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    The story of potato chips dates back to late 1850s‚ when a New York chef presented deep fried crisp potato chips to the railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. Although the invention was made out of curiosity‚ it became an instant hit after Vanderbilt gave it an approval. Till date‚ potato chips are one of the most favorite snacks among many Americans. To keep up with the healthy trend at present‚ many chips makers now have baked alternatives to traditional chips. Here are few choices of our top chips

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    ABSTRACT An experiment was carried out at the Horticulture Farm‚ Bangladesh Agricultural University‚ Mymensingh during 1998-99 growing season to study the effect of nitrogen and plant spacing on the growth and yield of potato (var. Diamant). Different nitrogen levels viz. 0‚ 127.0‚ 190.5 and 254.0 kg N/ha significantly influenced plant height‚ foliage coverage‚ number of main stem per hill‚ days required for 80% maturity of the crop‚ fresh weight of haulm (g/hill)‚ number of tubers per hill‚

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    By: Eugenia Collier Sweet Potato Pie Eugenia W. Collier is an AfricanAmerican writer and critic best known for her 1969 short story "Marigolds"‚ which won the Gwendolyn Brooks Prize for Fiction Award. Born: 1928‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ United States. Books: Breeder and Other Stories. Education: University of College Park‚ Columbia Howard University. Maryland‚ University‚ Building Backgrou Sharecropping nd  This was a farming system practiced in the South in years between the Civil War and

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    Aim: To investigate the effect to the potato cells in the different solute concentration water Introduction; Water can move through the different cells due to the difference of water potentials in the cells. If there is a higher solute concentration in the cell than outside the cell‚ the water will move into the cell. However‚ if the concentration of inside the cell is lower than the outside‚ water will not move into the cell. This process is called osmosis. Research question; This investigation

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    GLADSTONE ROAD AGRICULTURAL CENTRE CROP RESEARCH REPORT NO. 1 TUBER QUALITY AND YIELD OF FOUR SWEET POTATO VARIETIES EVALUATED DURING 2007 Kenneth VA Richardson Department of Agriculture Nassau‚ Bahamas November 2009 ABSTRACT A variety trial was conducted on four sweet potato varieties from April to October 2007 at the Gladstone Road Agricultural Centre. The variety ‘Six Weeks’‚ which is an early maturing variety with white flesh and high dry matter content‚ produced the highest marketable yield

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    EVALUATION OF NEWLY RECOMMENDED SWEET POTATO VARIETIES UNDER COCONUT BY NELSIE MODINA FERNANDEZ Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the growth and yield performance of different sweet potato varieties grown under coconut‚ and to determine which variety of sweet potato would perform best under coconut. Among the agronomic characteristics measured‚ only herbage yield differed significantly among sweet potato varieties and was lowest in PSB-Sp 16. Based on ocular observation‚ this might

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    Mycobiology Research Note First Report of Potato Stem-End Rot Caused by Fusarium oxysporum in Korea Md. Aktaruzzaman ‚ Sheng-Jun Xu ‚ Joon-Young Kim ‚ Jae-Hyoun Woo ‚ Young-Il Hahm and Byung-Sup Kim * 1 1 1 1 2 1‚ 1 Department of Plant Science‚ Gangneung-Wonju National University‚ Gangneung 210-702‚ Korea Daegwallyong Horticultural Cooperative‚ Pyungchang 232-950‚ Korea 2 Abstract In this study‚ we identified the causative agent of stem-end rot in potatoes that

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    vacuole of a potato cell. We will investigate how the mass of the potato chips change in different sucrose solution concentrations. We will use osmosis to do this. I will be measuring and controlling many different variables‚ these include; - The dependent Variable – Weight of potato chip Independent Variable – Concentration of sucrose Control Variables consist of; - 1. Temperature 2. Surface area of potato 3. Volume of sucrose solution 4. Same time for each potato chip submerged

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    Investigating the Difference in Isotonic Point in Sweet and White Potato Research Aim: To observe whether equal sized white potato or sweet potato cores reached the isotonic point in the same concentration of sucrose solution. Introduction: Osmosis is diffusion of water from areas of high water potential to areas of low water potential. It does not require an input of energy. Plants use osmosis to transport minerals from their roots to their leaves‚ and to take in water in the soil. Because the

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    Zhaoyi.Yi Operation Management MW1:00 pm-2:15pm Dr. Segall February 3‚ 2015 Frito lay’s quality - controlled potato chips This video is about Frito-Lay’s‚ which a snack company is. The company has 60 percent markets share. According to Tom Rao who is a vice president‚ operation of Florida Region‚ Frito-Lay’s commitment to deliver in top quality products in the marketplace is really four key areas‚ and it starts with top quality ingredients. Second‚ it is s strict adherence to a recipe that is based

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