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Acidification and starch behaviour during co-fermentation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and soybean (Glycine max Merr) into gari, an African fermented food

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Pages 449-462 | Received 21 Jul 2009, Accepted 07 Oct 2009, Published online: 29 Jan 2010

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