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Understanding deep roots and their functions in ecosystems: an advocacy for more unconventional research

open access: yesAnnals of Botany, 2016
BACKGROUND Deep roots are a common trait among a wide range of plant species and biomes, and are pivotal to the very existence of ecosystem services such as pedogenesis, groundwater and streamflow regulation, soil carbon sequestration and moisture ...
Alain Pierret   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Consumer Preference Testing of Boiled Sweetpotato Using Crowdsourced Citizen Science in Ghana and Uganda

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Crowdsourced citizen science is an emerging approach in plant sciences. The triadic comparison of technologies (tricot) approach has been successfully utilized by demand-led breeding programmes to identify varieties for dissemination suited to specific ...
Mukani Moyo   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Variations in the Starch Properties of Sweet Potato Cultivars

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2023
Starch is widely used in the food and non-food industries, and this is related to its physicochemical characteristics. In the coming years, climate changes will become unpredictable, and these conditions may affect the process of starch biosynthesis and ...
Thaís Paes Rodrigues dos Santos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Materials corrosion and air pollution. Long-term studies at the Lahemaa monitoring station, Estonia; pp. 107–116 [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2008
The Estonian Lahemaa monitoring station has participated in the International Co-operative Programme (ICP) on Effects on Materials, including Historic and Cultural Monuments (ICP Materials) since 1987.
Ott Roots
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivars and Fruit Part as Differentiating Factors of Physicochemical Characteristics of Mango Starches

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2023
Fruit production has increased, which has led to an increase in fruit wastage, opening up new opportunities for the use of non-standard fruits as starch sources.
Nathalia Aparecida Barbosa Lossolli   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hydrocolloid Coatings as a Pre-Frying Treatment in the Production of Low-Fat Banana Chips

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2023
Fried foods occupy a large portion of the fast-food market. However, growing consumer health awareness is driving research to minimize the oil content of products.
Júlia Silva Pereira dos Santos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The metabolic roots of senescence: mechanisms and opportunities for intervention

open access: yesNature Metabolism, 2021
Cellular senescence entails a permanent proliferative arrest, coupled to multiple phenotypic changes. Among these changes is the release of numerous biologically active molecules collectively known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype, or ...
Christopher D. Wiley, J. Campisi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ICP Materials: long-term studies at the Lahemaa monitoring station, Estonia; pp. 43–52 [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2015
The UNECE International Co-operative Programme on Effects on Materials, including Historic and Cultural Monuments (ICP Materials) is an ongoing research programme in the framework of which air pollution and the effect of climate on the corrosion and ...
Ott Roots
doaj   +1 more source

Farmer Perceptions Related to Potato Production and Late Blight Management in Two Communities in the Peruvian Andes

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Potato late blight (LB), caused by the oomycete, Phytophthora infestans, continues to be a major constraint of potato in the Andean region and worldwide.
Willmer Perez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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