A wild crop of athalakkai was identified, and the major nutrients of its fruits were assessed. South Indian recipes, poriyal, fry, pulikulambu, pickle, and vadagam, were prepared using athalakkai. Product acceptabilities were evaluated by a panel of 10 trained housewives using a 9-point hedonic scale. It was observed that athalakkai contains higher amounts of calcium, potassium, sodium, and vitamin C than bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L). It was also observed that athalakkai had a high crude fiber (6.42 g/100 g) content. The recipes prepared from athalakkai were highly acceptable. This research suggests the need to exploit this wild vegetable commercially through its increased use. However research should be conducted to identify the antinutritional factors and the effect of processing on these factors.
An efficient protocol was devised for rapid callus induction of Solanum nigrum Linn. from young leaves. MS medium supplemented with different concentrations IAA (1-3 mg/l) with BAP (0.5 mg/l) and NAA (1-3 mg/l) with BAP (0.5 mg/l) for callus initiation. The growth of the calli derived from leaves increased with time of incubation and remained almost constant after 30 days. For solasodine estimation, the field grown plant part of young leaves and in vitro callus (0.5 g each) were weighed and extracted thrice with methanol and subjected to HPLC. The solasodine content of field grown leaves extracts was 0.0798 mg g -1 whereas the solasodine content in the in vitro callus extracts were 0.142 mg g -1 in 2.5 mgL -1 IAA + 0.5 mgL -1 BAP, followed by 0.1162 mg g -1 in 2 mgL -1 NAA + 0.5 mgL -1 BAP.
In this paper we discuss a two different products inventory system where the production has the impact of seasonal demand and sales. We consider the following model in which the production and sales of k pairs of two different products are studied subject to seasonal requirements. The production of the two different products is done alternately. The production times of the products have general distribution and the seasonal duration is exponential. The double Laplace Transform of production and sale time and their means are obtained. Numerical examples are presented.
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