Seasonal changes in carrageenan yield and gel properties in three commercial eucheumoids grown in southern Kenya

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-215

  Wakibia, Joseph G ^a,c   Bolton, John J ^b   Keats, Derek W ^a   Raitt, Lincoln M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Carrageenan; Eucheuma; Kappaphycus; Kenya; Yield

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEL; GROWTH RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EUCHEUMA DENTICULATUM; KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII;

EID: 33746256988     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.026     Document Type: Article

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