Chilli Thrips on Blueberries in Florida by Oscar E. Liburd, Babu R. Panthi, Douglas A. Phillips

“… Chilli thrips, (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood; Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is an economically important pest of vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops throughout Asia, Africa, Oceania, the Caribbean, and some parts of South America and is an invasive pest in several US states. …”
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Florida Cultivation Guide for Malabar Spinach by Yuheng Qiu, Guodong Liu

“… Malabar spinach (Basella spp.) is a nutritious vegetable in the family Basellaceae. Malabar spinach goes by many names, including Indian spinach, Ceylon spinach, vine spinach, and climbing spinach. …”
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Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) by Wayne N. Dixon, Thomas R. Fasulo

“… Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), the tarnished plant bug, attacks a wide variety of economically important herbaceous plants, vegetable crops, commercial flower plants, fruit trees, and nursery stock (Kelton 1975). …”
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Phytochemical Evaluation of Amaranthus Species. by Habiyaremye, Innocent

“…It is commonly eaten as sauce, vegetable salads for its rich vitamin content. In addition it has been used in management of some diseases. …”
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Determinants of Preeclampsia among Women Attending Delivery Services in Public Hospitals of Central Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile, Nega Assefa, Tadesse Alemayehu, Teklewoini Mariye, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Geberemeskel, Degena Bahrey, Guesh Mebrahtom, Biniyam Demisse, Hailemikael Gebrekidan, Tamirat Getachew

“…This study concludes that a family history of hypertension and preeclampsia; a history of diabetes mellitus and anemia; and a history of preeclampsia on prior pregnancy, primigravida, and drinking alcohol were found to be risk factors for preeclampsia. However, vegetable intake was found to be a protective factor for the development of preeclampsia.…”
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Rheological Properties of Dysphagia Food Purees Prepared according to IDDSI Framework by Zheng Wan, Yan Wang, Xiaodong Shi, Wen Hu, Yihan Zhao, Xinying Liu, Jiuming Yan, Yishu Lyu, Yu Xue, Linhua Zhou, Guoyuan Qiu, Xile Jiang

“…The viscosity values of vegetable-meat purees and vegetable-meat-rice purees at shear rates of 50 s−1 were from 0.62 to 1.77 Pa·s, 2.48 to 3.63 Pa·s, respectively. …”
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The effect of different energy sources on growth performance, abdominal fat depasition and fatty liver syndrome in broilers. ii. the effect on fatty liver syndrome by Şakir Doğan TUNCER, Reşat AŞTI, Behiç COŞKUN, Hüdaverdi ERER, Mehmet Ali TEKEŞ

“…By contrast, the lesser amounts of lipid infiltrations were observed in the liver paranchymal cells of the chickens fed the rations supplemented vegetable or animal fat.<p> As a result, because of the best effect on the reduction of fat level obtained with supplementing various levels of sunflower oil, it is sug&#8226; gestecl that the vegetable oil be used in broiler rations as an energy substitute of some part of corn. …”
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Spectroscopic and Thermooxidative Analysis of Organic Okra Oil and Seeds from Abelmoschus esculentus by Geórgia de Sousa Ferreira Soares, Vinicius de Morais Gomes, Anderson dos Reis Albuquerque, Manoel Barbosa Dantas, Raul Rosenhain, Antônio Gouveia de Souza, Darlene Camati Persunh, Carlos Alberto de Almeida Gadelha, Maria José de Carvalho Costa, Tatiane Santi Gadelha

“…With changes in human consumption from animal fats to vegetable oils, the search for seed types, often from unconventional vegetable sources has grown. …”
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Banana plant waste composting through microbial inoculation and its performance in spinach by Likhesh Kumar Verma, Kishan Kumar Raj, Dippal, Safina Ismail, Tapas Chowdhury, Ravindra Soni

“…Method: Banana plant waste and vegetable waste composting were evaluated through microbial inoculation with bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa AMBCD-1 and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) for about 45 days. …”
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Clustering of non-communicable disease risk factors among school teachers: A cross-sectional study in Kerala, India by Mini GK, Sangeeth KS, Anand Marthanda Pillai, Sarma PS, Thankappan KR

“…Among physically inactive participants, the most common co-occurring risk factor was overweight, followed by insufficient fruit and vegetable intake. For overweight participants, physical inactivity and insufficient fruit and vegetable consumption were prevalent. …”
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Food groups, macronutrient intake and objective measures of total carotenoids and fatty acids in 16-to-24-year-olds following different plant-based diets compared to an omnivorous... by Synne Groufh-Jacobsen, Christel Larsson, Isabelle Mulkerrins, Dagfinn Aune, Anine Christine Medin

“…<h4>Results</h4>Vegans reported the highest mean intake (g/d, g/MJ) of vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds and substitutes to dairy and meat (compared to all, p<0.001), fruit and berries (compared to omnivores, p = 0.004 and pescatarians, p = 0.007), and vegetable oil (compared to omnivores, p<0.001, pescatarians, p = 0.003 and flexitarians, p = 0.004) and vegetable products (compared to omnivores, p = 0.007). …”
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Managing Thrips and Tospoviruses in Tomato by Joe Funderburk, Josh Freeman, Scott Adkins, Sam Hutton, Philip Stansly, Hugh Smith, Gene McAvoy, Crystal Snodgrass, Mathews Paret, Norm Leppla

“…Several invasive species of thrips have established in Florida and are causing serious economic losses to vegetable, ornamental, and agronomic crops. Damage to crops results from thrips feeding and egg-laying injury, by the thrips vectoring of plant diseases, the cost of using control tactics, and the loss of pesticides due to resistance. …”
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MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SUSPENDED MOTOR SYSTEM by CHEN XiaoYun

“…Here,the mechanical analysis of the noise reduction plan of a kind of household vegetable spray system was investigated,the force balance equation was employed to deduce the relation between the suspension line deflection angle,the suspension line length,the moment of the resistance and other parameters,and the tension force of the suspension line was given; the methods and formulae of computing the spring stiffness coefficient and the weight were also obtained,an example was given to illustrate the variations of the moment of resistance and the spring stiffness coefficient to the suspension line deflection angle respectively,and the numerical iteration method was employed to compute the suspension line deflection angle with known moment of resistance,the results showed the feasibility of the method. …”
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Application of Surfactants in Commercial Crop Production for Water and Nutrient Management in Sandy Soil by Guodong Liu, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Gene McAvoy, Ben Hogue, Crystal A. Snodgrass

“…This 6-page fact sheet provides an overview of surfactants and how they may be used to better manage water and nutrients in sandy soils for vegetable and fruit production. Written by Guodong Liu, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Gene McAvoy, Ben Hogue, and Crystal A. …”
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"Elephant's Foot," a Basal Stem Disorder in Greenhouse-Grown Bell Peppers by Elio Jovicich, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“… Under certain conditions, vegetable greenhouse crops can develop physiological disorders that predispose plants to diseases that decrease plant growth, fruit yield, and fruit quality. …”
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Effect of variety and nutrient on insect pest infestation of <i>Amaranthus spp</i> by ABO Ogedegbe, AE Ezeh

“…Amaranthus species is one of the plants often considered as the most important green leaf vegetable in Nigeria and other countries. Its production has been plagued with an array of factors including incidence of insect pest. …”
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Agriculture urbaine comme réponse au chômage à Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo by Dieudonné E. Musibono, E.M. Biey, M. Kisangala, C.I. Nsimanda, B.A. Munzundu, V. Kekolemba, J.J Palus

“…The site selection is posing problem and vegetable growers are now exploiting free spaces along roads with intensive motorized traffic which negatively impacts the product quality.…”
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New Plants for Florida: Sweet Corn by Brian Scully, Richard L. Jones, Mary Duryea, Berry J. Treat

“… Today, the sweet corn industry is one of the most robust vegetable industries in Florida, and nationally, sweet corn is ranked second in consumption after tomato. …”
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Biology and Management of Pusley (Richardia L.) in Tomato, Pepper, Cucurbit, and Strawberry Production by Shaun M. Sharpe, N. S. Boyd, Chris Marble, Shawn Steed

“… Four species of pusley (Richardia L.) are widespread and common weeds in Florida vegetable and strawberry production. We refer to the native plant Richardia scabra L. as Florida pusley. …”
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Le paysage au service de la biodiversité dans la ville durable by Alban Bourcier

“…2010 was International Biodiversity Year and it is therefore logical to observe that it is no longer acceptable to say that the weakening of animal and vegetable diversity has nothing to do with human activity. …”
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