The Asparagus genus includes approximately 240 species, the most important of which is garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.), as this is a vegetable crop cultivated worldwide for its edible spear. Along with garden asparagus, other species are also
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The occurrence of Fusarium species in white spears of Asparagus officinalis
The aim of the study was to determine the species composition of fungi of the Fusarium genus found on white Asparagus officinalis spears, depending on the presence or absence of disease symptoms, age of the plantation, date of harvest and the place from ...
Roman ANDRZEJAK, Beata JANOWSKA
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Effect of NaCl on Asparagus Quality, Production and Mineral Leaching [PDF]
Previous research has shown that the incidence of Fusarium oxysporum and F. redolens on asparagus roots was reduced by field applications of NaCl. F. oxysporum and F.
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Synthetic seeds for in vitro preservation of Asparagus officinalis L.
Background Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a perennial vegetable of economic importance for its high nutritional and medicinal value. Male plants are more desirable because of their higher spear yield.
Amira Rashid Sallam +2 more
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Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) Breeding
Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is an important horticultural plant worldwide. The proposed Center of Origin of this crop comprises Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Siberia. Asparagus officinalis is a monocotyledonous, perennial, diploid, dioecious species with a chromosome number of 2n = 2x = 20.
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Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Infusions of Different Medicinal Plants for Use in Obstetrics
An X-band (9.3 GHz) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was used to examine the free radical scavenging activity of the following infusions, which were nonirradiated and exposed to UVA: root of Asparagus racemosus and herbs of Mitchella ...
Sylwia Jarco +2 more
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The potential of biological soil disinfestation to manage Fusarium foot and root rot in Asparagus [PDF]
In a field experiment on an abandoned asparagus field we studied the effect of Biological Soil Disinfestation (BSD) on survival of buried inoculum samples of three test pathogens (Fusarium redolens f.sp.
Blok, W.J. +3 more
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Asparagus breeding: Future research needs for sustainable production
Productivity in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is determined in part by (1) the selection of superior, adaptive genetics, (2) matching the selected genetics to the production environment, and (3) managing the crop production system in ways to ...
Daniel Drost
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Micropropagation of Asparagus officinalis L. through callus development [PDF]
In order to develop an in vitro propagation process for production and conservation, in this study, we investigated the influence of disinfectants and plants growth regulators (PGR) on the infection rate of explants, the ability of callus formation, and ...
Nguyen Minh Ly +5 more
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Planetary Bioresources and Astroecology 1. Planetary Microcosm Bioassays of Martian and Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials: Nutrients, Electrolyte Solutions, and Algal and Plant Responses [PDF]
The biological fertilities of planetary materials can be assessed using microcosms based on materials in martian and carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
Mautner, Michael Noah
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