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Index
Achu, 338–343, 404
― browning, 341–342
― gelatinization temperature, 342
― production, 338, 339
― properties, 341–342
― quality requirements, 339–341
― storage, 342, 343
― taro chips achu (TCA), 338–339
― taro flour achu (TFA), 338–339
― taro traditional achu (TTA), 338–339
― textural, 341
active loading, 107
African salad, 454
Agbeli kaklo, 452
aggregates, 402
― mucilage, 402
― starch, 402
aging, 109
Ahipa, 34, 36, 39
airflow puffed sweet potato chips, 520
Akyeke, 467
Alliums, 38, 53, 55, 70, 91, 92
Alocasia, 46, 83
Amorphophallus, 55, 66, 93, 591
― acridity, 594
― composition, 594
― habitat and distribution, 592
― nutritional and antinutritional factors, 593
― vitamins and minerals, 593
amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), 70
amylopectin, 343
anatomy, 70
annuals, 68
Anredera, 50, 88
Apium, 52, 89
Arctium, 38, 57, 97
aromatic and crispy sweet potato chips, 523
Arracacha, 35, 38,111,112,113,114
Arracacoa, 43, 76
Arrowhead, 37
Arrowroot, 35, 37, 39,110,111,112,113, 213
climate and soil, 214
― harvesting, 215
― intercultural operations, 215
― manures and fertilizers, 214
― pests and diseases, 215
― planting material, 214
― planting method, 214
― utilization, 215
Artichoke, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39
Auxin, 108
Ayigbe biscuit, 452
baked products, 497
― bakeries, 363
― bakery products, 384
― ― cake, 384
― ― doughnuts, 385
― ― muffins, 385
― ― parker house rolls, 385
― ― pastries, 385
― ― spice nut loaf, 385
― bread, 363
― ― alveographic characteristics, 371
― ― precooked taro flour, 364
― ― raw taro flour, 363
― calcium oxalate irritation, 382
― cookies and biscuits, 372
― parboiled taro biscuits, 375, 376
― recipes of cookies and biscuits, 381
Bankye ampesie, 460
Beets, 34, 36, 49, 87, 111, 112, 113, 115
biennials, 68
biochemical characterization, 141–142, 154,163–164,168
― α,β-Esterase (EST), 141
― acid phosphatase (ACP), 141
― alcohol dehydrogenase, 154
― diaphorase, 154
― esterase, 154
― glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), 141
― glucosephosphate isomerase, 154
― glutamate dehydrogenase (GTDH), 141, 154
― glutamate oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), 141
― Ipomoea, 154
― isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH), 141, 154
― isozymes, 149,161,167
― ITI–L and ITI-R, 154
― leucine aminopeptidase (LAP), 141
― malate dehydrogenase (MDH), 141, 154
― malic enzyme (ME), 141, 154
― peroxidase (POX), 141
― phosphoglucomutase, 154
― 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, 154
― SDS-PAGE, 154
― shikimate dehydrogenase (SKDH), 141, 154
― xanthine dehydrogenase, 154
Black cumin, 34, 36, 38,110,111,112, 113,114,115
Black salsify, 34, 36, 38
Bombo, 469
Bread root, 34, 37, 39
bulbs, 34
Bunium, 58, 98
Burdock, 34, 36, 39
bush carrot, 34, 36, 39