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1. Grafting as a Sustainable Means for Securing Yield Stability and Quality in Vegetable Crops

Author:
Kyriacou, Marios C.; Colla, Giuseppe; Rouphael, Youssef
Source:
Agronomy 2020 v.10 no.12
ISSN:
2073-4395
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; agronomy; methodology;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Grafting is among the most ancient agricultural techniques, having been practiced since 2000 BC [...] ...
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy10121945

2. Technology adoption by indigenous and exotic vegetable farmers

Author:
Amfo, Bismark; Baba Ali, Ernest
Source:
International journal of vegetable science 2021 v.27 no.2 pp. 105-119
ISSN:
1931-5279
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; ; economies of scale; exports; farm size; farmers; innovation adoption; markets; vegetables;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The adoption of improved agricultural production technologies can be an appropriate approach in meeting the demand for vegetables. Indigenous and exotic vegetable farmers were selected for comparison because they are perceived to differ in scale and purpose of production, and resistance to field conditions which could lead to differences in the adoption of production technologies. Primary data fro ...
DOI:
10.1080/19315260.2020.1724228

3. Improvement of important economic traits in chilli through heterosis breeding: a review

Author:
Herath, H. M. S. N; Rafii, M. Y.; Ismail, S. I.; JJ., Nakasha; Ramlee, S. I.
Source:
Journal of horticultural science & biotechnology 2021 v.96 no.1 pp. 14-23
ISSN:
2380-4084
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Capsicum; antioxidants; biotechnology; heterosis; horticulture; nutritive value; phytochemicals; spices; yields;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Chilli (Capsicum species) is an important spice and vegetable crop of the world. Capsicum species have been widely used in food as well as in pharmaceutical industries. This is because these species possess various phytochemicals with antidiabetic and antioxidant activities. There has been a continuous global demand for chilli as a commercial crop due to its food value and health benefits. It is v ...
DOI:
10.1080/14620316.2020.1780162

4. Selection of the optimal reference genes for transcript expression analysis of lipid biosynthesis-related genes in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Author:
Zhang, Xianyan; Cui, Hongli; Ji, Xiajie; Xue, Jinai; Jia, Xiaoyun; Li, Runzhi
Source:
Scientia horticulturae 2021 v.282 pp. 110044
ISSN:
0304-4238
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Abelmoschus esculentus; biosynthesis; gene expression; genes; genomics; lipids; oils; okra; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; transcriptome; transcriptomics;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a well-known nutritional and health-benefit vegetable crop worldwide. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is an effective approach to characterize gene functions, and for such analysis, it is crucial to select the optimal reference genes. However, no systematic evaluation of reference genes was performed in okra. Here, to characterize expression profiles of genes inv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110044

5. Comprehensive Evaluation of Salt Tolerance in Asparagus Germplasm Accessions (Asparagus officinalis L.) at Different Growth Stages

Author:
Gao, Huimin; Zhang, Xuhong; Liang, Yuqin; Dong, Lingdi; Han, Changzhi; Cao, Yanpo
Source:
Journal of food quality 2021 v.2021
ISSN:
1745-4557
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Asparagus officinalis; adults; food quality; germplasm; saline soils; salt injury; salt stress; salt tolerance; seed germination; seedlings;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The screening and cultivation of salt-tolerant crops are becoming more and more important owing to the constant increase in the saline soil area worldwide. Asparagus (A. officinalis L.) is a highly nutritious vegetable crop and widely consumed globally for a long time; however, little research has been done on asparagus. In this study, the salt tolerance of 95 asparagus germplasm accessions was ev ...
DOI:
10.1155/2021/6626112

6. Identification of a male-specific region (MSR) in spinacia oleracea

Author:
She, Hongbing; Xu, Zhaosheng; Zhang, Helong; Li, Guoliang; Wu, Jian; Wang, Xiaowu; Li, Ying; Liu, Zhiyuan; Qian, Wei
Source:
Horticultural plant journal 2021
ISSN:
2468-0141
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Spinacia oleracea; dioecy; females; genes; hermaphroditism; loci; males; sex chromosomes; sex determination; single nucleotide polymorphism; spinach;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Dioecy, the presence of male and female individual, has evolved independently from hermaphroditism in multiple flowering plant lineages. Spinach, an important leafy vegetable crop worldwide, is a dioecious species with an XY sex-determination system. Although some markers that are fully linked to male-determination locus were identified, the male-specific region (MSR) remained unclear. In this res ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.hpj.2021.01.003

7. Comparative analysis of powdery mildew resistant and susceptible cultivated cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) varieties to reveal the metabolic responses to Sphaerotheca fuliginea infection

Author:
Zhang, Peng; Zhu, Yuqiang; Zhou, Shengjun
Source:
BMC plant biology 2021 v.21 no.1 pp. 24
ISSN:
1471-2229
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Cucumis sativus; Podosphaera xanthii; cucumbers; diterpenoids; fatty acid metabolism; fatty acids; flavonoids; gene expression regulation; metabolites; pathogens; powdery mildew; transcription factors;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is a widely planted vegetable crop that suffers from various pathogen infections. Powdery mildew (PM) is typical disease caused by Sphaerotheca fuliginea infection and destroys the production of cucumber. However, the metabolic responses to S. fuliginea infection are largely unknown. RESULTS: In our study, a PM resistant variety ‘BK2’ and a susceptible var ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12870-020-02797-3

8. Genome-wide identification of heat shock factors and heat shock proteins in response to UV and high intensity light stress in lettuce

Author:
Kim, Taehoon; Samraj, Shafina; Jiménez, Juan; Gómez, Celina; Liu, Tie; Begcy, Kevin
Source:
BMC plant biology 2021 v.21 no.1 pp. 185
ISSN:
1471-2229
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Arabidopsis; Lactuca sativa; Liliopsida; Populus; genes; genome-wide association study; heat stress; homeostasis; hydroponics; lettuce; light intensity; plant biology; rice; signal transduction; transcription (genetics);     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Heat shock factors (Hsfs) and Heat shock proteins (Hsps) belong to an essential group of molecular regulators involved in controlling cellular processes under normal and stress conditions. The role of Hsfs and Hsps is well known in model plant species under diverse stress conditions. While plants Hsfs are vital components of the signal transduction response to maintain cellular homeost ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12870-021-02959-x

9. Stage-specific events in tomato graft formation and the regulatory effects of auxin and cytokinin

Author:
Cui, Qingqing; Xie, Lulu; Dong, Chunjuan; Gao, Lihong; Shang, Qingmao
Source:
Plant science 2021 v.304 pp. 110803
ISSN:
0168-9452
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; DNA replication; auxins; callus; cytokinins; dynamics; genes; mitosis; oxylipins; phloem; research; rootstocks; scions; signal transduction; starvation; stress response; sucrose; tomatoes; transcription (genetics); xylem;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Grafting is widely used worldwide because of its obvious advantages, especially in solanaceous vegetable crops. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying graft formation are unknown. In this study, internode tissues from above and below the graft junction were harvested, and we performed weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to describe the temporal and spatial transcriptional dy ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110803

10. Application of Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 for modeling anaerobic digestion of vegetable crop residues: Fractionation of crystalline cellulose

Author:
Li, Pengfei; Pei, Zhanjiang; Liu, Di; Shi, Fengmei; Wang, Su; Li, Wenzhe; Sun, Yong; Liu, Jie; Gao, Yabing; Yu, Qiuyue
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.285 pp. 124865
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; anaerobic digestion; biodegradation; biotransformation; calibration; cellulose; crop residues; fractionation; hemicellulose; hydrolysis; lignin; lignocellulosic wastes; mathematical models; methane production; uncertainty;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Crystalline cellulose is fully resistant during anaerobic digestion (AD), which brings uncertainty to the use of mathematical models to simulate the dynamic AD process of lignocellulosic waste. In present study, a modified mathematical model, with crystalline cellulose as the primary consideration, was established based on Anaerobic Digestion Model No.1 to simulate the anaerobic bioconversion of v ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124865

11. The World Vegetable Center Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Core Collection as a Source for Flooding Stress Tolerance Traits for Breeding

Author:
Schafleitner, Roland; Lin, Chen-Yu; Lin, Ya-Ping; Wu, Tien-Hor; Hung, Cian-Huei; Phooi, Chooi-Lin; Chu, Shu-Hui; Jhong, Yu-Cen; Hsiao, Yun-Yin
Source:
Agriculture (Basel) 2021 v.11 no.2
ISSN:
2077-0472
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Abelmoschus esculentus; Manihot; agriculture; biodiversity; cultivars; gene banks; germplasm; germplasm conservation; heat tolerance; microsatellite repeats; normalized difference vegetation index; okra; phenotype; stress tolerance; Africa; Asia;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a heat tolerant vegetable crop with high economic and nutritional importance in parts of Asia, Africa, and America. The okra biodiversity held in gene bank collections could be mined for traits for breeding more stress tolerant and nutritional cultivars. An okra core collection of 166 accessions comprising A. esculentus, A. moschatus, A. caillei, and A. manihot has ...
DOI:
10.3390/agriculture11020165

12. Nutrient Supplementation Configures the Bioactive Profile and Production Characteristics of Three Brassica L. Microgreens Species Grown in Peat-Based Media

Author:
El-Nakhel, Christophe; Pannico, Antonio; Graziani, Giulia; Kyriacou, Marios C.; Gaspari, Anna; Ritieni, Alberto; De Pascale, Stefania; Rouphael, Youssef
Source:
Agronomy 2021 v.11 no.2
ISSN:
2073-4395
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Brassica; agronomy; anthocyanins; antioxidants; ascorbic acid; biofortification; cabbage; climate; ion exchange chromatography; lutein; microgreens; mineral content; nitrate reduction; nitrates; secondary metabolites;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Brassica L. microgreens are a fresh microscale vegetable crop of high antioxidant value and naturally dense in nutrients without the intervention of biofortification or genetic engineering. A climate chamber experiment on peat-based substrate was set up to test microgreens growth and accumulation of secondary metabolites in response to nutrient supplementation. Microgreens mineral content was anal ...
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy11020346

13. Effects of soil and crop management practices and pedo‐hydrological conditions on the seedbank size of Galinsoga spp. in organic vegetable fields

Author:
De Cauwer, Benny; Biesemans, Nina; De Ryck, Sander; Delanote, Lieven; Dewaele, Karel; Willekens, Koen; Vanden Nest, Thijs; Reheul, Dirk
Source:
Weed research 2021 v.61 no.1 pp. 55-67
ISSN:
0043-1737
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Galinsoga quadriradiata; continuous cropping; fields; growing season; history; phosphorus; research; sand fraction; seedling emergence; soil organic carbon; soil quality; topsoil; vegetables; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; weeds; Europe;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Galinsoga quadriradiata and Galinsoga parviflora are very troublesome weeds in many organic vegetable crops in Europe. A very straightforward method to keep Galinsoga infestations under control is by targeting the Galinsoga seedbank. To identify cropping systems able to reduce the seedbank size in vegetable‐based cropping systems, the relationships between the seedbank size of Galinsoga species an ...
DOI:
10.1111/wre.12457

14. Natural Infection of Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) by Euphorbia Yellow Mosaic Virus Isolates Across Four Brazilian States

Author:
Duarte, M. F.; Pereira-Carvalho, R. C.; Reis, L. N. A.; Rojas, M. R.; Gilbertson, R. L.; Costa, H.; Boiteux, L. S.; Fonseca, M. E. N.
Source:
Plant disease 2021 v.105 no.2 pp. 518
ISSN:
0191-2917
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Euphorbia heterophylla; Euphorbia yellow mosaic virus; Solanum lycopersicum; TATA box; biolistics; chlorosis; databases; disease incidence; genome; genomics; metribuzin; pathogenicity; tomatoes; viruses; weeds; Brazil;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Severe yield losses induced by a complex of whitefly-transmitted Begomovirus species (family Geminiviridae) have been reported in tomatoes in Brazil (Reis et al. 2020). Nine isolates were obtained from tomato plants exhibiting begomovirus-like symptoms (namely, apical and interveinal chlorosis, yellow spots, and stunting) during independent field surveys: one isolate in Sumaré, São Paulo (SP) Stat ...
DOI:
10.1094/PDIS-04-20-0768-PDN

15. Evaluation of Biological Approaches for Controlling Shoot and Fruit Borer (Earias vitella F.) of Okra Grown in Peri-Urban Area in Bangladesh

Author:
Choudhury, Md. Abdur Razzak; Mondal, Md. Fuad; Khan, Ahasan Ullah; Hossain, Md. Shahadat; Azad, Md Obyedul Kalam; Prodhan, Mohammad Dalower Hossain; Uddain, Jasim; Rahman, Mohammed Saifur; Ahmed, Nur; Choi, Ki Young; Naznin, Most Tahera
Source:
Horticulturae 2021 v.7 no.1
ISSN:
2311-7524
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Bacillus thuringiensis; Earias; abamectin; area; azadirachtin; botanical insecticides; cost benefit analysis; design; environment; fields; financial economics; fruits; human health; insect control; okra; spinosad; yields; Bangladesh;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Irrational applications of insecticides on vegetable crops are very common in Bangladesh, resulting in harmful consequences for the environment and human health. Therefore, a study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of biological and botanical insecticides on okra shoot and fruit borer grown in open fields. Four insecticides were used in this study, namely Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), Spinosad ...
DOI:
10.3390/horticulturae7010007

16. An Optimized Protein Extraction Method for Gel-Free Proteomic Analysis of Opuntia Ficus-Indica

Author:
Hashiguchi, Akiko; Yamaguchi, Hisateru; Hitachi, Keisuke; Watanabe, Kazuo
Source:
Plants 2021 v.10 no.1
ISSN:
2223-7747
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Opuntia ficus-indica; cladodes; exocarp; extraction; mesocarp; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; polysaccharides; proteins; proteome; proteomics; ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase; salinity; salt stress; stress tolerance; tissues;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Opuntia spp. is an economically important vegetable crop with high stress-tolerance and health benefits. However, proteomic analysis of the plant has been difficult due to the composition of its succulent cladodes; the abundant polysaccharides interfere with protein extraction. To facilitate proteomic analysis of this plant, we present a rapid and simple protein extraction method for Opuntia ficus ...
DOI:
10.3390/plants10010115

17. Co-cultivation of a medicinal plant kalmegh [Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Wall ex. Nees] with food crops for enhancing field productivity and resource use efficiency

Author:
Verma, Kirti; Singh, Kushal Pal; Singh, Anjali; Lothe, Nikil Bhashkar; Nilofer,; Kumar, Devendra; Singh, Anil Kumar; Kumar, Rakesh; Khare, Puja; Singh, Saudan
Source:
Industrial crops and products 2021 v.159 pp. 113076
ISSN:
0926-6690
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Abelmoschus esculentus; Andrographis paniculata; Cajanus cajan; Cenchrus americanus; Zea mays; andrographolide; coculture; corn; medicinal plants; okra; pigeon peas; shade; sustainable agriculture; traditional foods;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Kalmegh [Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Wall ex. Nees] herb is a sciophytic in nature and possess versatile medicinal properties due to which its requirements upsurge in the industries. The present aims of the study is to enhance yield productivity and quality of kalmegh by providing natural shade condition through co-cultivation of traditional food crops [grain crops viz.- maize (Zea mays L.) ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113076

18. Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals that brassinosteroid-mediated lignification plays an important role in garlic adaption to salt stress

Author:
Kong, Qiusheng; Mostafa, Hassan H.A.; Yang, Wenlong; Wang, Jinglei; Nuerawuti, Maierdan; Wang, Yang; Song, Jiangping; Zhang, Xiaohui; Ma, Longchuan; Wang, Haiping; Li, Xixiang
Source:
Plant physiology and biochemistry 2021 v.158 pp. 34-42
ISSN:
0981-9428
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Allium sativum; biosynthesis; brassinosteroids; cultivars; energy; garlic; genotype; lignification; lignin; phenotype; photosynthesis; salinity; salt stress; salt tolerance; soil salinity; transcription (genetics); transcriptome;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an economically important vegetable crop which is used worldwide for culinary and medicinal purposes. Soil salinity constrains the yield components of garlic. Understanding the responsive mechanism of garlic to salinity is crucial to improve its tolerance. To address this problem, two garlic cultivars differing in salt tolerance were used to investigate the long-term ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.11.033

19. De novo assemblies of Luffa acutangula and Luffa cylindrica genomes reveal an expansion associated with substantial accumulation of transposable elements

Author:
Pootakham, Wirulda; Sonthirod, Chutima; Naktang, Chaiwat; Nawae, Wanapinun; Yoocha, Thippawan; Kongkachana, Wasitthee; Sangsrakru, Duangjai; Jomchai, Nukoon; U‐thoomporn, Sonicha; Sheedy, John R.; Buaboocha, Jarunee; Mekiyanon, Supat; Tangphatsornruang, Sithichoke
Source:
Molecular ecology resources 2021 v.21 no.1 pp. 212-225
ISSN:
1755-098X
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; Luffa acutangula; Luffa aegyptiaca; alternative splicing; breeding; chemical elements; chromosome number; ecology; genome assembly; genomics; haploidy; introns; transposons; China; India; South East Asia;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Luffa spp. (sponge gourd or ridge gourd) is an economically important vegetable crop widely cultivated in China, India and Southeast Asia. Here, we employed PacBio long‐read single‐molecule real‐time (SMRT) sequencing to perform de novo genome assemblies of two commonly cultivated Luffa species, L. acutangula and L. cylindrica. We obtained preliminary draft genomes of 734.6 Mb and 689.8 Mb with sc ...
DOI:
10.1111/1755-0998.13240

20. Metabolites from Wild Potato Inhibit Virulence Factors of the Soft Rot and Blackleg Pathogen Pectobacterium brasiliense

Author:
Joshi, Janak R.; Yao, Linxing; Charkowski, Amy O.; Heuberger, Adam L.
Source:
Molecular plant-microbe interactions 2021 v.34 no.1 pp. 100-109
ISSN:
1943-7706
Subject:
vegetable crops,   etc   ; ; Pectobacterium; Solanum tuberosum; antibacterial properties; chemistry; endo-1,4-beta-glucanase; extracellular enzymes; fractionation; metabolites; metabolomics; pathogens; peptides; polygalacturonase; potatoes; proteinases; virulence;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the primary vegetable crop consumed worldwide and is largely affected by bacterial pathogens that can cause soft rot and blackleg disease. Recently, resistance to these diseases has been identified in the wild potato S. chacoense, and the mechanism of resistance is unknown. Here, it was hypothesized that S. chacoense stems or tubers have unique chemistry that confe ...
DOI:
10.1094/MPMI-08-20-0224-R