Chongpei Zheng¹, Liangliang Li², Zhencheng Han², Weijie Li^2,*, Xiaopeng Wen^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.8, pp. 2399-2412, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.029891

Abstract

To explore how manganese affects the antioxidant system and the expression levels of related genes of “Hong yang” seedlings, the leaves of its tissue cultured seedlings were taken as test materials, and single factor treatment was performed by changing the manganese chloride (MnCl₂^.4H₂O) solution concentration when spraying the leaves. The expression levels of Mn-SOD, POD64 and POD27 genes in leaves were quantitatively analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) at different determination times. Meanwhile, the contents of malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), the activities of antioxidant enzymes, including catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD), and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The results showed… More >

Ankita Kundu¹, Abir Das¹, Sayan Pal¹, Arijit Ghosh¹, Malay Kumar Adak^1,*, Masayuki Fujita², Mirza Hasanuzzaman^3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.8, pp. 2283-2300, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.028178

Abstract The process of ripening involves physiological and biochemical events that become a concern during postharvest storage. We have documented different approaches for the preservation and maintenance of fruit quality during the postharvest period that are biocompatible and fully safe for consumption. Chemical residues that sustain sensory characteristics, such as color, flavor, aroma, and texture, are considered. In fruit ripening, both physical and chemical elicitors are described that regulate ethylene biosynthesis or its signaling for gene expression. The key regulatory enzymes, such as ACC synthase and ACC oxidase, for ethylene biosynthesis, are important for both climacteric and non-climacteric fruits. Anti-oxidizing genes… More >

Ida Bagus Alit, I Gede Bawa Susana^*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.17, pp. 1-7, 2021, DOI:10.5098/hmt.17.15

Abstract Rice husk is a cheap fuel source and it is abundantly available in Indonesia. The heat exchanger mechanism was used in other to, the dried material was not contaminated by the combustion gases. The drying system consists of three components which include the furnace, heat exchanger pipe, and drying chamber. The heat exchanger pipe connects the furnace with the drying chamber and transfers the heat generated from rice husk burning to the drying chamber. The drying chamber was the section for drying the jackfruit dodol. It consists of 4 shelves and is equipped with an exhaust fan. The results showed… More >

Bassam F. Alowaiesh^1,*, M. M. Gad², Mohamed Saleh M. Ali³

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.6, pp. 1813-1829, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.026950

Abstract Olive productivity should be improved through stimulating nutrition, particularly under poor fertility soils. Consequently, the objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of applying organic and bio-fertilizers on the physiological growth, yield and fruit quality of olive trees under newly reclaimed poor-fertility sandy soil in an arid environment. During a field experiment carried out at El-Qantara, North Sinai, Egypt over two consecutive seasons (2019–2020 and 2020–2021), olive Kalamata trees were evaluated under three organic fertilizer treatments alone or in combination with three bio-fertilizers treatments. Organic fertilizer was applied as goat manure (16.8 kg/tree/year), or olive pomace (8.5 kg/tree/year)… More >

Sri Hidayati^1,*, Eugenia Fonny Budiyanto¹, Hadi Saputra¹, Sutopo Hadi¹, Apri Heri Iswanto^2,3, Nissa Nurfajrin Solihat⁴, Petar Antov⁵, Lee Seng Hua^6,7, Widya Fatriasari^4,8, Mohd. Sapuan Salit⁹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.6, pp. 2865-2879, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.027579

Abstract Black liquor is obtained as a by-product of the pulping process, which is used to convert biomass into pulp by removing lignin, hemicelluloses and other extractives from wood to free cellulose fibers. Lignin represents a major constituent in black liquor, with quantities varying from 20% to 30%, of which a very low share is used for manufacturing value-added products, while the rest is mainly burned for energy purposes, thus underestimating its great potential as a raw material. Therefore, it is essential to establish new isolation and extraction methods to increase lignin valorization in the development of bio-based chemicals. The aim… More > Graphic Abstract

Hala J. Alshahrani¹, Khaled Tarmissi², Ayman Yafoz³, Abdullah Mohamed⁴, Abdelwahed Motwakel^5,*, Ishfaq Yaseen⁵, Amgad Atta Abdelmageed⁵, Mohammad Mahzari⁶

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 3139-3155, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.034841

Abstract Applied linguistics means a wide range of actions which include addressing a few language-based problems or solving some language-based concerns. Emails stay in the leading positions for business as well as personal use. This popularity grabs the interest of individuals with malevolent intentions—phishing and spam email assaults. Email filtering mechanisms were developed incessantly to follow unwanted, malicious content advancement to protect the end-users. But prevailing solutions were focused on phishing email filtering and spam and whereas email labelling and analysis were not fully advanced. Thus, this study provides a solution related to email message body text automatic classification into phishing… More >

Jameel M. Al-Khayri^1,*, Salha M. Alshamrani², Adel A. Rezk¹, Wael F. Shehata¹, Mustafa I. Almaghasla³, Tarek A. Shalaby^3,4, Ahmed M. Saad⁵, Fatmah A. Safhi⁶, Muhammad N. Sattar⁷, Arafat A. Abdel Latef⁸, Mahmoud Z. Sitohy⁵, Abdallah A. Hassanin^9,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.5, pp. 1493-1512, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.027375

Abstract Appropriate knowledge of the parental cultivars is a pre-requisite for a successful breeding program. This study characterized fruit yield, quality attributes, and molecular variations of ten tomato cultivars during three consecutive generations under greenhouse conditions. Peto 86, Castle Rock, and Red Star cultivars showed the highest fruit yield (kg/plant), total phenolic compounds (TPC), and sap acidity. Principal component analysis categorized the evaluated fruit yield into three groups based on their quality attributes. A robust positive correlation appeared among traits inside each group. A positive correlation was likewise noticed between the first and the second groups. However, a negative correlation was… More >

Samra Rehman¹, Muhammad Attique Khan¹, Majed Alhaisoni², Ammar Armghan³, Fayadh Alenezi³, Abdullah Alqahtani⁴, Khean Vesal⁵, Yunyoung Nam^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.1, pp. 1179-1194, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035324

Abstract Manual inspection of fruit diseases is a time-consuming and costly because it is based on naked-eye observation. The authors present computer vision techniques for detecting and classifying fruit leaf diseases. Examples of computer vision techniques are preprocessing original images for visualization of infected regions, feature extraction from raw or segmented images, feature fusion, feature selection, and classification. The following are the major challenges identified by researchers in the literature: (i) low-contrast infected regions extract irrelevant and redundant information, which misleads classification accuracy; (ii) irrelevant and redundant information may increase computational time and reduce the designed model’s accuracy. This paper proposed… More >

Tahsin Shoala¹, Basma H. Amin², Ismail A. S. Rashid³, Fayz A. Abdel-Rahman³, Mohamed E. Khalil³, Khamis Youssef^3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.4, pp. 1139-1152, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.026515

Abstract Production of peaches (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) for both local market and export is increasing each year in Egypt. Brown rot disease, caused by Monilinia laxa and Monilinia fructigena, is considered one of the most important postharvest rots affecting peaches in Egypt and economic losses are increasing. Antifungal activity of glycyrrhizic acid nanoparticles (GA-NPs) and glycyrrhizic acid (GA) at 0.2 and 0.4 mmol/L was investigated as a control for both these brown rot pathogens on peach fruits in both in vitro and in vivo studies. In the in vitro studies, GA-NPs were the most effective as shown by the ability… More >

Mufang Sun¹, Xinran Hui², Cuiling Tong³, Longyi Yuan², Dejian Zhang^1,2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.3, pp. 851-860, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.025147

Abstract To study the effect of exogenous selenium on fruit quality in walnut (Juglans regia L.), 8-year-old walnut (Qingxiang) was taken as the research object. In the fruit expansion stage, 300 mg/L of sodium selenate, yeast selenium and sodium selenite solutions were applied on the leaf of walnut, and the selenium levels in leaves, pericarp and kernel were determined at the ripening stage. The fruit quality, mineral nutrient content, antioxidant enzyme activity, and related genes’ expression were analyzed. The results showed that the three exogenous selenium increased the selenium levels in leaves, pericarp and kernel of walnut. They also significantly increased… More >