Post-harvest loss of different vegetables in Bangladesh is widespread due to the lack of suitable technologies. A laboratory trial was conducted to assess the effect of chitosan coating on weight loss, shelf-life, biochemical qualities and mineral elements of carrots at postharve...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i2831796
A study was conducted to assess metallic health risk for population through consumption of rice grown in industrial wastewater irrigated sites of Bhaluka area, Mymensingh. Total 9 rice samples of 3 different varieties (BR-28, BR-29 and Kalozira) were collected directly from the f...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1130650
Fifteen (15) fish species were collected from three (3) locations of the Brahmaputra River to determine heavy metals content in fish flesh, and to assess potential human health risk through consumption of those fishes. The contents of heavy metals in aqueous extract of different...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2019/v19i230153
The study was undertaken to evaluate groundwater quality both for drinking and irrigation usage collected from the Sadar upazila of Jamalpur district, Bangladesh. Total 20 groundwater samples were collected from the whole area and analysed for various physicochemical parameters f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2018/v2i19587
Chitosan is a promising natural biopolymer that stimulates growth, increases yield, and boosts-up plants' immune systems. A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of foliar application of chitosan on growth, yield and quality attributes (viz. chlorophyll-a, chlorophyl...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2022/v44i1030884
The study was conducted to determine heavy metal contents in industrial wastewater and contaminated soils of Bhaluka, Mymensingh and to assess their pollution level. A total of 9 industrial wastewater and 12 contaminated farm soil samples were collected directly from the farmers’...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2020/v24i330207
An experiment was conducted to study the nutritional qualities of industrially processed tomato ketchups compared to homemade one and to assess metallic heath risk due to consumption of those ketchups. Eight different types of industrially processed tomato ketchups available in t...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i330210
Mhafuza Akter, H. M. Zakir, Shaila Sharmin, Q. F. Quadir & Sadia Mehrin·Advances in Research·2020
An experiment was conducted to study heavy metals bioaccumulation pattern in edible tissues of different farmed fishes and to assess human health risk through their dietary intake. Total 3 different species viz. grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthy...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2020/v21i430200
A pot experiment was conducted at the net house of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period of November, 2017 to March, 2018 to optimize different levels of Zn and B for better growth and yield attributes of tomato...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i230472
An experiment was conducted in the laboratory of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh to determine protein and major mineral nutrients (viz. Ca, Mg, Na, K, P, S and Fe) in different available fish species of the Brahmaputr...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v11i130124
This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of chitosan coating on physiological responses and nutritional qualities of tomato fruits at postharvest storage. There were four treatments of chitosan viz. T0 (control), T1 (0.10%), T2 (0.20%) and T3 (0.30%), and two storage...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2019/v10i230027
Industrialisation and unplanned urbanisation in different city areas of Bangladesh have greatly distorted the natural water resources. The present study was undertaken to evaluate ionic contamination level including heavy metals in effluents, surface and groundwater of Rangpur ci...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/45061
Heavy Metal Uptake Pattern and Potential Human Health Risk through Consumption of Tomato Grown in Industrial Contaminated Soils An experiment was conducted in pots to study heavy metal uptake pattern and to assess health risk for adult male and female through consumption of tomat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2018/40169
Aims: A pot experiment was conducted to assess potential health risk for adult male and female human through consumption of spinach and tomato grown in soils artificially contaminated with arsenic (As). Study Design: The experiment was laid out followed by completely randomized d...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2017/37612
A study was conducted to determine major biochemical and mineral constituents in commonly consumed jujube varieties of Bangladesh. A total of 15 (4 local/deshi and 11 exotic) varieties of matured jujube fruits were collected from the different markets and local areas of Mymensing...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i330654
A pot experiment was conducted in the net house of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, to examine the effect of different levels of Zn and B on the major biochemical and nutritional quality of tomato fruits. The experiment was...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2021/v27i330367
The study was carried out to evaluate the effects of various doses of foliar application of chitosan on spinach growth, yield, and quality characteristics (including chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b, total chlorophyll, carotenoids, total ash, and main nutrient contents). The Randomiz...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2023/v45i82152
Aims: Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria enhance growth by making plant nutrients available to plants under a variety of growing conditions. The study was designed to screen zinc (Zn) solubilizing rhizobacteria and test their colonization ability in the rice rhizosphere. Place...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2022/v44i930858
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria can effectively reduce the severity of different abiotic stresses like water stress, temperature stress, salt stress, etc. on plant growth and development. The study aimed at isolating salt-tolerant rhizobacteria followed by their morphologica...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i230223