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Showing 1 to 20 of 124 for “"banana"”.
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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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Functional properties of banana starch
… thickening power, paste stability, etc.) of banana starch have been deduced by comparison of the cooking and cooling curves (obtained on the Brabender Amylograph) of banana, corn, tapioca, waxy maize and cross-bonded waxy maize starches. Banana starch has functional properties generally …
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A soluble mannan from ripe banana fruit
… have been isolated from the pulp of ripe banana fruit. Attempts to determine the composition of the insoluble NSP indicated the fraction to be exceptionally complex and difficult to analyze. Only about 44% of the dry weight could be accounted for as NSP, the protein content was high (26%) …
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Biodegradable food packaging using agricultural wastes (Banana Pseudostem)
… has been developed in this research from banana pseudostem. The research can be divided into three phases. The first phase was to explore the possible method to isolate nanocellulose from banana pseudostem as the main polymer for bioplastic formation. Alkaline treatment, bleaching, and …
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Economic Tradeoffs Between Foodgrain and Banana Production in Somalia
According to FAO Balance Sheets, 1.2 to 1.4 million Somalis are considered to be undernourished because of low calorie intakes. Maize and sorghum are the dominant sources of their energy foods.
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Valorization of banana peels to obtain a bioplastic from acetylated starch
… 44% of the total. Among these organic wastes are banana peels, which can be valorized to be transformed into bioplastic. The objective of this research is to develop a bioplastic film on a laboratory scale, from the starch extracted from banana peels using the acetylation method. To evaluate the …
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Avaliação tecnológica de um processo de produção de licor de banana
… estudou-se a obtenção de um licor a partir da banana (Musa ssp). Foram combinados os teores de álcool (18 e 24 °GL) e de açúcar (300 g/L e 350 g/L), bem como a utilização de xarope de glicose, correção da acidez e tratamento térmico para o licor. Estes tratamentos objetivaram definir qual o …
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Environmental influences on banana shrimps of the Sofala Bank, Mozambique Channel
… indicus and Metapenaeus monoceros (banana shrimp) being the two main target species. Over the past decade this valuable resource has been declining, which has been attributed to environmental changes, but no conclusive evidence has been found. This PhD thesis aims to understand the …
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Synthesis and characterization of a biocomposite derived from banana plants (Musa cavendish)
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015.
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Aplication of circular economy to manufacture sneakers from the banana pseudostem yarn
… fiber, one of the natural fibers is the banana fiber obtained from the pseudostem using mechanical machinery. The purpose of this article is to prove the feasibility of using mechanical and classical procedures to make sneakers but using banana fiber as the main resource by creating a …
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Uso de permanganato de potássio na conservação pós-colheita de banana 'Prata'
… na manutenção da qualidade pós-colheita de banana 'Prata' (Musa spp. AAB) armazenada à temperatura ambiente e sob refrigeração. Buquês de quatro frutos foram embalados em sacos de polietileno de baixa densidade, com espessura de 28 μm, nos quais foram incluídos sachês de KMnO4. Foram …
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Green banana flour as a novel functional ingredient in retorted feline diets
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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The characterization of thermoplastic starch (TPS) reinforced with banana peel (BP) Polymer composites
… of thermoplastic starch (TPS) reinforced with banana peel (BP) polymer composites. Recently, various studies have centred more on the use of polymer composite where thermoplastic starch (TPS) has received significant attention to behave as the composite matrix due to its degradable nature. In …
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Integrated pest management of the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), in South Africa
The banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus, is an economical pest of Musa, distributed to most areas where the crop is grown. The beetle larvae produce feeding tunnels in the pseudostem and rhizome, reducing bunch weight and causing toppling or snapping of plants. In developing an integrated pest …
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Epidemiology of Banana streak virus (BSV) in East African highland bananas (AAA-EA)
… understanding of the epidemiology and ecology of Banana streak virus (BSV) in Uganda, generating information useful in designing management strategies to limit the spread of BSV. An identification key for the mealybugs on Musa in Africa was constructed. Screenhouse transmission experiments …
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Nutritional Evaluation of Soy-Banana, Whole Soy Flour and Microwave-Processed Whole Soybeans
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Epiphytology, Pathogenicity and Control of Postharvest Fungi of Banana (Musa Acuminata Colla) Cultivars
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T04:37:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7726751.pdf: 6014270 bytes, checksum: 7d0a90d931d5d5730fa5d55241db9a40 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977
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