Journal of Agricultural, Food Science & Biotechnology
Journal of Agricultural,
Food Science & Biotechnology (JAFSB) is a
peer-reviewed open access international journal invites original research,
review, short reports and commentaries focusing on research in agriculture,
food science and biotechnology.
JAFSB also covers a wide range of topics involving the
chemical and microbiological analyses of food, food additives and contaminants,
food production, safety, packaging and nutritional aspects of food. Artificial
intelligence (AI), bioinformatics and in-silico approaches in agricultural and
food science are also encouraged.
Assessment of postharvest handling practices of green leafy vegetables and its challenges among holders in Ilorin, Nigeria.
Eunice Iyabode Bamishaiye
Eunice Iyabode Bamishaiye
Nigerian Stored Products Research
Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara
State, Nigeria.
E-mail: bamishaiyeeunice@yahoo.com
Samuel Adesayo Akande
Samuel Adesayo Akande
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
E-mail: desayoakande60@gmail.com
Titilope Abosede Fashanu
Titilope Abosede Fashanu
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
E-mail: titifashanu@gmail.com
Akudo Francilia Onyegbula
Akudo Francilia Onyegbula
Corresponding
Author
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
E-mail: onyegbulakudo@gmail.com; Tel: +234-8033454898.
Israel Oluwasanmi Lawal
Israel Oluwasanmi Lawal
Nigerian Stored Products Research
Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara
State, Nigeria.
E-mail: lawalisrael07@gmail.com
Olusegun Babatunde Aina
Olusegun Babatunde Aina
Nigerian Stored Products Research
Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara
State, Nigeria.
E-mail: olusegunaina2008@yahoo.com
Alice Olapade Ajani
Alice Olapade Ajani
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
E-mail: popwie@yahoo.com
Oluwasanjo Biodun Owojaiye
Oluwasanjo Biodun Owojaiye
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Headquarters, Km 3, Asa-Dam Road, P.M.B. 1489, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
E-mail: sanjoowojaiye@gmail.com
Received: 2023-07-19 | Revised:2023-10-27 | Accepted: 2023-12-07 | Published: 2023-12-23
Pages: 09-17
Application of multivariate analysis techniques in the evaluation of metal content in industrialized spices sold in sachets
Ivaldo dos Santos Gomes
Ivaldo dos Santos Gomes
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste
da Bahia, Campus de Jequié, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologias, Rua José Moreira Sobrinho s/n,
Jequié – Bahia, 45.206-190, Brazil.
Vinicius Câmara Costa
Vinicius Câmara Costa
Universidade
Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Campus
Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Km 16 - BR-415, Ilhéus - BA, 45662-900, Brazil.
Fábio Alan Carqueija Amorim
Fábio Alan Carqueija Amorim
Universidade
Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Campus
Soane Nazaré de Andrade, Km 16 - BR-415, Ilhéus - BA, 45662-900, Brazil.
Uillian Mozart Ferreira Mata Cerqueira
Uillian Mozart Ferreira Mata Cerqueira
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste
da Bahia, Campus de Jequié, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologias, Rua José Moreira Sobrinho s/n,
Jequié – Bahia, 45.206-190, Brazil.
Cleber Galvão Novaes
Cleber Galvão Novaes
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste
da Bahia, Campus de Jequié, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologias, Rua José Moreira Sobrinho s/n,
Jequié – Bahia, 45.206-190, Brazil.
Thiago Pereira das Chagas
Thiago Pereira das Chagas
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste
da Bahia, Campus de Jequié, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologias, Rua José Moreira Sobrinho s/n,
Jequié – Bahia, 45.206-190, Brazil.
Marcos Almeida Bezerra
Marcos Almeida Bezerra
Corresponding
Author
Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Campus de Jequié, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologias, Rua José Moreira Sobrinho s/n, Jequié – Bahia, 45.206-190, Brazil.
E-mail: mbezerra@uesb.edu.br, Tel: +55-73-3528-9600.
Received: 2023-10-21 | Revised:2023-12-11 | Accepted: 2023-12-22 | Published: 2023-12-15
Pages: 01-08
Analysis of walnut pecan flour (Carya illinoinensis var. Shoshoni) for high-quality dried fruit leather production
Gabriela Silvina Muchuitti
Gabriela Silvina Muchuitti
Faculty of Bromatology, National University of
Entre Rios. President Perón 1154 St. Educational Pole, Gualeguaychú, 2820,
Entre Ríos, Argentina
Nancy Genoveva Camera
Nancy Genoveva Camera
Faculty of Bromatology, National University of
Entre Rios. President Perón 1154 St. Educational Pole, Gualeguaychú, 2820,
Entre Ríos, Argentina
Virginia Judit Larrosa
Virginia Judit Larrosa
Corresponding Author
Faculty
of Bromatology, National University of Entre Rios. President Perón 1154 St. Educational
Pole, Gualeguaychú, 2820, Entre Ríos, Argentina,
Institute of Food Science and Technology of Entre Ríos (ICTAER), President
Perón 1154 St., Gualeguaychú, 2820, Entre Rios, Argentina
And
Member of CONICET, Argentina.
Email: virginia.larrosa@uner.edu.ar, Tel: +5403446426115
Received: 2023-05-31 | Revised:2023-07-28 | Accepted: 2023-07-31 | Published: 2023-12-03
Pages: 254-261
Variability in seed physical characteristics, mill-ability and flour quality attributes of some grain legumes used as food ingredients in Nigeria
Paul Yahaya Idakwo
Paul Yahaya Idakwo
Corresponding
Author
Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
E-mail: paulidakwo@unimaid.edu.ng
Danbaba Nahemiah
Danbaba Nahemiah
National
Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, PMB 8, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.
Rukkaya Zanna Abba
Rukkaya Zanna Abba
Department
of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of
Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Kumba Ibrahim
Kumba Ibrahim
Department
of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of
Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Received: 2023-09-08 | Revised:2023-10-14 | Accepted: 2023-10-16 | Published: 2023-11-02
Pages: 243-253
The role of mycorrhizal fungi on physiology and biochemistry of Salvia hispanica L. grown under different soil pH
Georgia Ouzounidou
Georgia Ouzounidou
Corresponding
Author
Institute of Food Technology, Hellenic Agricultural Organization - Dimitra, 1 S. Venizelou str. 14123 Lycovrissi, Greece.
E-mail: geouz@yahoo.gr, geouz@nagref.gr
Maria Asfi
Maria Asfi
Institute of Food Technology, Hellenic
Agricultural Organization - Dimitra, 1
S. Venizelou str. 14123 Lycovrissi, Greece
Victor Kavvadias
Victor Kavvadias
Soil
Science Institute of Athens, Hellenic Agricultural Organization- Dimitra, 1 S. Venizelou str. 14123 Lycovrissi, Greece
Received: 2023-09-07 | Revised:2023-10-04 | Accepted: 2023-10-04 | Published: 2023-10-12
Pages: 232-242
Yogurt supplemented with bee pollen: Physicochemical and sensory properties, and in vitro pollen digestibility
Valeria Cosme-Alonso
Valeria Cosme-Alonso
Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto
Suizo de Gastronomía y Hotelería, Avenida 9 Poniente 2314, Barrio de Santiago,
CP. 72000, Puebla, Puebla, México
Martha Eugenia Martínez-Lifshitz
Martha Eugenia Martínez-Lifshitz
Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto
Suizo de Gastronomía y Hotelería, Avenida 9 Poniente 2314, Barrio de Santiago,
CP. 72000, Puebla, Puebla, México
Emma Mani-López
Emma Mani-López
Corresponding Author
Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Alimentos Universidad
de las Americas Puebla Santa Catarina Martir S/N Cholula, Puebla, 72820, Mexico
And
Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Alimentos, Universidad de las
Américas Puebla. Ex Hacienda Sta. Catarina Mártir, CP. 72810, San Andrés
Cholula, Puebla, México.
E-mail: emma.mani@udlap.mx, emma_ml@yahoo.com.mx
Phone: +52 (222) 229 2126, Fax: +52 (222) 229 2727.
Received: 2023-08-08 | Revised:2023-09-08 | Accepted: 2023-09-13 | Published: 2023-09-26
Pages: 224-231
Molecular detection of root-knot nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) infecting okra in Ghana
Yaw Danso
Yaw Danso
Corresponding Author
Nematology Section, CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana
E-mail: ydanso219@gmail.com, Tel: +233 550858957
Benjamin Aboagye Danso
Benjamin Aboagye Danso
Faculty of Agriculture Education, Akenten Appiah Menka
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Asante Mampong
Campus, Ghana
Bernard Armooh
Bernard Armooh
Plant
Pathology Division, Cocoa Research Institute, P.O. Box 8, Akim-Tafo, Ghana
Bismark Abugri
Bismark Abugri
Nematology
Section, CSIR-Crops Research Institute, P. O. Box 3785, Kumasi, Ghana
Received: 2023-07-04 | Revised:2023-08-08 | Accepted: 2023-08-28 | Published: 2023-09-20
Pages: 219-223
An investigation of cones (berries) of Juniperus spp. of Utahn origin as a flavoring source for gin
Tyler M. Wilson
Tyler M. Wilson
Corresponding
Author
D. Gary Young Research Institute, Lehi, UT 84043, USA
E mail: tywilson@youngliving.com, Tel: 1-801-899-4350
Emma A. Ziebarth
Emma A. Ziebarth
D. Gary Young Research Institute, Lehi, UT 84043, USA
E mail: eandrews@youngliving.com
Ariel Poulson
Ariel Poulson
D. Gary Young Research Institute, Lehi, UT 84043, USA
E mail: poulsonariel@gmail.com
Chris Packer
Chris Packer
D. Gary Young Research Institute, Lehi, UT 84043, USA
E mail: cpacker@youngliving.com
Richard E. Carlson
Richard E. Carlson
D.
Gary Young Research Institute, Lehi, UT 84043, USA
E mail: richcarlson@youngliving.com
Received: 2023-08-09 | Revised:2023-09-07 | Accepted: 2023-09-09 | Published: 2023-09-14
Pages: 211-218
Volatile oils of Spondias mombin L. leaves as potent antioxidant and antibacterial agent.
Isaac Saint Njoku
Isaac Saint Njoku
Corresponding
Author
Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical and Applied Sciences, Trinity
University
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
And
Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
E-mail: saintnjokuphd@gmail.com
Olayinka Taiwo Asekun
Olayinka Taiwo Asekun
Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Oluwole Babjide Familoni
Oluwole Babjide Familoni
Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Received: 2023-03-21 | Revised:2023-07-05 | Accepted: 2023-07-21 | Published: 2023-08-11
Pages: 203-210
Evaluation of the mineral composition of four species of the Corchorus spp genus consumed as leafy vegetables in Burkina Faso
Sawadogo Zakaridja
Sawadogo Zakaridja
Corresponding
Author
Equipe Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes, Laboratoire Biosciences, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
E-mail: sawazakaria@gmail.com, Tel: (+226) 71957142/ 75858657
Kiebre Mariam
Kiebre Mariam
Equipe Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes, Laboratoire Biosciences, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
E-mail: mkiebre@yahoo.fr
Sawadogo Pingawinde
Sawadogo Pingawinde
Centre Universitaire de Tenkodogo/Université Thomas Sankara, Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso.
E-mail: pingasaw82@yahoo.fr
Kiebre Zakaria
Kiebre Zakaria
Equipe Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes, Laboratoire Biosciences, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
E-mail: kiebzak@yahoo.fr
Bationo-Kando Pauline
Bationo-Kando Pauline
Equipe Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes, Laboratoire Biosciences, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
E-mail: bationopauline@yahoo.fr
Received: 2023-06-09 | Revised:2023-07-16 | Accepted: 2023-07-17 | Published: 2023-08-09
Pages: 196-202
Editor-in-Chief
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