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Nutritional and sensory characteristics of local and hybrid East African Highland cooking bananas: Implications for breeding programs

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Bananas (Musa species) are an important staple food and cash crop in many parts of the world. The East African Highland cooking bananas form the backbone of food security for millions of Ugandans. The demand for high quality cooking bananas is thus closely linked to their sensory characteristics (which drive consumer preference) and
Willy Nelson Kisenyi, Pricilla Marimo, Moses Matovu, Kephas Nowakunda, Ediriisa Mugampoza, Samuel Gafuma, Timothy Omara, Ivan Kiganda   +7 more
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Evaluación biológica del manejo de picudos y nematodos fitopatógenos en plátano (Musa AAB) Biological evaluation of the management of borers and phytopathogenic nematodes of plantain (Musa AAB)

Acta Agronómica, 2009
El trabajo se desarrolló en la granja Montelindo, municipio de Palestina (Caldas) a 5° 05' N y 75° 40' O, a 1010 m.s.n.m., 23.5 °C, precipitación anual de 2100 mm y humedad relativa de 76%, con el fin de generar información sobre el manejo de picudos y ...
Carolina González Cardona, Juan Camilo Aristizábal Hincapié, Manuel Aristizábal Loaiza   +2 more
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A Survey of Salmonella Species and their Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile from Selected Wells in Katsina State, Nigeria

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research, 2016
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 1.1 billion people globally lack basic access to drinking water resources, while 2.4 billion have inadequate sanitation facilities which accounts for many water related acute and chronic diseases ...
Fatima Mukhtar, UmmuSalma Aliyu Saulawa, Mukhtar, G.L.   +2 more
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Assessing Variations in Host Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f sp. cubense Race 4 in Musa Species, With a Focus on the Subtropical Race 4

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) has severely curtailed banana production in the tropical regions of the world. The tropical race 4 (TR4) of Foc was detected in Australia in the 1990s and it is virulent to all Cavendish type banana cultivars ...
Andrew Chen, Jiaman Sun, A. Matthews, Liz Armas-Egas, N. Chen, S. Hamill, S. Mintoff, L. Tran-Nguyen, J. Batley, E. Aitken   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Antidiabetic activity of Musa x paradisiaca extracts in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and chemical characterization by HPLC-DAD-MS.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2020
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The Musa x paradisiaca L. inflorescence, known as banana blossom or banana heart, is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
R. O. Vilhena, I. D. Figueiredo, A. M. Baviera, D. B. Silva, B. M. Marson, J. A. Oliveira, R. Peccinini, I. K. Borges, R. Pontarolo   +8 more
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MUSA Project status and progress in the first reporting period

, 2020
Status of the MUSA project after the first reporting ...
Mascari, F., Paci, S., Herranz, L. E., Coindreau, O., Sonnenkalb, M., Sánchez-Espinoza, V., Brumm, S.   +6 more
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Assessing plant water status: Part 2 – Non‐destructive and remote sensing approaches

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Precise, real time and non‐destructive assessment of plant water status is important for advancing plant physiological understanding, optimizing water usage, improving crop resilience and supporting precision agriculture in the face of increasingly variable climatic conditions.
Naila Farooq, Bo Zhang, Bastian Leander Franzisky, Tasawer Abbas, Jochen Taiber, Martin Koch, Ian C Dodd, Christoph‐Martin Geilfus   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural Antibrowning Agents against Polyphenol Oxidase Activity in Annona muricata and Musa acuminata

Journal of chemistry, 2020
Fresh-cut fruits and vegetables emerge as popular food for consumers in retail markets. However, a loss of millions of dollars yearly to the food industry has been due to discoloration of fruits and vegetables caused by a pronounced reaction called ...
Michelle Belinda S. Weerawardana, Gobika Thiripuranathar, P. Paranagama   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mitigating Health Disparities Through Empathetic Policymaking During Times of Crisis

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic greatly exacerbated the existing disparities and inequities in health and healthcare among historically marginalized populations. Today, these impacts still echo. These persistent structured inequities erode the public's trust in government, lead to failure in public policies, and result in worse health consequences ...
Yali Pang, Brittany Keegan, Robyn D. McDougle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance Evaluation of a Thermo-luminescent Dosimetry System for Occupational Monitoring in Federal Teaching Hospital Katsina, Nigeria [PDF]

Physics Access
Thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TLDs) are widely used for occupational radiation monitoring due to their sensitivity, reusability, and tissue equivalence.
Bashir G Muhammad, Maryam L Maikudi, Suleiman Bello, Ahmed R Usman, Usman Sani   +4 more
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