Faiz Ali Shah¹, Muhammad Attique Khan², Muhammad Sharif¹, Usman Tariq³, Aimal Khan⁴, Seifedine Kadry⁵, Orawit Thinnukool^6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 1491-1507, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019490 - 07 September 2021

Abstract Fruit diseases seriously affect the production of the agricultural sector, which builds financial pressure on the country's economy. The manual inspection of fruit diseases is a chaotic process that is both time and cost-consuming since it involves an accurate manual inspection by an expert. Hence, it is essential that an automated computerised approach is developed to recognise fruit diseases based on leaf images. According to the literature, many automated methods have been developed for the recognition of fruit diseases at the early stage. However, these techniques still face some challenges, such as the similar symptoms… More >

M. A. El Safty^1,*, Samirah Al Zahrani¹, M. K. El-Bably², M. El Sayed³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 267-285, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019345 - 07 September 2021

Abstract In this paper, we present a proposed method for generating a soft rough approximation as a modification and generalization of Zhaowen et al. approach. Comparisons were obtained between our approach and the previous study and also. Eventually, an application on Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been presented, illustrated using our proposed concept, and some influencing results for symptoms of Coronavirus patients have been deduced. Moreover, following these concepts, we construct an algorithm and apply it to a decision-making problem to demonstrate the applicability of our proposed approach. Finally, a proposed approach that competes with others has been More >

Javaria Amin¹, Muhammad Almas Anjum², Muhammad Sharif³, Seifedine Kadry⁴, Yunyoung Nam^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 619-635, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018562 - 07 September 2021

Abstract As they have nutritional, therapeutic, so values, plants were regarded as important and they’re the main source of humankind’s energy supply. Plant pathogens will affect its leaves at a certain time during crop cultivation, leading to substantial harm to crop productivity & economic selling price. In the agriculture industry, the identification of fungal diseases plays a vital role. However, it requires immense labor, greater planning time, and extensive knowledge of plant pathogens. Computerized approaches are developed and tested by different researchers to classify plant disease identification, and that in many cases they have also had… More >

Haiwang Yue¹, Jianwei Wei¹, Junliang Xie¹, Shuping Chen¹, Haicheng Peng¹, Hongmei Cao², Junzhou Bu^1,*, Xuwen Jiang^3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.1, pp. 57-81, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.017308 - 16 August 2021

Abstract Facing the trend of increasing population, how to increase maize grain yield is a very important issue to ensure food security. In this study, 28 nationally approved maize hybrids were evaluated across 24 different climatic conditions for two consecutive years (2018–2019). The purpose of this study was to select high-yield with stable genotypes and identify important agronomic traits for maize breeding program improvement. The results of this study showed that the genotype ╳ environment interaction effects of the 12 evaluated agronomic traits was highly significant (P < 0.001). We introduced a novel multi-trait genotype-ideotype distance index… More >

Shafiul Islam, Lutful Hassan, Mohammad Anwar Hossain

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.1, pp. 97-114, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.017251 - 16 August 2021

Abstract Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is called ‘the poor man’s orange’ due to its low price and improved nutritional values. An experiment was conducted to study the breeding potential of some exotic tomato lines by assessing various qualitative and quantitative traits conferring yield and quality attributes. Among the qualitative traits, greater variability was observed for growth type, stem hairiness, and fruit shape and size. A determinate growth habit was observed in the genotype AVTO9802 while the genotype AVTO0102 produced yellow color fruits. A significant (p ≤ 0.01) variation was also observed for the studied quantitative traits. Based on… More >

Laura Raquel Orozco-Meléndez¹, Ofelia Adriana Hernández-Rodríguez¹, Oscar Cruz-Álvarez¹, Loreto Robles-Hernández¹, Graciela Dolores Ávila-Quezada¹, Esteban Sánchez Chavez², Damián Aarón Porras-Flores¹, Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda-Barrios^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.1, pp. 1-12, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.016908 - 16 August 2021

Abstract There are documentary records referring to paclobutrazol (PBZ) as a growth bioregulator that inhibits the gibberellin synthesis and its application increases yields in fruit and vegetable crop productions. Its agronomic management includes it as an emerging technology to reduce vigour, promote flower induction and flower development in fruit trees with increased economic returns. Its use is banned in some countries because of concerns about residues that can cause harmful effects on the environment. Therefore, the aim of this article was to collect, analyse and summarise relevant information on the use of PBZ in fruit tree… More >

Yuanyuan Liu, Zhen Li, Lie Xu, Qiang Fu^*, Yongjian Wang

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.1, pp. 115-128, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.015395 - 16 August 2021

Abstract A key scientific challenge relating to the threat of invasive plants on agriculture at the region level is to understand their adaptation and evolution in functional traits. Leaf functional traits, related to growth and resource utilization, might lead to adaptation of invasive plants to the geographical barriers (region or elevation). In the field experiment, we discussed the effects of region and elevation on leaf functional traits on invasive plant Erigeron annuus in farmland habitats in China. We compared leaf size, coefficient of variation (CV) of leaf traits, and fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of E. annuus from three regions… More >

RAFAT SABA^*, MOHD. KASHIF AZIZ, GHULAM MUSTAFA, ARPIT SRIVASTAVA, SHEKHAR SRIVASTAVA^*

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.1-2, pp. 153-166, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.1-2.12

Abstract We have synthesized Schiff’s base of Fe₃ O₄ @chitosan with 4,4'-diselenobisbenzaldehyde (Fe₃O₄ @CSSe) composite and used it as acatalyst for the oxidation of sulfides, having some advantageous properties such as eco-friendly, cost-effective and highly efficient magnetic biocatalyst of selenium. The synthesized schiff’s base was characterized by different physical characterization techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM)and Dynamic light scattering (DLS). Further, we used the resulting schiff’s base as a catalyst in the presence of a green oxidant (H₂ O₂ ) to oxidize sulfides to corresponding sulfoxides at room temperature. It More >

ABDUL KALAM AZAD¹, ARVIND GUPTA³, LAKSHMI UNNIKRISHNAN^2,3,*, SMITA MOHANTY³， SANJAY KUMAR NAYAK^2,3

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.1-2, pp. 121-136, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.1-2.10

Abstract Proton conducting hydrophilic channels were created successfully in poly (ether ether ketone) (PEEK) by means of step by step modification followed by the optimization of sulfonation process (SPEEK70, DS=68.57%). Although highly sulfonated PEEK has excellent proton conductivity, it lacks in mechanical stability due to low swelling degree. Therefore, a potential method has been proposed in this work by integrating poly (sulfone) and nanosilica (SiO₂ ) into SPEEK matrix. SPEEK 70 (S) was utilized to prepare blended nanocomposite membranes for further enhancement of hydrophilic channels. The blended nanocomposite membranes are, SPEEK/SiO₂ as SNS, SPEEK blended with poly More >

SHALINI RUKHAYA^*, NEELAM M. ROSE, SAROJ YADAV

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 179-190, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.1

Abstract The present study was conducted to develop aroma wool fabric using microencapsulated vetiver essential oil without deteriorating the fabric properties. SEM analysis of the treated wool fabric depicted adhesion of numerous microcapsules of spherical shape and FTIR analysis indicated presence of different functional groups on the fabric. The aroma treatment improved most of the tested physical properties of wool fabric. Aroma treated fabric displayed good antimoth efficacy in terms of weight reduction (7.57%) and moth mortality (40%). Treated wool fabric also exhibited antibacterial activity with 63.45 and 61.37 percent reduction in bacterial growth against S. More >