A banana plant, also known as M. acuminata or its hybrid M. acuminata, M. balbisnna, is a plant grown for personal use that yields edible fruits that are often seedless and belong to that species. The word "banana" refers to a variety of species or hybrids of the genus Musa, family Musc...

ABSTRACT: The study focused on poverty alleviation among plantain and banana farmers in Ovia South North East Local Government Area of Edo State. It answered the following questions (i) what is the socio-economic characteristics of plantain and banana,(ii) what i...

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The antibacterial activity of plant extracts compared to a known antibiotic (ampicillin) was evaluated against ten gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria which can infect humans. In addition, the efficacies of different extraction methods were studied. Soxhlet, cold aqueous,...

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Yam tubers are prone to infestation by microorganism at all stages of growth and in storage. This rot reduces the quality of yam and affects food security. Pseudomonas fluorescens possess varieties of promising antifungal properties through production of secondary metabolites w...

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Fibre-reinforced composites are used in a wide range of applications such as automobiles, aircraft, ships, boats, pipelines, sport equipment, storage tanks, etc. The traditionalpolymeric and metallic materials have been replaced successfully by fibre-reinforced...

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This work investigates the use of extract of alligator pepper pod, mango peel and banana peel as inhibitors to carbon steel corrosion in an acidic industrial environment (oil refinery). Corrosion weight loss method was adopted on the carbon steel coupons to evaluate inhibition...