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Effect Of Introducing Garden Egg To Fluted Pumpkin In A Relay Intercrop On Sole And Combined Growth Of The Crop Mixtures
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chelating iron, nasunin lessens free radical formation with numerous
beneficial results including protecting the blood cholesterol from
peroxidation, preventing cellular damage that can promote cancer, and
lessening free radical damage in joints, which is a primary factor in
rheumatoid arthritis. The predominant phenolic compound found in garden
eggs is chlorogenic acid, which is one of the most potent free radical
scavengers found in plant tissues. The chlorogenic acid performs
antimutagenic (anticancer) activities in the body. It also performs
anti- LDL (bad cholesterol) activities by increasing the levels of HDL
(good cholesterol) in the body and at the same time has antiviral and
antimicrobial properties. Consuming high amounts of garden eggs have
been found to be beneficial for people with glaucoma because it lowers
the eye pressure. Egg plant contains measurable amounts of oxalates
which are naturally occurring substances found in plants, animals, and
human beings. When oxalates become too concentrated in body fluids, they
can crystallize and cause health problems. For this reason, individuals
with already existing and untreated kidney or gall bladder problems may
want to avoid eating egg plant. Chewing thoroughly while eating, can
enable you get significant benefits, including absorption of calcium
from calcium-rich foods plant foods that also contain oxalic acid. As
such, eating garden eggs does not stop you from meeting your calcium
requirements. Egg plant is low in calories and high in fibre. The egg
plant is good for carbohydrate counters and dieters can actually snack
on garden eggs in-between meals.
Production of garden-egg is highly concentrated with 85% of the output coming from five (5) countries.
Presently,
China is the world largest producer (56% of garden-egg output),
followed by India (26%), Egypt, Turkey and Indonesia. Meanwhile, more
than 2,048,788ha are devoted to cultivation of garden egg (FAO, 2008).
In the United State of America, Georgia is the largest producing State.
African garden-egg is one of the most commonly consumed fruit vegetable
in the Tropical Africa, in quantity and value and probably, the third
after Lycopersicum esculentum (tomato) and Alum cepa (onions) and before
Okra. According to Girth et al. (1989), a rough estimate for a few
countries indicates an annual production of 8,000 tonnes in Senegal,
60,000 tonnes in Cote d’ Ivoire and 4,500 tonnes in Burkina Faso.
In
Nigeria, garden egg is a very important vegetable crop grown on
commercial scale in some parts of the country. However, the small scale
growers account for at least 86% of the total production. In the South
-East of Nigeria, specifically, in Abia State, garden-egg popularly
called “Mikimiki “ (big sized green fruit with very deep and sweet
“endocarpâ€) is grown commercially while in the savannah zone of Nigeria;
the yellow, white and thick green skinned varieties are grown on large
scale.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The effect of introducing garden egg (Solanum aethiopicum) to fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) in a relay intercrop on the growth of crop mixture under rainfed conditions (September to November, 2014) was investigated at the Faculty of Agriculture University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria.Garden egg and a local variety of fluted pumpkin were sown sole and intercrop. Garden egg and fluted pumpkin were planted sole and intercropped to evaluate their interaction effect on growth parameters suc ... Continue reading---
