Banana is a climacteric fruit with a short shelf life. As a result, huge losses are incurred during handling in the value chain. The need to develop means of extending the shelf life and concomitantly maintaining the quality of the fruit after harvest has become very important. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2020/v12i130277
Ghana’s premium quality cocoa could be sustained by purging off foreign matter introduced somewhat by placenta mixed with extracted cocoa beans. This study thus examined the effect of placenta and varied fermentation periods on physical quality characteristics of cocoa beans. A f...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2019/v16i230084
Fresh mango is a delicate fruit with high perishability and postharvest losses. Dried fruits are highly susceptible to mold infection and moisture reabsorption. There fruits must be packed well and stored immediately after drying to extend its shelf life. This study was thus to d...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2019/46296
Cocoa is an important economic crop and has many uses industrially and locally. For its chocolate flavour to be obrained proper fermentation, drying and other postharvest practices needs to be done. A study was conducted to examine the effect of placenta and varied fermentation p...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/45924
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding Pleurotus Tuber-regium biodegraded rice straw (PTTRS) and maize offal: brewer yeast slurry mixture (MOBYS) on feed efficiency, haematological and serum biochemical profiles of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats. Study De...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/39061
Two tomato cultivars harvested at the mature-green stage were studied to determine the effect of postharvest application of different concentrations of 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on their quality and shelf-life. A 2 x 3 factorial arrangement in Completely Randomized Design (CRD...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2018/38407
The experiment was conducted to determine the effect of three pickling agents on the physico-chemical properties of two varieties of cucumber (Poinsett and Marketmore) stored under ambient conditions for 90 days. A 2x3 factorial design in a Completely Randomized Design with 3 rep...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2020/v20i530193
Study of Pre-storage Plant Extract Application on Sprouting, Rot and Weight Loss of two cultivars of Frafra Potatoes (Solenostemon rotundifolius [Poir.]) from Upper East Region, Ghana Present study conducted to determine the effect of pre-storage plant extract treatments (ginger...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/43830
Seeds of three roselle accessions (HS11, HS89 and HS41) were obtained from the Department of Horticulture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana and grown to obtain the calyces. The calyces were dried by sun (34.9°C), solar (56.5°C) and oven (60.0°C) m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2018/38550