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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
Abstract
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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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Agriculture |
| Publisher: | David Publishing |
| Keywords: | Banana pseudo-stem; Banana fibre; Retting; Pectin decomposing bacteria; Catalyst; MgO. |
| Depositing User: | Nur Farahin Ramli |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2013 01:32 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2015 07:24 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23868 |
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