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Eco‐Friendly Bioplastic Film Produced With Green Plantain Starch (Musa paradisiaca L.): Effect of Activated Carbon Addition and Hydrothermal Modification

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Activated Carbon as a Reinforcing Material for Starch Bioplastics. ABSTRACT Eco‐friendly starch‐based bioplastic films reinforced with activated carbon (AC) were produced using green plantain starch in its native and heat‐moisture treatment (HMT) forms to overcome typical limitations of starch materials, such as low mechanical strength and poor water ...
Eduardo Bruno Macêdo Viana, Matheus Ferreira Almeida, Maria José Missão Cordeiro, Sara Moreno Pereira Lacerda, Alcebíades Rebouças São José, Renata Cristina Ferreira Bonomo, Cassiara Camelo Eloi de Souza, Mateus Pereira Flores Santos, Cristiane Martins Veloso   +8 more
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Comparative study of the prevalence and diversity of Banana streak viruses (BSV) in plantain interspecific hybrids in the Dominican Republic [PDF]

, 2013
Banana and plantain (Musa spp.) are major staple food and cash crops in the Dominican Republic. However, production suffers from Black Sigatoka disease (BSD), a severe foliar disease caused by the fungus MycosphaerellafijiensisMorelet.
Acina Manbole, Isabelle Nina, Cavalier, Annie, Martinez, Reina Teresa, Teycheney, Pierre-Yves   +3 more
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Irrigation using slightly saline water from emerging desalination technologies as a solution to short‐term drought

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
With global weather patterns becoming more extreme and unpredictable, sourcing reliable irrigation water is vital for improving food security and conserving drinking water in drought‐prone areas. Emerging desalination technologies, which are still in the development phase, could potentially provide large quantities of slightly saline water for ...
Harry Myrans, Shuqi Xu, Mona E. Mahani, Steven Crimp, Juan F. Torres, Roslyn M. Gleadow   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pratylenchus araucensis (Rhabditida: Pratylenchidae) a Widely Distributed Nematode in Musa spp. From Colombia

Journal of Nematology, 2023
Pratylenchus is one of the most limiting nematodes of Musaceae production in the world. Knowledge of the nematode species is one of the requirements for its management in the field.
Arboleda-Riascos C. E., Riascos-Ortiz D. H., Varón De Agudelo F., Mosquera-Espinosa A. T., Oliveira C. M. G., Muñoz-Flórez J. E.   +5 more
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Catalysts for change: Museum gardens in a planetary emergency

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Natural history museums are often seen as places with indoor galleries full of dry‐dusty specimens, usually of animals. But if they have gardens associated with them, museums can use living plants to create narratives that link outside spaces to inside galleries, bringing to life the challenges facing biodiversity.
Ed Baker, Paul Kenrick, Sandra Knapp, Tom McCarter, John Tweddle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical, functional and pasting properties of banana and plantain starches modified by pre-gelatinization, oxidation and acetylation

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2017
Starches extracted from banana (Honduras variety) and plantain (Agbagba variety) were modified by pre-gelatinization, oxidation and acetylation. Native and modified starches were evaluated for chemical, functional and pasting properties. Total starch (TS)
Ganiyat O. Olatunde, Lateefat K. Arogundade, Oluwaponmile I. Orija   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Large chromosomal structural variations between M. acuminata and M balbisiana and their consequences on chromosome recombination and segregation in a AAAB polyploidy context [PDF]

, 2017
Many banana cultivars are triploid interspecific hybrids between M. acuminata (Genome A, 2n=22) and M. balbisiana (Genome B, 2n=22). They included the important group of Plantain cooking bananas classified as AAB.
Baurens, Franc-Christophe, D'Hont, Angélique, Habas, Rémy, Martin, Guillaume, Njembele, J. Célestin, Ricci, Sébastien, Rouard, Mathieu, Salmon, Frédéric   +7 more
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Building capacity in vector‐borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant viruses spread by insects decimate crop yields globally, causing food security challenges in vulnerable areas, including regions of Africa. Interdisciplinary research is needed to protect future crop supplies. CONNECTED, the Community Network for African Vector‐Borne Plant Viruses, increased research capacity in Central, East, West and Southern ...
Nina F. Ockendon‐Powell, Diane L. Hird, Alice Beck, Heather Child, Helen Thomas‐Hughes, Neil Boonham, Gary D. Foster, Bruce Cronin, Andy M. Bailey   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional, antioxidant, glycaemic index and Antihyperglycaemic properties of improved traditional plantain-based (Musa AAB) dough meal enriched with tigernut (Cyperus esculentus) and defatted soybean (Glycine max) flour for diabetic patients

Heliyon, 2019
The study aimed at determining nutritional, antioxidant and blood glucose lowering potentials of improved plantain-based dough meals enriched with defatted soybean and tigernut flour.
Timilehin David Oluwajuyitan, Oluwole Steve Ijarotimi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Controlling banana bunchy top disease in Benin: Crop protection strategies with socio‐economic perspectives

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Banana and plantain are vital for food security and income in West Africa, yet banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) threatens production. This study combined remote sensing, field surveys, modelling and socio‐economic analysis to assess BBTV spread and control strategies in Benin.
Renata Retkute, Martine Zandjanakou‐Tachin, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, Ulrich Roland Agoi, Yaovi Marc Vodounou, Hermine Akofodji, Evrard Akpla, Laurence Dossou, Emiline Médénou, Alban Etchiha, Alphonse Attadéou, P. Lava Kumar, John E. Thomas, Christopher A. Gilligan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source