Abstract
SUMMARY: The rhizome, pseudostem and the unripe fruit of the banana have a high starch content. Its concentration is higher in the middle fleshy leaf sheaths and increases gradually towards the rhizome downward along the length of the pseudostem. During the growth of the plant, starch accumulates in the pseudostem and reaches its maximum at the time of inflorescence and remains practically constant thereafter until the harvesting of the mature bunch. After the removal of the mature bunch, there is a gradual decrease in the accumulated starch, when the stem is allowed to stand in the field. If, however, it is felled and stored in the shade, the decrease in starch content is rapid and even after a period of two days, the starch content is reduced to such a great extent that its extraction becomes rather uneconomical. It is, therefore, necessary to utilize the pseudostem for processing soon after harvest of the bunch. This is a highly important consideration in the economic utilization of the pseudostem. Removal of the inflorescence, with a view to increase the starch content in the pseudostem by arresting its transfer to the fruit, is neither feasible nor economical.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Banana rhizome, pseudostem, and unripe fruit have high starch content.
Verbatim
e0“The rhizome, pseudostem and the unripe fruit of the banana have a high starch content.”
Claim · model-written summary
Starch is higher in middle fleshy leaf sheaths and rises toward the rhizome.
Verbatim
e0“Its concentration is higher in the middle fleshy leaf sheaths and increases gradually towards the rhizome downward along the length of the pseudostem.”
t0“Banana”
Claim · model-written summary
Pseudostem starch accumulates during growth and peaks at inflorescence.
Verbatim
e0“During the growth of the plant, starch accumulates in the pseudostem and reaches its maximum at the time of inflorescence and remains practically constant thereafter until the harvesting of the mature bunch.”
t0“Banana”
Claim · model-written summary
Pseudostem starch remains almost constant from inflorescence to bunch harvest.
Verbatim
e0“remains practically constant thereafter until the harvesting of the mature bunch”
t0“Accumulation of Starch in Banana Pseudostem and Fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Starch gradually declines after bunch removal when the stem stands in the field.
- Taxon
- Bananat0
- Treatment
- removal of the mature bunche0
- Outcome
- accumulated starche0
- Direction
- gradual decreasee0
- Setting
- fielde0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“After the removal of the mature bunch, there is a gradual decrease in the accumulated starch, when the stem is allowed to stand in the field.”
t0“Banana”
Claim · model-written summary
Felling and shade storage rapidly reduced pseudostem starch within two days.
- Taxon
- Bananat0
- Treatment
- felled and stored in the shadee0
- Outcome
- starch contente0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- after a period of two dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“If, however, it is felled and stored in the shade, the decrease in starch content is rapid and even after a period of two days, the starch content is reduced to such a great extent that its extraction becomes rather uneconomical.”
t0“Banana”
Claim · model-written summary
Pseudostems should be processed soon after bunch harvest.
Verbatim
e0“It is, therefore, necessary to utilize the pseudostem for processing soon after harvest of the bunch.”
t0“Banana”
Claim · model-written summary
Inflorescence removal to increase pseudostem starch was judged infeasible and uneconomical.
Verbatim
e0“Removal of the inflorescence, with a view to increase the starch content in the pseudostem by arresting its transfer to the fruit, is neither feasible nor economical.”
t0“Banana”
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