7e3e9acf-21a7-421e-bc6e-08351f5ea7f2 Katharina Stein University of Rostock Senior Scientist katharina.stein@uni-rostock.de 2018-07-13T10:09:02 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Number of damaged seeds per fruit of Moringa oleifera in 2015 in Dano, Burkina Faso 2018-07-13T00:00:00 Moringa oleifera is a multi purpose tree rich in vitamins and can serve as valuable nutrition source for the local population in West-Africa. Furthermore, leaves are being dried and processed to powder which is sold at local markets. The seeds can be eaten fresh or used for oil extraction. We observed 3 different criteria of fruit damage (dried up - ligneous; mould - with fungi; with herbivory damage). Mould and fruits with herbivory damage did not differ significantly from intact fruits regarding the number of damaged seeds. However, dried up fruits, appearing as ligneous, had a significantly higher number of damaged seeds, which can not be used for further processing or consumption. The reason is not yet clear, but we assume stagnant moisture to be the reason for the dried up fruits and aborted seeds (the plants choke on the wetness). Cultivation of Moringa should be carried out on well drained soil. Katharina Stein University of Rostock Senior Scientist katharina.stein@uni-rostock.de https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/file.disclaimer?uuid=7e3e9acf-21a7-421e-bc6e-08351f5ea7f2&fname=&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=7e3e9acf-21a7-421e-bc6e-08351f5ea7f2&fname=quantitativedata.png large_thumbnail png fruit tree fruit food quality GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet moringa oleifera fruit quality Burkina Faso Region 2006-09-22 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions Dano Dreyer Foundation This work is licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Citation: Stein, K. (2018): Number of damaged seeds per fruit of Moringa oleifera in 2015 in Dano, Burkina Faso https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/?uuid=7e3e9acf-21a7-421e-bc6e-08351f5ea7f2 biota -16.874996943379017 2.812503053880463 2.4601796549503616 18.31280939416841 2015-01-03T00:00:00 2015-01-07T00:00:00 1 Fruits were opened and the number of intact and damaged seeds was counted. jpeg katharina.stein@uni-rostock.de 2018-01-07T00:00:00 https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/file.disclaimer?uuid=7e3e9acf-21a7-421e-bc6e-08351f5ea7f2&fname=moringa_oleifera__number_damaged_seeds.jpg&access=private WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download moringa_oleifera__number_damaged_seeds.jpg File to download WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link data are direct countdata