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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Bananas"”.
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Preserved bananas as a new business opportunity
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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Mass appeal : saving the World's bananas from a devastating fungus
… to develop new varieties of commercially grown bananas, which are seedless and therefore sterile. Researchers have developed genetically modified bananas as a possible solution, but acceptance to GMOs varies worldwide, and the process is expensive. Many varieties besides the Cavendish are also …
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Incidence and characterization of Fusarium species in crown rot of bananas
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Technology: Biotechnology, M. L. Sultan Technikon, Durban, South Africa, 2002.
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Epidemiology of Banana streak virus (BSV) in East African highland bananas (AAA-EA)
… Planococcus citri and a Pseudococcus sp. from bananas as mealybugs able to transmit the virus. Field observations also demonstrated that mealybugs are able to spread from plant to plant. Monitoring spread of BSV in new fields revealed that both onset and rate of spread was site specific; …
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Banana transshipment model
Bananas are the number one selling produce item in the grocery store. On average, bananas account for 6% of produce department sales and 1% of total grocery store sales. According to The Packer’s “2010 Fresh Trends”, 88% of consumers in all categories purchase bananas. Also, 94% of consumers in the …
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Supply Relations for Minor Exports From Honduras: Issues in Trade and Development
… whose main exports have traditionally been bananas, coffee, and minerals.
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Effects of High Fruit Intake on Systematic Blood Pressure in African Americans
… given daily supplements of potassium rich foods: bananas, orange juice and raisins, while no dietary advice or food was given to the controls.</p> <p>After six weeks, the means systolic BP was 5.79 mm Hg ( p=.009) lower in the cases than the controls. The mean diastolic BP at week six was 3.76 mm …
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Evaluation of Banana Marketing Performance in Mbeya Region: a Case Study of Rungwe District
… district, to evaluate the pricing structure of bananas at different levels of market chain with the view towards establish margins at different levels of banana market chain and to examine the key constraints and opportunities for improved banana marketing in the district. Structured …
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Measuring supply chain carbon efficiency : a carbon label framework
… a case study involving the supply chain of bananas. Next, we characterize the difficulty and uncertainty in performing an LCA of a supply chain through an analysis of our case study of bananas. We present a framework to reduce the uncertainty though the concept of a carbon label. The carbon …
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FUSARIUM MUSAE, A NEW POTENTIAL TRANSKINGDOM PATHOGEN.
… musae, a causative agent of crown rot disease in bananas that has also been implicated in superficial infections in immunocompromised human patients. This thesis aims to investigate F. musae as a model organism for studying transkingdom pathogens, integrating methodologies from various fields to …
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The formation of isovaleraldehyde from ℓ-leucine and isobutyraldehyde from ℓ-valine catalyzed by banana polyphenoloxidase and peroxidase
… l-leucine and isobutyraldehyde from l-valine in bananas are described. These aldehydes are key intermediates for the development of the branched-chain alcohols and esters, which are prominent components of banana flavor volatiles. When amino acids were incubated with dopamine and banana enzyme …
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Doubled SNAP Dollars and Nudges: An Analysis of Two Pilot Programs Aimed at Increasing the Purchase of Healthy Foods
… nudges designed to increase the purchase of bananas in a convenience store environment. The impact of each pilot program was measured using a pre- and post-experiment difference-in-differences design. The results of both pilots are modest and support a growing body of evidence that …
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Intakes of Carbohydrates and Resistant Starch Food Sources Among Regular Exercisers in Blacksburg, VA and San Jose, Costa Rica
… sources in both groups were pasta, potatoes, bananas, and corn. Rice and various legumes were more frequent in the SJ group. It appears that consumption of RS is higher among SJ subjects. Consumption of RS prior to prolonged exercise could cause stable glycemic and insulinemic responses that …
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Determination of vitamin B-6, available lysine and pyridoxyllysine in a new instant baby food product
… Instant and jar "Vegetable and Beef" and "Bananas" products processed in 1985 and 1987 were analyzed for available lysine, vitamin B-6 and pyridoxyllysine content. The available lysine content of 100 grams of baby food was found to be higher in the instant products, but when adjusted for …
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Nutritional Deficiencies During the Harvest Season According to Household Consumption and Level of Nutritional Knowledge: A Case Study of Northern Mozambique
… healthy foods, leaves, maize flour, and bananas were chosen most often. When reporting preferred foods to consume, employees chose luxury goods and nonemployees chose starchy foods. Respondents could not provide a consistent answer of where they learned about healthy foods. Implications …
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Who Cares? How Caregivers Influence Communicative and Cognitive Development During Early Childhood
… communicating ‘I need food’ are met with mashed bananas), they are likely to experience reduced physical and psychological stress, while also gaining important practice communicating. Heightened exposure to AMC provides infants with an opportunity to interact with a larger variety of potential …
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A Grocery Store Intervention Designed to Increase Fruit, Vegetable, and Healthy Snack Purchases among Parents of Young Children
… period, included whole-wheat mini bagels, bananas, radishes, honey, sunflower, baked tortilla chips, and almond butter (p<.05). Parents whose children were arguing, crying/whining, or not in the shopping cart, had higher levels of engagement with the kiosk. Almost two-thirds (61.7%) of the …
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Legal challenges for developing countries exports of agricultural food products to the EU
… of agriculture. Two commodities, sugar and bananas, will be given particular attention in the thesis because of their high sensitivity in agricultural trade and the level of contention that these provoke between the EU and DCs in international trade disputes. This is evidenced by the number …
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Interregional ecology - resource flows and sustainability in a globalizing world
… I focus on major export products such as bananas, coffee and beef in Costa Rica and agricultural activities in the Canadian Prairies and document some of the ecological consequences (loss of habitat, soil degradation, water contamination and biodiversity loss) of that production. My …
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