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Corchorus olitorius

About: Corchorus olitorius is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 638 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5250 citations. The topic is also known as: Mulukhiyah & Nalta jute.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of drying methods on the quality of the vegetables was evaluated and the freeze-dried vegetables were found to have the best quality in terms of color, ascorbic acid content, and reconstitution characteristics.
Abstract: The need to promote the use of indigenous vegetables is gaining momentum, as more of their quality factors (nutritive and medicinal) are unveiled through research. Quality factors are classified as quantitative (ingredients, weight); hidden (nutritive, toxic substances); and sensory (appearance, kinaesthetic, flavor). Organoleptically, vegetables are valued for their supreme flavors and aroma, crisp texture, attractive colors, and their overall appeal to human senses of smell, taste, touch, and sight. The retention of these characteristics in dried reconstituted vegetable is of great importance to human consumption. Fresh jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) leaves, which are used as indigenous vegetables in Kenya, were dried under shade, in the sun, by vacuum, and by freeze drying. The effect of the drying methods on the quality of the vegetables was then evaluated. Freeze-dried vegetable was found to have the best quality in terms of color, ascorbic acid content, and reconstitution characteristics.

62 citations

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TL;DR: Its season long endophytic colonization within jute plant suggests a novel approach of biological control of these pests through seed treatment with the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana.
Abstract: An experiment was conducted to introduce the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) as an endophyte in jute (Corchorus olitorius), a bast fibre crop through seed treatment. Colonization of root, leaf, stem, capsule, and seed were assessed through plating on selective medium and PCR based detection using B. bassiana specific SCAR markers. Endophytic colonization was detected in all the plants grown from treated seeds, but all the plant parts were not colonized. Colonization was detected in leaves, stems, and green capsules but not in roots and seeds. The endophytic colonization was influenced by both plant part and sampling period. Colonization was greater in leaves (55.87%) compared to stems (12.53%) and capsules (42.44%). The percent colonization was higher in case of 60 days old plants (43.34%) than in 30 days (23.89%) and 120 days (35.39%) old plants. As B. bassiana has already been reported to be pathogenic on jute pests, namely semilooper (Anomis sabulifera) and bihar hairy caterpillar (Spilosoma obliqua), its season long endophytic colonization within jute plant suggests a novel approach of biological control of these pests through seed treatment with the entomopathogen.

56 citations

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TL;DR: Evaluated aqueous extract of C. olitorius leaves against sodium arsenite induced cardiotoxicity in experimental rats concluded that the treatment with AECO prior to arsenic intoxication has significant protecting effect against arsenic-induced myocardial injury.

52 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of jute based polymer composites is presented, including various thermoset, thermoplastics polymers, bio-based resins, jute hybrid composites and their mechanical properties.

51 citations

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TL;DR: From the dendrogram that was generated between the various members of these two species, the existing genetic classification that agrees with the molecular marking data was found, and it was shown that jute accessions could be clustered into three groups.
Abstract: The genotype characteristic of cultivars was investigated, along with varieties of both of the jute species, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, in the germplasm collection at the Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) DNA fingerprinting was generated for 9 different varieties and 12 accessions of jute cultivars by using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) A total of 29 arbitrary oligonucleotide primers were screened Seven primers gave polymorphism within the varieties, and 6 primers detected polymorphism within the accessions that were tested A dendrogram was engendered from these data, and this gave a distinct clustering of the cultivated species of jute Therefore, we generated RAPD markers, which are species-specific These primers can distinguish between C olitorius and C capsularis From the dendrogram that we generated between the various members of these two species, we found the existing genetic classification that agrees with our molecular marking data A different dendrogram showed that jute accessions could be clustered into three groups These data will be invaluable in the conservation and utilization of the genetic pool in the germplasm collection

51 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202326
202275
202133
202044
201941
201850