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Fruits and vegetables quality evaluation using computer vision: A review

Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences, 2021
In agriculture science, automation increases the quality, economic growth and productivity of the country. The export market and quality evaluation are affected by assorting of fruits and vegetables.
Anuja Bhargava, A. Bansal
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Cruciferous Vegetables and Their Bioactive Metabolites: from Prevention to Novel Therapies of Colorectal Cancer

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2022
The Brassicaceae family, known as cruciferous vegetables, includes many economically important species, mainly edible oil plants, vegetable species, spice plants, and feed plants.
D. Ağagündüz, Teslime Özge Şahin, Birsen Yılmaz, Kübra Damla Ekenci, Şehriban Duyar Özer, R. Capasso   +5 more
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Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population.

Environmental Research, 2020
Microplastics (MPs) represent a current public health concern since toxicity has not yet fully investigated. They were found in several foods, but to the best of our knowledge, at this time no data was reported for the edible vegetables and fruits.
G. Oliveri Conti, M. Ferrante, M. Banni, Claudia Favara, I. Nicolosi, A. Cristaldi, M. Fiore, P. Zuccarello   +7 more
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Levels of heavy metals in soil and vegetables and associated health risks in Mojo area, Ethiopia

PLoS ONE, 2020
Health implications to the population due to the consumption of contaminated vegetables has been a great concern all over the world. In this study, the levels of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Zn, Fe, Pb, As, Mn, Cu, Hg, Ni and Co) in soil and commonly consumed ...
Hailu Reta Gebeyehu, Leta Danno Bayissa
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Comparative chloroplast genome analyses of cultivated spinach and two wild progenitors shed light on the phylogenetic relationships and variation

Scientific Reports, 2022
Spinacia is a genus of important leafy vegetable crops worldwide and includes cultivated Spinacia oleracea and two wild progenitors, Spinacia turkestanica and Spinacia tetrandra.
Hongbing She, Zhiyuan Liu, Zhaosheng Xu, Helong Zhang, Feng Cheng, Jian Wu, Xiaowu Wang, Wei Qian   +7 more
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Unravelling the Genetic Architecture of Rust Resistance in the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Combining QTL-Seq and GWAS Analysis

Plants, 2022
The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important legume crop directly used for human consumption worldwide. Bean rust, caused by Uromyces appendiculatus, is a devastating disease and usually causes severe loss of seed yield and pod quality ...
Xinyi Wu, Baogen Wang, Yan Xin, Ying Wang, Shuo Tian, Jian Wang, Xiaohua Wu, Zhongfu Lu, Xinjiang Qi, Liming Xu, Guojing Li   +10 more
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Impacts of allopolyploidization and structural variation on intraspecific diversification in Brassica rapa

Genome Biology, 2021
Background Despite the prevalence and recurrence of polyploidization in the speciation of flowering plants, its impacts on crop intraspecific genome diversification are largely unknown.
Xu Cai, Lichun Chang, Tingting Zhang, Haixu Chen, Lei Zhang, Runmao Lin, Jianli Liang, Jian Wu, Michael Freeling, Xiaowu Wang   +9 more
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Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of the MLO gene family sheds light on powdery mildew resistance in Lagenaria siceraria

Heliyon, 2023
MLO (mildew locus O) genes play a vital role in plant disease defense system, especially powdery mildew (PM). Lagenaria siceraria is a distinct Cucurbitaceae crop, and PM is one of the most serious diseases threatening crop production and quality ...
Jian Wang, Xiaohua Wu, Ying Wang, Xinyi Wu, Baogen Wang, Zhongfu Lu, Guojing Li   +6 more
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Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today's World

International Journal of Microbiology, 2020
Microbes are found all over the globe with some few exceptions, including sterilized surfaces. They include normal flora that is nonpathogenic, which contribute to the larger percentage, and pathogenic species which are few.
G. I. Balali, D. Yar, Vera Gobe Afua Dela, Priscilla Adjei-Kusi   +3 more
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A comparative analysis of small RNA sequencing data in tubers of purple potato and its red mutant reveals small RNA regulation in anthocyanin biosynthesis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Anthocyanins are a group of natural pigments acting as stress protectants induced by biotic/abiotic stress in plants. Although the metabolic pathway of anthocyanin has been studied in potato, the roles of miRNAs on the metabolic pathway remain unclear ...
Fang Liu, Peng Zhao, Guangxia Chen, Yongqiang Wang, Yuanjun Yang   +4 more
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