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Carotenoids and antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of the impact of heavy metals in food chain [PDF]

, 2016
Antioxidant enzymes (catalase and peroxidase) and carotenoids (lutein and â-carotene) are often used as biomarkers of metal contamination of water and agricultural soils.
Andrianos, Vangelis, Lamprou, Dimitra, Proestos, Charalampos, Stasinos, Sotiris, Stoikou, Vasiliki, Tsikrika, Konstantina, Zabetakis, Ioannis   +6 more
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Stimulatory Effect of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles on the Growth and Yield of Pseudostellaria heterophylla via Improved Photosynthetic Performance

HortScience, 2021
Nanomaterials have recently been used as growth stimulants to promote the production of crops in saline-alkali through root application. However, if applied through leaves, little is known about the effect of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) on the root growth ...
Jiaxin Li, Yingli Ma, Yinfeng Xie
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Effect of Photoperiod on Dry Matter Accumulation and Partitioning in Potato

Agriculture
To explore the effect of the photoperiod on the accumulation and distribution of dry matter in potato, a pot experiment was carried out in 2021 and 2022 with two varieties (Atlantic and Hezuo 88).
Liwei Wen, Meilian Meng, Kunyu Liu, Qionglin Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Youjun Chen, Hongwei Liang   +6 more
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Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.) Response to Type and Rate of Ammonium and Nitrate Sources as Nitrogen Fertilizer

Majallah-i ḥifāẓat-i giyāhān, 2016
Introduction: Crop nutritional management is one of the most important components of integrated weed management which maintains crop yield and reduces weeds performance over time.
Nosratollah Karimi Arpnahy, S. Vahid Eslami   +1 more
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Red and Blue Light-Emitting Diodes Significantly Improve in vitro Tuberization of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Journal of Horticultural Research, 2021
The tuberization phenomenon in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a highly synchronized morphophysiological process occurring on the underground stolons under the influence of various intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
Pundir Robin Kumar, Pathak Abhishek, Upadhyaya Devanshi Chandel, Muthusamy Annamalai, Upadhyaya Chandrama Prakash   +4 more
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Evaluating the Effect of Onion (Allium cepa L.) Sowing Methods on Growth Characteristics of Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.) under Different Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer

Majallah-i ḥifāẓat-i giyāhān, 2017
Introduction: Increasing crop competitive ability is an important part of integrated weed management (IWM). In this regard, identifying weeds reaction to soil fertility status for developing fertilizing methods, as components of IWM programs, is a ...
Nosratollah Karimi Arpnahy, Seyed Vahid Eslami, Sohrab Mahmoodi, Sayyari Mohammad Hasan   +3 more
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Organic fertilizers mineralization and their effect on the potato 'Solanum tuberosum' performance in organic farming

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 2022
Nitrogen resulting from the mineralization of organic fertilizers is of great importance in organic farming and depends greatly on the type of fertilizer used.
Ahmed Harraq, Kenza Sadiki, Mohamed Bourioug, Rachid Bouabid   +3 more
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Growing Potatoes in the Alaska Garden [PDF]

, 1984
Potatoes are a great crop for Alaska gardens because they are easy to grow and have a high yield per square foot. This publication includes tips on planting, growing, harvesting and storing potatoes as well as suggestions for cooking and preparing them ...
Smeenk, Jeff
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Somatic Embryogenesis and Indirect In Vitro Plant Regeneration in Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch by One-Step Seedling Formation

Horticulturae, 2021
Konjac (Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch) is a well-known tuberous vegetable belonging to the important medicinal family Araceae, and the plant grows from an underground tuber.
Dandan Li, Mohammad Aqa Mohammadi, Yuan Qin, Zongshen Zhang   +3 more
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Transcriptomic analysis of Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.) variants indicates brassinosteroid involvement in tuber development

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
Dioscorea is an important but underutilized genus of flowering plants that grows predominantly in tropical and subtropical regions. Several species, known as yam, develop large underground tubers and aerial bulbils that are used as food. The Chinese yam (
Jenny Riekötter, Jana Oklestkova, Jost Muth, Richard M. Twyman, Janina Epping   +4 more
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