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cultivars, etc ; Kalanchoe; interspecific hybridization; Show all 3 Subjects
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... The nothospecies name Kalanchoe ×edwardii (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae) was published for the hybrid between the arborescent K. beharensis and the shrubby K. tomentosa, two Malagasy species. Two well-known cultivars, K. ×edwardii ‘Fang’ and K. ×edwardii ‘Rose Leaf’, or simply K. ‘Fang’ and K. ‘Rose Leaf’, have been selected and named from K. ×edwardii. To facilitate distinguishing between ...
... Phenotypic plasticity index (PI), the slope of reaction norm (K) and relative distances plasticity index (RDPI), the most commonly used estimators, have occasionally been found to generate different plasticity rankings between groups (species, populations, cultivars or genotypes). However, no effort has been made to determine how frequent this incongruence is, and the factors that influence the oc ...
... For the first time in Russia, N. I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) has initiated and is working on the creation of nomenclatural standards of domestic cultivars. The nomenclatural standard confirms the originality of the cultivar and protects the copyright of its creators. The article presents the nomenclatural standards of 8 black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) varietie ...
... Understanding how plants determine growth direction from environmental cues is important to reveal optimal strategies in plant survival. Nutritropism is the directional growth of plant roots towards nutrient sources. Our previous study showed that an NH₄⁺ gradient stimulates nutritropism in the lateral roots, but not in the main roots, of a rice cultivar. In the present study, we report nutritropi ...
cultivars, etc ; Vitis; leaves; thermodynamics; water potential; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Water potential (Ψw) is a fundamental thermodynamic parameter that describes the activity of water and is a key metric of plant water status. In this paper, we evaluate the continuous measurement of water potential in grapevine trunks using a novel in situ sensor known as a ‘microtensiometer’ under field conditions in two South Australian vineyards. We characterised the seasonal and diurnal dynami ...
Rizwan Ahmad; Mohammed Aldholmi; Ahmed Mostafa; Aljawharah Alqathama; Alaa Aldarwish; Asma Abuhassan; Leena Alateeq; Salem Bubshait; Muath Aljaber; Saeed Aldossary
cultivars, etc ; endocarp; exocarp; mangoes; mesocarp; solvents; temperature; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The study reports a novel, green, and effective ASE (accelerated solvent extraction) technique with a green, fast, and sensitive method of UPLC-MS/MS for a comprehensive characterization of whole mango fruit (epi-, endo-, Mesocarp, seed) under solvent, temperature, and origin effect in order to determine the inter- and intra-variation of MG(Mangiferin)-amount in fresh mango fruit. The ASE-MD (meth ...
cultivars, etc ; Dahlia; Japan; Potato spindle tuber viroid; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) belongs to the Pospiviroidae family and is the type species for the genus Pospiviroid. In 2011, PSTVd was first detected in dahlias in Japan. Since that time, unregistered PSTVd isolates have been identified in seven field-grown dahlia cultivars. None of the infected dahlias showed disease symptoms during the early stages of infection, however, growth suppressio ...
cultivars, etc ; agriculture; crop models; phenology; probability distribution; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Parameter estimation is always a difficult issue for crop model users, and inaccurate parameter values will result in deceptive model predictions. Parameter values may vary with different inversion methods due to equifinality and differences in the estimating processes. Therefore, it is of great importance to evaluate the factors which may influence parameter estimates and to make a comparison of ...
cultivars, etc ; Malus; forestry; grasslands; Europe; North America; Show all 6 Subjects
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... China is the distribution center of Malus and has 22 of the 35 worldwide species (Li, 1999). Chinese crabapples (Malus) were introduced to North America and Europe in the 18th century and were planted widely. European and American horticulturists have bred many ornamental crabapple cultivars, which significantly enhanced the popularity of ornamental crabapples (Dirr, 2010; Jefferson, 1970). Among ...
cultivars, etc ; Malus domestica; apples; robots; statistical analysis; torque; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The torque required to cut branches is an important parameter for designing a robotic end-effector for pruning apple (Malus ×domestica) trees. In this study, the branch cutting torque was measured because it is important for the future development of a robotic pruning end-effector. To measure the branch cutting torque, a force-measuring sensor was integrated with a manual shear pruner. An inertial ...
cultivars, etc ; Gossypium; alleles; biomarkers; genetic traits; lint cotton; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Stagnated crop improvement has raised questions of whether and how current crop cultivars can be further improved. Genes are the core determinants of performance of all cultivars. Here, we report the molecular basis of plant breeding and address these questions by analyzing 226 GFL genes controlling and accurately predicting fiber length, an important breeding objective trait, in cotton (Gossypium ...
cultivars, etc ; algorithms; calyx; commercialization; equipment; fruits; head; posture; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Fruit loading and packaging are still labor-intensive tasks during postharvest commercialization, of which the key issues is to realize the real-time detection and adjustment of fruit posture. However, fruit stem/calyx position is a key structural characteristic for fruit posture and will also affect fruit internal quality detection. In this paper, an image acquisition system based on fruit postur ...
cultivars, etc ; Gossypium hirsutum; cotton; glufosinate; metolachlor; weeds; Alabama; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Field studies were conducted in Alabama in 2016 and 2017 to determine the effect of postemergence applications of glufosinate alone and glufosinate applied with S-metolachlor, using two different nozzle types, on LibertyLink®, XtendFlex®, and WideStrike® cotton growth and yield. Two applications of glufosinate at 0.6 kg ha–¹, and glufosinate with S-metolachlor at 1.39 kg ha–¹ were applied to each ...
cultivars, etc ; Japan; Oryza sativa; amylopectin; endosperm; rice; temperature; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Because of global warming, the ripening period of rice (Oryza sativa L.) is becoming hotter in Japan, and there is concern that eating quality will decline as a result. Amylopectin is the largest component of rice endosperm starch and its short-chain content has a considerable effect on the eating quality of cooked rice. Here we investigated the effect of high temperature during ripening on amylop ...
Fernanda Cupertino Rodrigues; Francisco Charles Santos Silva; Pedro Crescêncio Souza Carneiro; Luiz Alexandre Peternelli; Leonardo Lopes Bhering; Felipe Lopes da Silva
cultivars, etc ; Glycine max; genotype-environment interaction; soybeans; Brazil; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Genotype × environment (GE) interaction can difficult soybean breeding programs to achieve the aim of more productive cultivars. Environment stratification is a way to circumvent this problem. However, multiyear data studies are difficult to work with, because they are, usually, unbalanced. GGE Biplot is an efficient method to find mega-environments, however, it allows for, at most, 30% of the unb ...
cultivars, etc ; Escherichia coli; Osmanthus fragrans; biosynthesis; flavor; lycopene; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers, as a food flavor additive, are rich in carotenoids, the majority of which are cyclized carotenoids. Lycopene β- and ε-cyclases (LCYB and LCYE, respectively) catalyze the cyclization of the open ends of acyclic lycopene and manipulate the metabolic flux into different downstream branches. Although both LCYB and LCYE have been fully characterized in many ...
dwarf cultivars, etc ; Gasteria; habitats; new variety; South Africa; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Gasteria disticha var. marxii is described as a new variety from the lower foothills of the Witteberg and Klein Swartberg near Laingsburg, Western Cape, South Africa. It differs from other varieties mainly by its dwarf stature, an adaptation to its harsh habitat. ...
cultivars, etc ; Cactaceae; biosynthesis; citric acid; fruits; malic acid; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Pitayas are rich in organic acids, especially citramalic acid, which is significantly higher than the plants. However, the mechanism of citramalic acid biosynthesis remains to be fully elucidated. In this study, organic acid compositions and contents, as well as expression patterns of key genes related to organic acid metabolism were analyzed during fruit maturation of four different pitaya cultiv ...
M. Fernanda Dreccer; Bethany Macdonald; Claire A. Farnsworth; M. Valeria Paccapelo; Mary Anne Awasi; Anthony G. Condon; Kerrie Forrest; Ian Lee Long; C. Lynne McIntyre
cultivars, etc ; genetic correlation; genotyping; germplasm; heritability; phenotype; wheat; Show all 7 Subjects
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... KEY MESSAGE: Low-lodging high-yielding wheat germplasm and SNP-tagged novel alleles for lodging were identified in a process that involved selecting donors through functional phenotyping for underlying traits with a designed phenotypic screen, and a crossing strategy involving multiple-donor × elite populations. Lodging is a barrier to achieving high yield in wheat. As part of a study investigatin ...
cultivars, etc ; health promotion; hunger; nutrition; potatoes; shelf life; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Although there are over 4000 potato cultivars in the world, only a few have been commercialized due to their marketability and shelf-life. Most noncommercialized cultivars are pigmented and found in remote regions of the world. White-fleshed potatoes are well known for their energy-enhancing complex carbohydrates; however, pigmented cultivars are potentially high in health-promoting polyphenolic c ...