This study was conducted to assess major Aspergillus species and aflatoxins associated with groundnut seeds and cake in Eastern Ethiopia and evaluate growers' management practices. A total of 160 groundnut seed samples from farmers' stores and 50 groundnut cake samples from cafe and restaurants were collected. Fungal isolation was done from groundnut seed samples. Aspergillus flavus was the dom...

AIM This study was conducted to evaluate the growth performance and nutrient digestibility of guar meal, an unconventional protein-rich feed ingredient in kids in comparison to conventional groundnut cake. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 18 kids were randomly allotted to three groups, and T1 group was fed on basal diet, T2 and T3 groups were offered diet replacing groundnut cake at 50% and 1...

in the present study, streptomyces gulbargensis and its mutant form, s.gulbargensis mu24, immobilized on polyurethane foam were investigated for the production of l-asparaginase using groundnut cake extract as medium. the medium with an initial ph of 8.5 was inoculated with free and immobilized cells separately and then subjected to fermentation by incubation at 40oc and shaking at 200 rev/min....

The aim of the present work was focused on the cellulase production by Aspergillus niger using different substrates (i.e) rice bran, wheat bran, black gram bran, coconut oil cake, groundnut oil cake, and gingely oil cake. Solid state fermentation holds tremendous potentials for the production of the enzyme cellulase by Aspergillus niger. These agro industrial residues are cheap raw materials fo...

An experiment was conducted in glass aquaria to study the growth performance of common carp fry fed on four different feeds for 120 days. Four different feed ingredients used were fish meal + soybean+ Groundnut cake+ rice bran +wheat flour, fish meal + Groundnut cake + rice bran + wheat flour, soybean + Groundnut cake + rice bran + wheat flour and commercial cattle feed. The feed was supplied @...

Groundnut is the major oilseed in India. Groundnut has a high amount of protein (26%), and it is a good source of calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and boron. After extracting oil, the cake was only used as cattle feed or livestock, hence in the present study protein was isolated by different fractions of defatted groundnut oil cake because of its higher protein content. Sodium dodecyl sulphate p...

The present study encomparies of the isolation and production of PHB (Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate) producing Bacillus sp., from soil samples. The accumulation of PHB as granules in the organism was analyzed by Sudan black staining method. The PHB production was determined from the selected strains (B6, B7, B8, B10 and B11) by crotonic acid extraction method using U-V spectrophotometer at 235nm. The ...

Sir,?I am writing to express my delight on seeing that, -with Dr. Daver'a article in the May 1947 issue, the I.M.G. has taken up the cause of groundnut cake flour for human consumption. I consider this a matter of greatest national importance and hope that you will continue to champion this cause with the full weight of the scientific authority of which the I.M.G. is a mouthpiece. Though I have...

The present work was carried out with an aim to isolate an Exo-pectinase producing fungal strain, to optimize physical factors of the enzyme activity and to formulate a media for the cost effective production of the enzyme. Screening, isolation and identification of Aspergillus tamarii and Aspergillus carbonarius were done. Various process variables like pH, temperature and incubation time of t...

Comparative study was conducted to observe the efficacy of different feeding regimes on growth of Channa punctata. Six iso- proteinous diets were prepared by using different agro industrial by-products. Maximum weight gain was recorded with diet having 66.75% rice bran, 11.50% mustard cake, 23.0% groundnut cake, 5% molasses, 1.5% vitamin-mineral mixture and 0.5% salt with specific growth rate o...