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Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović, Pamela Owusu Osei, Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Issiake Konate, Jelena Popović‐Đorđević   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil physical properties under different soil managements for the cultivation of sweet potato

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014
This study aimed to assess the impact of tillage systems on physical properties of an Alfissol type soil and on the growth of sweet potato tuberous roots. To assess the soil physical properties, an experiment was conducted in randomized blocks design, in
Amarílis Beraldo Rós, João Tavares Filho, Graziela Moraes de Cesare Barbosa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza, Ibtissem Taghouti, José María Gil Roig   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of exogenous abscisic acid regulation on tuberous root development in Pseudostellaria heterophylla

Frontiers in Nutrition
Abscisic acid (ABA) significantly regulates plant growth and development, promoting tuberous root formation in various plants. However, the molecular mechanisms of ABA in the tuberous root development of Pseudostellaria heterophylla are not yet fully ...
Chongmin Wang, Jiaotong Yang, Qi Pan, Panpan Zhu, Jun Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yacon production at different planting seasons and growing environments

Bioscience Journal, 2019
Yacon is a functional food with great potential for horticultural exploitation and its cultivation demands the generation of agronomic information. To address these needs, this study was performed to evaluate the production of yacon planted in different
Diego Mathias Natal da Silva, Fábio Luiz de Oliveira, Mateus Augusto Lima Quaresma, Wellington Abeldt Erlacher, Tiago Pacheco Mendes   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro, Jan Börner, Silke Hüttel, Katja Kowalski, Patrick Hostert, Krisztina Kis‐Katos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptome profiling of sweetpotato tuberous roots during low temperature storage

, 2017
Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is a globally important root crop with high industrial value. However, because sweetpotato tuberous roots undergo chilling injuries that negatively affect their quality at temperatures below 10？°C, postharvest ...
Sang-Soo Kwak, Chang Yoon Ji, Sang Soo Kwak, Jae Cheol Jeong, L Kang, W H Chung, Ho Soo Kim, Won-Hyong Chung, Won Yong Jung, Le Kang   +9 more
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Isolation, Identification, and Diversity Analysis of Endophytic Fungi from Sweetpotato. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Endophytic fungi contribute substantially to plant health, yet the diversity, community composition, and tissue distribution of culturable fungal endophytes in sweetpotato remain poorly characterized.
Wang SX, Wang SX, Li J, Zhang XX, Xu HH, Huang LF.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Palatability of geophyte underground storage organs partially explains their depth in the Cape Floristic Region, geophyte capital of the world

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The soil depth of underground storage organs (USOs) of geophytes involves cost–benefit trade‐offs and may relate to USO age, size, and disturbances such as fire and herbivory. Yet determinants of USO depth are poorly studied. We posit that belowground mammalian predation of USOs is a selective force for the positive relationship ...
Tineke Kraaij, Elzanne Singels, Félix Forest, Karen J. Esler, Richard M. Cowling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source