Mangal Deep Tuti, Ved Prakash, B. M. Pandey, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Dibakar Mahanta, Jaideep Kumar Bisht, Mukesh Kumar, B. L. Mina, Naresh Kumar, J. C. Bhatt, A. K. Srivastva,
... energy requirement and energy input–output relationship of colocasia-based cropping systems viz., Colocasia–onion–frenchbean, colocasia–gardenpea–frenchbean, colocasia–wheat–okra, colocasia–radish–potato, colocasia–cabbage–frenchbean, colocasia–coriander–cauliflower–frenchbean, colocasia–corinder–tomato and rice–wheat in the Indian ...
Tópico(s): Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
2012 - Elsevier BV | Energy
H. D. Mepba, L. Eboh, CHRISTIANAH B. EKO, UKPABI J. UKPABI,
... starch, amylose and amylopectin contents of Xanthosoma and Colocasia cultivars ranged from 79.2 to 79.8%, ... 52.1–52.2%, respectively. The Xanthosoma and Colocasia starches had significantly low levels (0.12–0. ... starch and amylopectin but lower amylose contents than Colocasia and Xanthosoma starches. Average granule sizes of Xanthosoma and Colocasia starches ranged from 4.3 to 5.6 ... 2.5–3.4 µm, respectively. Xanthosoma and Colocasia starches showed restricted swelling and solubility patterns with ... 1% soluble carbohydrates were obtained from Xanthosoma and Colocasia starches, respectively, at 95C. The Xanthosoma starches had ...
Tópico(s): Food and Agricultural Sciences
2009 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal of Food Quality
Francis Kweku Amagloh, ES Nyarko,
... Anecdotally, Ghanaians generally believe that the consumption of Colocasia esculenta leaf improves iron status. In this study, ... West Regions), were compared with the levels in Colocasia esculenta leaf. The leafy vegetables/greens consumed in ... the Northern and Upper East Regions (savannah zone); Colocasia esculenta leaf was obtained from market centres in ... Hibiscus sabdariffa was significantly higher than that of Colocasia esculenta by 1.07-fold difference (p<0. ... Vigna unguiculata, the level of Ca in the Colocasia esculenta leaf was 1.23- to 1.84- ...
Tópico(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
2012 - African Scholarly Science Communications Trust | African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development
V. Ravindran, R. Sivakanesan, H.W. Cyril,
Raw, unpeeled colocasia corm meal contained (dry matter basis) 90.7 g kg−1 crude protein, 796 g kg−1 nitrogen- ... inclusion of 100 g kg−1 raw, unpeeled colocasia corm meal and raw, peeled colocasia corm meal in starter diets lowered weight gains ... ash contents in chicks fed diets containing raw colocasia corm meals were also overcome by processing. The ... up to 200 g kg−1 peeled, processed colocasia corm meal could be incorporated in chick diets. ... anti-palatability and anti-nutritive effects of raw colocasia corms.
Tópico(s): Livestock and Poultry Management
1996 - Elsevier BV | Animal Feed Science and Technology
Naveen Chand, Surindra Suthar, Kapil Kumar, Vinay Kumar Tyagi,
The efficiency of Colocasia as well as cattle dung biochar addition in a constructed wetland, is not well documented in published literature. In this study, Colocasia esculenta-based vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland (VSSFCW) ... medium + biochar (10 % v/v)); SBP (medium + biochar + Colocasia); SP (medium + Colocasia) were established and wastewater characteristics (pH, DO, NO3- ... strength (especially COD load) in the performance of Colocasia-based CWs’ could be undertaken as a research ...
Tópico(s): Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
2021 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Water Process Engineering
Kritika Gupta, Ashwani Kumar, Vidisha Tomer, Vikas Kumar, Mona Saini,
Colocasia esculenta leaves possess vital nutritive and nonnutritive components in significant amounts, but are underutilized, and lesser ... that can be suppressed through food processing strategies. Colocasia leaves are promising green leafy vegetables with nutritional and clinical potential. Practical applications Colocasia leaves have demonstrated the ability of antidiabetic, antihypertensive, ... are possibly responsible for the exhibited biological properties. Colocasia leaves are rich sources of micronutrients; however, the ...
Tópico(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
2019 - Wiley | Journal of Food Biochemistry
Anu N. Mohan, Manoj Balachandran,
... benign production of highly antibacterial carbonaceous nanomaterials from Colocasia esculenta and Nelumbo nucifera leaves is reported. After ... oxidative treatment, smaller graphene domains are formed in Colocasia esculenta derivatives, whereas larger sheetlike structures are observed ... model bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the nanocomposite derived from Colocasia esculenta leaves showed higher activity than the antibiotic ... Quantitative analysis revealed that the nanocomposite obtained from Colocasia esculenta leaves has antimicrobial efficacy equivalent to those ...
Tópico(s): Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
2020 - Wiley | Chemistry - A European Journal
Jehannara Calle, Yaiza Benavent‐Gil, Cristina M. Rosell,
The corms of cocoyams, specifically Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott and Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott are usually consumed as pastes. Nevertheless, the secondary corms, also named cormels, are ... and the digestibility of the resulting pastes investigated. Colocasia spp. flour contained significantly higher protein (10.32% ... very tight and closed microstructure of pastes containing Colocasia spp. flour led them to better stability during ... lower syneresis. Lower protein digestibility was obtained in Colocasia spp. gels (67.56% vs 70.91%), but ...
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2020 - Elsevier BV | Food Chemistry
Jehannara Calle, Yaiza Benavent‐Gil, Cristina M. Rosell,
Colocasia esculenta, belonging to the Araceae family, represents an attractive alternative as gluten-free (GF) main ingredient ... was to explore the GF breadmaking potential of Colocasia spp. cormels flour, thermally treated or blended with ... their functional quality by in vitro starch digestion. Colocasia spp. cormels flour-based breads displayed similar quality ... was also observed, which confirm the potential of Colocasia spp. cormels flour as novel nutritive source of ...
Tópico(s): Phytase and its Applications
2019 - Elsevier BV | Food Hydrocolloids
NabaKumar Mondal, Arghadip Mondal, Amita Hajra, Wasim Akram Shaikh, Sukalyan Chakraborty,
Objective: To synthesize silver nanoparticles with Colocasia esculenta as a reducing agent and to evaluate their effect against Culex quinquefasciatus and Chironomus sp. Methods: The aqueous extract of Colocasia esculenta stem was used for nanosynthesis. The synthesized ... diffraction and Zeta potential studies. The toxicity of Colocasia esculenta stem extract and the synthesized silver nanoparticles ... h, respectively. Conclusions: The aqueous stem extract of Colocasia esculenta is a good agent for synthesis of ...
Tópico(s): Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
2019 - Medknow | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Ilaria Maria Grimaldi, Sureshkumar Muthukumaran, Giulia Tozzi, Antonino Nastasi, Nicole Boivin, Peter J. Matthews, Tinde van Andel,
Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, is a vegetable and starchy root crop cultivated in Asia, Oceania, the Americas, Africa, ... Greek and Latin) texts that record the name colocasia (including cognates) from the 3rd century BC onwards. ... the true identity of plants referred to as colocasia in ancient literature. Another early name used to ... name kolokasia (Greek κολοκάσια) and its Latin equivalent colocasia refer to Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., after the 4th ... AD a poorly understood linguistic shift occurs, and colocasia becomes the name for taro. We also found ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2018 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Julian O. Osuji, Prince Nwala,
... studies were carried out on the cultivars of Colocasia and Xanthosoma species to determine their taxonomic value ... on both upper and lower epidermis of both Colocasia and Xanthosoma spp.but were more abundant on ... but absent on the lower epidermal cells of Colocasia.Details of the ultra structure of the papillae ... variations in stomatal index within the Xanthosoma and Colocasia cultivars reflect their ecological adaptation to variation in ...
Tópico(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
2014 - Sciencedomain International | International Journal of Plant & Soil Science
Destik Wulandari, Desi Purwaningsih,
... yl ol y tic Bacteria in Tubers of Colocasia e sculenta Taro tuber ( Colocasia esculenta L.) has a high starch content of ... amylolytic bacteria; amylum; taro tuber ABSTRAK Umbi talas ( Colocasia esculenta L.) mempunyai kandungan pati tinggi yakni sebesar ...
Tópico(s): Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques
2019 - | Jurnal Bioteknologi & Biosains Indonesia (JBBI)
Karina L. Ríos-Ríos, Edith González‐Mondragón, Maira Rubí Segura Campos, Mariela Ramírez-Jiménez, Jesús López-Luna, Irma López-Martı́nez, David Betancur‐Ancona,
The physicochemical and nutritional characteristics of Colocasia antiquorum (taro coconut or Chinese taro) starch cultivated in Oaxaca, Mexico, were determined. The granules of Colocasia antiquorum presented a truncated ellipsoidal shape. The chemical ... 100 to 150 cp. The nutritional characterization of Colocasia antiquorum ’s starch amounted to 97.88% of ... RS) were 93.47 and 3.70%, respectively. Colocasia antiquorum , grown in Oaxaca, Mexico, is an unconventional ...
Tópico(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
2016 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Journal of Chemistry
Febi Nurilmala, Ricson P. Hutagaol, IGA Manik Widhyastini, Utut Widyastuti, Suharsono Suharsono,
... Suharsono.2017. Somaclonal variation induction of Bogor taro (Colocasia esculenta) by gamma irradiation. Biodiversitas 18: 28-33. Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is a staple food that ... 51% compared to the parent.Keywords: AFLP analysis, Colocasia esculenta, gamma ray irradiation, somaclonal variations, taroÂ
Tópico(s): Aquatic life and conservation
2016 - MBI & UNS Solo | Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Colleen M. Higgins, Nicolás Bejerman, Ming Li, Anthony P. James, Ralf G. Dietzgen, Michael Pearson, Peter Revill, R. M. Harding,
We report the first genome sequence of a Colocasia bobone disease-associated virus (CBDaV) derived from bobone-affected taro [Colocasia esculenta L. Schott] from Solomon Islands. The negative- ... and confirm that this sequence is that of Colocasia bobone disease virus (CBDV).
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2015 - Springer Science+Business Media | Archives of Virology
... between human interactions with plant in their environment. Colocasia [Schott] and Xanthosoma [Schott] (Araceae) are important staples ... four cocoyam (61.11 % Xanthosomaand and 38.89 % Colocasia) germplasm were collected and documented. Respondents were mostly ... is recommended to characterize these germplasm.Keywords: Ethnobotany Colocasia and Xanthosoma Plant Germplasm Traditional Knowledge Plant Genetic ...
Tópico(s): African Botany and Ecology Studies
2014 - Wollega University | Science Technology and Arts Research Journal
Kolawole O. Falade, Chidinma A. Okafor,
... and physicochemical properties of flours of five cocoyam (Colocasia spp and Xanthosoma spp) cultivars were evaluated. Colour ( ... and weight (179.20-605.94) than the Colocasia spp., but the parameters did not vary significantly within either Xanthosoma and Colocasia spp. Generally, colour of peeled corms [L* (72. ...
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2014 - Springer Science+Business Media | Journal of Food Science and Technology
Daniel J. Thorpe, T. C. Harrington, J. Y. Uchida,
... and Brazil; an inhame group on corms of Colocasia esculenta in Brazil; and a distantly related taro group on Colocasia esculenta in Hawaii and China and on X. ... species of Araceae (Caladium bicolor, S. podophyllum, and Colocasia esculenta) showed that isolates from all three groups ... and Syngonium sp. and were not pathogenic to Colocasia sp. Syngonium plants appeared to be most susceptible to isolates of the Xanthosoma/Syngonium group, and Colocasia plants were least susceptible to isolates from Syngonium ...
Tópico(s): Forest Insect Ecology and Management
2005 - American Phytopathological Society | Phytopathology
Jeffrey Adelberg, Joe E. Toler,
... at higher explant densities and multiplication rate of Colocasia . When the thin-film liquid system was compared ... medium than agar medium. When compared to agar, Colocasia in the thin-film liquid system produced the ... sugar at the highest explant density. Alocasia and Colocasia would likely produce greater fresh and dry weight ... growth in thin-film culture of Alocasia and Colocasia is due in part, to greater availability of ...
Tópico(s): Fern and Epiphyte Biology
2004 - American Society for Horticultural Science | HortScience
Samuel Sefa‐Dedeh, Emmanuel Kofi Agyir-Sackey,
... the cormels of two Xanthosoma sagittifolium species and Colocasia esculenta cormels were evaluated. A 3×3 factorial ... varieties [Xanthosoma (white-flesh), Xanthosoma (red-flesh) and Colocasia] and cormel section (distal, middle and apical) was ... and 328–460 μg/100 g for the Colocasia esculenta. No significant differences (P⩽0.05) were ...
Tópico(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
2004 - Elsevier BV | Food Chemistry
T. Agbor-Egbé, June E. Rickard,
... behaviour of cormels of the edible aroid species Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma sagittifolium were studied. The changes ... sagittifolium cormels. Less sprouting and decay occurred with Colocasia cormels at high temperature and low humidity than ... the major cause of post‐harvest deterioration in Colocasia cormels and the causal pathogen of cormel decay ... conditions up to 60% decay occurred in the Colocasia cormels indicating the need for post‐harvest fungicide ...
Tópico(s): Marine and coastal plant biology
1991 - Wiley | Annals of Applied Biology
... noticeable improvement in the yield of starch from Colocasia (6–16%), while it fell for sweet potato ... while the 'soluble amylose' was slightly suppressed for Colocasia starch extracted with ammonia solution. Peak viscosity was ... to be increased to a large extent for Colocasia and Dioscorea esculenta starches by ammonia extraction, while ... for sweet potato starch. The swelling volume of Colocasia starch extracted with ammonia was similarly enhanced by ...
Tópico(s): Food composition and properties
1991 - Elsevier BV | Carbohydrate Polymers
Colleen M. Higgins, Nicolás Bejerman, Ming Li, Anthony P. James, Ralf G. Dietzgen, Michael Pearson, Peter Revill, R. M. Harding,
We report the first genome sequence of a Colocasia bobone disease-associated virus (CBDaV) derived from bobone-affected taro [Colocasia esculenta L. Schott] from Solomon Islands. The negative- ... and confirm that this sequence is that of Colocasia bobone disease virus (CBDV).
Tópico(s): Animal Virus Infections Studies
2016 - Springer Science+Business Media | Archives of Virology
... articles citing this article:Peter J. Matthews Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Asia and the Pacific: Models for ... Aditika, Bhuvnesh Kapoor, Saurabh Singh, Pankaj Kumar Taro (Colocasia esculenta): Zero wastage orphan food crop for food ... Medhi, Peter J. Matthews Evolutionary origins of taro ( Colocasia esculenta ) in Southeast Asia, Ecology and Evolution 10, ... for natural breeding in a wild taro population (Colocasia esculenta) in northern Queensland, Australia, Genetic Resources and ...
Tópico(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
1951 - University of New Mexico Press | Southwestern Journal of Anthropology
Alfonso Vásquez‐López, Rogelio Enrique Palacios-Torres, M. Camacho-Tapía, Carlos Granados-Echegoyen, Nelson Bernardi Lima, Ileana Vera Reyes, Juan Manuel Tovar‐Pedraza, Santos Gerardo Leyva‐Mir,
... and C. musicola Causing Leaf Anthracnose of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Mexico PreviousNext DISEASE NOTES OPENOpen Access ... and C. musicola Causing Leaf Anthracnose of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in MexicoA. Vásquez-López, R. E. Palacios- ... to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailWechat Taro (Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum), family Araceae, is an important ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Resistance
2019 - American Phytopathological Society | Plant Disease
Bagyo Yanuwiadi, Bobby Vian Jhon Polii,
... the ability of Monochoria vaginalis, Salvinia molesta and Colocasia esculenta to decrease Arsenic pollutant from thermal energy ... As absorption among Monochoria vaginalis, Salvinia molesta and Colocasia esculenta. There were two models of As absorption ... research confirmed that Monochoria vaginalis, Salvinia molesta and Colocasia esculenta are the potential species for phytoremediation program.
Tópico(s): Arsenic contamination and mitigation
2013 - | International Journal of Biosciences (IJB)
B. A. Anhwange, Kaana Asemave, Barnabas Aloo Ikyenge, D.A. Oklo,
The hydrogen cyanide contents of Manihort utilissima (Cassava), Colocasia esculenta (Coco yam), Dioscorea bulbifera (Aerial yam) and ... 79.40 mg•100g-1 for Manihort utilissima, Colocasia esculenta, Dioscorea bulbifera and Dioscorea domementeroum respectively; while ... 55.10 mg•100g-1 for Manihort utilissima, Colocasia esculenta, Dioscorea bulbifera and Dioscorea domementeroum respectively. Higher ...
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2011 - Canadian Center of Science and Education | International Journal of Chemistry
Colocasia esculenta (CE) Linn. (Family: Araceae) is an annual herbaceous plant with a long history of usage ... Phytochemical analysis showed that the major constituents of Colocasia esculenta leaves are i¬‚avonoids, β-sitosterol, and ... highlight the chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of Colocasia esculenta.
Tópico(s): Medicinal Plant Research
2019 - AkiNik Publications | Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Meenal Kubde, S. S. Khadabadi, I. A. Farooqui, S. L. Deore,
... plant being used as anthelmintic is leaves of Colocasia esculenta .This plant has a wide reputation among ... Aqueous and Ethanolic extract of the leaf from Colocasia esculenta were examined for anthelmintic activity against earthworm. ...
Tópico(s): Parasites and Host Interactions
2010 - | Der pharmacia lettre