Disease pandemics and major epidemics arising from new encounters between indigenous viruses and introduced crops

RAC Jones - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Virus disease pandemics and epidemics that occur in the world's staple food crops pose a
major threat to global food security, especially in developing countries with tropical or …

Mineral nutrition of cassava

G Byju, G Suja - Advances in Agronomy, 2020 - Elsevier
Cassava is an important tropical root crop with versatile uses in food, feed, green energy
and industrial sectors. It is grown mostly for food in Sub-Saharan Africa, food and other uses …

Production of a distilled spirit using cassava flour as raw material: Chemical characterization and sensory profile

E Coelho, LF Ballesteros, L Domingues, M Vilanova… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cassava plays a key role in the food production and economies of several countries
worldwide. Due to its starch content, alcoholic fermentation is a promising transformation …

Enzyme-Assisted mechanical peeling of cassava tubers

Z Barati, S Latif, S Romuli, J Müller - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, the effect of enzymatic pre-treatment and the size of cassava tubers on
mechanical peeling was examined. Cassava tubers were sorted based on their mass as …

Fungi and Aflatoxin Levels in Traditionally Processed Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Products in Homa Bay County, Kenya

BO Obong'o, G Ayodo, F Kawaka… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a major source of carbohydrates, calcium, vitamins
(B and C), and essential minerals and is the third most important source of calories in the …

Cassava cultivars response to different levels of potassium fertilization under drip irrigation and sandy soil conditions

N Marzouk, N Hassan, Z Fawzy… - Egyptian Journal of Soil …, 2020 - journals.ekb.eg
Two field experiments were conducted at Nubaria region (Behira Governorate), Egypt,
during the two successive seasons of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 to study the response of …

[HTML][HTML] Morphoagronomic and industrial performance of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) germplasm for the production of starch and solid byproducts

JL Del Rosario-Arellano… - AIMS Agriculture and …, 2020 - aimspress.com
The objective of the present research work was to study the morphoagronomic and industrial
performance of three cassava clones. The study was carried out in two stages: A) the …

Solid-State Fermentation of Cassava Roots Using Cellulolytic-Type Alkaliphilic Bacillus spp. Cultures to Modify the Cell Walls and Assist Starch Release

M Odoch, EM Buys, JRN Taylor - Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
To improve cassava starch extraction by wet milling, solid-state fermentation of ground roots
using cellulolytic-type alkaliphilic Bacilli spp., Bacillus akibai, B. cellulosilyticus and B …