Plantains and their postharvest uses: An overview

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Mohapatra, Debabandya ^a   Mishra, Sabyasachi ^b   Meda, Venkatesh ^b  

^a ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Male bud; Plantain; Plantain leaves; Plantain peel; Plantain pith; Postharvest; Pseudostem

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549088959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2009.5.4     Document Type: Review

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