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Proteome Profiling of Cucurbita pepo Phyllosphere After Infection by Podosphaera xanthii and Application of Reynoutria sachalinensis Extract

Applied Sciences
Podosphaera xanthii is the main causal agent of powdery mildew (PM) disease for Cucurbita pepo. Disease control is attained principally by applications of chemical fungicides, along with parallel use of tolerant crop varieties and alternate application ...
Ioannis Theologidis, Manousos Makridakis, Aikaterini Termentzi, Eirini Baira, Jerome Zoidakis, Dimosthenis Kizis   +5 more
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Impact of Practice Change on Runoff Water Quality and Vegetable Yield—An On-Farm Case Study

Agriculture, 2017
Intensive agricultural practices in farming systems in eastern Australia have been identified as a contributor to the poor runoff water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
Gunasekhar Nachimuthu, Neil V. Halpin, Michael J. Bell   +2 more
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Physiological quality of zucchini seeds is positively affected by postharvest resting periods

Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas
This study evaluates zucchini, Cucurbita pepo, seed quality after postharvest resting periods. Zucchini fruits harvested 63 days after transplanting were maintained for 0, 3, 6, 9, or 12 days before seed extraction.
Ariel Santivañez Aguilar, Henrique Vasque, Estefânia Martins Bardiviesso, Andres Felipe Gaona Acevedo, Antonio Ismael Inácio Cardoso, Raira Andrade Pelvine, José Murillo de Oliveira Leis, Ernane Miranda Lemes   +7 more
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Effect of Salinity (NaCl) stress on germination and early seedling growth of three medicinal plant species

Advancements in Life Sciences, 2017
Background: Salinity stress negatively affects the growth and yield of plants. Due to the increasing demand for products derived from medicinal plants and with regard to the growing problems caused by salinity of arable lands, the use of salt-tolerant ...
Fatemeh Bina, Abdolamir Bostani
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the Cucurbita pepo L. (Cucurbitaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018
Cucurbita pepo is an important economic plant cultivated widely in the world. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of C. pepo is reported here. The genome is 157,343 bp in length and exhibits a typical quadripartite structure of the large (LSC, 87 ...
Chen Zhang, Qianglong Zhu, Shi Liu, Peng Gao, Zicheng Zhu, Xuezheng Wang, Feishi Luan   +6 more
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Activity of seaweed and cyanobacteria water extracts against Podosphaera xanthii on zucchini

Italian Journal of Mycology, 2016
The purpose of this research was to study the effects of water extracts of algae belonging to the phylum Rodophyta, Heterokontophya, Chlorophyta and of Cyanobacteria against Podosphaera xanthii on zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) cotyledons.
Roberta Roberti, Hillary Righini, Carolina Pérez Reyes   +2 more
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A brief investigation on the prospective of co-composted biochar as a fertilizer for Zucchini plants cultivated in arid sandy soil

Open Agriculture
Compost is commonly utilized to improve properties of infertile sandy soils, despite its high biodegradability which may increase greenhouse gases emissions.
Mohamed Ibrahim, Farid Ihab M., Siam Hanan S., Abbas Mohamed H. H., Tolba Mona, Mahmoud Safaa A., Abbas Hassan H., Abdelhafez Ahmed A., Elkelish Amr, Scopa Antonio, Drosos Marios, AbdelRahman Mohamed A. E., Bassouny Mohamed A.   +12 more
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Susceptibility of Yellow Squash and Zucchini Cultivars to the Sweetpotato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (MEAM1), in the Southeastern United States

Insects
The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) Middle East–Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1), causes significant losses to vegetable crops directly by sap-feeding, inducing plant physiological disorders, and elevating the build-up of sooty mold, and indirectly ...
George N. Mbata, Yinping Li, Sanower Warsi, Alvin M. Simmons   +3 more
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Drip irrigation system as a factor for drought mitigation in vegetable growing on sandy soils in the region of Bydgoszcz

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2003
The objective of this study was to show the possibilities for drought mitigation in vegetable plant growing on loose sandy soils in the region of Bydgoszcz with the use of drip irrigation system.
Stanisław Rolbiecki, Roman Rolbiecki, Czesław Rzekanowski, Jacek Żarski   +3 more
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A Polish Isolate of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus from Zucchini is Distinct from Other European Isolates

Plant Disease, 2007
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is a member of the Potyvirus genus in the Potyviridae family, the largest group of plant viruses. Different isolates of this virus have been found in infected cucurbits throughout the world, including localities in Europe, America, Australia, and Asia.
H, Pospieszny, B, Hasiów, N, Borodynko
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