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FIRST REPORT OF Meloidogyne incognita PARASITIZING Momordica charantia L. IN PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL
Momordica charantia roots showing symptoms of root-knot disease were collected from vegetable gardens in the city of Recife, PE, Brazil. Through morphological and enzymatic characterization and molecular analysis of ITS and 28S rDNA regions, Meloidogyne ...
Francisco Jorge Carlos Souza Junior +4 more
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Abstract BACKGROUND Water scarcity and soil salinization are major constraints to irrigated agriculture in semi‐arid regions, affecting crop productivity and fruit quality. Combining deficit irrigation with biostimulant application has emerged as a promising strategy to improve water use efficiency and plant stress tolerance.
Jefferson dos Santos Gomes Calaça +12 more
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Papaya ringspot virus - type W (PRSV-W) and Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) are the most prevalent viruses in cucurbit crops in Brazil and responsible for frequent yield losses. Diseases caused by these viruses are difficult to control. The objective
Estela Bonilha +5 more
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Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was extracted from watermelon rind using acid hydrolysis. MCC can be efficiently used as reinforcement in biofilms and biocomposites. Abstract The increasing accumulation of agricultural waste from watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) represents a substantial environmental concern, particularly in view of the extensive ...
Indran Suyambulingam +7 more
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Cucumber, Cucumis sativus is one of the most cultivated vegetables in the world, which is mostly consumed raw in China. The complete chloroplast genome of C. sativus was assembled and annotated in this study.
Wei Xiao, Xuanyao Wang, Mei Bie
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The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori +5 more
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Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the salt tolerance of mini watermelon (cv. Smile). The experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of the Department of Biosystems Engineering of ESALQ/USP. The experimental design was randomized blocks.
Alan B. O. de Sousa +5 more
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Isolation and Characterization of Cellulose from Underexploited Golden Melon Skin
Golden melon skin (GM) is an underexploited plant resource in Nigeria from which cellulose (GMC) was isolated and characterized. Characterization was achieved using Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD ...
Adewale Adewuyi, Fabiano Vargas Pereira
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The climbing cucurbit Echinocystis lobata, native to North America and alien to many European countries, was assessed for its genetic diversity and differentiation across its introduced range of populations by applying markers of amplified fragment ...
Lina Jocienė +6 more
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