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... Persimmon fruits accumulate proanthocyanidins during development. Proanthocyanidins form insoluble complexes with saliva proteins, which promote a sensation of dryness in the mouth called astringency. Persimmon cultivars are classified according to pollination and the presence of astringency at harvest. The different characteristics between persimmon cultivars lead to different metabolic pathways ...
... The European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) is a tree nut that is mainly produced in Turkey, Italy and USA and used by the confectionery industry to obtain sweets and chocolate spreads. Among all the known cultivars/origins, the "Tonda Gentile Trilobata" from Piedmont (Italy) is highly appreciated due to its organoleptic properties and considered, for many applications, as a "Gold standard". Altho ...
... Biochar, an environmentally friendly soil amendment, is created via a series of thermochemical processes from carbon-rich organic matter. The biochar addition enhances soil characteristics dramatically and increases crop growth and yields. However, the mechanism by which biochar improves plant lodging resistance, which is heavily influenced by cell walls, remains unknown. Three rice cultivars were ...
... Insight in the transmission of light through intact fruit is important to optimize and interpret the signals acquired with spectroscopy methods such as tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). To this end, we quantified the bulk optical properties (BOP) of skin, outer cortex, inner cortex, and core tissue of three pear (Pyrus communis) cultivars (Thimo, Cepuna, and Conference) using do ...
... Invertase inhibitor (InvInh) represses acid invertase (AI) activity though interacting with AI at post-translation level, which plays important roles in vegetative and reproductive processes and stress responses of plant. Our previous studies revealed that CsAI genes were involved in regulating cold response of tea plant, while the post-translation regulation mechanism of AI and the roles of InvIn ...
... Adaptation strategies sustaining agricultural production under climate change are urgently required in Sub-Saharan Africa. To quantify the impacts of different adaptation options in Burkina Faso, this study simulated sorghum yields under current and projected climatic conditions with and without adaptation. We used the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) at 0.5° spatial res ...
... Most physiology-based crop simulation models do not simulate grain quality dynamics other than protein content. In this study, a simple algorithm was adapted for predicting starch, oil, and protein content of two maize cultivars using four years of experimental data performed in northern Iran. Quality modelling was performed in two steps: (a) the APSIM-Maize model was used to dynamically simulate ...
... Aquaculture provides approximately 78% of the fish consumed by humans in China. However, the characters of fish cultivars have different deficiencies, and degradation is serious. Less improved varieties of fish are still an important factor restricting the development of aquaculture in China. Interspecific hybridization is an effective method for producing hybrid varieties with desirable traits. I ...
... This work studied the difference in pulp breakdown between two cultivars of longan cv. ‘Dongbi’ and ‘Fuyan’ from the aspect of metabolisms of lipid and energy. The results reflected that, compared to ‘Fuyan’ longan, ‘Dongbi’ longan had higher levels of energy charge, U/S and IUFA, and higher amounts of USFA, PC, PI, ATP and ADP. Moreover, ‘Dongbi’ longan exhibited lower levels of SFA, PA, AMP and ...
... Post-harvest diseases of apple can cause considerable economic losses. Thus, we developed DSSApple, an interactive web-based decision support system, that helps users to diagnose post-harvest diseases of domesticated apple based on observed macroscopic symptoms on fruit. Specifically, DSSApple is designed as a two-stream hybrid diagnostic tool, that can be effectively used by both expert and non-e ...
... To induce differences in sensorial characteristics, ‘Early Bigi’ cherries were exposed to various storage scenarios, including modified atmosphere packaging, 1-methylcyclopropene and methyl jasmonate treatments. Three classes of consumer acceptance (high, medium, and low) were defined and related to changes in standard quality, flavour perception and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions. Co ...
apples; cameras; cultivars; deformation; electron microscopy; finite element analysis; gardens; models; surface temperature; transportation; viscoelasticity
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... Apple fruit is affected by operations such as harvesting, packing, grading, storage, and transportation on the way from the garden to the sales centers. During these stages, the products are subjected to several static and dynamic loads applied to each product, damaging them. The aim of this study was to determine the dynamic deformation behavior using finite element simulation and to investigate ...
air temperature; apples; avocados; cold chain; cold storage; cooling; cultivars; food spoilage; fruits; horticulture; potatoes; prototypes; refrigeration; surface temperature; India
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... Horticultural products are prone to high postharvest losses due to their perishability and susceptibility to drivers for food decay, including temperature. A narrow temperature window must typically be maintained to prevent accelerated decay and, at the same time, thermal damage, such as chilling injury. Food simulators or so-called biophysical food help monitor temperature anomalies in the postha ...
Camellia sinensis; antioxidants; carotenoids; catalase; chlorophyll; cultivars; drought tolerance; foliar application; growth and development; irrigation rates; malondialdehyde; melatonin; peroxidase; polyphenols; proline; protein content; sugars; tea; water stress; Iran
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... Drought stress really restring the growth and development of tea plant and affecting quality and yield. In tea growing areas of Iran, drought stress is a serious problem that affects the yield and quality of green leaves, therefore introducing cultivars that tolerate drought stress is one of the breeding purpose. To distinguish the variations in four tea cultivars response to drought stress and th ...
... Avocado oil is a high-value product with a growing industry. While facing the ongoing adulteration, standards are being developed with the effort being led by the international organization CODEX Alimentarius. Adequate standards need to accommodate natural variables while also minimizing the likelihood for undetectable adulteration. This study utilizes a comprehensive set of authentic samples for ...
... The cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedling stage frequently experiences waterlogging due to heavy autumn rainfall in tropical areas, which impairs cherry tomato growth and development. In this study, we investigated the effects of exogenous spermidine and calcium on the morphological, physiological and biochemical traits of two popular cherry tomato cultivars (Hongfei6: flooding-insensit ...
... Forecasting systems are widely used to predict the application of fungicides for managing late blight. However, airborne inoculum has rarely been included in these forecasting systems. Monitoring the sporangia in crop environments may offer an opportunity to improve late blight forecast systems by integrating pathogen pressure. Hence, this experiment aiming to analyze relationships between weather ...
... Goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) is one of the most pivotal economic crops with an exceptional nutritional value. Based on its high global consumption, understanding the fruit growth patterns and nutrient accumulation at each developmental stage is crucial for the field and production management of high-quality goji berry cultivars. In this study, a fruit growth and development model of goji berry ...
CRISPR-Cas systems; brown rice; cadmium; cultivars; genes; germplasm; hydroponics; mutants; paddies; plant growth; rice straw; seedlings; China
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... The OsLCD gene, which has been implicated in cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice, might be a useful target for CRISPR/Cas9 editing. However, the effects of OsLCD gene editing on Cd accumulation, plant growth, and yield traits remain unknown. Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to generate oslcd single mutants from indica and japonica rice cultivars. We also generated osnramp5 single mutants and oslcd osnramp5 ...
... Pepper/Chilli leaf curl virus disease (PepLCVD/ChiLCVD) is the most destructive disease of pepper that seriously reduced pepper production. The LCVD is transmitted by vector whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) so efficiently that even single whitefly is able to transmit the virus. The effective way to manage the LCVD in pepper is to introduce LCVD resistance into agronomically desired cultivars, but the lac ...
Raphanus sativus; bioinformatics; cultivars; genes; gibberellins; growth and development; heavy metals; metabolism; metal tolerance; phylogeny; plant growth; radishes; signal transduction; transcriptome
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... GRAS (gibberellin acid insensitive, repressor of GAI, and scarecrow) genes are important regulators of plant growth and development, secondary metabolism, stress and signal transduction. Carmine radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is a well-known red radish pigment container that is cultivated in Fuling, Chongqing city. To investigate the potential functions of GRAS transcription factors in carmine radis ...
... RNA editing is a post-transcriptional modification process, the chloroplast genes of which are involved in the process of chloroplast development in plant. However, the RNA editing sites of chloroplast genes remains unknown. In this study, we identified 39 RNA editing sites in 18 chloroplast genes from chloroplast genome of C. sinensis. Furthermore, the feature, structures and specificity of RNA e ...
... Yellow cultivars of Flammulina filiformis are prone to browning, which causes significant yearly loss. This study investigated the critical factors involved and revealed that oxygen plays an essential role in the browning process. Integrated multi-omic analyses, including genome sequencing, transcriptome profiling, and 4D label-free proteome quantification, were incorporated to dissect essential g ...
... The flavor of ‘Yali’ pear fruits has substantially declined recently as a result of poor pollination tree selection. Xenia effect is a powerful mechanism for regulating aroma production. To study the effect of different pollens on aroma quality and the molecular basis of xenia effect in ‘Yali’ pear fruits, ‘Hongnanguo’ and ‘Xuehuali’ were used as pollinizers, and the hybrid fruits were named YH an ...
barley; cadmium; carotenoids; cobalt; copper; cultivars; durum wheat; food composition; human nutrition; lead; magnesium; mineral content; polyphenols; potassium; seeds; zinc
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... Tritordeum grain is known for its high content of protein, carotenoids and polyphenols, but its mineral composition has not been analyzed to date. The experimental material comprised 11 breeding lines of Tritordeum, two reference cultivars of durum wheat, and one hulless barley cultivar. The thousand kernel weight (TKW) of the studied Tritordeum lines was 23% lower than in durum wheat and more tha ...
... The aim of the study was to determine the effect of osmoconcentration in a sucrose and sodium chloride solution on the efficiency of lactic fermentation and the content of polyphenols and oligosaccharides in yellow and red onion varieties: Alonso, Hysky, Hystore, and Red Lady. In most cases, no negative effect of onion dehydration was noted on the growth or number of the bacteria tested. Osmotic d ...
... In this study, the mechanisms underlying green flower phenotype of a lily cultivar, ‘Doubleen’, was investigated focusing on jasmonic acid (JA) accumulation. ‘Doubleen’ is a mutant lily cultivar derived from ‘Yelloween’ and has unexpanded, non-pigmented green tepals but lacks the stamen and carpel. ‘Doubleen’ was treated with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) to investigate the subsequent change in floral o ...
... Banana fruits have attracted considerable attention for health-promoting effects attributed to ubiquitous functional metabolites. However, genotype-dependent accumulation patterns of carotenoids in banana remain largely unclear. Here, we performed a systematic metabolomic investigation of 18 banana cultivars of the AAA, AAB, or ABB genome groups. Our results indicate that the levels of soluble sug ...
Phoenix dactylifera; absorption; acceptable daily intake; average daily intake; chlorpyrifos; consciousness; cultivars; dates (fruit); food composition; human health; irrigation water; malathion; mass spectrometry; pollution; risk; soil; sweetness; Iran
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... Metals and pesticides pose risk to human health if accumulated in date fruits eaten for their distinctive sweetness and beneficial minerals. The present study evaluated the concentrations of metals and pesticides in Mazafati date fruit, soil, and irrigation water from three locations of Kerman province in Iran to show potential pollution hazards to consumers of date fruit in Iran. Levels of pestic ...
... Multi-microscopy techniques and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy were used in this study to investigate the intrinsic causes leading to fruit texture difference between two cultivars of oriental melon ‘HDB’ (crisp) and ‘HPM’ (mealy). On the histological aspect, orderly arranged regular-shaped cells with tissue natural fracture pattern showed cell rupture in ‘HDB’ versus loosely arra ...
... Flesh content of pomelos sometimes does not match the price due to thick peel, which reduces their commercial value and consumer satisfaction. This study demonstrated the potential use of X-ray imaging method for non-destructive evaluation of the edible rate and the flesh content of ‘Hongrou’ pomelos and ‘Guanxi’ pomelos. An adaptive threshold segmentation method was used to segment the X-ray imag ...
... Mother of FT and TFL1 (MFT) is a member of the phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) family, which plays important roles in seed development, the stress response, and flowering time regulation. In the present study, the MFT homologous gene MiMFT was identified in mango cultivar ‘SiJiMi’. The promoter of MiMFT contained phytohormone-, plant growth-, plant development-, and abiotic stress- ...
... The aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological and biochemical heat responses of grafted tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings and their changes during the post-stress recovery period. Heat-tolerant ‘Celebrity’ and heat-sensitive ‘Arkansas Traveler’ tomatoes were grafted onto a commercial ‘Maxifort’ rootstock, and transplants were grown in growth chambers for 14 days of heat treatmen ...
Malus; absorption; air temperature; carbon dioxide; cultivars; electron transfer; energy; growth and development; heat stress; photosynthesis; proteomics; summer
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... Malus crabapples are precious woody plants with unique ornamental and applied values. Their weak photosynthetic performance in subtropical summer disturbs the normal growth and development, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. To facilitate their local cultivation, the differences in photosynthetic capacity between six Malus cultivars in subtropical regions from June to September as well ...
... Banana, as a typical climacteric fruit, undergoes a ripening process which impacts fruit quality. The Nantianhuang (NTH) banana fruit is a new cultivar resistant to Fusarium wilt, whose physiological characteristics and regulation mechanisms of fruit ripening are not clear. Ripening physiology and the related genes of the NTH fruit were compared with the Brazilian banana (BX) and investigated in t ...
... The global increased antibiotic resistance level in pathogenic microbes has posed a significant threat to human health. Fresh vegetables have been recognized to be an important vehicle of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from environments to human beings. Phyllosphere ARGs have been indicated to be changed with plant species, yet the influence of plant cultivar on the phyllospheric resistome is ...
... Air-currents assisted particle separation (ACAPS) of faba beans prior to wet separation was evaluated for its impact on chemical composition, yield and recovery of protein, starch and dietary fibre, and protein secondary structural changes. The protein and dietary fibre contents of faba bean cultivars Snowbird and Athena were positively correlated (r = 0.9, P < 0.0001) with the increasing particle ...
Cenchrus ciliaris; Megathyrsus maximus; atmospheric precipitation; biomass; cultivars; forage; forage yield; indigenous species; net primary productivity; pastures; temporal variation; water use efficiency; Argentina
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... Exotic pasture species are increasingly replacing native vegetation in subtropical areas because of their potential to increase forage yields. However, there is a scarce analysis of the relationship between forage yield and mean annual precipitation across regional gradients. We analyzed at a regional scale the temporal relationship between the aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and the p ...
... Exploration of the mechanisms of cadmium (Cd) activation mediated by the rhizosphere process is important to advance our understanding of Cd accumulation in plants. In this study, two oilseed rape cultivars (L338, L351) with varied Cd accumulation traits were applied and the responses of their rhizosphere ecology to Cd stress were investigated by metabolome and microbiome. The results showed that ...
bioaccumulation; cadmium; cultivars; hydroponics; oxidative stress; phytoremediation; rice; saline soils; salinity; salt stress; salt tolerance; sustainable agriculture; synergism; toxicity; China
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... Salt-tolerant rice (sea rice) is a key cultivar for increasing rice yields in salinity soil. The co-existence of salinity and cadmium (Cd) toxicities in the plant-soil system has become a great challenge for sustainable agriculture, especially in some estuaries and coastal areas. However, little information is available on the Cd accumulating features of sea rice under the co-stress of Cd and sali ...
Patriciani Estela Cipriano; Rodrigo Fonseca da Silva; Fabio Aurélio Dias Martins; Alexandre Boari de Lima; Cynthia de Oliveira; Valdemar Faquin; Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme
... Since sorghum is the staple food for millions of people, coinciding with areas where selenium (Se) deficiency occurs, biofortification with Se in sorghum can considerably improve Se intake in humans living in these areas. In this study, the objective was to evaluate the response of sorghum plants to Se biofortification and the effect of Se foliar application through sodium selenate on grain yield, ...
... The tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.) is a deciduous woody perennial endemic to Central Plains, Northwest, and Southern Yangtse, China, and is loved by the general public, horticulturists and gardeners all over the world. Tree peonies cultivars are usually propagated vegetatively by grafting and division; however, these methods are inefficient for mass-propagation. Two stem wounding methods ...
Alternaria alternata; Citrus; cultivars; food safety; fruits; fungi; industry; principal component analysis; reflectance; spectrometers; spectroscopy; support vector machines
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... Non-destructive identification of the fungal disease has great importance as one of the challenges of the citrus post-harvest industry. In order to identify the fungal disease of Alternaria alternata, which occurred internally, the reflectance spectra were collected in 3 areas of the stem-end, equatorial and stylar-end of healthy and fungus-infected oranges using VIS-NIR spectrometer (400–1100 nm) ...
Zea mays; corn; cultivars; dry matter accumulation; environmental sustainability; field experimentation; food crops; food security; grain yield; harvest index; leaf area index; China
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... Feeding a growing population requires improving crop yield without compromising the environment. Maize (Zea mays L.) is the largest food crop in the world. Identifying underlying drivers that increase maize yield is not only important for food security but also high resources use efficiency and environmental sustainability. Dry matter (DM) accumulation and its allocation to kernels are key factors ...
... Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is attracting worldwide attention due to its nutritional and biological properties. Nowadays, this pseudocereal is cultivated worldwide in different environmental conditions. This work evaluates the nutritional profile, polyphenol content and antioxidant capacity of five quinoa cultivars (Negra Collana, Chullpi Real, Salcedo Inia, Pasankalla and Kancolla) from Sp ...
Mediterranean climate; Vaccinium corymbosum; blueberries; budbreak; cultivars; flower buds; flowers; fruits; phenology; rivers; South Africa
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... The objective of this study was to evaluate the timing and duration of selected flower bud phenological stages of two southern highbush blueberry (SHB) cultivars in a Mediterranean climate to optimize the management of commercial production systems. The experiment was conducted in commercial orchards during the 2020 growing season, in the Hex River and Wolseley production areas, Western Cape, Sout ...
... Bananas (Musa spp.) are an important source of pro-vitamin A, derived from carotenoids. Some cultivated bananas originated from intra-specific hybridization resulting in genotypes which are diploid (AA) and triploid (AAA) genomes that are the most important bananas for desserts. The accumulation of carotenoids and transcripts of genes related to carotenoid biosynthesis during fruit development and ...
... Drought stress limits fruit ripening and quality of grape cultivar, particularly with the use of root restriction. However, the mechanism involved in the molecular response to water deficit concomitant to agriculture adjustment remains poorly understood. In the present study, the regulation of two grape β-ketoacyl-CoA synthase (KCS) genes obtained with transcriptome analysis whose expression is si ...
... Chilling injury (CI) is a severe problem for peach fruit during cold storage. Application of 1-methylcyclopropylene (1-MCP) or methyl jasmonate (MeJA),can alleviate CI in melting flesh peach fruit. However, no information was available about 1-MCP or MeJA on chilling tolerance in stony hard peach fruit and their regulatory mechanisms. In this study, the effects of 10 μmol L⁻¹ 1-MCP or 10 μmol L⁻¹ ...
Fusarium head blight; Triticum aestivum; cultivars; grain yield; pastries; soft red winter wheat; winter wheat; Ontario
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... 12W932-349 is a soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar registered for Ontario, Canada. It has high grain yield with good pastry quality and is moderately resistant to Fusarium head blight. 12W932-349 is well adapted for the winter wheat growing areas of Ontario. ...
Fusarium head blight; Triticum aestivum; cultivars; grain yield; pastries; soft red winter wheat; winter wheat; Ontario
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... 12W932-349 is a soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar registered for Ontario, Canada. It has high grain yield with good pastry quality and is moderately resistant to Fusarium head blight. 12W932-349 is well adapted for the winter wheat growing areas of Ontario. ...
Muhammad A Asif; Melissa Garcia; Joanne Tilbrook; Chris Brien; Kate Dowling; Bettina Berger; Rhiannon K. Schilling; Laura Short; Christine Trittermann; Matthew Gilliham; Delphine Fleury; Stuart J. Roy; Allison S. Pearson
... Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important food crops, however it is only moderately tolerant to salinity stress. To improve wheat yield under saline conditions, breeding for improved salinity tolerance of wheat is needed. We have identified nine quantitative trail loci (QTL) for different salt tolerance sub-traits in a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population, derived from th ...
Rubus chamaemorus; Rubus idaeus; Russia; cultivars; ex situ conservation; flora; gene banks; raspberries; species diversity; Caucasus region
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... This review examines the issues of ex situ conservation of Rubus L. genetic resources in the world’s genebanks and various institutions in different countries. The most urgent among the studied problems are the issues of preserving interspecific and intraspecific diversity and its sustainable utilization in breeding programs. The main attention is paid to pomologically important subgenera – raspbe ...
Fusarium head blight; Triticum aestivum; cultivars; hard red winter wheat; leaves; overwintering; smut diseases; soil water; stripe rust; winter wheat; Canada
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... AAC Coldfront is a hard red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar with broad adaptation and excellent performance in all production areas of western Canada. Eligible for grades of Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat, AAC Coldfront was evaluated in the Western Canadian Winter Wheat Cooperative registration trials relative to CDC Buteo, Emerson, Moats, and AAC Elevate. Based on 32 replicat ...
Fusarium head blight; Triticum aestivum; cultivars; hard red winter wheat; leaves; overwintering; smut diseases; soil water; stripe rust; winter wheat; Canada
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... AAC Coldfront is a hard red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar with broad adaptation and excellent performance in all production areas of western Canada. Eligible for grades of Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat, AAC Coldfront was evaluated in the Western Canadian Winter Wheat Cooperative registration trials relative to CDC Buteo, Emerson, Moats, and AAC Elevate. Based on 32 replicat ...
Weikai Yan; Judith Fregeau-Reid; Brad deHaan; Steve Thomas; Matt Hayes; Richard Martin; Allan Cummiskey; Denis Pageau; Isabelle Morasse; Savka Orozovic; Jennifer Mitchell-Fetch; Jim Menzies; Allen Xue; Nathan Mountain
Avena sativa; cultivars; oats; research and development; seeds; spring; Ontario; Quebec
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... AAC Excellence is a covered, spring oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar developed by the Ottawa Research and Development Center (ORDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). It was derived from a four-way cross, OA1250-1/MN07205//Rigodon/HiFi, made in 2009. It has been tested in the Quebec provincial Oat Registration and Recommendation (QCORR) trials since 2017. Based on orthogonal data from the 201 ...
Weikai Yan; Judith Fregeau-Reid; Brad deHaan; Steve Thomas; Matt Hayes; Richard Martin; Allan Cummiskey; Denis Pageau; Isabelle Morasse; Savka Orozovic; Jennifer Mitchell-Fetch; Jim Menzies; Allen Xue; Nathan Mountain
Avena sativa; cultivars; oats; research and development; seeds; spring; Ontario; Quebec
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... AAC Excellence is a covered, spring oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar developed by the Ottawa Research and Development Center (ORDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). It was derived from a four-way cross, OA1250-1/MN07205//Rigodon/HiFi, made in 2009. It has been tested in the Quebec provincial Oat Registration and Recommendation (QCORR) trials since 2017. Based on orthogonal data from the 201 ...
J. W. Mitchell Fetch; Deon D. Stuthman; Kirby T. Nilsen; Andrej Tekauz; P. D. Brown; Nancy Ames; James Chong; T. G. Fetch; Steve M. Haber; J. G. Menzies; T. F. Townley-Smith; K. D. Hamilton; Denis A. Green; Roger A. Caspers
... AAC Justice is a white-hulled spring oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar. It was postulated to carry the crown rust resistance gene Pc91, which was effective against the prevalent crown rust races on the Canadian Prairies at the time of its release. It had very good resistance to loose and covered smut and moderate resistance to most of the prairie stem rust races, and was intermediate in reaction to t ...
Fusarium virguliforme; Glycine max; Heterodera glycines; cultivars; heat; miso; research and development; soybean sudden death syndrome; soybeans; soymilk; tofu; Ontario
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... AAC McRae is a high yielding food grade soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivar with yellow hilum, high protein concentration, and acceptable processing quality for foreign and domestic tofu, soymilk, and miso markets. It has excellent soybean cyst nematode (SCN) (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) and soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) (Fusarium virguliforme O'Donnell & T. Aoki) resistance. AAC McR ...
Fusarium virguliforme; Glycine max; Heterodera glycines; cultivars; heat; miso; research and development; soybean sudden death syndrome; soybeans; soymilk; tofu; Ontario
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... AAC McRae is a high yielding food grade soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivar with yellow hilum, high protein concentration, and acceptable processing quality for foreign and domestic tofu, soymilk, and miso markets. It has excellent soybean cyst nematode (SCN) (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) and soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) (Fusarium virguliforme O'Donnell & T. Aoki) resistance. AAC McR ...
Weikai Yan; Judith Fregeau-Reid; Brad deHaan; Steve Thomas; Matt Hayes; Richard Martin; Allan Cummiskey; Denis Pageau; Isabelle Morasse; Savka Orozovic; Jennifer Mitchell-Fetch; Jim Menzies; Allen Xue; Nathan Mountain
Avena sativa; Puccinia coronata; crown rust; cultivars; grain yield; oats; research and development; seeds; spring; Ontario
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... AAC Reid is a white-hulled, covered spring oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar developed by the Ottawa Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It is highly resistant to crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) and demonstrated superior levels of grain yield, test weight, kernel weight, lodging resistance, β-glucan, and groat content in the crown rust-prone regions (Areas ...
Weikai Yan; Judith Fregeau-Reid; Brad deHaan; Steve Thomas; Matt Hayes; Richard Martin; Allan Cummiskey; Denis Pageau; Isabelle Morasse; Savka Orozovic; Jennifer Mitchell-Fetch; Jim Menzies; Allen Xue; Nathan Mountain
Avena sativa; Puccinia coronata; crown rust; cultivars; grain yield; oats; research and development; seeds; spring; Ontario
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... AAC Reid is a white-hulled, covered spring oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar developed by the Ottawa Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It is highly resistant to crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) and demonstrated superior levels of grain yield, test weight, kernel weight, lodging resistance, β-glucan, and groat content in the crown rust-prone regions (Areas ...
Glycine max; Heterodera glycines; cultivars; heat; miso; research and development; soybeans; soymilk; tofu; Ontario
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... AAC Richard is a food grade soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivar with yellow hilum, high protein concentration, and good processing quality for foreign and domestic soymilk, tofu, and miso markets. It has resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe). AAC Richard was developed at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Harrow Research and Development Centre (Har ...
Glycine max; Heterodera glycines; cultivars; heat; miso; research and development; soybeans; soymilk; tofu; Ontario
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... AAC Richard is a food grade soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivar with yellow hilum, high protein concentration, and good processing quality for foreign and domestic soymilk, tofu, and miso markets. It has resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe). AAC Richard was developed at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Harrow Research and Development Centre (Har ...
Fusarium head blight; Puccinia graminis; Triticum aestivum; cultivars; grain yield; hard red spring wheat; leaves; markets; seeds; smut diseases; stem rust; straw; Canada
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... AAC Westlock, an awned hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar, combines high grain yield and good agronomic characteristics with excellent resistance to leaf, stripe, and stem rust (including variants of Ug99), Fusarium head blight (FHB), and common bunt. Based on 40 station-years of registration trial data from 2018 to 2020, the grain yield of AAC Westlock was 1% higher than AAC Fo ...
amplified fragment length polymorphism; applied research; chemotaxonomy; cultivars; genetic heterogeneity; germplasm; germplasm conservation; multidimensional scaling; oils; India
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... Cymbopogon, one of the major aromatic genera of Poaceae family, is mainly cultivated for its essential oils that hold promising medicinal and commercial value. In India, several improved cultivars of Cymbopogon species are developed for commercial cultivation and conceded by means of agronomic and chemotypic traits. Information on genetic variability in these commercial cultivars is still limited ...
... Soil salinity is a growing problem for agricultural productivity worldwide. Our previous studies showed that tetraploid cultivar exhibited more tolerant to salinity than diploid one in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) by maintaining higher ratio of K⁺/Na⁺ and stronger capacity of selective absorption for K⁺ over Na⁺. Several kind of K⁺ and Na⁺ transport systems, such as inward-rectifier shaker K⁺ cha ...
Swarna Ronanki; Jan Pavlík; Jan Masner; Jan Jarolímek; Michal Stočes; Degala Subhash; Harvinder S. Talwar; Vilas A. Tonapi; Mallayee Srikanth; Rekha Baddam; Jana Kholová
Internet; Vertisols; cultivars; dry season; fertilizers; genotype; precision agriculture; rain; research; simulation models; transpiration; urea; vigor; water conservation; India
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... Sorghum contributes to the livelihoods of millions of food-insecure households in semi-arid agri-systems. Annual production widely fluctuates throughout India due to erratic rainfall and suboptimal agronomic practices. Our novel approach utilizes the digital reflection of post-rainy (rabi) sorghum production systems in India to help better understand its spatio-temporal variations and enable the d ...
... Silicon (Si) fertiliser can improve rice (Oryza sativa) tolerance to salinity. The rate of Si uptake and its associated benefits are known to differ between plant genotypes, but, to date, little research has been done on how the benefits, and hence the economic feasibility, of Si fertilisation varies between cultivars. In this study, a range of rice cultivars was grown both hydroponically and in s ...
Manihot esculenta; bioethanol; biotic stress; cassava; climate; cultivars; disease and pest management; hunger; issues and policy; malnutrition; plant hormones; secondary metabolites; starch; stress management; stress response; Africa; Asia
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... Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a multi-utility starchy tuber crop with immense economic and industrial potential that are ideal for solving multiple crises including hunger and malnutrition. It is grown throughout tropical Africa, Asia and Americas for producing starch, bioethanol and other bio-based products. However, different abiotic and biotic stresses have been affecting cassava produc ...
... During the last decade, several studies demonstrated the effect of biostimulants on the transcriptional and metabolic profile of grape berries, suggesting their application as a useful viticultural practice to improve grape and wine quality. Herein, we investigated the impact of two biostimulants—abscisic acid (0.04% w/v and 0.08% w/v) and chitosan (0.3% w/v and 0.6% w/v)—on the polyphenol metabol ...
... This study examined the effects of different sources and doses of fertilizers, as well as nutritional efficiency during the initial growth phase of rootstocks. The experiment was conducted at the Federal University of Pelotas, in a greenhouse. The experimental design consisted of completely randomized, in a three-factor scheme (2 x 2 x 4), represented by the combination of two peach rootstock cult ...
... The presence of weeds in the margins of strawberry crops can enhance populations of predatory mites as a measure to support conservation biological control. The aims of this study were (i) to assess the composition of the acarofauna associated with strawberries and the accompanying herbaceous plants in an organic farming system, and (ii) to evaluate the possible relationships between phytophagous ...
... Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) is typically propagated using stem cuttings taken from mother plants to produce genetically uniform propagules. However, producers anecdotally report that clonal lines deteriorate over time and eventually produce clones with less vigor and lower cannabinoid levels than the original mother plant. While the cause of this deterioration has not been investigated, one pote ...
DNA; Ziziphus jujuba; adulterated products; barcoding; climate; cost effectiveness; cultivars; flavor; fruit pulp; fruit trees; fruits; genotyping; industry; market prices; markets; ordination techniques; single nucleotide polymorphism; traceability; China
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... Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is an economically important fruit tree that is highly adapted to marginal crop lands and can be grown under a very broad range of climate conditions. Jujube fruits produced from several traditional cultivars in Ningxia, China have enjoyed a premium market price due to their unique flavor and quality attributes. One problem with the high-end jujube market is ...
... Red fleshed apples (Malus × domestica Borkh.) differ in colour intensity between cultivars, seasons and sites. The objective of this study was to develop a procedure for predicting anthocyanin content from digital images of flesh discs. Flesh cylinders of uniform colour were excised, scanned and their colours determined in the R, G and B and the L*a*b* colour spaces. Anthocyanin content was also q ...
Hordeum vulgare; barley; climate; cultivars; data collection; meteorological data; model validation; prediction; progeny
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... Predicting the performance of new plant genotypes under new environmental conditions could accelerate the development of locally adapted and climate resilient cultivars. Enabling these predictions may rely on extending the genomewide prediction framework to include environmental covariates (EC), but such models have generally been tested under limited, less breeding‐realistic contexts. Using a bar ...
... This study used a portable near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer at wavelengths of 570–1031 nm to evaluate starch content (SC) and dry matter content (DMC) in fresh cassava tubers. An improved model was developed for the prediction of cassava tuber quality. The cassava samples were taken from four main varieties: CMR38-125-77, KU50, RY11, and RY9. The samples were obtained 4–12 months after planting (M ...
... The actinidin proteinase family has a striking sequence diversity; isoelectric points range from 3.9 to 9.3. The biological drive for this variation is thought to be actinidin's role as a defense-related protein. In this study we map mutations in the primary sequence onto the 3D structure of the protein and show that the region with the highest diversity is close to the substrate binding groove. N ...
... Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is a popular fruit with health benefits ascribed to its various metabolites. These metabolites determine the flavors and bioactivities of the fruit, as well as their desirability. However, the dynamics of the metabolite composition and the underlying gene expression that modulate the overall flavor and accumulation of active ingredients during fruit development remai ...
... KEY MESSAGE: Introduction of higher SSIIa activity to mild-type isa1 mutant by crossing results in restoration of crystallinity, starch granule structure, and production of plump seeds. Isoamylase 1 (ISA1) removes improper α-1, 6 glycosidic branches of amylopectin generated by starch branching enzymes and is essential for the formation of proper amylopectin structure. Rice isa1 (sug-1) mutants in ...
... Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith); FAW)-resistant cultivars and breeding lines have been identified in sub-Saharan Africa. However, these genotypes have not been evaluated for their stability across environments with natural FAW infestation. The objectives of this study were to: (i) identify hybrids/open pollinated varieties combining high grain yield (GYD) and stability across env ...
... The adaptability and stability of 37 faba bean (Vicia faba L.) accessions with different levels of tolerance to metribuzin or imazethapyr was assessed across 12 season–location–herbicide experiments. Significant Genotype x environment (GE) interaction was found for the days to flowering (DFLR), plant height (PLHT) and grain yield (GY). Performance and stability of the accessions regarding PLHT and ...
Sebastião Soares de Oliveira Neto; Douglas Mariani Zeffa; Gustavo Henrique Freiria; Tiago Zoz; Carlos Jorge da Silva; Maurício Dutra Zanotto; Renato Lustosa Sobrinho; Saud A. Alamri; Mohammad K. Okla; Hamada AbdElgawad
... The study aimed to analyze the agronomic performance of 11 safflower genotypes using adaptability and stability methods, while identifying safflower genotypes with stable behavior and a high grain yield in different environments of the Brazilian Cerrado. Ten lines and a cultivar of safflower were evaluated in four environments in the Brazilian conditions. Our results revealed the genotypes P30, P3 ...
José Ricardo Tavares de Albuquerque; Hamurábi Anizio Lins; Manoel Galdino dos Santos; Márcio Alexandre Moreira de Freitas; Fernando Sarmento de Oliveira; Almir Rogério Evangelista de Souza; Lindomar Maria da Silveira; Glauber Henrique de Sousa Nunes; Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior; Paulo Fernando de Melo Jorge Vieira
Glycine max; cultivars; genotype-environment interaction; grain yield; phenotype; soybeans; Brazil
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... Soybean production in Brazil is concentrated in the central and southern regions of the country, although expansion is occurring toward the northeast, where semi-arid conditions are predominant. There is little information on the behavior of soybean cultivars in semiarid climates; therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the interaction of soybean genotypes by environment, adaptabili ...
... Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a global significant threat to crop production in small grains such as wheat. Till recently, we still lack empirical data on the selective effects of wheat quantitative resistance on aggressiveness changes in diverse FHB pathogens which may lead to potential resistance erosion because of the difficulty of conducting such studies under field conditions. Four FHB causat ...
... Oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an important oil crop, and the SIMPLE model is a very effective tool to simulate crop production. In this study, to adapt the SIMPLE model for the overall improvement of flax production and yield, three promising cultivars of North China—Longya Hybrid No. 1, Baxuan No. 3 and Zhangya No. 2—were selected. Experiments were conducted in Dingxi, Wulanchabu, Dato ...
Amaranthus; aboveground biomass; agronomy; beans; canopy height; cultivars; ecotypes; forage; growth and development; harvest index; leaves; nitrogen content; panicles; simulation models; soil; time series analysis; Germany
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... The aim of this study was to adapt the CROPGRO model to simulate growth and development processes of Amaranthus spp. under central European conditions. In 2017 and 2018, two field experiments with two amaranth cultivars (grain type, A. hypochondriacus L. Neuer Typ [NT]; fodder type, A. caudatus L. K63 [K63]) were conducted in southern Germany. Based on experimental and literature data, parameter c ...
... Climate change is projected to have an important impact on crop productivity at broad regions of the world. Crop breeders across the globe have continuously been working on development of crop cultivars to adapt to climate change, the detailed information is necessary on when and where the adaptability of current cultivars will be broken and what cultivar traits will be required. Here, we develope ...
Capsicum annuum; canopy; carbon; chlorophyll; consumer demand; cultivars; dry matter content; fruit weight; green light; greenhouses; light intensity; pepper; photons; photosynthesis; sodium; solar radiation; sweet peppers; Ontario
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... The use of artificial light to supplement natural light is essential for successful greenhouse winter production in regions with low natural sunlight to meet the increasing consumer demand for fresh vegetables. Traditionally, high-pressure sodium lights have been used. However, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are receiving substantial interests as they have higher photon efficacy and allow for spectr ...
... Water (W) and nitrogen (N) management at tillering stage could largely affect aroma biosynthesis in fragrant rice. In the present study, three rice cultivars, i.e., Basmati, Nongxiang 18, and Yungengyou 14, were applied with three N levels, i.e., 0, 30, and 60 kg N ha⁻¹ regarded as N0, N1, and N2, respectively, and three water levels, i.e., well-watered treatment with water layer of 4–6 cm, 0 kPa ...
cultivars; livelihood; regression analysis; sugarcane; sustainable development
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... Sugarcane farming is the largest source of livelihood in plains of Uttarakhand but its productivity is lower (60.5 and 64.6 mt/ha) than the national average (70.0 & 68.2 mt/ha during 2016-17 & 2017-18) as well as amongst other states of lower Shivalik Hills. Hence, a study was undertaken to measure the impact and efficiency of improved sugarcane varieties. CO 0238 was the most popular improved var ...
... KEY MESSAGE: Adult plant stem rust resistance locus, QSrGH.cs-2AL, was identified in durum wheat Glossy Huguenot and mendelised as Sr63. Markers closely linked with Sr63 were developed. An F₃ population from a Glossy Huguenot (GH)/Bansi cross used in a previous Australian study was advanced to F₆ for molecular mapping of adult plant stem rust resistance. Maturity differences among F₆ lines confoun ...
... Rice production needs to be sustained in the coming decades, as the changeable climatic conditions are becoming more conducive to disease outbreaks. The majority of rice diseases cause enormous economic damage and yield instability. Among them, rice blast caused by Magnaportheoryzae is a serious fungal disease and is considered one of the major threats to world rice production. This pathogen can i ...
... Low phosphate (Pi) availability in soils severely limits crop growth and production. Plants have evolved to have numerous physiological and molecular adaptive mechanisms to cope with Pi starvation. The release of Pi from membrane phospholipids is considered to improve plant phosphorus (P) utilization efficiency in response to Pi starvation and accompanies membrane lipid remodeling. In this review, ...
... Currently, genome analysis has become a routine component of molecular breeding of major crops. Today’s commercial sugarcane hybrids are the products of breeding over one hundred years with the starting clones produced by crossing two founding species (Saccharum officinarum and S. spontaneum) in India and Indonesia. Current sugarcane varieties have a highly complex and large genome with 100–130 ch ...
cultivars; gain-of-function mutation; genomics; organ culture; phenotype; potatoes
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... Potato is one of the most important crops grown worldwide. The potato genome sequencing consortium has identified large numbers of genes having unknown functionality. To systematically assign functions to all predicted genes in its genome and their specific applications in potato improvement, different techniques have been developed over the years to generate mutants and analyze phenotypic variati ...
... Bacterial canker caused by the Gram-positive actinobacterium Clavibacter michiganensis is one of the most serious bacterial diseases of tomatoes, responsible for 10–100% yield losses worldwide. The pathogen can systemically colonize tomato vascular bundles, leading to wilting, cankers, bird’s eye lesions, and plant death. Bactericidal agents are insufficient for managing this disease, because the ...
Christopher Abu Omongo; Samuel Morris Opio; Irene Bayiyana; Michael Hillary Otim; Tom Omara; Sam Wamani; Patrick Ocitti; Anton Bua; Sarina Macfadyen; John Colvin
... Cassava whitefly are a group of cryptic species within the Bemisia tabaci sensu lato complex that causes significant damage to cassava in Africa. B. tabaci Sub-Saharan Africa 1 (SSA1) is the major species in the study region which transmits plant-virus diseases to cassava and causes direct feeding damage. Benefits from management of cassava viral diseases through deployment of resistant varieties ...
... KEY MESSAGE: Overexpression of AgMYB12 in celery improved the accumulation of apigenin by interacting with the AgFNS gene. Celery is a common vegetable, and its essential characteristic is medicine food homology. A natural flavonoid and a major pharmacological component in celery, apigenin plays an important role in human health. In this study, we isolated a novel R2R3-MYB transcription factor tha ...