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Insights into membrane-bound fatty acid desaturase genes in tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.), an oil-rich tuber plant in Cyperaceae

BMC Plant Biology
Background Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.), an oil-rich tuber plant of the Cyperaceae family, is typical for the naturally high content of oleic acid. However, to date, genes contributing to oil composition have not been well characterized.
Zhi Zou, Xiaowen Fu, Chunqiang Li, Jiaquan Huang, Yongguo Zhao   +4 more
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Identification of the Oleosin Genes and Functional Analysis of CeOle4 Gene in Cyperus esculentus L.

Horticulturae
Tiger nut is the tuber of the perennial herbaceous plant Cyperus esculentus L., whose unique underground tubers are not only the main reproductive organ but also an important oil storage site.
Yuanyuan Dong, Yuling Cui, Yijin Wang, Shiyu Luan, Xinyi Liu, Qi Yang, Weican Liu, Xiaowei Li, Nan Wang, Fawei Wang, Lei Gu, Ping Xue   +11 more
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Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum – the Causal Agent of Calla Soft Rot in Serbia and Montenegro [PDF]

Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2009
Bacterial strains were isolated from above- and underground parts of diseased calla plants originating from different localities in Serbia and one locality in Montenegro.
Milan Ivanović, Katarina Gašić, Veljko Gavrilović, Aleksa Obradović   +3 more
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Arsenic (As) Contamination in Different Food and Dietary Samples from Several Districts of Bangladesh and Arsenic (As) Detection, Mitigation and Toxicity Measurement and impact of Dietary Arsenic Exposure on Human Health [PDF]

Archives of Pharmacy Practice, 2010
Objective: To determine the level of arsenic concentration in vegetables and other food categories in three selected areas of Pabna district and to estimate quantitatively the dietary arsenic exposure in one of the arsenic contaminated areas of ...
M A Awal, M Farhan Imtiaz 1, Mohammad Kawsar Sharif *, Munny Das, Satabdi Dey Lopa, ATM Omar Farooq, Manzur Sharif   +2 more
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RNA-Seq and RT-qPCR Analysis of the Formation Process from Potato Stolons to Tubers and Functional Study of StLSH10 in Tuberization

Horticulturae
The potato tuber is a metamorphic organ formed by the expansion of the underground stolon tip. It is an economically important organ and an excellent material for studying the occurrence and development of modified plant organs.
Rong Li, Yihan Zhao, Yifan Zhou, Cheng Sun, Chunna Lv, Jian Wang, Fang Wang   +6 more
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Ethnobotanical survey of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Bench ethnic group, Bench Maji Zone, Ethiopia

Растениевъдни науки, 2017
Taro is belongs to Araceae family, herbaceous plants grown in moist habitat as staple food in southern and southwest parts of Ethiopia. It produces underground corm/tubers or aerial leaves.
Belachew Garedew, Aklilu Ayiza
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Plant-level prediction of potato yield using machine learning and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multispectral imagery

Discover Applied Sciences
This study presents a new method for predicting the underground yield of potato at the plant level, using two key approaches: (1) identifying the critical variables for yield prediction based on plant height and vegetation index (VI) maps derived from ...
Kenichi Tatsumi, Tamano Usami
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Underground Storage of <em>Tacca involucrate</em> Tubers

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 2016
A.O. Raji, S.A. Ahemen
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Comparative Nutritional and Phytochemical Evaluation of the Aerial and Underground Tubers of Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) Available in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2015
A Celestine, O David
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Comparative Analysis of Components and Biological Activities in Different Parts of <i>Gastrodia elata</i> Blume. [PDF]

Metabolites
Zhang Y, Zhang H, Meng X, Zhang Y, Wang D, Chen J.   +5 more
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