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Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, Page 1783-1797, May 2025.Summary Grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. moench) stands as a globally significant cereal crop but the adversity of pre‐harvest sprouting (PHS) caused by reduced grain dormancy and moist conditions prior to harvest remains unsolved. Here, we identified a dormancy QTL using a Redlan×IS9530 RIL population, where parent lines are low in tannins and early ...
María Verónica Rodríguez +12 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 1453-1468, November 2024.Societal Impact Statement Table grape production is a traditional practice in southeastern Spain, where locals have produced fresh grapes and raisins for centuries. Many of these vines are now centenary, and they represent a useful source of diversity for developing future table grape varieties with improved traits. Genetic analysis showed that many of
Javier Tello +5 more
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Balancing quality with quantity: A case study of UK bread wheat
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 5, Page 1000-1013, September 2024.Increasing crop productivity is often proposed as a key goal for meeting the food security demands of a growing global population. However, achieving high crop yields alone without meeting end‐use quality requirements is counter to this objective and can lead to negative environmental and sustainability issues.
Nick S. Fradgley +4 more
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Coffee breeding in a time of crisis: F1 hybrids in Central America since 1990
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 5, Page 1070-1079, September 2024.Central America is renowned for producing some of the world's finest coffee, prized for its quality and flavor. With coffee being a major export crop for many countries, the region's economic, social, and cultural well‐being is closely linked to the success of its coffee industry.
Stuart McCook, Andrea Montero‐Mora
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International Biological Flora: Ceratonia siliqua
Journal of Ecology, Volume 112, Issue 8, Page 1885-1922, August 2024.The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) has a long traditional history in Mediterranean cultures providing food for humans and domestic animals. Its remarkable tolerance of drought, salt and fire, with an ability to thrive in poor, dry soils, makes it ideal for a warming Mediterranean climate.
Peter A. Thomas +3 more
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Plant‐based meat analogues marketed in Catalonia: evaluation of the nutritional profile
Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2024.Abstract In later years, a growing trend is apparent of vegetarian or vegan diets attributable to a number of causes, among of others, consumers’ concern for animal welfare, climate change and, to a lesser degree, for health‐related issues. On a par to this growth, availability of meat analogues in the market has also been on the rise. In this context,
Judit Costa Català +4 more
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Opportunities and challenges for strawberry cultivation in urban food production systems
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 611-621, May 2024.Cultivation of strawberry plants in urban production systems, whether in green open‐air spaces or under some form of protected horticulture such as vertical farming, has demonstrated to be challenging to new farmers and businesses. Commercial strawberry producers have an advanced understanding of strawberry plant physiology, enabling them to grow the ...
Aikaterini Kouloumprouka Zacharaki +3 more
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Identifying predictors of translocation success in rare plant species
Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 2, April 2024.Abstract The fundamental goal of a rare plant translocation is to create self‐sustaining populations with the evolutionary resilience to persist in the long term. Yet, most plant translocation syntheses focus on a few factors influencing short‐term benchmarks of success (e.g., survival and reproduction).
Joe Bellis +43 more
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Aquaculture Nutrition, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Legumes are an important source of protein, lipids, and other essential nutrients. As the demand for protein and lipids continues to surge on a global scale, there is a growing interest in incorporating legumes into aquafeeds. This shift is driven not only by the escalating growth of the aquaculture sector in recent years but also by the imperative to ...
Rosendo L. Azcuy +5 more
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Medical cannabis: Critical points for clinical application [PDF]
Biomedica, 2022 Gómez-García DM, García-Perdomo HA.
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