49 \u00b1 1.91ab 13.90 \u00b1 2.34ab Note: Means within the same column at the same temperature with different alphabet(s) are significantly different at p \u02c2 0.05. Statistical Analysis All experiments were performed in triplicate, and the results were expressed as means \u00b1 standard error (SE).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-857", "words": "9713", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Singh, Ajay Kumar; Jyoti, Bhim", "title": "Measuring the Climate Variability Impact on Cash Crops Farming in India: An Empirical Investigation", "date": "2019", "keywords": "area; cash; cash crops; change; climate; cotton; crops; factors; groundnut; impact; india; potato; production; sesame; temperature; time; variability; yield", "summary": "Coefficient variation is used to assess the impact of daily variation in climatic factor on production, yield and cropped area cash crops If the value of TE of a states is equal to 1 then it can be concluded that the state has no technical inefficiency in crop production [38].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-866", "words": "4751", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "Ezeabara, Chinelo A.; C.U., Okeke", "title": "Nutrient Content Assessment of Six Citrus Species Parts and their Feedstuff Significance", "date": "2019", "keywords": "animal; cattle; citrus; fat; feed; food; leaves; protein; sample; species", "summary": "High percentage of fat was also present in the range of 12 to 13% in the peels of C. aurantifolia and C. sinensis. High levels of carbohydrate were detected in the stems of C. aurantifolia (67.53+0.08%) and C. limon (50.13+0.04%) as well as in the peels of C. grandis (81.2+0.06%), C. reticulata (75.4+0.08%), C. paradisii (80.6+0.4%) and C. sinensis (70.4+0.05%).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-878", "words": "8610", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "S., Kaskous", "title": "Camel Milk Composition, Udder Health and Effect of Different Storage Times and Temperatures on Raw Milk Quality Using Camel Milking Machine \u201cStimuLactor\u201d", "date": "2019", "keywords": "camel milk; composition; content; fat; journal; lactose; milk; milking; quality; research; scc; study; temperature; udder; vol", "summary": "It is shown in many studies that camel milk is a source for many bacteria which may lead to health hazard for men when it is taken raw [10, 17-20] because raw camel milk is produced and handled under poor hygienic conditions with high health risk to the consumers [21]. In many regions in Asia and Africa, camel milk are used to treat some diseases and to combat health problems such as gastrointestinal disorders, sugar diseases, food allergy, psoriasis, hepatitis C and B, autism and tuberculosis [1-3].", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-929", "words": "12481", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Mosie, Tajebe; Woldetsadik, Kebede; Azene, Mulualem", "title": "Quality of Peach (Prunus persica L.) Genotypes Packed in LDPE Plastic Packaging under Different Storage Conditions", "date": "2019", "keywords": "100.00a; ambient; cold; condition; day; food; fruits; genotypes; journal; loss; non; packaging; peach; peach fruits; plastic; postharvest; quality; respiration; storage; storage conditions; tss; vol", "summary": "On the other hand, non-perforated packaged fruits stored at ambient conditions reached their maximum TSS on day 20. Except tropic beauty and Early Grande, non-perforated packaged fruits had higher TSS than perforated packed fruits at day 15 of ambient environment storage.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-936", "words": "4158", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "A. U., Akpan; M. J., Eka,", "title": "Studies on the Growth and Yield of Prostrate Groundnut Variety (Arachis hypogaea L.) as Affected by Oil Palm Bunch Ash in Umudike Southeastern Nigeria", "date": "2019", "keywords": "ash; bunch; nigeria; oil; oil palm; palm; palm bunch; plant; tha-1; yield", "summary": "Abstract An experiment on studies on the growth and yield of prostrate groundnut variety (Arachis hypogaea L.), as affected by oil palm bunch ash in Umudike, Southeastern, Nigeria, was conducted at the eastern farm of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. 8 tha-1 of oil palm bunch ash produced highest growth parameters compared with the control (0 tha -1).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "aesr-939", "words": "4592", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Q.C, Yap,; S.S., Teo,", "title": "Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) Growth Performance in Saltwater, Soil and Aquaponic System", "date": "2019", "keywords": "aquaponics; coconut; coir; germination; growth; lettuce; salt; saltwater; seeds; soil; system; treatment", "summary": "This study aimed to compare lettuce seeds germination and plants growth in soils and aquaponics, and lettuces growth with and without salt treatment in freshwater and saltwater aquaponics. Germination of lettuce seeds that treated with different salt concentration was inhibited and the one treated with 0.2M salt solution had no germination.", "mime": "application/pdf"}]