item: #1 of 148 id: aesr-1084 author: G. M., Mafuyai; I. S., Eneji; R., Sha’Ato; 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 words: 9130 flesch: 60 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 – 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). keywords: concentration; contamination; journal; metals; mining; pond; soil; tin; vegetables; vol; water cache: aesr-1084.pdf plain text: aesr-1084.txt item: #2 of 148 id: aesr-110 author: Dakéné, Virginie Marie; Sérémé, Abdoulaye; Koala, Moumouni; Somda, Marius K.; Lingani, Hagrétou Sawadogo -; Traoré, 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 words: 5025 flesch: 55 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. keywords: antioxidant; bulb; burkina; chemical; content; cooking; data; food; journal; onion; practices; storage; vol cache: aesr-110.pdf plain text: aesr-110.txt item: #3 of 148 id: aesr-111 author: Alves, Thayane Leonel; Freire Lemos, Evandro; Arruda Barbosa, José De; De Almeida, Gabriela Mourão; Pereira Bertino, Antônio Michael title: Proportions of Organic Waste in the Process of Composting date: 2019 words: 5147 flesch: 52 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.). keywords: cfh; coffee; composting; fruit; grounds; process; ratio; sawdust; temperature; treatments; vegetable; waste cache: aesr-111.pdf plain text: aesr-111.txt item: #4 of 148 id: aesr-112 author: Ray, Subhajit title: Impact of Osmodrying on Qualitative Properties of Fruits Viz. Pineapple Cube, Apple Cube and Banana Slice date: 2019 words: 3808 flesch: 47 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. keywords: apple; banana; concentration; dehydration; food; fruits; journal; process; sugar; vol cache: aesr-112.pdf plain text: aesr-112.txt item: #5 of 148 id: aesr-113 author: Mohiuddin, A. K. title: The Mysterious Domination of Food/Drinking Water Contaminants and Adulterants in Bangladesh date: 2019 words: 9074 flesch: 54 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]. 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 cache: aesr-113.pdf plain text: aesr-113.txt item: #6 of 148 id: aesr-114 author: Diro, Samuel; Erko, Beza; Fikirie, Kalkidan title: Production and Adoption Constraints of Improved Coffee Varieties in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia date: 2019 words: 5366 flesch: 57 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]. keywords: coffee; district; farmers; land; mean; production; research; result; s.e; source; study; survey cache: aesr-114.pdf plain text: aesr-114.txt item: #7 of 148 id: aesr-116 author: Ray, Subhajit title: Effect of Storage Conditions on Quality Characteristics of Spicy and Nonspicy Varieties of Pork Sausages date: 2019 words: 5347 flesch: 55 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. keywords: characteristics; content; fat; food; journal; meat; paper; pork; products; quality; sausage; spicy; storage; varieties cache: aesr-116.pdf plain text: aesr-116.txt item: #8 of 148 id: aesr-117 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 words: 4920 flesch: 57 summary: Statistical metrics for plantain yield trends for the Agro-Ecological Zones. Plantain yield trends in three Agro-Ecological Zones from 1975-2005. keywords: agriculture; agro; change; climate; ondo; osaez; period; plantain; plantain yield; study; temperature; yield cache: aesr-117.pdf plain text: aesr-117.txt item: #9 of 148 id: aesr-119 author: Boyacioglu, Olcay; Kara, Betül; Can, Hilal; Yerci, Tugçe 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 words: 4220 flesch: 55 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. keywords: aydin; carica; effect; extract; ficus; fig; hexane; journal; leaf; leaves; vol cache: aesr-119.pdf plain text: aesr-119.txt item: #10 of 148 id: aesr-120 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 words: 6648 flesch: 62 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. keywords: beeswax; cacl2; coatings; dipping; effect; food; fruits; journal; nectarine; quality; research; storage; vol cache: aesr-120.pdf plain text: aesr-120.txt item: #11 of 148 id: aesr-122 author: Ehemba, Georgina Lala; Zoclanclounon, Yedomon Ange Bovys; Gueye, Moustapha; Diatta, Cyril; Diatta, Martial Barnabe Etienne; Thiaw, Cheikh; Kouly Tine, Alfred; Baldé, 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 words: 4250 flesch: 54 summary: Assuming 𝜇 is the grand mean of extra early maize genotypes yield, 𝛼𝑔 is the genotype deviation of the grand mean, 𝛽𝑒 is the environment deviation, 𝜆𝑛 is singular value for interaction principal component (IPC) n and 𝜆𝑛 2 is the corresponding eigenvalue, 𝛾𝑔𝑛 is the eigenvector for genotype g and component n, 𝛿𝑒𝑛 is the eigenvector for environment e, 𝜌𝑒 is the residual, 𝜅𝑟(𝑒) is the block effect for replication r within environment e and 휀𝑔𝑒𝑟 is the error, the yield of genotype g in environment e for replication r (𝑌𝑔𝑒𝑟) is expressed by Gauch Information on extra-early maize genotypes used in this study. keywords: ammi; analysis; biplot; environment; genotype; gge; interaction; journal; maize; senegal; stability; vol; yield cache: aesr-122.pdf plain text: aesr-122.txt item: #12 of 148 id: aesr-123 author: Santos, Alisson Augusto; Alves, Thayane Leonel; Lemos, Evandro Freire; Arruda Barbosa, José De; Oliveira Rocha, Ian Lucas de; De Almeida, Gabriela Mourão title: Ethylene Biosynthesis Inhibitors on the Quality of the Coffee Beverage and Efficiency of the Mechanical Harvest date: 2019 words: 3438 flesch: 53 summary: Agriculture and Food Sciences Research, 2019, 6(1): 85-88 87 © 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 – cherry fruits: 72.98% and green fruits: 27.01%; T3- cherry fruits 86.02% and green fruits13.97%; T4 – cherry fruits: 86.63% and green fruits: 13.37%. The harvest started when, the maturation of the beans got the following levels: T1 – 89.79% of cherry fruits, T2 – 72.98% of fruits, T – 86.02% of cherry fruits, T4 86.63% of cherry fruits. keywords: cherry; coffee; ethephon; fruits; green; harvest; product cache: aesr-123.pdf plain text: aesr-123.txt item: #13 of 148 id: aesr-124 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 words: 5985 flesch: 65 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). keywords: breadfruit flour; chin; content; dough; flour; flour sample; sample; snack; wheat; wheat flour cache: aesr-124.pdf plain text: aesr-124.txt item: #14 of 148 id: aesr-125 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 words: 5270 flesch: 59 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. keywords: air; dryer; drying; flow; grain; layer; pressure; simulation; solar; thickness; velocity cache: aesr-125.pdf plain text: aesr-125.txt item: #15 of 148 id: aesr-128 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 words: 4094 flesch: 70 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. keywords: base; diameter; length; root; root length; seedling; shoot; weight cache: aesr-128.pdf plain text: aesr-128.txt item: #16 of 148 id: aesr-129 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 words: 4167 flesch: 56 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 (1.03×107cfu/g) was significantly different from TCC of unfermented ahuekere though similar to TCC (1.60×107cfu/g) of 3 days fermented ogiri-ahuekere sample. Many families in West Africa often used fermented condiments as low cost meat substitute. keywords: agar; ahuekere; count; days; fermentation; food; groundnut; journal; ogiri; samples; seeds; tcc; vol cache: aesr-129.pdf plain text: aesr-129.txt item: #17 of 148 id: aesr-130 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 words: 5586 flesch: 43 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. keywords: adaptation; area; change; climate; climate change; crop; farmers; information; nigeria; south; variability cache: aesr-130.pdf plain text: aesr-130.txt item: #18 of 148 id: aesr-131 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 words: 4192 flesch: 69 summary: To diversify potato utilization, training on potato processing was held in two kebeles of Welmera and one kebele’s of Ada Berga District for selected potato producing farmers group and cooperative members to promote potato processing and increase farmer’s 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. keywords: chips; farmers; food; group; photo; potato; training; types cache: aesr-131.pdf plain text: aesr-131.txt item: #19 of 148 id: aesr-132 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 words: 10116 flesch: 61 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. 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 cache: aesr-132.pdf plain text: aesr-132.txt item: #20 of 148 id: aesr-1327 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 words: 3446 flesch: 51 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. keywords: agriculture; arab; countries; food; gap; security; water cache: aesr-1327.pdf plain text: aesr-1327.txt item: #21 of 148 id: aesr-1336 author: Parvez, Rezwanul; Chowdhury, Nazea Hasan Khan title: Weather and Crop Management Impact on Crop Yield Variability date: 2020 words: 4469 flesch: 47 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 keywords: change; corn; crop; crop yield; data; price; research; temperature; vol; weather; wheat; yield cache: aesr-1336.pdf plain text: aesr-1336.txt item: #22 of 148 id: aesr-1337 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 words: 3568 flesch: 54 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. keywords: cassava; credit; district; farmers; kintampo; output; production; south; study cache: aesr-1337.pdf plain text: aesr-1337.txt item: #23 of 148 id: aesr-134 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 words: 3881 flesch: 45 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. keywords: content; fruit; google; mineral; mushroom; ostreatus; pleurotus; substrates; view; vol; wastes cache: aesr-134.pdf plain text: aesr-134.txt item: #24 of 148 id: aesr-135 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 words: 12568 flesch: 54 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. keywords: accessions; acid; diversity; google scholar; plant; pod number; pod weight; seed number; seed yield; soybean; soybean accessions; traits; view; vol cache: aesr-135.pdf plain text: aesr-135.txt item: #25 of 148 id: aesr-137 author: Obinna-Echem, Patience C.; Torporo, Charles N. title: Physico-Chemical and Sensory Quality of Tigernut (Cyperus Esculentus) –Coconut (Cocos Nucifera) Milk Drink date: 2018 words: 4260 flesch: 55 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. keywords: coconut; coconut milk; content; drink; food; google; milk; sample; scholar; tigernut; view; vol cache: aesr-137.pdf plain text: aesr-137.txt item: #26 of 148 id: aesr-138 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 words: 13923 flesch: 42 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 + ɷdt [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. 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 cache: aesr-138.pdf plain text: aesr-138.txt item: #27 of 148 id: aesr-140 author: Ibrahim El-Gali, Zahra title: Evaluation of Some Plant Extracts and Powders in Control of Bean Damping-Off By Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum date: 2018 words: 3219 flesch: 50 summary: Keywords: Plant extract, Powder, Phytochemical, Damping-off, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Effect of plant extracts and powders on seed decay. keywords: control; extracts; google; journal; plant; powder; view; vol cache: aesr-140.pdf plain text: aesr-140.txt item: #28 of 148 id: aesr-141 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 words: 3779 flesch: 56 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. keywords: ha-1; mean; plant; potato; research; testing; tuber; varieties; variety; yield cache: aesr-141.pdf plain text: aesr-141.txt item: #29 of 148 id: aesr-1417 author: Tsagaye, Dasta; Gadebo, Andargachew; Aklilu, Shimelis title: Genetic Variability in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum MILL) Genotypes in the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia date: 2020 words: 4360 flesch: 53 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. keywords: days; fruit; genotypes; heritability; journal; number; plant; research; tomato; variability cache: aesr-1417.pdf plain text: aesr-1417.txt item: #30 of 148 id: aesr-143 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 words: 5669 flesch: 54 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). keywords: beef; beef burger; burger; chicken; chicken burger; content; food; protein; samples; soy; soy burger; study; view; weight cache: aesr-143.pdf plain text: aesr-143.txt item: #31 of 148 id: aesr-145 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 words: 3062 flesch: 55 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’ 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]. keywords: acids; amino; content; fertilizers; g/100; grain; nitrogen; protein; sorghum cache: aesr-145.pdf plain text: aesr-145.txt item: #32 of 148 id: aesr-146 author: Chang, Youngjae; Kim, Geumsoo title: Forecasting Waste Agricultural Plastics Generation in the Republic of Korea and its Policy Implications date: 2018 words: 2693 flesch: 56 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. keywords: collection; generation; house; plastics; treatment; wap; waste cache: aesr-146.pdf plain text: aesr-146.txt item: #33 of 148 id: aesr-147 author: Dakéné, Virginie Marie; Sérémé, Abdoulaye; Koala, Moumouni; Somda, Marius K.; Sawadogo – Lingani, Hagrétou; Traoré, Alfred S. title: Influence of Agro-Ecological Areas on the Antioxidant Capacity of Onion Varieties Grown in Burkina Faso date: 2019 words: 5156 flesch: 53 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. keywords: antioxidant; bulb; burkina; central; faso; galmi; material; onion; total; varieties; violet cache: aesr-147.pdf plain text: aesr-147.txt item: #34 of 148 id: aesr-148 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 words: 5830 flesch: 53 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¢ 108,523,136 compared to a significantly low amount of GH¢ 1,186 of exported rice in Ghana. keywords: brown; content; crude; food; ghana; google; mg/100; mineral; rice; rice varieties; scholar; values; varieties; view; vol cache: aesr-148.pdf plain text: aesr-148.txt item: #35 of 148 id: aesr-1484 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 words: 8601 flesch: 63 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. keywords: anti; content; flask; food; journal; pod; pods; protein; pulp; rain; research; saman; samanea; samanea saman; samples; seed; tree; vol cache: aesr-1484.pdf plain text: aesr-1484.txt item: #36 of 148 id: aesr-149 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 words: 10302 flesch: 52 summary: Abstract The growth performance and apparent nutrient digestibility co – efficients of weaned rabbits fed corn – 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. 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 cache: aesr-149.pdf plain text: aesr-149.txt item: #37 of 148 id: aesr-150 author: O.F, Olotuah,; E.O, Dawodu, title: Biocidal Properties of Cymbopogon Citratus Extracts on Termite (Microcerotermes Beesoni) date: 2017 words: 3243 flesch: 43 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. keywords: 0.00±0.0a; application; control; ethanol; extracts; hexane; mortality; termites; use cache: aesr-150.pdf plain text: aesr-150.txt item: #38 of 148 id: aesr-1503 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 words: 5709 flesch: 49 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. keywords: barley; calibration; content; data; food; malt; model; near; quality; samples; spectroscopy; study; traits; validation cache: aesr-1503.pdf plain text: aesr-1503.txt item: #39 of 148 id: aesr-151 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 Β-Cells date: 2018 words: 4575 flesch: 43 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. keywords: amylase; blood; control; glucose; goji; google; google scholar; group; insulin; patulin; publisher; scholar; view; vol; weeks cache: aesr-151.pdf plain text: aesr-151.txt item: #40 of 148 id: aesr-1518 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 ‘Ashebeka’ date: 2020 words: 4468 flesch: 55 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. keywords: ashebeka; bean; environments; ethiopia; faba; faba bean; genotypes; production; research; stability; variety; water; yield cache: aesr-1518.pdf plain text: aesr-1518.txt item: #41 of 148 id: aesr-152 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 words: 4864 flesch: 44 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. keywords: agriculture; area; cassava; experience; food; processing; processors; research; value; women; years cache: aesr-152.pdf plain text: aesr-152.txt item: #42 of 148 id: aesr-154 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 words: 5957 flesch: 38 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. keywords: agribusiness; agricultural; china; development; google; google scholar; growth; publisher; quantile; regression; rural; scholar; view; vol cache: aesr-154.pdf plain text: aesr-154.txt item: #43 of 148 id: aesr-155 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 words: 7683 flesch: 54 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. keywords: age; children; food; health; malnutrition; nutritional; size; source; status; study; stunting; underweight; wasting; water cache: aesr-155.pdf plain text: aesr-155.txt item: #44 of 148 id: aesr-156 author: Markos, Daniel; Loha, Gobeze title: Sweet Potato Agronomy Research in Ethiopia: Summary of Past Findings and Future Research Directions date: 2016 words: 8642 flesch: 61 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. keywords: crop; ethiopia; food; fym; maize; planting; potato; research; root; varieties; vine; yield cache: aesr-156.pdf plain text: aesr-156.txt item: #45 of 148 id: aesr-157 author: Markos, Daniel; Hidoto, Legesse; Negash, Fiseha title: Achievements of Cassava Agronomy Research in Southern Ethiopia in the Last two Decades date: 2016 words: 4349 flesch: 58 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. keywords: cassava; harvesting; maize; planting; research; root; row; spacing; yield cache: aesr-157.pdf plain text: aesr-157.txt item: #46 of 148 id: aesr-158 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 words: 5298 flesch: 63 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 keywords: cow; cow milk; fat; goat; kano; milk; protein; sheep; study; vol; white cache: aesr-158.pdf plain text: aesr-158.txt item: #47 of 148 id: aesr-159 author: Angbre, Francis, A. title: The Role of Agricultural Education in Ensuring National Security in Nigeria date: 2016 words: 2814 flesch: 43 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. keywords: agriculture; challenges; education; nigeria; security; skills cache: aesr-159.pdf plain text: aesr-159.txt item: #48 of 148 id: aesr-1592 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 words: 4974 flesch: 51 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. keywords: adama; area; bund; conservation; district; erosion; ethiopia; farmers; practices; soil; study; water; water conservation cache: aesr-1592.pdf plain text: aesr-1592.txt item: #49 of 148 id: aesr-1593 author: Mushonga, Princess; Parawira, Wilson; Nyanga, Loveness Kuziwa title: Occurrence of Fumonisins in Some Maize Meal Marketed to Consumers in Harare, Zimbabwe date: 2020 words: 6888 flesch: 58 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 µg/kg detection limit. Fumonisin B1 and Fumonisin B2 were extracted from maize meal with methanol-water (3:1, v/v) using ultrasonic extraction. keywords: bran; contamination; food; fumonisin; journal; levels; maize; maize meal; meal; millers; samples; vol cache: aesr-1593.pdf plain text: aesr-1593.txt item: #50 of 148 id: aesr-160 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 words: 5981 flesch: 52 summary: Keywords: Banana, Cosmopolites sordidus, Management, Entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema spp. Entomopathogenic nematodes were obtained from the entomology laboratory. keywords: adult; banana; control; epns; journal; larvae; mean; mortality; nematodes; spp; steinernema; test; vol; weevil cache: aesr-160.pdf plain text: aesr-160.txt item: #51 of 148 id: aesr-161 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 words: 6435 flesch: 62 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. keywords: bulla; carotene; composite; content; flour; food; ofsp; p<0.05; porridge; potato; water cache: aesr-161.pdf plain text: aesr-161.txt item: #52 of 148 id: aesr-162 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 words: 2658 flesch: 57 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. keywords: carcass; carcass measurements; carcass weight; length; measurements; slaughter; slaughter weight; vol; weight cache: aesr-162.pdf plain text: aesr-162.txt item: #53 of 148 id: aesr-1627 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 words: 2603 flesch: 48 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. keywords: citronella; grass; gravity; lemongrass; lomisar; oil; palmarosa; research; varieties cache: aesr-1627.pdf plain text: aesr-1627.txt item: #54 of 148 id: aesr-163 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 words: 2562 flesch: 63 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. keywords: application; boron; grains; plant; rice; soil; vol; yield cache: aesr-163.pdf plain text: aesr-163.txt item: #55 of 148 id: aesr-1634 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 words: 7720 flesch: 59 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). keywords: density; fertilizer; grain; growth; ha-1; journal; maize; p2o5; plant; plant population; population; population density; soil; yield cache: aesr-1634.pdf plain text: aesr-1634.txt item: #56 of 148 id: aesr-164 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 words: 4258 flesch: 63 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. keywords: activity; cardamom; cinnamon; food; ginger; sample; spice; tea; total; vol; water cache: aesr-164.pdf plain text: aesr-164.txt item: #57 of 148 id: aesr-1643 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 words: 4018 flesch: 59 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 0.05) as in soybean meal and rice bran flour contents increased. keywords: bran; content; dough; flour; food; index; meal; potato; rice cache: aesr-1643.pdf plain text: aesr-1643.txt item: #58 of 148 id: aesr-165 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 words: 4099 flesch: 64 summary: Plant height of different rice genotypes at different treatments. Number of leaves of different rice genotypes at different treatments. keywords: br224; das; genotypes; height; leaves; number; plant; rice; tillers; yield cache: aesr-165.pdf plain text: aesr-165.txt item: #59 of 148 id: aesr-166 author: Daba, Tadessa; Shigeta, Masayoshi title: Enset (Ensete Ventricosum) Production in Ethiopia: Its Nutritional and Socio-Cultural Values date: 2016 words: 7231 flesch: 63 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. keywords: bulla; composition; corm; crop; enset; ethiopia; food; kocho; plant; potato; protein; pseudostem; research; starch; values; varieties; vol cache: aesr-166.pdf plain text: aesr-166.txt item: #60 of 148 id: aesr-167 author: Dölek, Ümit; Güneş, Mehmet title: Fruit Growth Characteristics of Rose Hips (Rosa sp) date: 2016 words: 2499 flesch: 55 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]. keywords: developing; fruit; growth; jundzillii; source; weight cache: aesr-167.pdf plain text: aesr-167.txt item: #61 of 148 id: aesr-168 author: Krasteva, Gyurova, Desislava; Rositsa Kirilova, Enikova, title: Dietary Fibers in Grain Species as Sources of Wholegrain Foods date: 2015 words: 3629 flesch: 63 summary: I 16,41±0,30 Wholegrain wheat flour - Bulgaria II The imported USA lots of wholegrain wheat flour have high fiber content. keywords: bulgaria; content; fibers; flour; foods; rye; type; wheat; wholegrain cache: aesr-168.pdf plain text: aesr-168.txt item: #62 of 148 id: aesr-169 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 words: 3744 flesch: 61 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 keywords: agar; dextrose; growth; media; mushroom; mycelial; mycelium; potato cache: aesr-169.pdf plain text: aesr-169.txt item: #63 of 148 id: aesr-170 author: Perez-Carrillo, Esther; Chew-Guevara, Ana A.; Heredia-Olea, Erick; Velázquez-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 words: 5928 flesch: 62 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. keywords: cereal; dough; flour; mixolab; parameters; properties; starch; tortillas; values; vol; water; wheat cache: aesr-170.pdf plain text: aesr-170.txt item: #64 of 148 id: aesr-171 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 words: 3801 flesch: 57 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. keywords: antioxidant; buds; clove; damage; dna; dpph; effect; food; oil; scavenging; vol cache: aesr-171.pdf plain text: aesr-171.txt item: #65 of 148 id: aesr-172 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 words: 4846 flesch: 56 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. keywords: cash; cash income; cocculoides; food; fruits; income; namibia; rautanenii; schinziophyton; strychnos; study cache: aesr-172.pdf plain text: aesr-172.txt item: #66 of 148 id: aesr-173 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 words: 5241 flesch: 56 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. keywords: agriculture; carbon; cereal; change; climate; co2; dioxide; model; results; run; series; test; vol; yield cache: aesr-173.pdf plain text: aesr-173.txt item: #67 of 148 id: aesr-1735 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 words: 5536 flesch: 59 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 © 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. keywords: content; food; frying; journal; oils; samples; smoke; study; value; vegetable; vol; week cache: aesr-1735.pdf plain text: aesr-1735.txt item: #68 of 148 id: aesr-175 author: Lin, Rui-Lin title: A Study of Innovative Design and Development of Hand-Made Diet Product Series date: 2015 words: 1908 flesch: 60 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. keywords: design; innovation; product; research; study; technology cache: aesr-175.pdf plain text: aesr-175.txt item: #69 of 148 id: aesr-177 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 words: 5192 flesch: 57 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. keywords: food; harrow; infiltration; infiltration rate; moisture; plough; rate; soil; surface; tillage; tilth; water cache: aesr-177.pdf plain text: aesr-177.txt item: #70 of 148 id: aesr-178 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 words: 3620 flesch: 60 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. keywords: drying; effects; food; methods; mushroom; ratio; shiitake; vol cache: aesr-178.pdf plain text: aesr-178.txt item: #71 of 148 id: aesr-179 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 words: 4818 flesch: 59 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 keywords: cashew; cashew kernel; flour; food; kernel; oil; roasted; sensory; soybean; value; vol cache: aesr-179.pdf plain text: aesr-179.txt item: #72 of 148 id: aesr-181 author: Ndidi, Nwachoko,; Reuben, Jack, Ibiba title: Production and Nutritional Studies of Cookies and Spiced Millet Drink date: 2014 words: 2254 flesch: 63 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. keywords: cookies; drink; millet; test; tubes cache: aesr-181.pdf plain text: aesr-181.txt item: #73 of 148 id: aesr-182 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 words: 3703 flesch: 52 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. keywords: alexandrina; bran; control; emamectin; mewb; snails; vol; wheat cache: aesr-182.pdf plain text: aesr-182.txt item: #74 of 148 id: aesr-183 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 words: 2897 flesch: 56 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. keywords: content; crude; drying; fish; methods; protein; samples; water cache: aesr-183.pdf plain text: aesr-183.txt item: #75 of 148 id: aesr-1919 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 words: 7064 flesch: 64 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. keywords: chin; chin samples; content; flour; food; increase; journal; samples; soursop; soursop flour; ssf; substitution; vol; wheat; wheat flour cache: aesr-1919.pdf plain text: aesr-1919.txt item: #76 of 148 id: aesr-1920 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 words: 7235 flesch: 59 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 © 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. keywords: access; countries; food; food security; journal; production; research; sciences; security; spoilage; vol; wastage cache: aesr-1920.pdf plain text: aesr-1920.txt item: #77 of 148 id: aesr-1946 author: Tefera, Abenezer Abebe; Beyene, Legesse Wolde; Abtew, Wosene Gebreselassie title: Combining Ability Analysis of Maize Inbred Lines in Ethiopia date: 2020 words: 10590 flesch: 59 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. keywords: ability; amb16n42; combining; crosses; ear; effects; gca; grain; journal; lines; maize; number; plant; research; sca; tester; traits; vol; yield cache: aesr-1946.pdf plain text: aesr-1946.txt item: #78 of 148 id: aesr-1953 author: Olumuyiwa, Adekoyeni Oludare; Ellawule, Abdulhamid title: Feasibility and Economic Analysis of Bread Production in Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria date: 2020 words: 4458 flesch: 59 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. keywords: analysis; bakery; bread; cost; flour; gashua; journal; nigeria; production; project cache: aesr-1953.pdf plain text: aesr-1953.txt item: #79 of 148 id: aesr-2336 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 words: 6771 flesch: 53 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. keywords: air; amylose; capacity; flour; food; journal; pasting; properties; sclerotia; starch; tuberregium; viscosity; vol; water cache: aesr-2336.pdf plain text: aesr-2336.txt item: #80 of 148 id: aesr-2734 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 words: 5624 flesch: 58 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. keywords: bacillus; bacteria; banana; cfu; depth; forest; gram; microorganisms; number; season; sigatoka; soil cache: aesr-2734.pdf plain text: aesr-2734.txt item: #81 of 148 id: aesr-2968 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 words: 4527 flesch: 60 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). keywords: bokashi; clump; dap; growth; oven; spacing; weight cache: aesr-2968.pdf plain text: aesr-2968.txt item: #82 of 148 id: aesr-3521 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 words: 3533 flesch: 53 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. keywords: food; ibadan; journal; losses; marketers; nigeria; postharvest; research; respondents; study; tomato cache: aesr-3521.pdf plain text: aesr-3521.txt item: #83 of 148 id: aesr-3538 author: Uckun, Ayca Akca title: Characterisation of Phenolic Compounds, Sterols and Geographical Fingerprint of Çekişte Extra-Virgin Olive Oils According to their Geographical Locations by Using LC IMS QTOF Mass Spectrometry date: 2021 words: 4645 flesch: 54 summary: Fatty Acid Composition Important fatty acid compositions were determined in Çekişte olive oil samples. Significant differences were found in the contents of β-sitosterol and Δ-5-avenasterol according to different geographical locations. keywords: acid; content; evoos; ims; locations; oil; olive; phenolic; qtof; research; samples cache: aesr-3538.pdf plain text: aesr-3538.txt item: #84 of 148 id: aesr-3580 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 words: 5111 flesch: 63 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. keywords: cropping; dry; fertilizer; growth; levels; map; research; rhizome; seasons; turmeric; variety; yield cache: aesr-3580.pdf plain text: aesr-3580.txt item: #85 of 148 id: aesr-3639 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 words: 5991 flesch: 47 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. keywords: control; control lot; fed; lot; lots; occidentalis; pointers; rats; significance; soil; superscript cache: aesr-3639.pdf plain text: aesr-3639.txt item: #86 of 148 id: aesr-3758 author: Abdelhamid, Amira ; Jeder, Houcine; Salah, Ahmed title: Agriculture Adaptation Strategies of Tunisian Oasis Households to Climate Change date: 2022 words: 6869 flesch: 46 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. keywords: adaptation; agriculture; binary; change; climate; climate change; farmers; group; oasis; perception; probit; production; strategies; strategy; variables; water cache: aesr-3758.pdf plain text: aesr-3758.txt item: #87 of 148 id: aesr-3768 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 words: 6402 flesch: 51 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. keywords: age; agricultural; area; distribution; dynamics; farm; labor; migration; nigeria; population; respondents; supply; table cache: aesr-3768.pdf plain text: aesr-3768.txt item: #88 of 148 id: aesr-3793 author: EO, Akele; FA, Akinyosoye; VO, Oyetayo title: Microbial Quality and Sensory Properties of Ogiri Produced from Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Seed date: 2022 words: 3665 flesch: 53 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. keywords: bacillus; condiment; fermentation; journal; production; sample; seeds; vol; watermelon cache: aesr-3793.pdf plain text: aesr-3793.txt item: #89 of 148 id: aesr-3858 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 words: 8782 flesch: 54 summary: [30] about impact of olive oil quality attributes perception on place of purchase choice [31]. Therefore, the aims of the present study are: • To explore the behaviour of Tunisian olive oil consumers toward olive oil. keywords: attributes; choice; consumers; factor; indicators; market; oil; oil purchase; olive; olive oil; place; purchase; quality; tunisian cache: aesr-3858.pdf plain text: aesr-3858.txt item: #90 of 148 id: aesr-3862 author: Ali, Mohammad ; Villa, Kira M title: We are how much we Eat: Nutrient-Specific Versus Calorie-Based Adult-Equivalent Scales date: 2022 words: 5221 flesch: 44 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. keywords: adult; availability; calorie; equivalent; household; level; nutrient; scales; specific cache: aesr-3862.pdf plain text: aesr-3862.txt item: #91 of 148 id: aesr-3865 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 words: 2995 flesch: 52 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. keywords: days; egg; garden; packaging; permanganate; potassium; ripening; storage cache: aesr-3865.pdf plain text: aesr-3865.txt item: #92 of 148 id: aesr-3944 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 words: 5160 flesch: 60 summary: Proximate composition of cocoyam and soybean flour blends. Functional properties of cocoyam and soybean flour blends. keywords: amala; cocoyam; cocoyam flour; content; flour; flour blends; food; journal; protein; soybean; soybean flour; vol cache: aesr-3944.pdf plain text: aesr-3944.txt item: #93 of 148 id: aesr-4110 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 words: 3813 flesch: 51 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. keywords: antioxidant; content; figure; food; garlic; peel; powder; pukhelein; rice; value cache: aesr-4110.pdf plain text: aesr-4110.txt item: #94 of 148 id: aesr-44 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 words: 4450 flesch: 58 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. keywords: analysis; bari; cluster; days; diversity; genotypes; lines; napus; plant; seed; siliqua cache: aesr-44.pdf plain text: aesr-44.txt item: #95 of 148 id: aesr-4839 author: Jiang, Zehui ; Hu, Yongguang; Wu, Wenchao title: Optimal design of blade parameters for fracturing tea-picking machine date: 2023 words: 3833 flesch: 60 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. keywords: analysis; blade; factor; fracturing; level; picking; stem; table; tea cache: aesr-4839.pdf plain text: aesr-4839.txt item: #96 of 148 id: aesr-5186 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 words: 4530 flesch: 49 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. keywords: botanicals; food; inhibition; journal; plant; sclerotinia; vol cache: aesr-5186.pdf plain text: aesr-5186.txt item: #97 of 148 id: aesr-5195 author: Abeshu , Yadesa title: Review on deep fat-fried food products safety and its implication for consumer healthiness date: 2023 words: 11858 flesch: 55 summary: The consumption of frying oils did not significantly change the bioavailability of calcium. [23] E. Choe and D. Min, Chemistry of deep‐fat frying oils, Journal of Food Science, vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 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 cache: aesr-5195.pdf plain text: aesr-5195.txt item: #98 of 148 id: aesr-5209 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 words: 2897 flesch: 56 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. keywords: demonstration; farmers; nafis; onion; production; technology; variety; yield cache: aesr-5209.pdf plain text: aesr-5209.txt item: #99 of 148 id: aesr-5210 author: Roba, Belay ; Miruts, Fistum title: On-farm demonstration of improved and drought tolerant maize varieties with associated management practices date: 2023 words: 3043 flesch: 51 summary: Hence, Seed producer enterprises, cooperatives or seed producing farmers’ 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. keywords: demonstration; farmers; maize; production; research; varieties; variety; yield cache: aesr-5210.pdf plain text: aesr-5210.txt item: #100 of 148 id: aesr-5261 author: Asllam, Lahoucine ; Bari, Ahmed Ait; Amzil, Mustapha title: Moroccan and Spanish agriculture comparative analysis 2008-2021 date: 2024 words: 7660 flesch: 57 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. keywords: average; maximum; minimum; morocco; performance; production; products; spain; trend cache: aesr-5261.pdf plain text: aesr-5261.txt item: #101 of 148 id: aesr-5359 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 words: 10609 flesch: 47 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. 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 cache: aesr-5359.pdf plain text: aesr-5359.txt item: #102 of 148 id: aesr-5486 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 words: 4443 flesch: 54 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 © 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. keywords: analysis; correlation; grain; journal; spike; stress; vol; wheat; yield cache: aesr-5486.pdf plain text: aesr-5486.txt item: #103 of 148 id: aesr-5699 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 words: 5538 flesch: 63 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. keywords: feed; flask; flour; hyacinth; molasses; rice; rice bran; rice straw; sample; silage; vol; water; water hyacinth; wheat cache: aesr-5699.pdf plain text: aesr-5699.txt item: #104 of 148 id: aesr-5870 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 words: 6058 flesch: 53 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) keywords: brown; composition; content; food; journal; methods; milk; mineral; processing; study; tigernut; tubers; vol; yellow cache: aesr-5870.pdf plain text: aesr-5870.txt item: #105 of 148 id: aesr-5995 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 words: 4070 flesch: 49 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. keywords: distribution; east; journal; meridionalis; models; orthoptera; parts; species; vol cache: aesr-5995.pdf plain text: aesr-5995.txt item: #106 of 148 id: aesr-6076 author: Abia, Wilfred Angie ; Perkwang, Taty Brandy ; Djoussou, Kaoke Matheiu title: Agri-food fraud in Africa vis-à-vis global health date: 2024 words: 4426 flesch: 43 summary: Furthermore, mislabeling, a prevalent form of food fraud, has increased from 33% in 2015 to 47% in 2019 globally’ 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]. keywords: africa; agri; consumers; food; food fraud; fraud; health; journal; oil; products; trade; vol cache: aesr-6076.pdf plain text: aesr-6076.txt item: #107 of 148 id: aesr-6167 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 Côte d'ivoire date: 2024 words: 7779 flesch: 60 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) keywords: breeders; dairy; farmers; farms; food; livestock; mastitis; milk; poro; poro region; production; region; study; table; use; years cache: aesr-6167.pdf plain text: aesr-6167.txt item: #108 of 148 id: aesr-6168 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 words: 7383 flesch: 49 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. keywords: aroma; attributes; beans; chocolate; cocoa; fermentation; figure; group; quality; research; samples; standards; taste; test cache: aesr-6168.pdf plain text: aesr-6168.txt item: #109 of 148 id: aesr-6169 author: Adedamola, Rasaki, Wasiu ; Bababtunde, Omotoso Abeeb title: Impact of bank of agriculture credit’s on agricultural productivity in South Western Nigeria date: 2024 words: 7769 flesch: 48 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. 𝑇𝑖 = 1) – 𝐸(𝑌𝑖(0) | 𝑇𝑖 = 0) (2) Where D= different in productivity of credit beneficiary and non-beneficiary Yi stand in for household keywords: agricultural; bank; beneficiaries; boa; credit; development; farmers; impact; matching; nigeria; non; percent; productivity; research; study; table cache: aesr-6169.pdf plain text: aesr-6169.txt item: #110 of 148 id: aesr-6177 author: Belozertseva, Irina Aleksandrovna ; Lopatina, Daria Nikolaevna ; Sorokovoi, Andrei Anatolievich title: Soils of the Baikal region: Mapping, use, transformation date: 2024 words: 3914 flesch: 56 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. keywords: agricultural; authors; baikal; irkutsk; land; map; region; soil; use; zoning cache: aesr-6177.pdf plain text: aesr-6177.txt item: #111 of 148 id: aesr-6178 author: Umoh , Enobong Okon title: Evaluation of physico-chemical properties of unripe plantain peels as affected by different drying temperature regimes date: 2024 words: 3839 flesch: 61 summary: [9] E. Agama-Acevedo, J. A. Sañudo-Barajas, R. Vélez De La Rocha, G. A. González-Aguilar, and L. A. Bello-Peréz, 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. keywords: content; flour; food; peel; plantain; sample; temperature; unripe; unripe plantain cache: aesr-6178.pdf plain text: aesr-6178.txt item: #112 of 148 id: aesr-6179 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 words: 3765 flesch: 40 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 keywords: canopy; data; design; harvesting; platform; pressure; tea; tea tree; testing; tree cache: aesr-6179.pdf plain text: aesr-6179.txt item: #113 of 148 id: aesr-6226 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 words: 10355 flesch: 50 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. keywords: authors; content; effect; figure; growth; journal; nacl; plant; research; salinity; salt; salt stress; sciences; species; stress; tolerance; turfgrass; vol; water cache: aesr-6226.pdf plain text: aesr-6226.txt item: #114 of 148 id: aesr-6227 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 words: 7603 flesch: 47 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. Mazón, B. G. García, and M. Hernández, 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. keywords: acid; encapsulation; feed; fish; food; journal; nanofibers; oil; oils; release; results; samples; solution; vegetable; vol; water cache: aesr-6227.pdf plain text: aesr-6227.txt item: #115 of 148 id: aesr-6228 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 words: 6544 flesch: 46 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. keywords: accumulation; health; leafy; qcvn; soil; spinach; vegetables; vol; wastewater cache: aesr-6228.pdf plain text: aesr-6228.txt item: #116 of 148 id: aesr-6232 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 words: 13335 flesch: 62 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 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; ° c cache: aesr-6232.pdf plain text: aesr-6232.txt item: #117 of 148 id: aesr-6238 author: Boaventura, Túlio Pacheco ; Santos, Fábio, 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 words: 3455 flesch: 51 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 © 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. keywords: aquaculture; black; blue; color; hypophthalmus; juveniles; performance; tanks; vol cache: aesr-6238.pdf plain text: aesr-6238.txt item: #118 of 148 id: aesr-6249 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 words: 4158 flesch: 46 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 © 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. keywords: absorption; composites; fibers; ldpe; polymer; properties; samples; starch; tps; vol; water cache: aesr-6249.pdf plain text: aesr-6249.txt item: #119 of 148 id: aesr-6250 author: Daniel, Alcala-Sanchez ; Juan-Carlos, Tapia-Picazo title: Bio-geotextiles based acrylonitrile and their evaluation on radish plants (Raphanus sativus) date: 2024 words: 3457 flesch: 40 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. keywords: biof; biog; geotextiles; journal; moisture; radish; soil; vol cache: aesr-6250.pdf plain text: aesr-6250.txt item: #120 of 148 id: aesr-6251 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 words: 3702 flesch: 45 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. Gámiz-González et al., Determining the influence of N-acetylation on water sorption in chitosan films, Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 133, pp. keywords: acid; adipic; chitosan; crosslinking; degree; edac; figure; films; hydrogels; journal; vol cache: aesr-6251.pdf plain text: aesr-6251.txt item: #121 of 148 id: aesr-6252 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 words: 6970 flesch: 41 summary: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12234 [26] S. Pavan, C. Delvento, L. Ricciardi, C. Lotti, E. Ciani, and N. D’Agostino, 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. keywords: arrays; breeding; crops; et al; genome; genomic; genotyping; plant; selection; snp; species; traits; vol cache: aesr-6252.pdf plain text: aesr-6252.txt item: #122 of 148 id: aesr-6253 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 words: 15859 flesch: 35 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. 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 cache: aesr-6253.pdf plain text: aesr-6253.txt item: #123 of 148 id: aesr-6254 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 words: 3930 flesch: 51 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. keywords: callusing; extract; grafting; grafts; journal; plant; point; rootstock; scion; treatments; union; vol cache: aesr-6254.pdf plain text: aesr-6254.txt item: #124 of 148 id: aesr-6260 author: Nadri, Touba ; Gambini, Andres title: A review of the role of lectins in animal gametes and embryo development date: 2024 words: 8020 flesch: 42 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 Andres Gambini3,4 ( Corresponding Author) 1Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. keywords: acrosome; binding; cell; development; egg; fertilization; journal; lectins; maturation; oocyte; reaction; reproduction; sperm; surface; vitro; vol cache: aesr-6260.pdf plain text: aesr-6260.txt item: #125 of 148 id: aesr-6455 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 words: 7377 flesch: 56 summary: 1 © 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 © 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 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. keywords: acid; beans; butter; cocoa; cocoa butter; drying; extraction; fermentation; harvest; method; post; producers; quality; table; time; value cache: aesr-6455.pdf plain text: aesr-6455.txt item: #126 of 148 id: aesr-6554 author: Thevs , Niels title: Sustainable biomass sourcing through agroforestry systems based on poplar and eucalyptus as fast-growing trees date: 2025 words: 5943 flesch: 53 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. keywords: af systems; agroforestry; biomass; crop; data; food; ler; lerc; poplar; systems; tree; yields cache: aesr-6554.pdf plain text: aesr-6554.txt item: #127 of 148 id: aesr-6555 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 words: 3691 flesch: 52 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. keywords: acceptability; extrusion; flour; food; journal; screw; snacks; soybean; yam cache: aesr-6555.pdf plain text: aesr-6555.txt item: #128 of 148 id: aesr-6568 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 words: 4421 flesch: 47 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. Codină, 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. keywords: addition; bread; content; control; flour; food; gluten; journal; quality; shiitake; vol; wheat cache: aesr-6568.pdf plain text: aesr-6568.txt item: #129 of 148 id: aesr-6569 author: Alimari, Ibrahim ; Abbasi, Soleiman title: Freeze assisted-aqueous extraction of rapeseed oil using Tween 20 date: 2025 words: 6690 flesch: 53 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]. keywords: effect; extraction; food; journal; oil; oil extraction; pretreatment; rapeseed; ratio; research; tween; vol; water; yield cache: aesr-6569.pdf plain text: aesr-6569.txt item: #130 of 148 id: aesr-6570 author: Emmanuel, Ankrumah ; Ejimofor, Ogbonna Peter ; Nduka, Onyia Vincent; Lucky, Omoigui ; Yahya, Kamara Alpha; M’jaika, Ndifon Elias title: Understanding cowpea yield: A comprehensive analysis of physiological traits' contribution through path analysis date: 2025 words: 5514 flesch: 47 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. keywords: chlorophyll; conductance; content; cowpea; grain; grain yield; lai; path; rate; traits; transpiration; vol; water; yield cache: aesr-6570.pdf plain text: aesr-6570.txt item: #131 of 148 id: aesr-6818 author: Kovacik, Adam ; Kucerova, Lenka ; Jauschova, Alzbeta ; Ziarovska, Jana title: The potential of specific profilin based fingerprinting differs in legume species date: 2025 words: 3368 flesch: 46 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. keywords: dna; journal; markers; plant; polymorphism; profilin; vol cache: aesr-6818.pdf plain text: aesr-6818.txt item: #132 of 148 id: aesr-6819 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 words: 8625 flesch: 56 summary: The grain yield varied with different fertilizer recommendation methods, locations and sites. 54 © 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 © 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. keywords: bangladesh; crop; farmers; fertilizer; ffp; frg; locations; methods; rcm; recommendation; research; rice; soil; stk; yield cache: aesr-6819.pdf plain text: aesr-6819.txt item: #133 of 148 id: aesr-6820 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 words: 7787 flesch: 61 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. keywords: control; cultivars; figure; food; grains; heading; number; period; research; sorts; spike; varieties; vol; weight; wheat; yield cache: aesr-6820.pdf plain text: aesr-6820.txt item: #134 of 148 id: aesr-6906 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 words: 5254 flesch: 61 summary: By applying boron and bio-fertilization, date palm fruit quality had improved. 78 © 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 © 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. keywords: acid; boron; date; fruit; ga3; journal; palm; quality; season; vol; weight; yeast; yield cache: aesr-6906.pdf plain text: aesr-6906.txt item: #135 of 148 id: aesr-6960 author: Kovvuri, Mahalakshmi; Khushalani, Bharat title: Comprehensive analytical report on crop performance using ratio-based metrics date: 2025 words: 5049 flesch: 42 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. keywords: area; crops; figure; food; high; kgh; performance; production; ratio; study; yield cache: aesr-6960.pdf plain text: aesr-6960.txt item: #136 of 148 id: aesr-6961 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 words: 4855 flesch: 41 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 Rodríguez, B. Vega Candia, and J. Carrasco Jiménez, Greenhouse vegetable production: Use of a rainwater collection, storage and harvesting unit. keywords: area; crops; greenhouses; irrigation; lvrn; management; modules; producers; production; soil; system; transition; water; winter cache: aesr-6961.pdf plain text: aesr-6961.txt item: #137 of 148 id: aesr-7312 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 words: 6975 flesch: 57 summary: 100 © 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 © 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 Abubakar Masud2 Muktar Umar Muktar3 Bilkisu Ahmad4 Tukur Sani Tajo5 Sani Ibrahim6 Mahmud Suraj Abdullahi7 ( 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. keywords: additives; degradability; ensiling; gns; groundnut; journal; matter; period; shell; silage; urea; vol; week; yeast cache: aesr-7312.pdf plain text: aesr-7312.txt item: #138 of 148 id: aesr-7404 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 words: 5521 flesch: 44 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. keywords: area; binh; cultivation; district; economic; efficiency; land; production; quang; soil; tea; use cache: aesr-7404.pdf plain text: aesr-7404.txt item: #139 of 148 id: aesr-7530 author: Seki , Hiroko title: Fermentation characteristics of yeasts isolated from apple and kiwi date: 2025 words: 5345 flesch: 54 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. keywords: apicola; dough; fermentation; height; hours; sugar; yeast cache: aesr-7530.pdf plain text: aesr-7530.txt item: #140 of 148 id: aesr-7621 author: Valdés , Yanelis Castilla; Vega, María Esther González title: Cryopreservation and its effects in coffee-tree (Coffea spp.) culture date: 2025 words: 8515 flesch: 40 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. keywords: cells; coffee; content; cryopreservation; dehydration; desiccation; embryos; liquid; method; moisture; nitrogen; plant; seeds; vitrification; vol cache: aesr-7621.pdf plain text: aesr-7621.txt item: #141 of 148 id: aesr-7803 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 words: 5946 flesch: 55 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. keywords: content; grain; growth; management; nitrogen; nutrient; straw; treatments; uptake; wheat; yield cache: aesr-7803.pdf plain text: aesr-7803.txt item: #142 of 148 id: aesr-807 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 words: 6496 flesch: 64 summary: Temperature Pre-treatment L* a* b* ΔE 50 °C Control 24.42 ± 0.37a 7.82 ± 0.60b 1.71 ± 0.81a 12.70 ± 0.82a Blanched 29.16 ± 4.47b 7.82 ± 0.24b 4.41 ± 1.99b 17.70 ± 4.42b Ascorbic 24.88 ± 0.54a 7.79 ± 0.60b 1.79 ± 0.60a 13.02 ± 0.35a Lime 28.58 ± 1.82b 5.48 ± 0.51a 2.66 ± 0.59a 15.53 ± 1.67ab Salt 29.24 ± 1.95b 7.70 ± 1.37b 5.15 ± 0.69b 18.14 ± 1.54b 55 °C Control 28.50 ± 0.36a 7.54 ± 0.30a 3.54 ± 0.75b 16.53 ± 0.46a Blanched 27.15 ± 1.28a 9.21 ± 0.59b 4.92 ± 1.58b 17.04 ± 2.08a Ascorbic 27.12 ± 1.44a 6.82 ± 0.64a 1.87 ± 0.22a 14.34 ± 1.02a Lime 27.12 ± 1.45a 7.06 ± 0.68a 4.22 ± 1.48b 16.23 ± 3.13a Salt 27.12 ± 1.46a 7.36 ± 0.29a 4.53 ± 0.58b 16.32 ± 1.93a 60 °C Control 27.74 ± 2.09a 7.34 ± 1.16b 4.26 ± 1.98b 16.31 ± 3.03b Blanched 25.66 ± 3.34a 6.42 ± 0.86ab 1.08 ± 0.40a 12.84 ± 2.13a Ascorbic 25.04 ± 0.89a 5.30 ± 0.14a 0.80 ± 0.86a 11.59 ± 1.18a Lime 25.46 ± 0.35a 5.45 ± 0.66a 1.81 ± 0.90a 12.59 ± 0.87a Salt 26.39 ± 1.34a 6.17 ± 0.71ab 2.49 ± 1.91ab 13.90 ± 2.34ab Note: Means within the same column at the same temperature with different alphabet(s) are significantly different at p ˂ 0.05. Statistical Analysis All experiments were performed in triplicate, and the results were expressed as means ± standard error (SE). keywords: acid; african; apple; ascorbic; colour; drying; food; journal; samples; star; vol cache: aesr-807.pdf plain text: aesr-807.txt item: #143 of 148 id: aesr-857 author: Singh, Ajay Kumar; Jyoti, Bhim title: Measuring the Climate Variability Impact on Cash Crops Farming in India: An Empirical Investigation date: 2019 words: 9713 flesch: 53 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]. keywords: area; cash; cash crops; change; climate; cotton; crops; factors; groundnut; impact; india; potato; production; sesame; temperature; time; variability; yield cache: aesr-857.pdf plain text: aesr-857.txt item: #144 of 148 id: aesr-866 author: Ezeabara, Chinelo A.; C.U., Okeke title: Nutrient Content Assessment of Six Citrus Species Parts and their Feedstuff Significance date: 2019 words: 4751 flesch: 62 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%). keywords: animal; cattle; citrus; fat; feed; food; leaves; protein; sample; species cache: aesr-866.pdf plain text: aesr-866.txt item: #145 of 148 id: aesr-878 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 “StimuLactor” date: 2019 words: 8610 flesch: 63 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]. keywords: camel milk; composition; content; fat; journal; lactose; milk; milking; quality; research; scc; study; temperature; udder; vol cache: aesr-878.pdf plain text: aesr-878.txt item: #146 of 148 id: aesr-929 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 words: 12481 flesch: 60 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. 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 cache: aesr-929.pdf plain text: aesr-929.txt item: #147 of 148 id: aesr-936 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 words: 4158 flesch: 61 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). keywords: ash; bunch; nigeria; oil; oil palm; palm; palm bunch; plant; tha-1; yield cache: aesr-936.pdf plain text: aesr-936.txt item: #148 of 148 id: aesr-939 author: Q.C, Yap,; S.S., Teo, title: Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) Growth Performance in Saltwater, Soil and Aquaponic System date: 2019 words: 4592 flesch: 61 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. keywords: aquaponics; coconut; coir; germination; growth; lettuce; salt; saltwater; seeds; soil; system; treatment cache: aesr-939.pdf plain text: aesr-939.txt