Title : International experiences of the pandemic and the agri-food sector: Reconversion as an option
Edgar Omar Rueda Puente, University Of Sonora, Mexico
COVID-19 (coronavirus) plunges the world economy into the worst recession since World War II. As a result of severe distortions to domestic supply and demand, trade, and finance, economic activity in advanced economies is expected to contract by 7% in 2020. The world's agricu [....] » Read More
Title : Managing the conditions of the processes of vegetation of grain crops using NDVI
Pavlovskaya Ninel Efimovna, Orlov State Agricultural University, Russian Federation
Yield forecasting is an important tool for managing the production process and one of the mandatory elements of the precision farming system. Modeling of the effect of the current conditions on the vegetation of plants is realized by factor analysis of temperature, soil, climatic [....] » Read More
Title : Identification of tolerance traits in crops under climate change scenario
Vittoria Locato, Campus Bio-Medico of Rome University, Italy
Plants have continuously to cope with changing environmental conditions. In this context, soil salinization is a major environmental challenge reducing the yield of crops, which are mostly salt sensitive species. Soil salinization primarily depends on geological processes, such a [....] » Read More
Title : Screening of mung bean (Vigna radiata) genotypes for nutrient stress tolerance
Md Altaf Hossain, Soil Resource Development Institute, Bangladesh
Due to rapid growth and early maturity, mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) is adopted into multiple cropping systems in the drier and warmer climates of the lowland tropics and sub-tropics. Although mungbean has a number of advantages in terms of food value, production and crop manageme [....] » Read More
Title : Genotype x environment interactions and stability analysis for yield and sucros of some promising sugarcane clones
Ayman Mohamed Abd El Razek, Sugar Crops Research Institute, Egypt
Two field experiments were carried out at two locations, i.e. Shandweel Research Station (Sohag Governorate) and Kom Ombo Research Station (Aswan Governorate) for the two successive seasons 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 (two plant cane) to evaluate 7 sugarcane genotypes for the stabili [....] » Read More
Title : Polyploidy and adaptations to environmental stress: physiological, biochemical and genomic determinants of tolerance in citrus polyploid rootstocks
Marie Bonnin, University of Corsica, France
The Mediterranean basin is one of the main citrus production areas in the world. It ranks third behind China and Brazil. In the heart of the Mediterranean, Corsica is located at the northern limit of the citrus production area (40° North). It benefits from pedoclimatic condit [....] » Read More
Title : Mediator complex facilitates crosstalk between JA and auxin signalling to regulate thermomorphogenesis
Rekha Agrawal, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, India
Plants continuously monitor environmental conditions and adjust their growth and development accordingly. At mild increase in temperature (28°C), model plant Arabidopsis shows dramatic changes in its architecture. The transcriptional regulator PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 [....] » Read More
Title : Studies on gametophyte development and gametangial ontogemy of Drynaria mollis and pteris aspericaulis through in vitro spore culture
Himani Yadav, University of Delhi, India
This study evaluated the spore germination, gametophyte growth and differentiation and sex ontogeny of a terrestrial fern Pteris aspericaulis and an epiphytic fern Drynaria mollis. Both species are economically and medicinally important and occur in different ecological niche. Sp [....] » Read More
Title : Therapeutic use of Adhatoda vasica
Bammidi Ramesh, VIS, India
Adhatoda vasica Nees belonging to family Acanthaceae, commonly known as Adosa, is found many regions of India and throughout the world, with a multitude of uses in traditional Unani and Ayurvedic systems of medicine. It is also called Vasaka. It is a well-known herb in indigenous [....] » Read More
Title : Plant defense against virus diseases; growth hormones in highlights
Hassan Naveed, Leshan Normal University, China
Phytohormones are critical in various aspects of plant biology such as growth regulations and defense strategies against pathogens. Plant–virus interactions retard plant growth through rapid alterations in phytohormones and their signaling pathways. Recent research findings [....] » Read More
Title : Phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of Pistacia lentiscus fruit extracts during the ripening stages: Potential uses in the food industry
Djebbar Atmani, University of Bejaia, Algeria
The phenolic composition of Pistacia lentiscus fruits extracts at five different maturation stages were investigated for their phenolic composition, antioxidant capacity and enzyme-inhibitory potential against α-glucosidase and acetylcholine esterase activity. Optimization [....] » Read More
Title : Twenty-year change in the presence of Celastrus orbiculatus, an invasive liana, in a U.S. eastern hardwood forest following hurricane disturbance
Erik C Berg, University of Montana, United States
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet), an exotic and invasive liana, has proven to be an aggressive competitor of native forest vegetation in the Eastern United States. Bittersweet vines climb, choke, deform and sometimes kill standing native trees. Land management treatmen [....] » Read More
Title : Cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus species) by using different agriculture and other waste as a substrate
Rajeev Kumar , Lovely Professional University, India
Pleurotus species (Oyster Mushroom) is a very popular mushroom due to their stability of cap, stem and longer shelf life. Pleurotus sp. belongs to class Basidiomycetes and order Agaricales. Cultivation of oyster mushroom is a world-wide mainly in Asia, India, Europe, Africa and C [....] » Read More
Title : Microbial-based pesticides, an alternative approach in agricultural pest management
Mathias Twizeyimana, AgBiome, United States
Every year an estimated 10-16% of global food production is lost to agricultural pests despite tremendous improvement in management practices over the years. The intensive use of synthetic pesticides and its dependency in controlling crop pests pose a risk of pesticide resistance [....] » Read More
Title : Soil microbiome engineering to alleviate high salinity stress in wheat
Maria Batool, The University of Queensland, Australia
1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) is an ethylene precursor, whose concentration elevates in plants when they face biotic or abiotic stress. In crop production, the microbiome plays a very significant role in plant growth promotion (PGP) where some microbes in the natura [....] » Read More
Title : A bZIP transcription factor from Picrorhiza kurrooa modulates the expression of terpenoid biosynthesis genes in Nicotiana Benthamiana
Tanvi Sharma, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology , India
Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors are DNA-binding proteins which recognize the ACGT motif in the promoter region of genes and regulate their expression. bZIP TFs play significant roles in plant growth and development, defense, metabolic regulation and responses [....] » Read More