Bioprocessing of Cellulases from Mango Peel-Waste

ISBN-13: 9783659385919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 160 str.

Singh Munna;Garg Neelima;Kumar Devendra

Opis

Worldwide, mango fruit crop cultivation covered an area ca. 4946 thousand ha in 2010-11 & its production recorded 37 m tonnes. India occupies top position in the world, accounts ca. 40% of the total mango production. Mango processing occurs in India with the variety of fruit products starting from immature to ripe stages. Mango-peel waste may accounts ca. 25%. Presently, mango-peel waste gets dumped for field manure or as a stray cattle feed. It is excellent source of cellulose due to being ligno-cellulosic. An attempt has been made to use mango-peel waste for producing cellulases to be utilized in fruit-processing industry to enhance juice- clarity and quality. Hence, a potential utilization of mango-peel waste chosen as a substrate for producing enzymes, i.e. cellulases by using microbial system viz., Aspergillus niger. Thus, the proper utilization of mango-peel waste may result in high value added products, as reported in the book. A novel approach, as mentioned in the book may definitely prove to be an asset in resolving mango-peel solid -waste management, and also for quality juice-production from mango with improved agro-socio economy in times to come.

O autorze

Dr Munna Singh PhD (Gold-medalist), Fellow-JSPS, Japan is Professor Botany at University of Lucknow, also served GB Pant Univ. of Agric. & Tech., Pantnagar as Head, Plant Physiology. He made research at Okayama Univ. Japan & Turku Univ. Finland. Produced over 40 PG-PhD students.Dr.N.Garg is Sr. Scientist, CISH, Devendra Kumar is a doctoral student.