What is colour constancy? Colour constancy is the tendency of objects to appear the same colour even under changing illumination. A yellow banana appears yellow whether you see it in the tungsten light of the kitchen or in sunlight outdoors. Under these different conditions, the banana reflects very different light spectra to your eyes, but you see instead its unchanging material properties. Th...

Hypocholesterolaemic and hypoglycaemic effect of banana blossom were studied in high-cholesterol fed rats. Experimental groups were fed for 4 weeks, with casein as the basal diet (CN), in comparison with two diets containing 0.5% cholesterol (CD) and 0.5% cholesterol + 21% banana blossom powder (CDB). Serum total cholesterol, non-HDL-cholesterol level, and serum glucose concentrations were lowe...

– In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995, by S. Striffler. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2002. – Banana Wars: Power, Production, and History in the Americas, edited by S. Striffler and M. Moberg. Durham: Duke U.P., 2003. – Banana Wars: The Anatomy of a Trade Dispute, edited by T.E. Josling and T...

East Africa highland banana (Musa spp., AAA-EAHB) or ‘matooke’ is a major staple crop grown for food and sale by smallholder farmers in Uganda. Banana yields in farmers’ fi elds average 15 t/ha fresh weight (FW), and have remained small compared with yields of 60 to 70 t/ha/yr achieved at a research station with fertilizer application (Tushemereirwe et al., 2001; Smithson et al., 2001). Low ban...

█ Abstract Traditional mind-body identity theories maintain that consciousness is identical with neural activity. Consider an alternative identity theory – namely, a mind-object identity theory of consciousness (OBJECTBOUND). I suggest to take into consideration whether one’s consciousness might be identical with the external object. The hypothesis is that, when I perceive a yellow banana, the ...

abstract background: at present study, acid modified banana leaf ash was used as an adsorbent for the successful removal of reactive black 5 (rb5) dye from aqueous environments. materials and methods: the effect of various operating parameters such as ph of solution, dye concentration, contact time, adsorbent dosage, and the temperature was investigated. results: maximum adsorption capacity of ...

The present study mainly focused on quantification and comparison of non enzymatic antioxidants from pulp extracts of nine varieties of banana viz Kadali, Karpooravalli, Monthan, Nenthiran, Pachainadan, Poovan, Rasthali, Robusta and Sevvazhai. The non enzymatic antioxidants such as total reduced glutathione, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E were quantified from banana pulp extract. The data obta...

SUMMARY Idiomorphs mat1-1 and mat1-2 from Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the causal agent of black leaf streak disease of banana, were isolated. Degenerate oligos were used to amplify the HMG box of the mat1-2 idiomorph from M. fijiensis, showing homology with the HMG box of Mycosphaerella graminicola. Using a DNA walking strategy, anchored on the DNA lyase gene towards the HMG box, a 9-kb-long regi...

Determination of stomatal densities of the banana peel (Musa acuminata L. var Hort. Valery) by microscopic observations showed 30 times fewer stomates on fruit epidermis than found on the banana leaf. Observations also showed that peel stomates were not laid down in a linear pattern as on the leaf.It was demonstrated that stomatal responses occurred in banana fruit. Specific conditions of high ...

New work on the ability of IRSp53/MIM domains to induce negative membrane curvature sheds light on the mechanisms used to generate actin-rich cell protrusions.