An Explanation of Subsurface Optical Pathways through Food Myosystems and their Effect on Colorimetry
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Howard James Swatland
2y ago
Light may pass along and across the long axes of muscle fibers in any food myosystem. Thus, incident light may be scattered in several ways before some of it reappears at the surface as diffuse reflectance. Pathways may be short if scattering is strong, or long if scattering is weak. Short pathways minimize selective absorbance by chromophores such as myoglobin, while long pathways maximize selective absorbance. Many food myosystems exhibit a post-mortem decrease in pH caused by anaerobic glycolysis with a series of microstructural changes – glycogen granules between myofibrils are lost, myofi ..read more
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The Effects of Post-Harvest Treatments on the Quality Characteristics of Citrus Fruits (Oranges)
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Patrick Ogoe Bentil
2y ago
Citrus fruits have been one of the major food produced in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Mfantseman Districts. There has been a major concern about the production, harvesting, packaging, processing, and marketing of citrus fruits as well as the improvement of the citrus industry in the country. With high demand and popular dietary preferences, citrus fruit is widely consumed and has become an inseparable part of our diets. This called for the study of the effects of post-harvest treatments on the quality characteristics of the citrus fruits (oranges) in the Abura-Asebu Kwamankese and Mfantsema ..read more
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Biochemical Composition and Anti-anemic Potential of Solanum torvum (Solanaceae) Berries in Albino Wistar Rats
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by MOUSSA GBOGBO, Adouko Edith AGBO, Giraud Djè KOUAME, Paul Angoué YAPO, Kouakou BROU
2y ago
Solanum torvum (Solanaceae) is a food plant commonly used in some regions of Côte d’Ivoire to treat anaemia. This study was therefore conducted to highlight some biochemical constituents and the anti-anaemic potential of cooked berries of this plant in Wistar rats. To this end, the berries were cooked for 30 minutes and then the constituents were evaluated using standard biochemical methods. For the study of the anti-anaemic potential, four (4) groups of eight (8) rats, aged 12 weeks and weighing on average 105 g were used. The rats were made anaemic by phenylhydrazine and then received 1ml/10 ..read more
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Effects of oven drying on the physicochemical composition of eggplant (Solanum Aethiopicum L.)
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Alice Christine Ekissi, Kan Benjamin Kouame, Grah Avit Maxwell Beugre, Séraphin Kati-Coulibaly
2y ago
The objective of this work is to determine the effects of oven drying on the physico-chemical composition of eggplant (Solanum Aethiopicum L.). The samples were collected in the field school of the University Jean Lorougnon Guédé in Daloa. The water contents, pH, titratable acidity and vitamin C were determined at different temperatures (50 ° C, 60 ° C, 80 ° C and 90 ° C) and time. Analyzes show that the moisture (92 to 5%), pH (5.67 to 3.44) and vitamin C (1.095 to 0.508 mg EAA / 100g) contents decrease progressively as a function of the drying time and over time. as the temperature rises. Ho ..read more
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Use of Best Management Practices (BMP) by the Farmers
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Muhammad Humayun Kabir, Sk. Md. Nur-E-Alam, Md. Omar Faruq, Md. Saiful Islam
2y ago
The purposes of the study were to describe selected characteristics of the use of best management practices farmers; to determine the extent of use of best management practices and to find out the factor that significantly influences use of best management practices. The study was conducted with randomly selected 84 farmers in Dhamrai upazila under Dhaka district. The use of best management practices by the farmers was the independent variable. Seventeen selected characteristics of the farmers considered as independent variables of the study. The data revealed that the majority (60.7%) of the ..read more
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Effect of Ammonium Sulfate Application Levels on the Growth and Yield of IR-28 Rice
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Claurence Nkumbe Ndille, Michael Amos Ballah, Shafiqullah Safi, Isaac Mupeta
2y ago
The study was conducted in JICA Tsukuba experimental rice field RE-2 from April 2018 to September 2018, to determine the effect of different levels of nitrogen fertilizer (Ammonium sulfate) application, on the growth and the yield of IR-28 rice. Four levels of nitrogen fertilizer were applied; 0kg.ha-1 (N0), 40kg.ha-1(N40), 60kg.ha-1(N60) and 80kg.ha-1(N80). For each of the four levels, part of the fertilizer was applied as basal dressing prior to transplanting, and the rest was applied as top-dressing at the panicle initiation stage. The experimental design was a Randomized Complete Bloc ..read more
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Technical Efficiency and Small Scale Maize Producers in Mwanza Region: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Mukole Kongolo
2y ago
This study measured technical efficiency and its determinants in maize production by small-scale producers in Mwanza region, using a stochastic frontier production function approach. A randomly selected sample of participants in the two districts was used. The Maximum Likelihood estimation procedure was followed to obtain the determinants of technical efficiency and technical efficiency levels of small-scale maize producers. The minimum and maximum values of technical efficiency were between 20% and 91%, indicating that the least practices of specific producer operates at a minimum level of 20 ..read more
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Effect of Silicon through Potassium Silicate on Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Quality of Grand Naine Banana
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Arthi Vijayan, M. V. Sriramachandrasekharan, Manivannan, Arumugam Shakila
2y ago
Field experiment was conducted in Farmers holding located at Rajagopalapuram village under Kuttalam taluk, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamilnadu, India belonging to Padugai series (Typic ustifluvent) low in available silicon to elucidate the response of banana in terms of yield, nutrition and quality due to silicon nutrition applied through potassium silicate. The treatment consists of T1 - NPK (RDF), T2 - NPK + Potassium silicate (FS) - 0.25%, T3- NPK + Potassium silicate (FS) - 0.50%, T4 - NPK + Potassium silicate (FS) - 1.00%, T5­ - NPK + Potassium silicate (FS) - 0.25%, T6 - NPK + Potassium s ..read more
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Quality Deterioration of Postharvest Fruits and Vegetables in Developing Country Pakistan: A Mini Overview
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Khurshid Ahmad, Mahideen Afridi, Nasir Ali Khan, Azeem Sarwar
3y ago
Post-harvest losses relate to the degradation in the quantity and quality of the crop’s products from harvesting to consumer usage. In many developing countries, like Pakistan, the post-harvest loss is a problem of food security and is of concern to everyone. Inappropriate handling of agricultural products after harvest may cause quality and quantity losses. It also accounts for the increasing prices of agricultural products in Pakistan. The total production of vegetables and fruits in Pakistan is nearly 13.764 million tons, and it is estimated that 35% to 40% of vegetables and fruits were was ..read more
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Enhancing Productivity of Sweet Marjoram in Substrate Culture
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
by Mohamed Saad Emam, A. M. H. Hawash, M. H. Mohammed, Neveen E. Metwally, S. H. Ahmed, Z. Y. Maharik
3y ago
Sweet Marjoram is considered as one of the important herbal plants, grown in many countries for medical and nutritional purposes and is an abundant source of valuable biologically active substances and mineral components. An experiment has been carried out on sweet marjoram at the experimental site of Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC), Agriculture Research Center, Ministry of Agriculutre and land reclamation, Egypt under a net duble span house, during seasons of 2019and 2020. The experiment was carried out to study the effect of different nutrient solution sources and verimico ..read more
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