The giant genome of lily provides insights into the hybridization of cultivated lilies by Yuwei Liang, Qiang Gao, Fan Li, Yunpeng Du, Jian Wu, Wenqiang Pan, Shaokun Wang, Xiuhai Zhang, Mingfang Zhang, Xiaoming Song, Linlin Zhong, Fan Zhang, Yan Li, Zhiwei Wang, Danqing Li, Qing Duan, Shenchong Li, Chunlian Jin, Peihua Zhang, Yang Gu, Zhong-Hua Chen, Klaus F. X. Mayer, Xiaofan Zhou, Jihua Wang, Liangsheng Zhang

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Exploring agronomic diversity and disease tolerance in soybeans to combat Cowpea mild mottle virus by H. Kuswantoro, S. Zubaidah, E. Uge, K. Rozana, P. Purwantoro, J. Purnomo

“…The attributes that had the most significant impact were the amount of productive nodes, quantity of filled pods, and seed yield per plant. Plant height consistently showed a strong correlation with seed yield. …”
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Early Evaluation of Provenance and Progeny  Trial  Combination  of Araucaria Cunninghamii Age 12 Months in Bondowoso, East Java by Dedi Setiadi

“…A progeny test of Araucaria cunninghamii seedling seed orchard was established in 2008 in Bondowoso, East Java. …”
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Natural history of the hyperdominant tree, Pentaclethra macroloba (Willd.) Kuntze, in the Amazon River estuary by A. R. Dantas, C. C. Vasconcelos, M. C. Guedes, A. C. Lira-Guedes, M. T. F. Piedade

“…The seed predation rate was 5%, mainly caused by Carmenta surinamensis moth larva. …”
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Identification of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) Self-Incompatibility by Fan Wang, Feng-Jiao Zhang, Fa-Di Chen, Wei-Min Fang, Nian-Jun Teng

“…However, only 10 of them produced self-pollinated seeds, and their seed sets and compatible indexes were 0.03–56.50% and 0.04–87.50, respectively. …”
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A multiprotein regulatory module, MED16–MBR1&2, controls MED25 homeostasis during jasmonate signaling by Fangming Wu, Chuanlong Sun, Ziying Zhu, Lei Deng, Feifei Yu, Qi Xie, Chuanyou Li

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Can Superabsorbent Polymers Improve Plants Production in Arid Regions? by Mohsen Jahan, Mehdi Nassiri Mahallati

“…Dry matter response to superabsorbent application was slower compared with the seed yield response. The mean consumption of 83 kg ha−1 of superabsorbent for cereals increased seed yield by 15.2% on average. …”
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Evaluation of Yield and Physicochemical Quality of Pentadesma butyracea Butter Obtained by Different Traditional Extraction Methods in Ghana by Josephine Akuba Timtey, Francis Alemawor, William Otoo Ellis, Jacob K. Agbenorhevi, Nana Baah Pepra-Ameyaw

“…Pentadesma butyracea seed butter or fat (PBSB) is a vegetable fat extracted from the seeds of the P. butyracea plant. …”
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Multi-environmental traits selection and farmer's participatory assessment of mean performance and stability of orange-fleshed sweet potato genotypes in Benin by Idrissou Ahoudou, Nicodeme V. Fassinou Hotegni, Dêêdi E.O. Sogbohossou, Tania L.I. Akponikpè, Charlotte O.A. Adjé, Françoise Assogba Komlan, Ismail Moumouni-Moussa, Enoch G. Achigan-Dako

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Tomates y otras Verduras de Semilla: Practicas Seguras para Consumidores by Amy Simonne

“…FCS8738-Span, a 2-page factsheet by Amy Simonne, is the Spanish version of Tomatoes and other Seed-bearing Vegetables: Safe Handling Practices for Consumers (FCS8738). …”
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Tomates y otras Verduras de Semilla: Practicas Seguras para Consumidores by Amy Simonne

“…FCS8738-Span, a 2-page factsheet by Amy Simonne, is the Spanish version of Tomatoes and other Seed-bearing Vegetables: Safe Handling Practices for Consumers (FCS8738). …”
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Adoption Spells of Improved Potato Varieties by Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia: The Duration Approach by Sisay Lemessa, Molla Alemayehu, Megersa Daksa, Nigussie Dechassa

“…The regression analysis revealed that costs of inputs such as manure and compost, environmental and market factors such as drought, pest and disease outbreaks, price variability of potato seed, and quality of potato seed were found to be factors influencing adoption decisions of improved potato varieties by smallholder farmers.…”
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Ligustrum Weevil (suggested common name), Ochyromera ligustri Warner (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Tychiinae: Tychiini: Endaeina) by James P. Cuda, M. C. Zellar, Michael C. Thomas

“… A seed-attacking weevil was recently found attacking Chinese privet in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida (Cuda and Zeller 1998). …”
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Identification of cytoplasm types in accessions of the family Brassicaceae (Brassicaceae Burnett) with DNA markers by E. A. Domblides, A. S. Domblides, T. V. Zayachkovskaya, L. L. Bondareva

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FishPi: a bioinformatic prediction tool to link piRNA and transposable elements by Alice M. Godden, Benjamin Rix, Simone Immler

“…Through complementary seed region binding with transposable elements (TEs), piRNAs protect the genome from transposition. …”
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Path Coefficient, Genetic Divergent and Principal Component Analysis on Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) Genotypes in Sekota, North Western Ethiopia by Abebe Assefa, Dereje Mekonnen, Muluken Bantayehu

“…The number of days to maturity, plant height, number of pods per plant, number seeds per pod, seed yield, and harvest index were the traits that contributed most of the variation in the first PCs. …”
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New cultivars of vegetable cowpea (<i>Vigna unguiculata</i> (L.) Walp.) developed at VIR by M. V. Gurkina, M. O. Burlyaeva

“…The pod yield of ‘Pasta Grin’ is 24.68–25.84 t/ha, seed yield is 0.82–1.04 t/ha, protein content is 29.1% in pods and 23.6% in seeds. …”
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Ligustrum Weevil (suggested common name), Ochyromera ligustri Warner (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Tychiinae: Tychiini: Endaeina) by James P. Cuda, M. C. Zellar, Michael C. Thomas

“… A seed-attacking weevil was recently found attacking Chinese privet in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida (Cuda and Zeller 1998). …”
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Possible role of ARF and AP2 transcription factors in marine and terrestrial evolutionary adaptation of Rhizophoraceae plants unveiled by transcriptomic analysis by HongMei Qiao, DanDan Qin

“…To investigate the genetic foundations difference underlying the adaptive mechanisms of marine–terrestrial genera, we compared the transcriptome of eight tissues (root, stem, leaf, flower, ovule, fruit, seed and embryo) of Kandelia obovata and Carallia brachiata, and found that the mature reproductive organs (fruit, seed and embryo) of K. obovata did not reduce metabolic activity compared to C. brachiata. …”
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Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized from Solanum elaeagnifolium and their Effect Against Mealybugs Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley by Worood A. Gorge, Mohammed F. Abood

“…Accordingly, the study was conducted in 2023 to investigate the efficiency of the nano- extract of the seeds and leaves of the nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav loaded on magnesium, producing MgO nanoparticles and the regular alcoholic seed extract with a concentration of 5% on the relative efficiency of killing the first and third nymph instars as well as the adults of the mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, grown on moss rose seedlings. …”
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