Saba banana, a popular fruit crop grown in Southeast Asia, is an economical source of a variety of beneficial agents. This study examined the variations in total phenolic, flavonoid, and antioxidant activities of five maturity stages of Saba banana, and their changes during simulatedin vitrogastroi...
Briefly, starch is a semi-crystalline structure composed of two fractions, amylose and amylopectin11,12. Amylose is largely linear chain of glucose moiety whereas amylopection is highly branched. Amylose is a non-digestible or slow-digestible fraction of starch and thus considered as resistant starc...
Rhizoctonia solaniis one of the most destructive fungal pathogens that affect large numbers of ornamental crops causing root rot, basal stem rot, and wilt worldwide7,8,9. It can attack many ornamental plants, particularly during production and/or post-harvest storage latently, where it can lie ...
males have large fingered antennae, while those of the females are smaller and somewhat knobby. In the Melolonthinae, this sexual dimorphism is particularly pronounced. Many species have striking – though rarely