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Table 4 Proximate analysis of the four processed food media before infestation of A. fasciculatus

From: Susceptibility of processed and stored cassava, plantain, yam, and cocoyam to coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus De Geer)

Food media

Proximate

% Moisture

% Ash

%Fiber

%Fat

%Protein

Cassava

9.6 ± 0.41b

2.0 ± 0.11ab

1.8 ± 0.02c

4.3 ± 0.51a

2.9 ± 0.57c

Cocoyam

8.8 ± 0.23ab

1.8 ± 0.27a

1.5 ± 0.05b

4.1 ± 0.42a

7.0 ± 0.99a

Plantain

8.3 ± 0.36a

2.6 ± 0.09a

0.7 ± 0.33a

5.5 ± 0.44a

4.6 ± 0.58b

Yam

8.2 ± 0.12a

1.6 ± 0.19a

2.0 ± 0.05d

5.3 ± 0.12a

4.6 ± 0.58a

  1. Each data represents the mean ± 2σ of the three replicates. Mean followed by the same letter in the same column are not significantly different (p > 0.05) from each other by the new Duncan’s multiple range test
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