ABSTARCT: Solar drying is an integral part of rural life for various products, especially vegetable, fruits & spices which are produced in rural areas and have no scientific means of preserving such raw products. This paper is an attempt to review the solar drying process & solar dryers used for chilli drying worldwide which includes types of solar dryer, drying process & techno economical feas...

Bhut jolokia belongs to the Genus Capsicum and species chinense, which is World famous for its heat content. The plant is native to the Northeastern states of India and it is used traditionally in the treatment of various ailments besides using in the culinary dishes for flavour. The plant came in limelight when it was announced as the hottest chilli in the World in 2007. The plant has not been...

Bhut jolokia (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) is one of the world’s hottest chilli entered in the Guinness book of world record (2006). Many pest and diseases ruined Bhut jolokia and among them damping-off disease of seedling as well root and stem rot in young transplants caused by Rhizoctonia solani is one of the important limiting factor in cultivation and production (Ngullie and Daiho, 2013). Even ...

In India, among males, leukemia rates vary across the country. The present unmatched hospital-based case- control study conducted at Tata Memorial Hospital included subjects registered between the years 1997-99. There were 246 leukemia cases and 1,383 normal controls. Data on demographics, lifestyle, diet and occupation history were recorded. Cigarette (OR=2.1) and bidi smoking (OR=3.4) showed ...

Because of their antioxidative capability polyphenols and vitamins are the most important naturally occurring compounds. Several widely consumed vegetables are rich in various phenolic compounds and vitamins. In this study, such vegetables as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), eggplant (Solanum melongena), chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum), and potato (Solanum tuberosum) of the Solanaceae family were...

Tumpangsari cabai dan tomat merupakan salah satu sistem kultur teknis dalam pengendalian hama terpadu. Tujuan penelitian untuk mendapatkan penanaman yang paling tepat menekan perkembangan utama meningkatkan hasil cabai. Penelitian dilakukan di Balitsa. dilaksanakan pada bulan April sampai dengan Desember 2018, metode percobaan menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok diulang empat kali perlakuan: (A...

Chilli peppers (Capsicum spp.) are important plants usually consumed as food or used a spice medicine. They contain wide range of phytochemicals such capsaicinoids, polyphenols (PPH), carotenoids (CC) and vitamins. This study aimed to quantify the contents capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, total PPH, phenolic acids (PHA) CC, antioxidant activities chilli Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, Bhut Jolokia, ...

Field experiments were conducted at Yaba College of Technology Instructional and Research Farm during 2019/2020 wet dry seasons to investigate the performance cowpea chilli pepper intercropping for management insect pests cowpea. The experiment was arranged in alternate (chilli cowpea), strip cropping border around cowpea) sole a randomized complete block design (RCBD) replicated three times wi...