Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria.

The upper and lower portions of Musa sapientum pseudo-stem sheaths were exposed in four types of treatments: pectin decomposing bacteria, magnesium oxide (MgO), both pectin decomposing bacteria and MgO and control. The fibre strength properties were tested using SIRIM Standard methods and colour cha...

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Main Authors: Halis, Rasmina, Hashim, Aziah, Mohd. Salleh, Naimah, Konami, Yasuo
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Language:English
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Published: David Publishing 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23868/
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author Halis, Rasmina
Hashim, Aziah
Mohd. Salleh, Naimah
Konami, Yasuo
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Hashim, Aziah
Mohd. Salleh, Naimah
Konami, Yasuo
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description The upper and lower portions of Musa sapientum pseudo-stem sheaths were exposed in four types of treatments: pectin decomposing bacteria, magnesium oxide (MgO), both pectin decomposing bacteria and MgO and control. The fibre strength properties were tested using SIRIM Standard methods and colour changed using gray scale. The bioaugmentation of pectin decomposing bacteria together with MgO additions were found to enhance retting process and reduced retting periods 52% and yielded better strength on the fibres. The lower portion pseudo-stem sheaths gave the higher strength than upper portion. Colour changed showed that the bioaugmentation of pectin bacteria enhanced the degradation colouring compound in banana fibres.
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spelling upm-238682015-09-14T07:24:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23868/ Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria. Halis, Rasmina Hashim, Aziah Mohd. Salleh, Naimah Konami, Yasuo The upper and lower portions of Musa sapientum pseudo-stem sheaths were exposed in four types of treatments: pectin decomposing bacteria, magnesium oxide (MgO), both pectin decomposing bacteria and MgO and control. The fibre strength properties were tested using SIRIM Standard methods and colour changed using gray scale. The bioaugmentation of pectin decomposing bacteria together with MgO additions were found to enhance retting process and reduced retting periods 52% and yielded better strength on the fibres. The lower portion pseudo-stem sheaths gave the higher strength than upper portion. Colour changed showed that the bioaugmentation of pectin bacteria enhanced the degradation colouring compound in banana fibres. David Publishing 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23868/1/Retting%20of%20Musa%20sapientum%20pseudostem%20with%20Pectin%20decomposting%20bacteria.pdf Halis, Rasmina and Hashim, Aziah and Mohd. Salleh, Naimah and Konami, Yasuo (2011) Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B, 1 (-). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2161-6264 http://www.davidpublishing.com/ English
spellingShingle Halis, Rasmina
Hashim, Aziah
Mohd. Salleh, Naimah
Konami, Yasuo
Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria.
title Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria.
title_full Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria.
title_fullStr Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria.
title_full_unstemmed Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria.
title_short Retting of Musa sapientum pseudostem with Pectin decomposting bacteria.
title_sort retting of musa sapientum pseudostem with pectin decomposting bacteria.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23868/
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