Increasing the nutritional value of plantain wastes by the activities of fungi using the solid state fermentation technique

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Akinyele, B J ^a   Agbro, O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Fungal isolates; Nutritional value; Plantain peels

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 34250757616     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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