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... Though aerobic composting is commonly used in kitchen waste (KW) disposal, the high-oil and high-salt characteristics of KW could affect composting efficiency and lead to the land using risk of produced fertilizer. The impact of hydrothermal pretreatment (HTP) and addition of compound microbial agent (CMA) on compost maturity, greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and bacterial community during the kitc ...
germination, etc ; emulsifiers; emulsions; hardness; hemp; hydrocolloids; oils; pH; protein degradation; protein isolates; protein solubility; seed storage; Show all 12 Subjects
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... The effects of germination on the functional properties of hemp seed protein isolates was evaluated in this study. Significant seed storage protein degradation was observed after three days of germination, while protein surface charge was altered after one day of germination. Protein solubility increased in neutral to slightly acidic pH, with 5-day germination increasing hemp seed protein solubili ...
germination, etc ; Clematis; achenes; cold; gibberellins; horticulture; indigenous species; seed dormancy; tail; temperature profiles; water uptake; South Korea; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Clematis species are perennial woody or herbaceous vines that are popular medicinal and ornamental horticultural plants. The seeds of six species were collected from five sites, and their germination characteristics and dormancy types were investigated. Seeds of all species had a typical achene morphology of a seed pod with a tail. Small, rudimentary embryos (0.14 to 0.29 E:S ratio) were observed, ...
germination, etc ; ambient temperature; conidia; data collection; ecology; fungi; hazelnuts; integrated pest management; mathematical models; mycelium; pathogens; relative humidity; Italy; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Monostichella coryli is the causal agent of the hazelnut anthracnose. The increase in the incidence in hazelnut orchards observed during recent years in Central Italy is increasing the need for information and studies on its biology and ecology, and how environmental factors (e.g., temperature) influence its development. For this purpose, seven isolates from different provenances of M. coryli were ...
spore germination, etc ; Botrytis cinerea; Cymbopogon citratus; antifungal properties; cherries; climate; flame ionization; fruits; mass spectrometry; monoterpenoids; mycelium; oils; secondary metabolites; steam distillation; China; Show all 15 Subjects
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... Essential oils (EOs) are natural, volatile and aromatic substances extracted from some specific plants. EOs are the secondary metabolite of plants and usually varies with different plants and climate conditions, even in the same plant species but different climate conditions. The antifungal properties of EOs from medicinal as well as other edible plants have been recognized for very long time. Cym ...
... This work aims to investigate antifungal, mycotoxin inhibitory efficacy of the hop essential oil (HEO) nanoemulsion and their mode of action (MOA) against Fusarium graminearum isolate, a fungal pathogen causing Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in cereal crops. The HEO, primarily consisting of terpenes and terpenoids, was encapsulated in nanoemulsion droplets. Physically stable HEO-in-water nanoemulsion ...
... Seed longevity is important for the maintenance of seed nutritional quality, vigor, and germination potential during storage. Sacred lotus is known as one of the longest living seeds in the world and their ability to maintain longevity has been widely investigated. In this study, a suitable controlled deterioration treatment (CDT) method was first established to evaluate the vigor loss of lotus pl ...
... The efficacy of red onion peel methanol extract to prevent dry rot in potato tubers caused by Fusarium sambucinum was investigated. At 20 mg mL⁻¹, the methanol extract caused a great decrease in the fungal growth and spore germination by 86.3 %, and 91.2 %, respectively. Also, the dry rot control efficacy in potato slices inoculated with F. sambucinum reached 91.8 % at the same concentration. The ...
... 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- ...
germination, etc ; adhesion; biopolymers; cement; clay; environmental protection; gellan gum; guar gum; hydrophilicity; research; silt; soil pore system; soil water retention; sustainable development; tillage; vegetation; water holding capacity; watersheds; xanthan gum; Yellow River; Show all 20 Subjects
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... Cement and other traditional materials are frequently used to improve the properties of soil in the Yellow River Basin, the ecological environment has become severely polluted. To promote the environmental protection strategy of sustainable development, environmentally friendly biopolymers were used to treat typical silt samples collected from the Yellow River Basin. The water retention characteri ...
... Agriculture lands have low fertilizer retention owing to porosity and irrigation, whereas a significant portion of fertilizer is lost through denitrification, volatilization, surface run-off, and leaching, causing losses of nutrients to air and ground/surface water. Urea fertilizer readily enhances the agricultural yield but also deteriorates the quality of fertile soils. To combat such problems, ...
... Elton’s classic diversity-invasibility hypothesis posits that diversity of resident communities increases resistance against invaders. We tested whether the diversity-invasibility relationsip might be mediated by allelopathic effects of the resident species. In a large germination experiment, we exposed seeds of six alien and six native test species to leachates of one, three, six or twelve specie ...
germination, etc ; cold; malt; models; temperature; water; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In this study, sorghum grains were malted using different malting regimens and the malt qualities were analysed for cold water extract (CWE), hot water extract (HWE) and diastatic power (DP). Results showed that malting regimen produced sorghum malts with peak CWE, HWE and DP within the pre‐determined limits of malting regimen. From this, predictive models of sorghum malt quality were developed an ...
germination, etc ; air; electrodes; electrolytes; specific energy; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Lithium–air batteries (LABs) have attracted tremendous attention since the proposal of the LAB concept in 1996 because LABs have a super high theoretical/practical specific energy and an infinite supply of redox-active materials, and are environment-friendly. However, due to the lack of critical electrode materials and a thorough understanding of the chemistry of LABs, the development of LABs ente ...
spore germination, etc ; Clostridium difficile; cortex; pathogenesis; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Germination by Clostridioides difficile spores is an essential step in pathogenesis. Spores are metabolically dormant forms of bacteria that resist severe conditions. Work over the last 10 years has elucidated that C. difficile spores germinate thorough a novel pathway. This review summarizes our understanding of C. difficile spore germination and the factors involved in germinant recognition, cor ...
germination, etc ; automatic detection; models; potatoes; scab diseases; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Automatic detection of potato multi-type defects remains a challenge because of the diversification in defect size and visual similarity among multi-type defects. In this study, an accurate and fast detection method based on a multispectral (MS) image combined with an improved YOLOv3-tiny model was developed to automatically detect and classify multi-type defects on potatoes. A multispectral imagi ...
spore germination, etc ; blast disease; chemistry; iprodione; mycelium; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Natural products decursin and decursinol angelate were recently reported as benign fungicides for controlling rice blast. Inspired by the structural similarity of the cumarin compounds and gained hint from the skeletal motifs, we designed and prepared synthetic compounds to increase the natural product efficacy and evaluated their antifungal activities against various plant disease pathogens in vi ...
germination, etc ; air; convection; energy; microwave ovens; viability; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In this work, the microwave drying of amaranth seeds at different temperatures has been studied. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of temperature on three key variables of the drying process and viability of amaranth seeds (drying time, energy consumption, and germination rate) after drying with microwave energy. The tests were performed in a domestic microwave oven, modif ...
seed germination, etc ; fungi; nutrient availability; parasites; strigolactones; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Strigolactones (SLs) are a new class of phytohormones that not only act as signalling molecules with external rhizospheric fungus and stimulate the seed germination of root parasite weeds, but also regulate many aspects of plant development, such as regulating root and shoot architecture. These intriguing properties, which in turn, make SLs great potency for applications in agriculture. In this re ...
germination, etc ; digestibility; digestible protein; protein content; rice; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Grain germination is a process involving numerous factors that influence the biochemical processes inside the plant cells. This review covered the abiotic factors that lead to the germination and significantly impact the nutritional properties and digestion behavior of rice grains. The macro- and micro-nutrients can be changed depending on the intensity of the applied variables during germination. ...