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Volume 01 Issue 71 April 2018
ACI Launches First Integrated Agricultural
Communication Platform
ACI has launched Fosholi- the advisory services to local crop forecasts. Thus, it will improve
android application, which brings farmers for free. farmers’ decision making,
the first step towards an integrat- (Google Play Store link: https://- increase farming productivity
ed agricultural platform in Bang- goo.gl/USXF7F). and ensure the overarching
ladesh. It enables 15 million national goal of sustainable food
Fosholi will help farmers by
farming families of Bangladesh and nutrition security.
providing information on crop
to access high quality agricultur-
suitability, modern agronomic Dr. F H Ansarey
al inputs, services and solutions
technology and practice, pest Managing Director & CEO
in a singular platform. Fosholi ACI Agribusiness
and disease alerts and weather
offers intelligent information and
Contents
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3 Biotech Corner
4-5 ASRBC Technology & Innovation Corner
6-9 Events and Activities
10 - 13 Agri-tech and Communication
14 - 15 Readers’ Corner
Wheat breeding for high yield with heat and saline resistance
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Wheat is the second most important grain crops of Bangladesh, rice being
the first one. The yield per hectare of wheat on average of three years is
almost 3 tons/hac. In case of rice, the average of three years is 2.9
tons/hac.
Trichoderma sp for Organic Production of Tomatoes
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The Advanced Seed Research and Biotech Centre, ACI Limited has
been working with ACI Crop Care and Public Health to develop a
bio-pesticide using Trichoderma sp. To understand the efficacy of the
ASRBC Tomato fungus, field trials were done on 4 varieties of tomato developed or in
Line 1 developing stage by the ASRBC.
Yamaha presents “Shadinotar Shopoth” - Guinness World Records
10
On the occasion of 47th Independence Day, ACI Motors
arranged “Shadinotar Shopoth” (“¯^vaxbvZvi kc_”), an oath-taking
program for ensuring road safety by and for the motorcycle
riders. As part of the program, participants also made the world’s
biggest Yamaha brand logo using 1,200 motorcycles.
Golden Rice Gets Approval from Health Canada
On March 16, 2018, Health Canada has notified the International Rice Research
Institute (IRRI) that it has no objection to the food use of Provitamin A Biofortified Rice
Event GR2E, more commonly known as Golden Rice.
EDITORIAL BOARD Members Abrar Shahriyar Mridha
Mohammad Muhebbullah Ibne Hoque Asst. Manager
Advisory Editor Product Development Service Manager ACI Agrolink
Prof. Lutfur Rahman ACI Seed
Advisor, ACI Agribusiness Adeeba Raihan
Yusuf Alam Senior Scientist
Editor Asst. Marketing Manager Advanced Seed Research
Md. Sabbir Ahmed ACI Fertilizer & Biotech Centre
Planning Executive
ACI Agribusiness Tanmoy Majumder Mahmudul Haque Jishan
Product Manager Planning Executive
Sub-Editor ACI Motors Premiaflex Plastics Ltd.
Sudeshna Sinha
Executive Assistant Muhaimin Rahman
ACI Agribusiness Planning Executive
ACI Fertilizer
Biotech Corner
Wheat breeding for high yield with heat and saline resistance
Wheat is the second most impor- are important for Bangladesh both programs are in the field during
tant grain crops of Bangladesh, because the land areas of cultiva- 2017-18 wheat growing season.
rice being the first one. The yield tion are increasing towards the Maximum of 3-4 lines will finally be
per hectare of wheat on average south of the country where salinity selected for regional test during the
of three years is almost 3 in the soil and mostly in the wheat next season from experiments at
tons/hac. In case of rice, the aver- growing season is high so is the Debiganj, HSTU, Dinajpur and
age of three years is 2.9 tons/hac. temperature of the area. Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural Univer-
(BBS 2016:xvii). Nutrient wise For the past few seasons, the sity, Dhaka. The next step is to
wheat is better than rice, produc- ASRBC has been involved with transfer gene/s and select varieties
tion cost wise it is more cost-effi- wheat breeding, using the Gene having strong thick leaves, with high
cient and in terms of irrigation, mutation technique on BAR- vein density and high biomass over
much less water is required, there- IGom28, as well as gene pyramid- a shorter period of time. There are
by saves water during the dry Boro ing of a number of promising varie- available genetic materials for this.
season of the year. In terms of use ties in collaboration with Hajee Assistance of Dr. Nahiyan and
as food, wheat has been gaining Mohammad Danesh Science and Mr. Saif of ASRBC is acknowledged
more popularity in the consumer Technology University (HSTU) in Prof. Lutfur Rahman,
and processing markets irrespec- Dinajpur. The finally selected mate- Advisor, ACI Agribusiness and
tive of economic class differenc- rials from segregating population of Advisory Editor, Biolife
es. Finally, the wheat straw in
recent years is not only being used
as fuel but also as a roof of the
poorer section of the population.
Improvement of varieties of wheat
is somewhat difficult due to its
large number of chromosomes
from different wild/cultivated
sources. There are already a good
number of varieties in the national
list where from the most favorable
gene/s can be brought in into one
variety through gene pyramiding
and marker assisted breeding.
Mutation breeding can also be
used for the creation of micro-mu-
tants suitable for not only high
yield but also for tolerant to heat
and salinity can be selected for.
Salinity and Heat tolerance traits Fig 1-5: Fields and spikes of promising wheat lines developed by ASRBC in comparison
to the check variety BARI GOM 28
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ASRBC Technology & Innovation Corner
Trichoderma sp for Organic Production of Tomatoes
ASRBC Tomato
Line 1 ACI Cherry Tomato 1
ACI Tomato Line 3
The Advanced Seed Research effect against Fusarium in the toxic chemicals. This will also
and Biotech Centre, ACI Limited laboratory. To test the product in reduce production costs. At the
has been working with ACI Crop the field, trials were conducted at moment ACI is taking steps to
Care and Public Health to devel- the Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural produce both liquid and powder
op a bio-pesticide using Tricho- University during the winter formulations of this bio-control
derma sp. To understand the season of 2017. Apart from agent.
efficacy of the fungus, field trials nutrients added during soil
were done on 4 varieties of preparation, Trichoderma was
tomato developed or in develop- sprayed on the plants, twice
ing stage by the ASRBC. These during the life cycle, instead of
include ACI Cherry Tomato 1, any chemical fungicides
ASRBC Tomato Line 1, ASRBC available in the market.
Tomato Line 2 and ASRBC Results proved that the fungus
Tomato Line 3. actually makes the tomato plants
All 4 varieties are susceptible to tolerant to Fusarium wilt, while
ASRBC Tomato Line 2
Fusarium wilt at different levels acting as a growth promoter as
and usually, chemical fungicides well. Pesticides formulated with
are used to control the disease. Trichoderma spp of a specific
Trichoderma collected locally race can successfully be used
and purified by ASRBC had for organic farming in Bangla-
shown an efficient bio-control desh, making food safer from
Potato Breeding at ASRBC in collaboration with TCRC
Potato is one of the most impor- of cold storages in different to farmers of their high invest-
tant cash and food crops that areas of the country. Where the ment in the crop. Again the infes-
support carbohydrate in the food concentration of cold storages is tation of Late Blight is one of the
chain. The crop is a winter one high the production is also high. most dangerous diseases that
and covers the period from Still, large volumes of freshly reduce the yields sharply and
around October to March in harvested potato cannot be mar- also immediately after the
Bangladesh. There are a number keted in time, resulting in a loss infestation. Thus, both these
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ASRBC Technology & Innovation Corner
problems need to be solved by desired LB resistant trait in Bangladesh by making them LB
introducing varieties that have collaboration with TCRC scien- resistant through hybridization,
higher dry matter and longer tists. The ASRBC has been marker-assisted selection, path-
shelf life at ambient temperature. involved with potato research ogen bioassays, and positive
As a result, the slow market since 2012 and has improved the selection techniques. Potato
intake will not result into a loss. Lal Pakri-1 to yield 30 tons/ha. improvement research activities
There is also a need for Late By the permission of Seed Wing, are being conducted at the
Blight (LB) resistant variety while ACI- Pakri 1 is now being Debiganj ASRBC potato
increasing the production. produced and marketed. Now research station and at the labo-
The ASRBC thus took up the ASRBC is looking towards ratory in Dhaka.
program of transferring the improving the popular varieties in
Photo: Potato flowers for pollination followed by berry setting after hybridization and then true potato seeds harvested are
grown in the fields for selection.
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Events and Activities
Building Trust: ACI Seed Performance Trials
ACI Seeds PDS team is currently growers, performance trial data commercialization; to collect
running over 200 trials (traits/ac- can be a great source of informa- agronomic observations and to
cessions) across the country to tion for them. So building trust build confidence in and aware-
find answers to the queries of with customers and staff through ness of the different varieties
farmers in a scientific method. trials is a major concern for ACI available from ACI. ACI Seed
Product Development Service Seeds. generally launches between five
(PDS) typically consists of sever- The ACI Seed’s PDS Trials and ten new varieties each year
al activities that firms employ in consist of three different across its seed portfolio.
the complex process of deliver- programs: local performance The ACI Seed Performance Trial
ing new products to the market. trials, field performance trials, program is always growing and
Farmers have a lot of questions and retail performance trials. launching new varieties each
when they are making their seed These trials are run for vegeta- year across a wide range of
variety selection for the next bles and cereals, including rice crops: vegetables, rice, maize,
season. How will this variety and maize, with a growing list of and potato, more than any other
perform and yield in their area? producers signing up to take seed company. The credibility of
Will it manage the disease pres- part. The data from these trials the ACI Seed Performance Trial
sures they are observing there? are used to select varieties that program plays a large part in that
In addition to talking to local will advance for new product success.
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Events and Activities
Launching Ceremony of “Soil Testing Kit”
Department of Soil Science of this newly invented soil testing kit project is financed by World
Bangladesh Agriculture Universi- to examine the characteristics of Bank. ACI Fertilizer is providing
ty (BAU) and ACI Fertilizer jointly their own cultivating land, which technical support for the project.
organized the launching ceremo- requires only 50 taka. This
ny of a new “Soil Testing Kit” on 6
March 2018. University Grants
Commission member Professor
Mohammad Yousuf Ali Mollah
was the chief guest in this event.
Bashir Ahmed, Business Direc-
tor of ACI Fertilizer was present
there as the special guest.
Professor Dr. Monoranjan Das
and Professor Dr. Lutful Hassan
spoke on the occasion.
Currently, soil testing in the labo-
ratory is highly expensive and
time-consuming for mass level
farmers. But now, they can use
ACI Fertilizer at Agritech Fair 2018
ACI Fertilizer participated in “ACI were displayed in its stall. For culture with technological help”.
Agribusinesses presents instance, visitors could get infor- People of different ages and
Agritech Fair 2018”. The fairs mation on Organic Fertilizer, from different places visited
were jointly arranged by Cross- Gypsar, Vitamix, Bioferti, NEB, these fairs as well as ACI Fertiliz-
walk Communication and Compound Fertilizer etc. The er’s stalls. Visitors made different
USAID. It took place on 1-2 main objective of these fairs is to queries regarding soil health,
March 2018 in Khulna, on 5-6 make people and farmers aware proper use of fertilizer, activities
March 2018 at Jhenaidah and at of agricultural products, machin- of ACI Fertilizer, etc. and get
Jashore on 9-11 March 2018. eries, and their features. The instant expert’s response.
Various products of ACI Fertilizer slogan was “Revolution in agri-
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Events and Activities
Sonalika Tour to North Bengal
tour to observe Sonalika’s jour-
ney to success in becoming the
No.1 Tractor of the country.
Starting from ACI Center, Dhaka
the team reached Rangpur for
attending a partners’ meeting.
Later they visited different Dealer
Points at Muntakim Enterprise in
Saidpur, Nilphamari and at
Shukria Enterprise, Nilphamari.
Another Partners’ Meeting took
place Fulbari, Dinajpur. The
participants of the tour got an
ACI Motors arranged a tour in Stakeholders including dealers
overview of Sonalika’s grand
the northern part of the country and agents from the eastern part success as the leading Tractor
from 16 to 19 March 2018. of the country participated in the brand of the country.
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Events and Activities
Yamaha presents “Shadinotar Shopoth”
- Guinness World Records
On the occasion of 47th Inde- possession. The logo was made Bangladesh National Cricket
pendence Day, ACI Motors with 554 motorcycles. Team were present in the event
arranged “Shadinotar Shopoth” The program was organized at to motivate the two thousand
(“¯^
(“ ¯^vaxbvZvi kc_”), an oath-taking
kc_”), Bashundhara International Con- motorcycle riders. Four observ-
program for ensuring road safety vention Center, Dhaka. The ers from Guinness World
by and for the motorcycle riders. event started with the national Records were present at the
As part of the program, partici- anthem and Mr. Anisul Haq from venue to observe the record.
pants also made the world’s The Daily Prothom Alo conduct- Later, Guinness World Records
biggest Yamaha brand logo ed the oath for road safety with officially recognized it as the new
using 1,200 motorcycles. The the participation of motorcycle record for the biggest Yamaha
earlier record of the biggest riders. Mr. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza brand logo made using
Yamaha logo was in Vietnam's and Mr. Taskin Ahmed from motorcycles.
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Agri-tech & Communication
Golden Rice Gets Approval from Health Canada
On March 16, 2018, Health other traditional rice varieties and Agriculture Organization of
Canada has notified the Interna- available for consumption except the United Nations (FAO), and
tional Rice Research Institute for increased levels of the Organization for Economic
(IRRI) that it has no objection to provitamin A. Co-operation and Development
the food use of Provitamin A Scientists with expertise in (OECD). This approach is also
Biofortified Rice Event GR2E, molecular biology, microbiology, currently applied by regulatory
more commonly known as toxicology, chemistry, and nutri- agencies around the world in
Golden Rice. The decision coin- tion conducted a thorough analy- countries such as the European
cides with the approval from sis of the data and the protocols Union, Australia/New Zealand,
Food Standards Australia New provided by IRRI to ensure the Japan, and the United States.
Zealand (FSANZ) in December validity of the results. Health (Source: Crop Biotech Update, International
Service for Acquisition of Agri-Biotech
2017. In their announcement, Canada conducted a compre- Applications. www.isaaa.org)
Health Canada said that "the hensive assessment of Golden
changes made in this rice variety Rice according to its Guidelines
did not pose a greater risk to for the Safety Assessment of
human health than rice varieties Novel Foods. Their approach in
currently available on the Cana- the safety assessment of GM
dian market." In addition, Health foods is based upon scientific
Canada also concluded that principles developed through
GR2E would have no impact on expert international consultation
allergies and that there were no over the last 20 years with agen-
differences in the nutritional cies such as the World Health
value of GR2E compared to Organization (WHO), the Food Photo Credit: IRRI
Mexican Researchers Develop GE Tomato that
Decreases Hypertension
A team of scientists from Univer- The team extracted the desired
sidad Autonoma de Sinaloa protein from amaranth,
(UAS), Mexico, successfully expressed it into tomato, and fed
developed a genetically engi- the GE tomatoes to hypertensive
neered tomato that can help treat rats in the laboratory. Results
hypertension. Hypertension showed that the amarantin from
affects 30 percent of the world GE tomatoes had therapeutic
population, according to the effects similar with captopril, a
World Health Organization. common drug for hypertensive
Thus, the researchers looked at patients.
scientific literature to search for The next stage of the project will
proteins that help reduce hyper- include testing of the GE tomato
tension and devised a way to on humans.
incorporate the protein in toma- (Source: Crop Biotech Update, International
toes, which is a popular fruit Service for Acquisition of Agri-Biotech
Applications. www.isaaa.org)
globally.
10Agri-tech & Communication
Gene Boosts Rice Growth and Yield in Salty Soil
Around 20% of the world's genic plants appeared normal. by accumulating reactive oxygen
irrigated land is considered to However, when challenged with species.
contain elevated concentrations salt, the transgenic plants with These exciting findings bring the
of salt, and the soil continues to elevated STRK1 expression research community closer to
get saltier as the climate warms. were greener and larger than the developing rice plants that thrive
Agricultural production is hard hit non-transgenic control plants, in salty soil. "Agricultural produc-
by soil salinity; salt stress reduc- and those with reduced levels of tivity is increasingly threatened
es the growth and yield of most STRK1 expression were smaller by the salinization of irrigated
plants, resulting in billions of and browner than the controls. farmland...Our work demon-
dollars in crop yield losses annu- Next, the team examined the strates that STRK1 is a promis-
ally. Rice -- the staple food of effect of STRK1 on yield. "Nota- ing candidate gene for protection
more than half the world's popu- bly, overexpression of STRK1 in of yield in crop plants exposed to
lation -- is particularly sensitive to rice not only improved growth but salt stress," stated Xuan-Ming
salty soil, with even moderate also markedly limited the grain Liu.
levels of salt resulting in substan- yield loss under salt stress condi- (Source: Agriculture and Food News,
tial yield losses. There is thus an tions," said Jian-Zhong Lin. The ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com)
urgent need to develop rice lines team then turned their attention
that can withstand salty condi- to deciphering the mechanism by
tions. which STRK1 enhances the
A team of scientists led by plant's tolerance to salt. Salt
Jian-Zhong Lin and Xuan-Ming stress triggers the production of
Liu of Hunan University in potentially harmful reactive
Changsha, China recently identi- oxygen species, such as hydro-
fied a gene that contributes to gen peroxide, in plant cells. The
salt stress tolerance in rice. The group found that STRK1 (the
gene, which they named STRK1 protein encoded by STRK1)
(salt tolerance receptor-like cyto- interacts with and activates a
plasmic kinase 1), was activated protein named CatC, which
under salt stress conditions. The belongs to a family of proteins
researchers generated two sets that decomposes hydrogen
of transgenic plants, one in peroxide into water and oxygen.
which STRK1 was expressed at Thus, STRK1 increases the
high levels, and the other in plant's tolerance to salt stress by
which expression was greatly keeping the levels of hydrogen
reduced. Under regular growth peroxide in check and thereby Members of the research team collecting samples in a rice paddy
field in Changsha, China.
conditions, both sets of trans- minimizing the damage caused Photo Credit: Jianzhong Lin
Stem Cell Pathway Controlling Plant Growth
A team of plant geneticists at how to grow depending on what obtained by CSHL Professor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory peptide (protein fragment) David Jackson and colleagues
(CSHL) has identified a protein activates it. This is the first such may have important implications
receptor on stem cells involved multi-functional receptor found to for efforts to boost yields of
in plant development that can work in this way to control plant essential food crops such as
issue different instructions about development. The new findings corn and rice.
11Agri-tech & Communication
Jackson and colleagues recently pathway to manipulate the mer- study we've learned something
discovered that a protein recep- istem to boost the yield of promi- new about how these pathways
tor they first identified in 2001, nent crop species including work, giving plant scientists anoth-
called FEA2, can trigger the tomato, corn, and mustard. er tool for improving crop yields."
release of one of two distinct Jackson and his team believe (Source: Agriculture and Food News,
ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com)
chemical messengers, CT2 or that FEA2 is bound to two differ-
ZmCRN, depending on which of ent co-receptors, each of which
two peptides, ZmCLE7 or acts as the "lock" for one of the
ZmFCP1, switches it on. Recep- two peptide "keys." Future
tors that release more than one research will explore how the two
messenger are rare. Jackson different peptide signals are
says this is the first one discov- translated by FEA2 into distinct
ered that plays a role in crop chemical messages. "We think
production. FEA2 is an important the way this stem cell signaling
receptor in the CLAVATA signal- pathway works is fundamental to
ing pathway, which is known to all plants," Jackson says. "We
activate stem cells. Jackson, as have shown that, in theory, the Pathways that control plant stem cells can be modified to make
well as his CSHL colleague pathways that control stem cells plants generate bigger fruits or more seeds. The tip of this ear
Professor Zachary Lippmann, can be modified to make bigger
of corn is growing abnormally but provided scientists with
information about how to tweak expression of a key gene to
have previously tweaked this fruits or more seeds. With this boost yield.
Photo Credit: Jackson Lab, CSHL
Graphene Promise for More Efficient Fertilizers
Fertilizers with lower environ- "Fertilizers that show slower, Technology Research Centre at
mental impacts and reduced more controlled release and the Waite campus. "Our
costs for farmers are being greater efficiency will have research found that loading
developed by University of Ade- reduced impact on the environ- copper and zinc micronutrients
laide researchers in the ment and lower costs for farmers onto graphene oxide sheets was
world-first use of the new over conventional fertilizers, an effective way to supply micro-
advanced material graphene as bringing significant potential ben- nutrients to plants. It also
a fertilizer carrier. In partnership efit for both agriculture and the increased the strength of the
with industry, the researchers environment," says Professor fertilizer granules for better
have demonstrated effective Mike McLaughlin, Head of the transport and spreading ability."
slow-release fertilizers can be University of Adelaide's Fertilizer (Source: Agriculture and Food News,
ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com)
produced from loading essential
trace elements onto graphene
oxide sheets.
Using graphene as a carrier
means the fertilizers can be
applied in a more targeted fash-
ion, with overall increased ferti-
lizer efficiency and great nutrient
uptake by the plants. The
graphene-based carriers have
so far been demonstrated with
the micronutrients zinc and
copper. Work is continuing with
macronutrients such as nitrogen
and phosphate. The slow-release fertilizer granules with zinc loaded onto graphene oxide sheets.
Photo Credit: Shervin Kabiri
12Agri-tech & Communication
Nut Protein Healthier Than Meat Protein
A study conducted by research- National de la Recherche pants, is one of the few times
ers in California and France has Agronomique in Paris, France. detailed sources of animal
found that meat protein is associ- The study, which was published protein have been examined
ated with a sharply increased online on 3 April 2018 by the jointly with animal fat in a major
risk of heart disease while International Journal of Epidemi- investigation.
protein from nuts and seeds is ology, found that people who (Source: Agriculture and Food News,
ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com)
beneficial for the human heart. consumed large amounts of
Titled "Patterns of plant and meat protein experienced a
animal protein intake are strong- 60-percent increase in cardio-
ly associated with cardiovascular vascular disease (CVD), while
mortality: The Adventist Health people who consumed large
Study-2 cohort," the study was a amounts of protein from nuts and
joint project of researchers from seeds experienced a 40-percent
Loma Linda University School of reduction in CVD.
Public Health in California and The study, which included data
AgroParisTech and the Institut from more than 81,000 partici-
Breakthrough in Battle against Rice Blast
An international team of experts viable, then the fungus moves to constriction, which allows trans-
led by the University of Exeter nearby cells through the plant's fer into new host cells.
used chemical genetic inhibition intercellular channels called (Source: Crop Biotech Update, Interna-
tional Service for Acquisition of Agri-Bio-
of a protein in rice blast and plasmodesmata.
tech Applications. www.isaaa.org)
successfully stopped it from The researchers used a chemi-
spreading in a rice leaf. The cal genetic approach to selec-
results are published in Science. tively inhibit a single protein
Rice blast destroys up to 30 (Pmk1) in the blast fungus.
percent of the world's rice crop When Pmk1 is inhibited, the
annually. The fungus has a pow- fungus gets trapped within a rice
erful mechanism of infecting a cell. Pmk1 is responsible for the
rice plant. When it enters into a expression of genes involved in
rice cell, the plasma membrane suppression of host immunity. It
stays intact and the cells remain also controls the fungus' hyphal
13Readers’ Corner
Believe it or not!
Bananas are a tropical plant and originated in the
Indonesian archipelago; today they are grown in
over 100 countries.
Despite their firm texture and rather dry mouth-feel,
bananas are composed of 75% water.
Bananas “trees” are actually the world’s tallest
herbaceous plant.
Sweet bananas come in a variety of colors – green,
yellow, red, purple, or brown.
The fruits grow off the main stem (main axis of the
inflorescence) in large clusters that can weigh over 100
pounds, with up to 400 individual bananas per cluster!
Nutrition Chart
Banana (1 medium or 126 g)
Calories 110
Fat 0g
Sugars 19 g
Sodium 0g
Potassium 450 mg
Carbohydrate 30 g
Protein 1g
Source: USFDA Nutrition Information
Tips
To keep your vegetables and fruits fresher for longer, you can follow these simple tips:
Store salad greens and fresh herbs in bags filled with a little air and sealed tightly.
Keep potatoes, onions, and tomatoes in a cool, dry place, but not in the fridge. The cold
will ruin their flavor.
Citrus fruits such as oranges, tangerines, lemons, and limes, will do fine for up to a week
in a cool, dark place, away from direct sunlight, but you can lengthen their lives by storing
them in the fridge in a mesh or perforated plastic bag.
Store unripe fruits and veggies like pears, peaches, plums, kiwis, mangoes, apricots,
avocados, melons, and bananas on the counter. Once they're ripe, move them to the
fridge. Banana peels will turn dark brown, but it won't affect the flesh.
Other types of vegetables and fruits such as carrots, lettuce, and broccoli start to spoil as
soon as they're picked, so place these in separate plastic bags in the crisper in your fridge.
(Tips courtesy: popsugar.com)
14Readers’ Corner
Sharing is caring!
Plastic bottles used for building estingly, we don’t need any fancy these building blocks.
houses got a new name – Eco- machines, special skills, engi- Such reuse of plastic bottles as
Brick! An EcoBrick is actually a neers or even politicians to get well as other plastic materials
plastic bottle packed solid with started. We can easily save, shows that how we can build
non-biological waste to make a segregate and pack used plastic green spaces that enrich our
re-useable building block. Inter- materials into bottles to make community and the biosphere.
brandcom / aci agribusiness biolife- 031/18/robi/r.ranan
(Source: EcoBricks.org)
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