Effects of addition of alum (0.00 -1.0% w/w) on pasting and some physicochemical characteristics of cassava starch were investigated with view to evaluate the potential of alum as a cassava starch modifying agent. The modified starch was prepared by pre-treatment of the native starch with alkaline at room temperature prior to modification using alum. Alum modified cassava starch were characteri...

The entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Lecanicillium lecanii and Isaria fumosorosea were tested for their efficacy in managing the exotic spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus dispersus (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) on cassava (Manihot esculenta) during 2 seasons (2011-2012 and 2012-2013). The fungi I. fumosorosea and L. lecanii exhibited promising levels of control (> 70% m...

Abstrak: Tanaman dadap serep memiliki kandungan flavonoid yang berpotensi dapat menurunkan kadar glukosa dalam darah dan mengurangi penyerapan di usus. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui aktivitas penghambatan enzim α-glukosidase pengaruh pemberian Ekstrak Etanol Daun Dadap Serep (EEDDS) terhadap tikus putih jantan galur wistar serta dosis efektifnya. Metode menggunakan metode in vitro dengan v...

A new species was synthesized artificially by chromosome doubling in a hybrid. The ensuing polyploid type exhibits an apomictic nature and maintains its morphological characteristics in the progeny. It showed a frequency of multiembryonic sacs of 29% in the ovules examined, whereas sacs were absent in the diploid type.

ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to select water deficittolerant accessions the genus Manihot, through morphological characters under different regimes. experiment conducted in a randomized block design, using split-plot arrangement with plots consisting tree regimes (simulated rainfall and depth 100 20% crop evapotranspiration (ETc)), subplots eight Manihot (Gema-de-Ovo Engana-Ladrão fr...

Concern over poisoning as a result of eating cassava roots or shoots has led to these studies to determine factors which lead to high cyanide content in these tissues and how detoxification can be carried out. Plant age or stage of development does not seem to have a clear influence on root or shoot cyanide content. Genetic control on cyanide content seems significant as varieties may be identi...

Host plant performance, esterase, and virus transmission tests revealed cassava-strain and sweetpotato-strain populations of whiteßy Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) biotypes in India. Individuals from the sweetpotato-reared population did not breed on cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz, and the cassava-strain-reared individuals failed to develop on sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatus (L.) Lam. Eggplant, Sol...