November 2013

Effects of harvesting stage and storage duration on postharvest quality and shelf life of sweet bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) varieties under passive refrigeration system

A laboratory experiment was carried out to determine the effects of harvesting stages (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% fruit colourations) and storage durations (0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks) on physicochemical quality and shelf life of sweet pepper varieties (Telmo-Red and Velez-Yellow) under passive refrigeration system (PRS). The aim of the study was to identify the optimum stage of maturity at harvest and storage period under PRS...

Author(s): Dargie Tsegay, Bizuayehu Tesfaye, Ali Mohammed, Haddis Yirga and Andnet Bayleyegn

November 2013

Diversity analysis of sugarcane genotypes by microsatellite (SSR) markers

Thirty (30) simple sequence repeat (SSR) primer pairs chosen randomly from the SSR primer collection were used to detect polymorphism in 17 sugarcane accessions. A total of 62 DNA fragments were generated by the 30 primers with an average of about 2.14 bands per primer. Bands that a primer yielded in the study ranged from 1 to 4. The genetic distances for SSR data using 17 sugarcane accessions, was constructed based on...

Author(s): Smiullah, Farooq Ahmed Khan, Aqeel Afzal, Abdullah, Ambreen Ijaz and Usman Ijaz