Investigating a hybrid mixed population leads to recognizing a new species of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) by Tito Abbo, Morgan A. Stickrod, Alexander Krohn, V. Thomas Parker, Michael C. Vasey, William Waycott, Amy Litt

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DFMA: an improved DeepLabv3+ based on FasterNet, multi-receptive field, and attention mechanism for high-throughput phenotyping of seedlings by Liangquan Jia, Tao Wang, Xiangge Li, Lu Gao, Qiangguo Yu, Xincheng Zhang, Shanlin Ma

“…Measuring seedling length is a key criterion for assessing seed viability, but traditional ruler-based methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive. …”
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Transparent OLED displays for selective bidirectional viewing using ZnO/Yb:Ag cathode with highly smooth and low-barrier surface by Eun-young Choi, Sung-Cheon Kang, Kanghoon Kim, Su-Hyeon Lee, Jeong-Beom Kim, Jang-Kun Song

“…This cathode employs a combination of seed layer and metal doping techniques to achieve a highly uniform surface morphology and a low surface energy barrier. …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR ESTIMATING LEAF AREA OF APRICOT AND JUJUBE PLANTS BASED ON LEAF LENGTH AND WIDTH by M. E. A. Al-Hadethi, F. S. H. Al-Marsoumi

“…As for the jujube plants, results showed that R2 values were between 0.618 and 0.954 for the Basrah and Baghdad seed cultivars, while the MSE values were between 0.615 and 8.610 for the Mallasi and Tuffahy cultivars, respectively. …”
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Response of Mung Bean Varieties (Vigna radiata L.) to Application Rates and Methods of Blended NPS Fertilizer at Humbo by Fekadu Mekonen Mota, Dereje Shanka Balla, Mesfin Bibiso Doda

“…Application methods affected yield and thousand-seed weight. Two-way interaction of NPS rates with varieties significantly influenced plant height and pod plant−1. …”
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Transcriptional regulation of suberin and its response to the environment by ZHOU Yue, AN Yongping, MA Rong, WANG Pei

“…[Objective] Suberin is a polyester type biopolymer that specifically deposits in tissues such as the endodermis, periderm, seed coat, and wound epidermis of plants. Acting as a barrier between the plants and their environment, suberin controls the transport of water and solutes, protecting plants from environmental stresses and pathogenic invasion. …”
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Postharvest Handling Practices and Perception of Potato Safety among Potato Traders in Nairobi, Kenya by Consolata Nolega Musita, Michael Wandayi Okoth, George Ooko Abong’

“…Greening, sprouting, or bruised potatoes were mostly sold as seed, sold to restaurants and French fries vendors, or sold to consumers at a lower price. …”
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The Impact of Daily Light Integral from Artificial Lighting on Tomato Seedling Cultivation in Plant Factory by Minggui Zhang, Jiawei Cui, Jun Ju, Youzhi Hu, Xiaojuan Liu, Rui He, Jiali Song, Yanwu Huang, Houcheng Liu

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The differential impacts of team diversity as variability versus atypicality on team effectiveness by Neelam Modi, Alina Lungeanu, Leslie DeChurch, Noshir Contractor

“…To do so, we examined the proposal submissions of all variable and atypical teams within a competitive seed grant program over six years. We assessed short-term performance based on funding outcomes following a three-stage review process and long-term viability based on team members’ tendency to collaborate more in the future. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ knowledge on management of Cinchona in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Bezawit Mekonnen, Landry Cizungu, Julio Alegre, Haben Blondeel, Emiel De Lombaerde, Hans Verbeeck, Luc Duchateau, Eddie Schrevens, Kris Verheyen, Pascal Boeckx, Pieter De Frenne

“…Key results – Most Cinchona trees are grown at elevations between 1588 and 1627 m a.s.l. and most farmers preferred growing C. calisaya in a monoculture cultivation system, with in vivo propagation, and their own seed sources. Cassava was the dominant crop as previous cultivation and as a crop grown together with Cinchona. …”
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Total Phenolic, Anthocyanin, Catechins, DPPH Radical Scavenging Activity, and Toxicity of Lepisanthes alata (Blume) Leenh by Tuty Anggraini, Syafni Wilma, Daimon Syukri, Fauzan Azima

“…The purpose of this research was to determine the total phenolic, total monomeric anthocyanin, catechin, epicatechin and epigallocatechin gallate content, DPPH radical scavenging activity, and toxicity in rind, flesh, seed, and whole fruit of L. alata. This research was conducted using an exploratory method with four analyses; samples from six parts of the plant were analyzed for polyphenols (rind, fruit pulp, seeds, whole fruit, bark, and leaves), four for anthocyanins (rind, fruit pulp, seeds, and whole fruit), and six parts of the plant for DPPH radical scavenging activity in water, methanol, and ethanol (rind, fruit pulp, seeds, whole fruit, bark, and leaves) and toxicity. …”
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Bone Marrow-Derived, Neural-Like Cells Have the Characteristics of Neurons to Protect the Peripheral Nerve in Microenvironment by Shi-lei Guo, Zhi-ying Zhang, Yan Xu, Yun-xia Zhi, Chang-jie Han, Yu-hao Zhou, Fang Liu, Hai-yan Lin, Chuan-sen Zhang

“…In this study, bone marrow-derived neural-like cells were used as seed cells. The cells were injected into the distal end of severed rabbit peripheral nerves that were no longer integrated with the central nervous system. …”
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Self-Organized Crystallization Patterns from Evaporating Droplets of Common Wheat Grain Leakages as a Potential Tool for Quality Analysis by Maria Olga Kokornaczyk, Giovanni Dinelli, Ilaria Marotti, Stefano Benedettelli, Daniele Nani, Lucietta Betti

“…This observation suggests a correlation between the wheat seed quality and droplet evaporation patterns.…”
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The protective effect of coadministration of coenzyme Q10 and vitamin E on myopathy induced by simvastatin in rats by Omar Ammar Hashim, Intesar Tarik Numan, Nadia Hameed Mohammed

“…All rats (n = 49) received 80 mg/kg/day of simvastatin to induce myopathy for 30 days, the study includes 7 groups (n = 7): negative control, CMC and cotton seed oils vehicles, simvastatin induction, CoQ10, vitamin E and combination of vitamin E and CoQ10 groups; rats in the intervention groups received either 100 mg/kg CoQ10 or 40 mg/kg vitamin E or their combination once daily orally for 30 days. …”
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Appropriate amount of modified corn flour improves the structural and physicochemical properties of wheat dough by Mengdi Song, Zhiqiang Fan, Zhan Liang, Shihong Wang, Xing Zhang, Youqiang Pei, Haiyan Gao, Jie Zeng

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Ecological and biological features of Gentiana septemfida in the south of Western Siberia by Alexey S. Prokopyev, Tatjana N. Kataeva, Mikhail S. Yamburov

“…In nature, G. septemfida reproduces by seeds. However, in some areas seed productivity significantly reduced due to annual damage of fruits by insect pests. …”
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Inheritance of protein markers in the succession of generations of interspecific hybrids of cotton by Sh. Yunuskhanov, Z. Abdurazakova

“…The electrophoretic protein composition of cotton seed samples remained unchanged until the tenth generation of hybrids, but in the tenth generation, some heterozygous plants gave offspring, the seeds of which lacked protein with an electrophoretic mobility of 0.70. …”
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Efficacy of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Oil vis-a-vis Other Standard Drugs for Management of Gastric Ulceration and Erosions in Dogs by Richa Dogra, S. P. Tyagi, Amit Kumar

“…Animals of groups I, II, III, IV, and V were treated with oral administration of lansoprazole @ 1.5 mg/kg, sucralfate @ 1 g/animal, misoprostol @ 10 µg/kg, famotidine @ 1 mg/kg, and Seabuckthorn seed oil @ 5 mL/animal, twice a day, respectively. …”
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Plant height measurement using UAV-based aerial RGB and LiDAR images in soybean by Lalit Pun Magar, Jeremy Sandifer, Deepak Khatri, Sudip Poudel, Suraj KC, Buddhi Gyawali, Maheteme Gebremedhin, Anuj Chiluwal

“…We found that the LiDAR sensor had a better performance (R2 = 0.83) than the RGB camera (R2 = 0.53) when compared with ground reference height during pod growth and seed filling stages. However, RGB showed more reliability in estimating plant height at physiological maturity when the LiDAR could not capture an accurate plant height measurement. …”
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Maintenance of inflorescence size variability within common buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i> Moench) cultivars of various origin: the phenomenon and its possible causes by A. N. Fesenko, I. N. Fesenko, O. V. Biryukova

“…., partial floret clusters (PFCs). The number of mature seeds in the entire inflorescence and various PFCs was also counted. …”
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