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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
wiley   +1 more source

Rootstock genotype influences heat stress-disrupted hormonal regulation and physiological status in pepper ovaries

BMC Plant Biology
Risen temperatures result in a notable decline in pepper yield, predominantly due to their direct impact on fruit set. The female gametophyte has been less studied than male reproductive organs but proven to be heat-sensitive.
Yaiza Gara Padilla, Raquel Cruzado-Rodríguez, Gema Molleja-Pulido, Ángeles Calatayud, Purificación A. Martínez-Melgarejo, Alfonso Albacete, Salvador López-Galarza, Ramón Gisbert-Mullor   +7 more
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The MADS-Box Transcription Factor CaRIN Positively Regulates Chlorophyll Degradation During Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Fruit Ripening by Repressing the Expression of CaLhcb-P4

Plants
Pepper (Capsicum spp.) is an important global vegetable and spice, with fruit color being a key determinant of its commercial quality. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying pepper fruit color are still not fully understood.
Yingying Song, Qing Cheng, Xingzhe Li, Shijie Ma, Huolin Shen, Liang Sun   +5 more
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A preventive strategy for the control of aphids in sweet pepper using lacewings and micrococcinelid beetles

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Aphids pose a serious risk to horticultural crops. Current biocontrol strategies often fail due to the poor establishment of natural enemies when aphids are scarce. We evaluated the potential of two aphidophagous predators, Micromus variegatus and Scymnus interruptus, to be used as preventive biocontrol agents, released before aphid infestation.
Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Reinier T. Valstar, Ada Leman, Gerben J. Messelink   +3 more
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Transcriptome analysis reveals the mechanism for blue-light-induced biosynthesis of delphinidin derivatives in harvested purple pepper fruit. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2023
Gao J, Dou Y, Wang X, Zhang D, Wei M, Li Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ant–aphid mutualism: the influence of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphidae) control by commercial and spontaneous natural enemies

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The mutualism between Tapinoma ibericum ants and Aphis gossypii disrupts the biological control exerted by Aphidius colemani in greenhouse peppers. Ant exclusion increased parasitism and the presence of most natural enemies, although Aphidoletes aphidimyza was more abundant with ants.
Jesús Foronda, Estefanía Rodríguez, Mónica González, María del Mar Téllez, Carmen Robles‐Vallet, Pablo Barranco, Felipe Pascual, Francisca Ruano   +7 more
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Ultra‐processed food supply in hospitals: A cross‐sectional analysis of Australian hospitals using cook fresh foodservices

Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim Ultra‐processed foods have been associated with a range of adverse health and environmental impacts, yet their supply in health‐promoting settings like hospitals remains largely unexamined. This study aimed to assess and quantify the proportion of ultra‐processed foods utilised in a sample of Australian hospitals using cook fresh ...
Priscila Machado, Nathan Cook, Mark Lawrence, Mike Forrester, Rebecca Patrick, Judi Porter   +5 more
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Pepper Fruit Extracts Show Anti-Proliferative Activity against Tumor Cells Altering Their NADPH-Generating Dehydrogenase and Catalase Profiles. [PDF]

Antioxidants (Basel), 2023
Rodríguez-Ruiz M, Ramos MC, Campos MJ, Díaz-Sánchez I, Cautain B, Mackenzie TA, Vicente F, Corpas FJ, Palma JM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Application of starch-based plastics (bioplastics) as packaging material for horticultural products (tomato and bell pepper)

, 2013
One of the post-harvest handling for minimize the losses of horticultural product was regulating the storage temperature and packaging technique. The objective of this research was to determine the cold storage’s characteristic of agricultural product ...
Iflah, Tajul
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Genetic Regulation of Fruit Shape in Horticultural Crops: A Review

The shape of fruits is a critical trait affecting the commercial value and consumer acceptance of horticultural crops. Genetic regulation of fruit shape involves complex interactions among multiple genes and environmental factors.
Jiexi Hou, Pingping Fang, Yang Xu, Qinwei Guo, Hongjian Wan, Jia Liu, Sheng Zhang, Wenjuan Huang   +7 more
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