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The Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Different Geographical Populations of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) Accessions Based on Genotyping-by-Sequencing

Agronomy, 2021
Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl is an important horticultural and medicinal crop grown worldwide in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The crop exhibits extensive phenotypic and genetic variation useful for cultivar development targeting ...
Rodrigo Contreras-Soto, Ariel Salvatierra, Carlos Maldonado, Jacob Mashilo   +3 more
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Cucumber grafting on indigenous cucurbit landraces confers salt tolerance and improves fruit yield by enhancing morpho-physio-biochemical and ionic attributes

Scientific Reports, 2023
Pakistan is the 8th most climate-affected country in the globe along with a semi-arid to arid climate, thereby the crops require higher irrigation from underground water.
Fazal Abbas, Hafiz Nazar Faried, Gulzar Akhtar, Sami Ullah, Talha Javed, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Khurram Ziaf, Kashif Razzaq, Muhammad Amin, Fahad Masoud Wattoo, Aqsa Hafeez, Mehdi Rahimi, Amany H. A. Abeed   +12 more
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Occurrence and Human Health Implications of Legacy Organochlorine Pesticides and Their Metabolites in Fruits and Vegetables of Bangladesh

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Multiple OCP isomers and/or metabolites along with their parent compounds were detected in commonly consumed fruits and vegetables of Bangladesh, possibly attributed to both recently and historically applied OCPs. However, all the detected values were below 0.01 mg/kg, indicating no potential human health risks through dietary intake. ABSTRACT Globally,
Kazi Sanjana Adnen, Shamima Jahan Sweety, Sadia Shahana Tisha, Md. Mahbubul Hoque, Tanmoy Roy Tusher   +4 more
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Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria Siceraria) Toxicity: A “Bitter” Diagnostic Dilemma [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Consumption of a glass of bottle gourd juice is thought to work as a health “tonic” and part of traditional healthy living practices in India. The juice may in certain circumstances turn bitter with increased levels of the cytotoxic compound called ...
Khalid Ismail Khatib, Kapil Sharad Borawake   +1 more
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Heterosis and combining ability for nutritional quality in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023
The study was carried during kharif 2021 and zaid 2022 at Vegetable Research Centre of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand to investigate the nutritional properties of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina ...
RAJENDRA BHATT, MANOJ RAGHAV, YASHPAL SINGH BISHT, VINAY KUMAR, ARVIND CHAUHAN, AMIT GAUR   +5 more
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Bakery Products Enriched With Fruit and Vegetable Wastes: A Functional Approach

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 47-56, March 2026.
Enrichment of bakery products with bioactive compounds from fruit and vegetable wastes. ABSTRACT Bread and other bakery goods are among the most critical components of the human diet, which make them attractive carriers for functional ingredients aimed at improving public health.
Sena Bakir
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Compositional and Bioactive Characterization of Industrial Fruit Wastes in Sri Lanka

Journal of Food Science, Volume 91, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT The potential of industrial fruit processing wastes for nutritional and bioactive applications was evaluated. A survey of four major fruit processors in Sri Lanka identified pineapple (Ananas comosus), mango (Mangifera indica L.), papaya (Carica papaya), and passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) as the most processed fruits, generating waste ...
Chamila Vinodanee Liyanage Jayasinghe, Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Lakshan Randika Bandara, Rankothge Chamodini Nisansala Thilakarathna   +2 more
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Chromomycin A3 banding and chromosomal mapping of 45S and 5S ribosomal RNA genes in bottle gourd

Caryologia, 2021
Ribosomal DNAs and various banding patterns are landmarks in molecular cytogenetics providing useful information for karyotyping and addressing individual chromosomes.
Ahmet L. Tek, Hümeyra Yıldız, Kamran Khan, Bilge Ş. Yıldırım   +3 more
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Urban gardening in Dhaka: Practices, constraints, and impacts

Urban Agriculture &Regional Food Systems, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2026.
Abstract The production of fruits and vegetables by urban residents can enhance food security and provide various additional benefits, but empirical data to support these claims is limited. This study uses questionnaire‐based data from 1320 households in Dhaka, Bangladesh, including 1079 gardeners and 241 non‐gardeners, to examine urban gardening ...
Nusrat Akber, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Sandhya S. Kumar, Md. Nassir Uddin   +3 more
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Selection of Wheat Genotypes for Drought Adaptation and Yield Response Using Tolerance Indices and Biplot Analysis

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, Volume 212, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Drought‐adapted new‐generation wheat genotypes enhance production and productivity in water‐limited agroecologies, including South Africa. Therefore, drought‐tolerant wheat ideotypes need to be bred and deployed using economic traits and tolerance indices.
Theresa M. Bapela, Seltene A. Tesfamariam, Toi J. Tsilo, Hussein Shimelis   +3 more
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