Effect of Irrigation System, Planting Density and Potassium Silicate Spraying on the Growth and Quality of Tomato by Athraa Hussein Hadi, Abdulraheem Assi Obaid

“…Planting density at a distance of 60 cm produced the highest values in TSS 3.73; fruit hardness 3.590 kg cm2 -1 , β-carotene 2.41mg, while planting at 40 cm showed superiority in lycopene pigment 2.034 mg. …”
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Assess the level of farmers' awareness regarding climate changes and its impacts on agriculture in Sétif province (north-east Algeria) by Nasri Samir, Belabbas Messaoud, Bouzid Hamza

“…Still, the vegetable and fruit crops reporting negative impacts living organisms are experiencing imbalances in natural biodiversity. …”
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Association between wide-ranging food intake and Parkinson’s disease: a comprehensive mendelian randomization study by Yana Su, Yulei Hao, Wanhui Dong, Ruqing Qiu, Ying Zhang

“…Utilizing data from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and dietary databases, we constructed genetic instruments for various dietary factors, including fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, dairy, and grain intake, among others, totaling 170 different food items. …”
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Activity of gemmogenesis in regenerated plants of hazelnut cv. ‘Akademyk Yablokov’ and antibiotic therapy for elimination of bacterial contamination <i>in vitro</i> by T. A. Krasinskaya

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Improving Storability of Strawberries with Gaseous Chlorine Dioxide in Perforated Clamshell Packaging by Chiabrando Valentina, Giuggioli Nicole, Maghenzani Marco, Peano Cristiana, Giacalone Giovanna

“…During the short storage time (3 days at 4°C + 2 days at 20°C) fruit treated with ClO2 maintained better quality parameters, as color, titratable acidity, total soluble solids, anthocyanins, antioxidant capacity and lower values of weight loss. …”
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Use of Cashew Apple Pomace Powder in Pasta Making: Effects of Powder Ratio on the Product Quality by Thi Phuong Trang Nguyen, Thi Thu Tra Tran, Nu Minh Nguyet Ton, Van Viet Man Le

“…The production of cashew apple juice generates fruit pomace which is rich in dietary fiber and phenolic compounds and shows high antioxidant capacity. …”
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Diet Composition and Feeding Strategies of the Stone Marten (Martes foina) in a Typical Mediterranean Ecosystem by Dimitrios E. Bakaloudis, Christos G. Vlachos, Malamati A. Papakosta, Vasileios A. Bontzorlos, Evangelos N. Chatzinikos

“…In those seasons it switched to more clumped food types such as fruits and insects. In winter it selectively exploited both adult and larvae insects and partially fruits overwinter on plants. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Rosa roxburghii Tratt Polyphenol-Sodium Alginate-Soy Protein Isolate Nanocomposites and Their Antioxidant Activity by Han LIU, Xiaoyan LIU, Yinping GUO, Xingyan MU, Zihui SHI

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Consumer acceptance of protein beverage ingredients: Less is more by D. Rovai, M.E. Watson, D.M. Barbano, M.A. Drake

“…Natural sweeteners (agave, monk fruit, cane sugar) were the most appealing sweeteners. …”
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Transcriptome sequencing reveals jasmonate playing a key role in ALA-induced osmotic stress tolerance in strawberry by Yan Zhong, Xin Wei, Jianting Zhang, Liangju Wang

“…Abstract Background Strawberry (Fragaria × annanasa Duch.) is an important economic fruit worldwide, whose growth and development are often hindered by water deficiency. 5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a natural plant growth regulator, has been suggested to mitigate the osmotic damages by promoting root water absorption, osmotic adjustment, photosynthetic capacity, and antioxidant improvement. …”
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SLFCNet: an ultra-lightweight and efficient strawberry feature classification network by Wenchao Xu, Yangxu Wang, Jiahao Yang

“…Methods In this study, we have developed a lightweight model capable of real-time detection and classification of strawberry fruit, named the Strawberry Lightweight Feature Classify Network (SLFCNet). …”
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Application of Infrared Spectroscopy for Functional Compounds Evaluation in Olive Oil: A Current Snapshot by Sarfaraz Ahmed Mahesar, Massimo Lucarini, Alessandra Durazzo, Antonello Santini, Anja I. Lampe, Johannes Kiefer

“…Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from the fruit of Olea europaea, a plant belonging to the Oleaceae family, which is widely cultivated and diffused in the Mediterranean area. …”
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Biochar-compost mixture as amendment for improvement of polybag-growing media and oil palm seedlings at main nursery stage by Rovica Radin, Rosenani Abu Bakar, Che Fauziah Ishak, Siti Hajar Ahmad, Lim Chin Tsong

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) biochar and compost incorporation as amendment in polybag medium for oil palm seedlings growth at the nursery stage. …”
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Supervised machine learning and genotype by trait biplot as promising approaches for selection of phytochemically enriched Rhus coriaria genotypes by Hamid Hatami Maleki, Reza Darvishzadeh, Ahmad Alijanpour, Yousef Seyfari

“…In this study, 5 wild populations of sumac were investigated. Fruits of 75 sumac genotypes (15 genotype per population) were analyzed using HPLC-LC/MS-MS method. …”
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Optimization of Cross-Linked Cassava Starch Coating Formulation by Response Surface Methodology and Its Preservation Effects on ‘Shatangju’ Mandarin by Chunli Deng, Oksana Melnyk, Guanli Li, Xiaochun Li, Yanghe Luo

“…The coating treatment effectively slowed down the decline of firmness during storage for 20 days at room temperature, reduced the decay rate (by 111.73%) and weight loss rate (by 43.40%), and inhibited the postharvest respiration (by 42.06%) of fruit. The soluble solid content, titratable acidity and ascorbic acid content of the coated ‘Shatangju’ mandarins were higher 1.32 times, 1.55 times, and 1.52 times, respectively, compared with the corresponding indexes of the control fruits. …”
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Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Saponin Extracts from Different Parts of Argania spinosa L. Skeels by Yousra El Idrissi, Youssef Elouafy, Hamza El Moudden, Najoua Mghazli, Chakir El Guezzane, Adil El Yadini, Hicham Harhar, Abdelkader Zarrouk, Khang Wen Goh, Long Chiau Ming, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Mohammed Tabyaoui

“…The argan tree is a versatile forest tree (silviculture-fruit-forestry) of great importance for the country both in biological, phytogenetic and ecological biodiversity as well as in economic and social aspects. …”
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Impact of Seasonal Atmospheric Factors and Photoperiod on Floral Biology, Plant–Pollinator Interactions, and Plant Reproduction on <i>Turnera ulmifolia</i> L. (Passifloraceae) by Ujjwal Layek, Nandita Das, Arabinda Samanta, Prakash Karmakar

“…Effective pollinators were <i>Amegilla zonata</i>, <i>Borbo cinnara</i>, <i>Halictus acrocephalus</i>, <i>Nomia</i> (<i>Curvinomia</i>) <i>strigata</i>, and <i>Tetragonula iridipennis</i>. The fruit set (%) did not differ significantly season-wise, but the seed set remained higher in the hot days of summer than in cold winter. …”
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Is It Scaly Anteater or Bat A Real Origin of The 2019-Novel CoV: A Probable Hypothesis? by Salar Ali, Taib Hama-Soor, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Salvatore Dimonte, Francesco Greco

“…Whereas, the 2019nCoV is less closely related to coronavirses isolated from Rousettus bat (fruit bat) and MERS coronaviruses isolated from camel because they are gathered in the same clade only in two of the four studied proteins, nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S). …”
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Nutritional assessment of adolescents: A cross-sectional study from public schools of North India. by Sandeep Kaur, Rajesh Kumar, Manmeet Kaur

“…Additionally, 90% had low fruit intake, and 83% had low vegetable intake. The adolescents were deficient in several macro and micronutrients, including energy, fats, fibre, iron, zinc, iodine, riboflavin, and vitamins B-6 and B-12. …”
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Phillyrin ameliorates DSS-induced colitis in mice via modulating the gut microbiota and inhibiting the NF-κB/MLCK pathway by Tong Li, Guiqiu Hu, Shoupeng Fu, Di Qin, Zheyu Song

“…ABSTRACT Phillyrin (PHY), also known as forsythin, is an active constituent isolated from the fruit of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (Oleaceae). …”
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