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Assessing zinc (Zn) accumulation and human health risks in vegetables grown in municipal solid waste-amended soil [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The zinc concentration was evaluated in soil amended with municipal solid waste (MSW) as well as in vegetables. This work consists of two sets of observations.
Asma Ashfaq, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Ahlam Khalofah, Muhammad Arif, Saima Sadaf   +4 more
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Symptoms of Nitrogen and Iron Deficiency in Luffa

EDIS, 2023
Luffa (Luffa aegyptiaca, synonym Luffa cylindrica) is a tropical and subtropical climbing plant belonging to the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae), natively cultivated in South and Southeast Asia.
Qiansheng Li, Marina Gluck, Yanlin Wang, Wendy Mussoline, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, Guodong Liu   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Heterosis study in ridge gourd (Luffa Acutangula (Roxb.) L.) [PDF]

Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2015
The heterosis study for fruit yield and its attributes was carried out in ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula (Roxb.) L.) through 8 x 8 diallel mating design (excluding reciprocal).
S. C. Poshiya , L. K. Dhaduk Lata Raval and D. R. Mehta
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid adaptive response of population fitness of Zeugodacus tau during host shifts and implications for integrated pest management strategies. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Zeugodacus tau's host‐switching driven by phenotypic plasticity and asymmetric colonization reveals field‐ready integrated pest management tactics: mango–luffa rotation disrupts oviposition site fidelity and synchronization of control measures with critical developmental transition.
Wang Y, Wu K, Li R, Wang G, Tan H, Zhou Z.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Chloroplast gene matK holds the barcodes for identification of Momordica (Cucurbitaceae) species from Indian subcontinent

Horticultural Plant Journal, 2022
DNA barcoding is a supplementary tool in plant systematics, extensively used to resolve the species level controversies. This paper details the identification of DNA barcodes for seven species of Momordica, using the chloroplast gene matK.
Girme Aoudumbar Ramesh, Deepu Mathew, K. Joseph John, V. Ravisankar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

HEALTH AND BENEFITS OF LUFFA ACUTANGULA (RICHGUARD)

Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2021
Luffa acutangula (Cucurbitaceae), an enduring plant fills primarily in India, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Egypt, and different pieces of Africa, it is generally utilized in the customary Indian restorative framework to treat different ailments. The plant has been utilized in jaundice, diabetes, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, cerebral pain, ringworm disease ...
Vishal Galave, Nikita Hingase, Snehal Bhagat, Priyanka Ghone, Pooja Kashid, Trushali Mandhare   +5 more
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Inheritance of Sex Forms in Luffa Acutangula Roxb. [PDF]

Nature, 1948
SEX habit in plants is known to be controlled by genetic factors, although subject to environmental iluctuations. Poole and Grimball1, working on the inheritance of certain new sex forms in Cucumis melo, a member of the Cucurbitacese, have reported that the hermaphrodite form is genetically a double recessive to monoecious, and in F2 populations from ...
H B, SINGH, S, RAMANUJAM, B P, PAL
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Pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus

EFSA Journal, Volume 21, Issue 3, March 2023., 2023
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae), the papaya scale, for the EU. It is native to Central America and since the 1990s, it has spread rapidly in mainly tropical areas of the Caribbean, islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Africa and southern ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Alan MacLeod   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacognostical evaluation of Rajakoshataki (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences, 2022
Introduction: Rajakoshataki (Luffa acutangula(L.) Roxb. is a succulent trailing climber that belongs to cucurbitaceae family. The present study attempts to evaluate macroscopy, microscopy, physio-chemical, phytochemical and HPTLC studies of different extracts of fruit of Luffa acutangular (L.)Roxb.
null Anju Balakrishnan, null Mohammed Faisal, null Suchitra Prabhu   +2 more
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Tensile Properties of Luffa Acutangula Reinforced Polymer Composite

International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 2023
In recent years, there has been a growing trend in the popularity of natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites (NFRPC). Numerous researchers have put forward various alternatives to synthetic fibers. Luffa is one of the many natural fibers can be integrated into NFRPCs.
Christopher Joyle, Indor, Nicholas Kuan, Hoo Tien, Freddy Yeo, Kuok San, Mohd Khairul, Afiq   +3 more
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