Linking fire behaviour and its ecological effects to plant traits, using FRaME in R by Philip Zylstra

“…FRaME modelling predicted ecological effects such as the breaking of seed dormancy, scorch and the girdling of different tree strata, consistent with observed effects and providing insights into treatment efficacy that were not captured by existing assumptions. …”
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Valoriser les produits du palmier doum pour gérer durablement le système agroforestier d’une vallée sahélienne du Niger et éviter sa désertification by Régis Peltier, Claudine Serre Duhem, Aboubacar Ichaou

“…The general degradation of the Sahelian environment and his desertification, on account of climate uncertainties and increase of anthropic pressure, allows to fear an overexploitation of the doum palm-tree which would lead to the disappearance of adult seed trees, then to sprout exhaustion and disappearance of young seedlings. …”
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Role of cytokines and nitric oxide in the induction of tuberculostatic macrophage functions by Vera L. Petricevich, Rosely C. B. Alves

“…Bacilli prepared from the same BCG primary seed, but produced in different culture media, were analysed with respect to the ability to stimulate macrophages and the susceptibility to treatment with cytokines and nitric oxide (NO). …”
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Electrophoretic patterns of gliadin as markers of genotypes in the analysis of the durum wheat landrace Kubanka by T. I. Peneva, O. A. Lyapunova

“…For the first time, molecular markers were used to differentiate among 38 accessions of the local durum wheat variety known under the name of “Kubanka”, collected and placed into the VIR collection in the 1910–1940s, and five accessions from the seed genebanks of the USA and Canada. Electrophoretic patterns of gliadin were used as markers of genotypes within the polymorphic cultivar. …”
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Tunable Ultraviolet Pulse Generation from a High-Power Self-Similar-Amplification Yb-Fiber Laser by Zefeng Wang, Daping Luo, Gehui Xie, Zejiang Deng, Chenglin Gu, Wenxue Li

“…The ultraviolet spectra can be tuned within a spectral range of 253.6 to 275 nm owing to the broadband infrared seed spectra. The maximum ultraviolet average power of 1.44 W was achieved at 275 nm with spectral half-width and an infrared-to-ultraviolet efficiency of 1.1 nm and 2.44%, respectively. …”
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Integrative physiological, biochemical, and proteomic analysis of the leaves of two cotton genotypes under heat stress. by Asia Perveen, Sheheryar Sheheryar, Fiaz Ahmad, Ghazala Mustafa, Arlindo Alencar Moura, Francisco A P Campos, Gilberto B Domont, Umar Nishan, Riaz Ullah, Mohamed A Ibrahim, Fábio C S Nogueira, Mohibullah Shah

“….), a crucial global fibre and oil seed crop faces diverse biotic and abiotic stresses. …”
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STUDY ON THE PROPAGATION OF Actinidia latifolia AND Actinidia deliciosa IN LAM DONG PROVINCE, VIETNAM by Le Hong En, Hoang Thanh Truong, Nguyen Thanh Nguyen

“…This study assesses the effect of three plant growth regulators (NAA, IBA, and IAA) on the root formation of Actinidia latifolia cuttings. At the same time, seed germination and the effect of various soil and coir mixtures on the growth of kiwifruit seedlings were tested in the nursery. …”
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Natural Modulators of Endosomal Toll-Like Receptor-Mediated Psoriatic Skin Inflammation by Chao-Yang Lai, Yu-Wen Su, Kuo-I Lin, Li-Chung Hsu, Tsung-Hsien Chuang

“…Recent studies demonstrated that natural compounds derived from plants, fungi, and bacteria, including mustard seed, Antrodia cinnamomea extract, curcumin, resveratrol, thiostrepton, azithromycin, and andrographolide, inhibited psoriasis-like inflammation induced by the TLR7 agonist imiquimod in animal models. …”
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The person-based approach to intervention development: A scoping review of methods and applications by Lydia Holt, Sarah Denford, Hannah Bowers, Paula Kuberka, Ingrid Muller, Richard Amlôt, Lucy Yardley

“…Methods A search for intervention development papers published between 2015 and 2023 using forward citation searches was undertaken in Scopus, using two seed articles. Results are presented using frequency counts, and qualitative data were summarised using content analysis. …”
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Evaluation of Adaptive Measures of Climate Change on the Income of Rural Farmers in Tarshiz Plain by Hamid Mohammadi, Sanaz Hedayat Shishvan

“…It is recommended to use low-irrigation methods, improved and high-yield seed technologies in terms of drought resistance and protection of pasture cover (no grazing of livestock in the rangeland). …”
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An efficient medical data encryption scheme using selective shuffling and inter-intra pixel diffusion IoT-enabled secure E-healthcare framework by Dhivya Ravichandran, W. Sylvia Lilly Jebarani, Hemalatha Mahalingam, Padmapriya Velupillai Meikandan, Padmapriya Pravinkumar, Rengarajan Amirtharajan

“…Finally, the intra and inter-pixel diffusion is carried out using bit permutation and bit-wise XOR operation to create a highly random cipher image. The initial seed for inter-pixel diffusion is obtained from the hash of intra-pixel diffused images to resist chosen plain text and cipher text attacks. …”
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Age based evaluation of nut aspiration risk by Jill N. D’Souza, Taher S. Valika, Bharat Bhushan, Jonathan B. Ida

“…Abstract Objective To identify an age at which initiation of whole nut into the pediatric diet could be considered safe, by evaluating the age distribution of children undergoing bronchoscopy with removal of nut or seed material from the airway. Method A retrospective chart review over a ten-year period identifying children age 0–18 that have undergone bronchoscopy with retrieval of airway foreign bodies. …”
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Nomenclatural standards of oat (<i>Avena sativa</i> L.) cultivars released by the Research Institute of Agriculture for the Northern Trans-Ural Region by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, N. V. Lebedeva, I. V. Varganova

“…All plants of each cultivar were grown for the herbarium from a single seed sample. Each herbarium sheet contains an entire plant in the milk-ripeness stage, mature spikes, and grains samples.Results and conclusion. …”
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Insects Induced Mango Fruit Rot: Unraveling the Culprits by Sivagami Subramaniam, Noor Aisyah Md Noordin, Noor Azrizal-Wahid, Nur Ain Izzati Mohd Zainudin

“…This paper summarizes mango fruit rot disease caused by insects groups such as fruit borers (Autocharis albizonalis and Citripestis eutraphera), fruit flies (Bactrocera dorsalis), and mango seed weevils (Sternochetus mangiferae). This review will provide information about fruit rot diseases on mangoes caused by insects, the mechanism of infection, the interaction between insect damage and fungal infections, effective control methods, and related integrated pest management approaches.…”
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Agro-Morphological Characterization and Estimation of Genetic Parameters of Spring Maize Hybrids in the Inner Plains of Far-West Nepal by Prachi Bista, Sandesh Thapa, Sara Rawal, Deependra Dhakal, Darbin Joshi

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Peculiar Evolutionary History of miR390-Guided TAS3-Like Genes in Land Plants by Maria S. Krasnikova, Denis V. Goryunov, Alexey V. Troitsky, Andrey G. Solovyev, Lydmila V. Ozerova, Sergey Y. Morozov

“…The presented analysis shows that moss TAS3 families may undergone losses of tasiAP2 sites during evolution toward ferns and seed plants. These data confirm that miR390-guided genes coding for ARF- and AP2-specific ta-siRNAs have been gradually changed during land plant evolution.…”
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Influence of permafrost microorganisms on morphophysiological indicators of spring wheat by A. M. Subbotin, M. V. Narushko, N. A. Bome, S. A. Petrov, V. A. Malchevskiy, M. A. Gabdullin

“…These indicators are germination energy, laboratory seed germination, length and wet weight of roots and shoots of seedlings, as well as the length of coleoptile and number of chlorophylls a, b and carotenoid in the pigment extract from the plant material. …”
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Mobilization, conservation and study of cultivated and wild potato genetic resources by S. D. Kiru, E. V. Rogozina

“…The genebanks of potato and other crops have three highly important tasks such as permanent replenishment of collection material, ensuring its preservation by various storage and maintaining methods, including seed and vegetative propagation, its all-round use in basic and applied research, as well as the improvement of the efficiency of agricultural production. …”
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Avanços e aplicações da biotecnologia no agronegócio: uma análise da produção científica by César da Silva Robusti, Milton Carlos Farina

“…It was found that Biotechnology is a transversal theme that covers more technical areas, with a mix of topics such as nanotechnology, genetic engineering, regulatory issues, risks and positive and negative impacts, innovation, forms of seed reproduction, sustainability and green applications. …”
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Bioactivity of Nonedible Parts of Punica granatum L.: A Potential Source of Functional Ingredients by Nawraj Rummun, Jhoti Somanah, Srishti Ramsaha, Theeshan Bahorun, Vidushi S. Neergheen-Bhujun

“…This prompted a comparative study to determine the bioefficacy of the flower, peel, leaf, stem, and seed extracts of the Mauritian P. granatum. The flower and peel extracts resulting from organic solvent extraction exhibited strong antioxidant activities which correlated with the high levels of total phenolics, flavonoids, and proanthocyanidins. …”
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