Sweetness in the sweet potato is an important attribute for its quality and market acceptability. Difference in sweetness among varieties is due to the content of different sugars. Information on this attribute to set ...

Male pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) flowers are potentially an important source of several nutrients, carotenes, ascorbic acid, folic acid, vitamins, and minerals that humans should consume in their daily diet. The aim of this ...

A laboratory dryer was constructed and validated to simulate the drying process at various environmental conditions. The effect of the drying air temperature and specific humidity in the time and energy consumption of the ...

Fifty-three pigs (37 females, 16 castrated males) were evaluated to determine the quality of their meat when they consumed a diet with 2.5% palmillo (seed of royal palm, Roystonea borinqueña) compared to a diet of 0% ...