Composite biscuit was made from breadfruit/wheat flour. Dehulled breadfruit was sorted, washed, sun dried, milled and sieved to get flour. The breadfruit/wheat flour was mixed in the ratio 0:100%, 10:90%, 20:80%, 30:70%, 40:60%, 50:50% and 60:40% respectively and used to produce biscuits. Proximate analysis, sensory and quality evaluations were carried out on the biscuits. The proximate composi...

During the process of plant domestication, below-ground communities are rarely considered. Some studies have attempted to understand the changes in root symbionts owing to domestication, but little is known about how it influences mycorrhizal response in domesticated crops. We hypothesized that selection for above-ground traits may also result in decreased mycorrhizal abundance in roots. Breadf...

Flours from African breadfruit, corn and defatted soybean were thoroughly mixed in a Hobart_-mixer at three variable, with the following combinations 40:5:55, 55:5:40, 70:5:25, 85:5:10 and 100:0:0% for African breadfruit, corn and soybean, respectively. These combinations were hydrated to moisture contents of 15, 18, 21, 24, and 27% and extruded at screw speed of 100, 120, 140, 160 and ISOrpm i...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from enriched genomic libraries of Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) and tested in four Artocarpus species and one hybrid. The microsatellite markers provide new tools for further studies in Artocarpus. • METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 25 microsatellite loci were evaluated across four Artocarpus species and o...

Breadfruit peel derived from peeling waste processed products made breadfruit. Currently, breadfruit is only used for its flesh, while the of usually discarded or as animal feed. flour has a fiber content 2.65% and starch 39.56%. The in this can be an ingre-dient manufacture environmentally friendly biodegradable plastic, namely edible film. Edible film thin layer food wrapper. This research pu...

The antioxidant activity, total phenols content and phytochemical constituents of edible portions of four underutilised tropical fruits; Irvingia gabonensis (African mango), Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit), Annona muricata (soursop) and Annona squamosa (sweetsop) were determined. Extracts of fruit samples were screened for selected phytochemicals using standard methods whereas the total phenols...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY Chloroplast microsatellite loci were characterized from transcriptomes of Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) and A. camansi (breadnut). They were tested in A. odoratissimus (terap) and A. altilis and evaluated in silico for two congeners. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifteen simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were identified in chloroplast sequences from four Artocarpus transcriptome ass...

Background: The seed of breadfruit is a major food consumed in some parts Nigeria. It has been identified as an important leguminous that highly rich carbohydrates and protein with abundant minerals vitamins known to contain anti-nutrients. Aim: This study aims assess the possible toxicological effect feed fortified cooked, parboiled, grilled on liver kidney function parameters Wistar rats. Met...

FIRST REPORT OF LASIODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE AND COLLETOTRICHUM QUEENSLANDICUM, FOLIAR PATHOGENS BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) IN PUERTO RICO