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Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture, 2018 The objective of this study was to evaluate seed characteristics of sponge gourd, to establish a core collection of sponge gourd with the germplasm collected throughout the Hatay region.
Kazım MAVİ +3 more
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Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture, 2021 Luffa cylindrica also known as sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa is an annual cucurbit vine native South Asia. In India, China, Japan and Vietnam the crop is cultivated on large areas, being a plant with multipurpose uses. Since 1962 at
Ion GHERASE +4 more
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Antioxidant Enzymes and Antimicrobial Activities in Sponge Gourds [PDF]
Horticultural Science and Technology, 2014 Luffa cylindrica Roem (sponge gourd) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and has been cultivated as an ornamental plant in Korea. Recently, its cultivation area has been increased with an increase in demand for it as an ingredient in cosmetics, herbal medicines, and health supplements.
Hee Ju Lee +5 more
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Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 2021 Geminiviruses infect many crop plants, and are limiting factors for vegetable crop production. Begomoviruses (Geminiviridae) cause typical symptoms of leaf curling and puckering in nightshade (Solanum nigrum), a seasonal weed in Bihar, India.
Mohammad Ansar +6 more
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Tropical Agricultural Research, 2015 Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roem (Sponge gourd, Niyan wetakolu) is an emerging high potential crop in Asia. In Sri Lanka, it is considered as an underutilized vegetable.
M.W.K.P. Silva +2 more
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Tropical Agricultural Research, 2012 Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roem (Sponge gourd, Niyan wetakolu) is an emerging high potential crop in Asia. In Sri Lanka, it is considered as an underutilized vegetable.
MWKP Silva, RHG Ranil, RM Fonseka
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Pseudoperonospora cubensis Causing Downy Mildew on Luffa aegyptiaca in Korea [PDF]
Research in Plant DiseaseIn November 2021, sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca) plants with typical downy mildew symptom were observed in Korea. Based on morphological characteristics of sporangiophores and sporangia, combined with molecular phylogenetic analysis of the internal ...
Dong Jae Lee, Young-Joon Choi
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Molecules, 2023 Water contaminated with heavy metals constitutes an important threat. This threat is a real problem with a negative impact in some developing countries where untreated industrial effluents are used for irrigation.
Kiran Aftab +9 more
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CHARACTERIZATION OF SPONGE-GOURD RESIDUE PRETREATED BY MECHANICAL DISC REFINING
Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 2021 The present works describes the effect produced by mechanical disc refining in the pretreatment of lignocellulose agro-industrial waste, using scraps of sponge gourd. Two batches of sponge gourd scraps were refined in a laboratory disc refiner, at a consistence of 2.9 wt% (fiber/water) and residence time of 2 and 4 min.
THIAGO R. CORREIA +6 more
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Caryologia, 2018 AbstractInformation about chromosomal characteristics is helpful to geneticists and plant breeders in crop improvement programmes. The karyomorphological analysis of six commercially cultivated edible species of Cucurbitaceae, namely Luffa cylindrica, L.
Md. Mabud Alam +2 more
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