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Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 7 (2023)
Poor energy and nutrient-dense complementary food for infants have resulted in malnutrition and poor growth. Some processes are known to improve the nutritional value while reducing the antinutrient factors in food formulations. Maize-soybean-based c
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https://doaj.org/article/49cb93bdda0f4af790d699c9e1a93404
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 9 (2023)
The mango cultivar ‘Apple’ is an important fruitcrop in Kenya, but it is highly susceptible to russeting. The objective was to establish whether lenticels predispose cv. ‘Apple’ mango to russeting. Fruit mass and surface area increased in a s
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https://doaj.org/article/5d0ccc2cd86d4e538ddab1f642d0bbf3
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Vol 121, Iss 1, Pp 35-42 (2020)
Jelly seed is a major challenge in mango production leading to enormous losses in the value chain. This internal fruit disorder is characterised by disintegration of cells, consistency of jelly and broken cells. Calcium plays an important role in enh
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https://doaj.org/article/58d64787732345108a1b7a6c69547bcb
Autor:
Winnie A. Nyonje, Ray-Yu Yang, Dyness Kejo, Anselimo O. Makokha, Willis O. Owino, Mary O. Abukutsa-Onyango
Publikováno v:
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, Vol 2022 (2022)
African leafy vegetables such as amaranth have been utilized since time immemorial both as food and as medicine. These vegetables grew naturally in most rural environments, but currently most of them are cultivated both for home consumption and for s
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https://doaj.org/article/657324fef65a41feac64f055e8950b50
Autor:
Margaret J. Hutchinson, John R. Ouko, Peninah M. Yumbya, Jane L. Ambuko, Willis O. Owino, Jayasankar Subramanian
Publikováno v:
Advances in Agriculture, Vol 2022 (2022)
Papaya is a thin-skinned fruit that ripens and softens over a very short time, usually in 3 days, predisposing the fruit to physical damage and phyto-pathogen invasion even with careful handling further shortening postharvest shelf life. The objectiv
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https://doaj.org/article/8d0754106f0e44b685912a256408591d
Publikováno v:
Horticulturae, Vol 8, Iss 6, p 545 (2022)
Exposure to surface moisture triggers cuticular microcracking of the fruit skin. In mango fruit cv. apple, microcracking compromises postharvest performance by increasing moisture loss and infections with pathogens. This study reports the effects of
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https://doaj.org/article/a04ca461cfe34abf9872f115218c9651
Publikováno v:
Advances in Agriculture, Vol 2021 (2021)
An on-farm study was conducted among smallholder mango farmers in Embu County of Kenya to demonstrate the effectiveness of simple harvest and postharvest handling practices to attain cold chain and extend mango shelf life. The recommended cold chain
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https://doaj.org/article/85768240e9c34070aac20515f27e485b
Autor:
Myriam M.L. Grundy, Dorah K. Momanyi, Claire Holland, Fanuel Kawaka, Serene Tan, Malinda Salim, Ben J. Boyd, Balazs Bajka, Ana-Isabel Mulet-Cabero, Jacob Bishop, Willis O. Owino
Publikováno v:
Journal of Functional Foods, Vol 72, Iss , Pp 104065- (2020)
Amaranth grain is reputed to have a high nutritional value, and as a plant, be tolerant to adverse weather conditions. This suggests that grain amaranth could be useful in tackling malnutrition and the growing burden of cardiometabolic diseases. Howe
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https://doaj.org/article/b72cc86fdc3747858ab77ca2f54a6a43
Publikováno v:
Scientific African, Vol 6, Iss , Pp - (2019)
Chemical, thermal or osmotic pretreatments prior to drying can improve the quality aspects of dried foods. Three pretreatments prior to drying were evaluated for antioxidant capacity in two mango varieties viz. Ngowe and apple that were dehydrated in
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https://doaj.org/article/326cb3ddb34c47e4ad49c236f0cb7184
Autor:
William O. Asiche, Oscar W. Mitalo, Yuka Kasahara, Yasuaki Tosa, Eric G. Mworia, Willis O. Owino, Koichiro Ushijima, Ryohei Nakano, Kentaro Yano, Yasutaka Kubo
Publikováno v:
BMC Plant Biology, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2018)
Abstract Background Kiwifruit are classified as climacteric since exogenous ethylene (or its analogue propylene) induces rapid ripening accompanied by ethylene production under positive feedback regulation. However, most of the ripening–associated
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https://doaj.org/article/b3fd08272db0410da657be29b996ae96