This experiment was carried out to increase the shelf life and maintaining the quality of mango (Mangifera indica) fruits. There were two factors. Factor A: postharvest treatments with six levels (1. untreated (control), 2. washing with chlorine, 3. dipping (5 minutes) in calcium chloride (CaCl2), 4. dipping (5 minutes) in bavistin and rinse in clean water, 5. hot water treatment and 6. tap wat...

The study was carried out to evaluate the forage quality of maize and sugargraze as influenced by different potassium management practices. experiment laid in split-plot design which two fodder crops, viz. sugargraze, were taken main plot, regimes a subplot. Results revealed that parameters Dry matter, crude protein, ether extract, ash content, neutral detergent fibre, acid lignin significantly...

Abstract Citrus fruit are important crops in many regions of the world and valuable sources carbohydrates, fibre health-promoting compounds. Like other crops, production these fruits is affected by a range pests pathogens that can affect sustainable development citriculture. The most devastating huanglongbing (HLB), bacterial disease caused species liberibacters, spread insect vectors. Currentl...

The aim of this thesis was to increase our understanding about chicory (forage and root) as fibre source for pigs, by studying the effects of diets with inclusion of chicory on digestibility, digestion site, performance, gut microbiota and environment. In total 62 pigs were used, including newly weaned and growing intact pigs and growing post valve t-caecum (PVTC)-cannulated pigs. The weaned pi...

Ensiling sorghum with tropical forages has been shown to be a promising alternative for ruminant feed production, as this approach improves the quality of silage. In context, goal study was evaluate fermentation characteristics and nutritive value sweet silage made different levels Paiaguas palisadegrass Ipypora grass. The experiment conducted in completely randomized 2 x 6 factorial design fou...

1. Dietary fibre has a water holding capacity (WHC) and this is a function of the fibre source and method of measurement. Water can be associated with fibre either as trapped water or bound water. This makes it difficult to predict the ability of fibre to influence stool weight in humans. 2. Examination of various fibre concentrates for chemical composition, as neutral detergent fibre (NDF), ac...

An important component of the implementation of the hemp crop management is the microbiological retting of the straw. At the Experimental Institute for Industrial Crops, research has been focused on this topic and in 1997 trials of retting performed in tanks placed in the laboratory or in open field were carried out. Cultivar ‘Fibranova’ was employed, harvested at the time of full flowering. Fo...

Recently, there has been a fast growth in research and investigation in the natural fibre composite due to the advantages of these materials, such us low environmental impact, low cost and good mechanical properties compared to synthetic fibre composites. Much effort has gone into increasing the mechanical performance and applications of natural fibes. This paper examines the mechanical propert...

Seifert Fibre Groups (SF-Gps) have been introduced and their first derived groups have been worked out in an earlier paper by the author [2,3]. Now we aim to prove that they are residually soluble and residually finite.