Algerian date (Phoenix dactylifera L., dried variety Mech-Degla) fruits (DFs) are of low commercial value. To our knowledge, research on the rehydration of DFs by soaking in citrus or other fruit juices is limited. The present paper reports on the soaking process of naturally dried DFs in orange juice (OJ). The DF rehy …
… ate amounts of probiotics, therefore the present study focused on 3 probiotics from Omani products, i.e., dried date, date vinegar, and camel milk. Gram staining, VITIK2, and DNA tests were used for the identification and characterization of bacterial strains. DNA sequence revealed that the bacteria isolated from dried …
Dried pollen grains of three date palm (male) cultivars grown in Oman were stored either in a freezer (-18°C), a refrigerator (4 to 5°C), or at room temperature (23 to 25°C) for 6 or 12 months. The three cultivars include Khori, Medjahdil, and Bahlani. Germination percentage was determined after 6 hours incubation in a …
Taking into consideration the date harvesting and landholding capacities of the marginalized rural farmers in Oman, a 12 meter long and 2 meter wide tunnel was designed and constructed to dry about 180-200 kg of freshly harvested dates per batch. Half of the tunnel base was used as a flat plate air heating solar collec …
… ned imported food commodities. These samples consisted of rice, corn, peanut, red chilli powder, soybean, dried dates and tree nuts. AFB1 was analyzed using competitive ELISA/LC-MS and the aflatoxigenic fungi were detected using plating technique followed by molecular identification. No AFB1 was detected in 89 (63.6%) …
… tages were collected from 6 “on-palms” and 6 “off-palms” (15-16 years) of the Fard Cultivar. Samples were dried, ashed and digested. Macro and micronutrient concentrations of K, Ca, Mg,Na, Fe, Zn, Cu and Mg were determined by ICP-AES and N was measured by Kjeldhal method. Significant changes in the elemental concentrat …
Hardness is one of the important attributes in determining the quality of dried fruits. Hardness assessment is normally carried out by manual inspection. This method is time consuming, laborious, expensive and subjective. The objective of this study was to develop a computer vision system with a monochrome camera to cl …