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Evaluation of culinary Musa germplasm for fibre yield and quality

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Title Evaluation of culinary Musa germplasm for fibre yield and quality
 
Creator UMA, S
KALPANA, S
SARASWATHI, M S
DURAI, P
KUMAR, V
 
Subject Banana; Cellulose; Cooking varieties; Cottage industry; Fibre; Fibre brightness; Lignin
 
Description A trial was conducted during 280143 to evaluate 50 Indian culinary banana varieties for their suitability to fibre extraction and various methods of extraction. More than 50% of the cultivars grown in Indian subcontinent are suitable for fibre extraction as they exhibited high fibre yield. Of these highest fibre yield was exhibited by varieties, like 'Enna Benian' (0.96%), 'Singhlal' (0.67%) and 'Monthan' (0.68%). Quality in terms of brightness, moisture, lignin and cellulose contents was best in 'Singhlal', 'Mallu Monthan', 'Kullap Kunnara', 'Enna Benian', 'Manja Vazhai' and 'Shakl Kela'. Among the different methods of extraction, machne extraction gave 25% higher fibre yield than the manual extraction while fibre quality was better in manually extracted fibre.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2011-01-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/3171
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 77, No 9 (2007)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/3171/1230
 
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