Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 5% mixed leaves, 2.5 kg of each species, in triple bags to preserve maize merchantability.
- Treatment
- 5% of the mixture of leaves of L. multiflora and H. suaveolens (2.5 kg of L. multiflora and 2.5 kg of H. suaveolens)e0
- Outcome
- better preservation of the merchantabilitye0
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Verbatim
e0“A proportion of 5% of the mixture of leaves of L. multiflora and H. suaveolens (2.5 kg of L. multiflora and 2.5 kg of H. suaveolens) in triple bagged bags is recommended for a better preservation of the merchantability of the stored maize grains kernels.”
Title
Yao Vanessa Gaël; Konan K. Constant; Niamketchi G. Leonce; et al. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety 2020. doi:10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v11i430175
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Triple bags containing botanical leaves had significantly lower grain moisture than polypropylene and plain triple-bag controls.
- Intervention effect Triple bags containing botanical leaves had significantly lower grain weight loss than polypropylene and plain triple-bag controls.
- Intervention effect Triple bags containing botanical leaves had significantly lower grain damage than polypropylene and plain triple-bag controls.
- Observation Maize quality remained stable over 18 months in triple bags containing Lippia and Hyptis leaves.