Control Of Post-Harvest Cocoyam (Clocasia Esculanta) Spoilage Using Bacillus Magaerium And Bryrophyllum Pinnatum
ABSTRACT
Cocoyam
(Colocasia esculenta) of Araceace family is known in Nigerian languages as Ede
(Ibo), Gwara (Hausa), Koko (Yoruba) and Ikpong (Efik). It is a perennial
herbaceous crop grown and cultivated mainly for its edible corms and cornels.
It is constituted into many different food forms for various culinary delights
and also eaten boiled, roasted or pounded and sometimes mixed with other
staples such as yam, cassava, plantain in many nutritious and readily
digestible starch. Cocoyam is nutritiously superior to other roots and tubers
in terms of digestible crude proteins and minerals such as ca, mg and p (Chukwu
et al., 2008). Cocoyam also possesses the smallest starch grain size relative
to other root crops and tubers (FAO, 2012). This makes cocoyam a suitable food
for potentially allergic infants, persons with gastro intestinal disorder as
well as diabetic patients (FAO, 2012). It is widely used as soup thickener
which when added to soup fluid absorbs the fluid and the soup thickens. Cocoyam
is usually pounded to a soft dough known as 'utara ede' which is eaten with
different soup preparations in southeastern Nigeria (Bede et al., 2013).
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IKE, E (2021). Control Of Post-Harvest Cocoyam (Clocasia Esculanta) Spoilage Using Bacillus Magaerium And Bryrophyllum Pinnatum . Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 16, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/control-of-post-harvest-cocoyam-clocasia-esculanta-spoilage-using-bacillus-magaerium-and-bryrophyllum-pinnatum-7-2
ESTHER, IKE. "Control Of Post-Harvest Cocoyam (Clocasia Esculanta) Spoilage Using Bacillus Magaerium And Bryrophyllum Pinnatum " Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 05 Aug. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/control-of-post-harvest-cocoyam-clocasia-esculanta-spoilage-using-bacillus-magaerium-and-bryrophyllum-pinnatum-7-2. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
ESTHER, IKE. "Control Of Post-Harvest Cocoyam (Clocasia Esculanta) Spoilage Using Bacillus Magaerium And Bryrophyllum Pinnatum ". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 05 Aug. 2021. Web. 16 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/control-of-post-harvest-cocoyam-clocasia-esculanta-spoilage-using-bacillus-magaerium-and-bryrophyllum-pinnatum-7-2 >.
ESTHER, IKE. "Control Of Post-Harvest Cocoyam (Clocasia Esculanta) Spoilage Using Bacillus Magaerium And Bryrophyllum Pinnatum " Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 16 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/control-of-post-harvest-cocoyam-clocasia-esculanta-spoilage-using-bacillus-magaerium-and-bryrophyllum-pinnatum-7-2