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Partial Fertility Restoration as Affected by Night Temperature in a Season-dependent Male-sterile Mutant Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
(Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 2007-03-13)
This study was conducted to investigate the influence of night temperature on the restoration of fertility in a season-dependent male-sterile tomato mutant (T-4). Plants were grown in greenhouses, in which minimum and ...
Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) commercial hybrid lines.
(Journal of Tropical Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008)
Four commercial tropical maize genotypes (H627, H625, H513 and DLC1) were screened in vitro for callus initiation and plant regeneration from immature embryos. Callus was initiated on N6 medium supplemented with varying ...
Floral Genetics of African Nightshade (Solanum section Solanum)
(International Journal of Plant Developmental Biology, 2007-04-09)
Solanum section Solanum, centering on the species commonly known as African nightshade, and botanically known as the “Solanum nigrum complex” is composed of a large number of morphogenetically distinct taxa, with certain ...
Scaling up Production of Traditional Green Leafy Vegetables in Kenya: Perspectives on Water and Nitrogen Management
(Dynamic Soil, Dynamic Plant, 2007-08-25)
Traditional green leafy vegetables are promising alternative vegetable crops consumed in Kenya and other African countries. The crops whose consumption is on the increase include vegetable amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), African ...
A survey of intestinal helminths in domestic dogs in a human–animal–environmental interface: the Oloisukut Conservancy, Narok County, Kenya
(Journal of Helminthology, 2021)
Dogs living in a domestic–wildlife interface can serve as reservoirs and sentinels of parasites shared among humans, domestic animals and wildlife. In Kenya, the epidemiology of intestinal parasites of dogs and their role ...
Immunopotentiation of Pleurotus eryngii (DC. ex Fr.) Quel
(Elsevier, 2014)
Pleurotus eryngii (DC. ex Fr.) Quel has been collected from the wild, cultivated and used in traditional medicines to treat various disorders and diseases since antiquity. In traditional Chinese medicine, the powdered ...
Isolation and Testing the Cholesteral Reduction ability (in-vitro) of Lactococcus Lactis from Fermented smooth Pigweed (amaranthus hybridus) Leaves
(African Scholarly Science Communications Trust, 2011)
Probiotics are live microbial feed supplements, which positively affect the host animal by improving its intestinal microbial balance. Studies have shown probiotic activities of Lactococci isolated from dairy foods, which ...
The characteristics of the film assembled by caffeic acid-grafted-chitosan/polylactic acid and its effect on the postharvest quality of Agaricus bisporus
(Elsevier, 2022-02-14)
In this study, a new type of packaging film assembled by caffeic acid-grafted-chitosan/polylactic acid (CA-g-CS/PLA) was prepared, and its characteristics, migration properties and effect on the postharvest quality of ...
Effects of Aw Storage Condition on Quality Deterioration of Dried Cabbages
(Wiley, 2022-02-11)
Quality deterioration of dried vegetables often occurs during storage, and there is limited information about the quality and microbiota of dried cabbages during storage. In the present study, the appearance, physical and ...
Rethinking of botanical volatile organic compounds applied in food preservation: Challenges in acquisition, application, microbial inhibition and stimulation
(Elsevier, 2022)
Abstract
Background
With the rising demand of microbiologically and chemically safe food products, conventional chemical preservatives are gradually fading away from the interests of both researchers and consumers. Thus, ...