IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/ssefpa/v8y2016i4d10.1007_s12571-016-0592-8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Cultivar preference and sensory evaluation of vegetable pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) in Eastern Kenya

Author

Listed:
  • David Ojwang

    (Solidaridad (SECAEC))

  • Richard Nyankanga

    (University of Nairobi)

  • Japheth Imungi

    (University of Nairobi)

  • Modesto Olanya

    (USDA-ARS, Eastern Regional Research Center)

  • Dike Ukuku

    (USDA-ARS, Eastern Regional Research Center)

Abstract

Pigeon pea is an important crop in the dry regions of Eastern Kenya because of its drought tolerance and high protein content. Preference and acceptability of 12 vegetable pigeon pea cultivars of medium duration to maturity were evaluated by consumers and farmers in Eastern Kenya on the basis of six seed parameters: color, appearance, taste, aroma, tenderness and overall acceptability. They were scored on a hedonic scale of 1–7, where 1 = highly unfavorable to 7 = highly favorable. Significant differences (P

Suggested Citation

  • David Ojwang & Richard Nyankanga & Japheth Imungi & Modesto Olanya & Dike Ukuku, 2016. "Cultivar preference and sensory evaluation of vegetable pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) in Eastern Kenya," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 8(4), pages 757-767, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:8:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s12571-016-0592-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s12571-016-0592-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12571-016-0592-8
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s12571-016-0592-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:8:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s12571-016-0592-8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.