Assessing zinc (Zn) accumulation and human health risks in vegetables grown in municipal solid waste-amended soil [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe 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 +4 more
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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
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Histopathology and quantification of green fluorescent protein-tagged Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. luffae isolate in resistant and susceptible Luffa germplasm [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumFusarium oxysporum f. sp. luffae (Folu) is a severe plant pathogen that causes vascular wilt and root rot in Luffa plants worldwide. A green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged isolate of Folu (Fomh16-GFP) was utilized to investigate the infection progress ...
Ahmed Namisy +5 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 +6 more
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Rapid adaptive response of population fitness of Zeugodacus tau during host shifts and implications for integrated pest management strategies. [PDF]
Pest Manag SciZeugodacus 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 +5 more
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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 +3 more
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A review of the current knowledge on Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Africa, with a list of species included in Zeugodacus [PDF]
, 2016 Published online 2015 Nov 26This paper reviews all available information regarding the occurrence and biology of the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), in the Afrotropical Region, including data on invasion history, distribution patterns ...
Delatte, H. +5 more
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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 +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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Evolution and loss of long-fringed petals [PDF]
, 2012 Background: The Cucurbitaceae genus Trichosanthes comprises 90–100 species that occur from India to Japan and southeast to Australia and Fiji. Most species have large white or pale yellow petals with conspicuously fringed margins, the fringes sometimes ...
de Boer, Hugo J. +3 more
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