43 articles in this issue
Hartwig Schulz
Dear colleagues, it is an honor to invite you to participate in the 2nd International Plant Spectroscopy Conference (IPSC-2019) which will be held in Berlin, Germany, March 25-28, 2019 (http://ipsc-2019.julius-kuehn.de/) The conference brings to... see more
Júlia Gomes Farias, Frescura V. D., Boligon A. A., Trapp K. C., Andriolo J. L., Tedesco S. B., Bernardy K., Schwalbert R., Del Frari B. K., Carey M., Nicoloso F. T.
Recent studies have implicated dietary factors in the cause and prevention of important diseases, with strong evidence that plant’s compounds can protect against these diseases. Moreover, food security and environmental contamination are topics in focus a... see more
Magdalena Maszewska, Anna Florowska, Katarzyna Matysiak, Katarzyna Marciniak-Lukasiak, Elzbieta Dluzewska
Palm oil is characterized by high oxidation stability, high smoke point, low foam making properties, limited penetration into the product, what makes it ideal for processes requiring thermal treatment such as frying. The aim of the study was to investigat... see more
Yu Dong, Huanhuan Zhi
This study was to determine whether postharvest H2S fumigation effects surface pitting development of ‘Lapins’ and ‘Regina’ cherries after cold storage, and if so, how H2S takes participate in minimizing pitting injury and its relation to cell wall metabo... see more
Jin-Ge Zhao, Yu-Qing Zhang
Mulberry leaves have been widely used to produce various health products. In this paper, an efficient procedure of ultrasound-assisted hydroalcohol-acid extraction (UAHAE) was established to estimate the total flavonoids content in mulberry leaves by quan... see more
Maria Dinu, Rodica Soare, Cristina Babeanu, Gheorghita Hoza
Two cultivars of sweet potatoes, Pumpkin and Chestnut, were planted in the didactic field of the Faculty of Horticulture, Craiova, and biochemical determinations were carried out from the blades and petioles of the leaves. This study highlights the antiox... see more
Sonja Duletic-Lauševic, Ana Zoran Alimpic, Stoimir Kolarevic, Branka Vukovic-Gacic, Mariana Oalde, Jelena Živkovic, Katarina Šavikin, Petar D. Marin
The aim of this study was to examine chemical composition, as well as antineurodegenerative, antioxidant and antibacterial activity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Origanum majorana L. (Lamiaceae) originating from Serbia, Greece, Egypt and Libya. Tot... see more
Dariusz Kulus
Tomato is one of the most popular vegetable crops. However, over time, the species has suffered a strong genetic diversity reduction and domestication bottlenecking. This growing trend is known as the genetic erosion. The human intervention on the genetic... see more
Hicham el Ferouali, Ahmed Zoukit, Fatiha Benkhalti, Naima Zehhar, Hafida Bouamama, Said Doubabi, Naji Abdenouri
Punica granatum Legrelliae is a valuable medicinal plant that is widely planted in Morocco. The equilibrium moisture content was investigated. Peleg model was found the most suitable to describe the sorption phenomenon. The drying kinetic of Punica granat... see more
Gabriela López-Angulo, Julio Montes-Avila, Sylvia Páz Díaz-Camacho, Rito Vega-Aviña, José Ángel López-Valenzuela, Francisco Delgado-Vargas
Echeveria species (Crassulaceae) are used in traditional medicine and some of their biological activities are demonstrated (e.g. antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer). However, their chemical composition has been scarcely studied. The methanol ext... see more
Xiamin Cao, Yongtao Wang, Xiaojun Liao, Xiaosong Hu
The physico-chemical and bio-chemical compositions of Hongyan, Tiangxiang, Tongzi ? and Zhangji strawberries inChinawere analyzed. Their values were pH 3.42~3.73, titration acidity 0.63~0.79%, total soluble sugars 5.26~8.95 g/100 gfresh weight (FW), ascor... see more
Limin Xiang, Shunshun Pan, Xingfei Lai, Lingli Sun, Zhigang Li, Qiuhua Li, Yahui Huang, Shili Sun
The extraction conditions of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) from Jinxuan summer green tea and antitumor activity against human gastric cancer SGC-7901 cells of the green tea extracts were investigated. On the basis of a single factor experiment, Box-Be... see more
Yanqun Li, Dexin Kong, Hui-ling Liang, Hong Wu
Light can affect the yields of alkaloid and essential oil in the synthesis of secondary metabolites directly or indirectly through plant growth. Despite Mahonia breviracema being an endemic medicinal species in China, research on the influence of light on... see more
Kamila Pachnowska, Ireneusz Ochmian
The aim of this study was to evaluate nutrient contents and heavy metals of the leaves and berries of vine cultivar ‘Regent’ grafted on different rootstocks (‘Couderc 161-49’, ‘Sori’, ‘Kober 125AA’, ‘Börner’ and ‘Kober 5BB’) in comparison to control (‘Reg... see more
Xiaoli Jia, Jianghua Ye, Haibin Wang, Li Li, Feiquan Wang, Qi Zhang, Jiebo Chen, Xinyu Zheng, Haibin He
Free amino acid compositions in Wuyi Rock Tea leaves from Yu (authentic rock region), Guiyan (semi-authentic rock region) and Qishan (ordinary region) tea plantations were analyzed. Results showed that contents of 18 free amino acids were 1.6-2.0 times hi... see more
Uzair Muhammad, Tariq Nawaz Khattak, Hazir Rahman, MK Daud, Waheed Murad, Azizullah Azizullah
The use of synthetic pesticides to control pests and increase crops yield is a common practice, but they cause several environmental and health problems. Therefore, there is a need to explore alternative approaches to reduce the sole dependence on synthet... see more
Naida Juarez-Trujillo, Juan Luis Monribot-Villanueva, Víctor Manuel Jiménez-Fernández, Rosaelena Suárez-Montaño, Ángel Sahid Aguilar-Colorado, José Antonio Guerrero-Analco, Maribel Jiménez
Flowers of the Izote (Yucca elephantipes) are traditionally consumed in different dishes in the Mexican cuisine. Although the use of the flowers in Salvador, Guatemala and México is quite popular, there are no scientific reports of their physicochemical p... see more
M. Ramírez-Ramos, K. Medina-Dzul, R. García-Mateos, J. Corrales-García, C. Ybarra-Moncada, A.M. Castillo-González
In Mexico, there are 50 recorded varieties of the prickly pear fruit. National production covers only the white-pulp fruit, but other red varieties have export potential; however, their nutraceutical properties are unknown. The pulp and peel (underutilize... see more
Paulina Moshibudi Mabapa, Kwabena Kingsley Ayisi, Irvine Kwaramba Mariga
The study on Moringa oleifera was conducted over twelve months during 2014-2015 to evaluate the impact of the growing season and varying planting densities on biomass yield and physiological at-tributes under dryland conditions. Trial was established at d... see more
Mohammadreza Asghari, Rana Rezaei-Rad
Enhancing the nutritional quality of fruits using safe and environmental friendly methods has become of the most important targets in modern fruit production systems. Brassinosteroids, a new group of phytohormones with positive roles on human health, have... see more
Nadine Meitinger, Wolfgang Kreis
A quick assay to determine the total glucosinolate content of fresh horseradish roots in less than 10 minutes is described. The method involves the following steps: 1. Maceration of horseradish root with 4% phosphoric acid to avoid enzymatic degradation o... see more
Chemeda Abedeta Garbaba, Lemlem Gurmu Denboba, Esayas Mendesil, Fikre Lemessa Ocho, Oliver Hensel
Maize plays a key role in household food security in Ethiopia, but its benefit has been limited with high post-harvest losses. This study was initiated to assess post-harvest practices and associated fungi pathogen epidemiology along the maize supply chai... see more
Davood Samsampour, Fatemeh Sadeghi, Mohammad Asadi, Atiye Ebrahimzadeh
Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) under salt stress can cause oxidative damage. Nitric oxide (NO) is considered as a functional molecule in alleviating the oxidative damage of salinity to plants through modulating antioxidant metabolism. In the ... see more
Júlia Gomes Farias, Sibila T. Nunes, Darlene Sausen, Matheus A.G. Nunes, Franciele A. Neis, Leonardo C. Garlet, Pedro A.A. Nunes, Valderi L. Dressler, Maria R.C. Schetinger, Liana V. Rossato, Eduardo Girotto, Gustavo Brunetto, Fernando T. Nicoloso
Areas with a history of cupric fungicide application accumulate copper (Cu), which may be toxic to plants and might result in food chain contamination. This work aimed to study the effects of Cu contaminated vineyard soils (2.2, 5, 36.3, 67, 95.7, 270.5 a... see more
Runmei Gao, Xiaodong Shi, Zilong Ma, Yong Li, Jinming Wen
Dioscorea nipponica Makino is an optimal candidate to develop the diosgenin industry in North China. Given the large fluctuations in soil water availability induced by global climate change, information on drought tolerance of this species is urgently nee... see more
Alicja Auriga, Ireneusz Ochmian, Jacek Wróbel, Jan Oszmianski
As a result of climate warming, wine-growing zones have moved to the north, where conditions exist may result in poor fruit quality. Fruits may develop significant amounts of tannin compounds, which are not acceptable to all consumers. The aim of this stu... see more
Italo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante, Guilherme Neves Ferreira dos Santos, Marcelle Almeida da Silva, Rogério dos Santos Martins, Augusto Miguel Nascimento Lima, Pedro Igor Rodrigues Modesto, Adilson Monteiro Alcobia, Tullyus Rubens de Souza Silva, Renata Araújo e Amariz, Márkilla Zunete Beckmann-Cavalcante
The shoot maturation phase is important for growing mangoes because it precedes the floral induction, when plants are under stress caused by high temperatures and low water availability. Abiotic stress could be alleviated by using plant biostimulant which... see more
Sebua Silas Semenya, Alfred Maroyi
and elsewhere. The present study therefore explored ethnobotanical practices of 132 Bapedi traditional healers (THs) pertinent to these diseases in the three districts of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Information was accrued using a semi-structured ques... see more
Mira Milinkovic, Blazo Lalevic, Vera Raicevic, Svetlana M. Paunovic
Fruits of five apple cultivars were treated using 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP or SmartFreshTM) after cropping and were stored at normal atmosphere 2 ± 0.5 °C, 90 ± 5% relative humidity (RH) and 20.9 kPa O2 + <0.5 kPa CO2. Fruit firmness was assessed at... see more
Daniel J Ballhorn, Emily R Wolfe, Jess Tyler, Wren Ronan, Scott Sands-Gouner, Curran Shaw, Mehmet A Balkan, Stefanie Kautz
Global climate change and local anthropogenic activities are increasing soil salinization with permanent negative effects on agricultural and ecosystem productivity. While salt stress is known to affect plant performance, its effects on the association wi... see more
Maryam Sharif Shoushtari, Ahmad Majd, Taher Nejadsattari, Mostafa Moin, Gholam Ali Kardar
In this research, we investigated the phytochemical profiles for two models of aqueous (Aq) and methanolic (Me) pollen extracts of F. excelsior from three pollination periods from hermaphrodite flowers (H) of polygamous and male flowers of pure male (M) i... see more
Willian Alfredo Narváez-Ortiz, Mariano Martínez-Hernández, Laura Olivia Fuentes-Lara, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza, Jesús Rodolfo Valenzuela-García, José Antonio Gonzalez-Fuentes
The application of selenium (Se) as sodium selenite (Na2SeO3) at 0, 2, and 4 mg L-1 concentrations in nutrient solution to strawberry plants was evaluated. Selenium did not modify the dry weights of the roots, stems, leaves, and fruits, or the fresh weigh... see more
Seung Hee Eom, Jae-Yean Kim, Tae Kyung Hyun
Rubus coreanus Miquel is a Korean black raspberry used in folk medicine and functional foods. To investigate the biosynthesis pathway of anthocyanin in R. coreanus Miquel, the complete coding sequence of flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H), designated as RcMF... see more
M. A. Badr, W. A. El-Tohamy, S. D. Abou-Hussein, N. Gruda
Water scarcity in arid regions is a serious problem, which calls for innovative irrigation water management. Partial root zone drying (PRD) technique can considerably reduce irrigation amount for crops. To investigate this further, tomato plants were impo... see more
Vincenzo Sicari, Monica Rosa Loizzo, Rosa Tundis, Antonio Mincione, Teresa Maria Pellicanò
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) is a member of the family Portulacaceae. Due to its many health benefits, it is listed in a World Health Organization database. The aim of this work is to investigate the purslane extracts for their chemical profile and bi... see more
Jin-Sik Nam, Hye-Lim Jang, Young Ha Rhee
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba L.) roots, twigs, leaves, fruit, and seeds were analyzed for their nutritional compositions. Seeds exhibited significantly higher levels of crude protein, lipid, fiber, and dietary fiber than those of the other parts. Sucrose in fr... see more
Fritz Oehl, Bruno Koch
The use of a permanent vegetation cover or frequent tillage in vineyards may affect soil water budget, nutrient availability, soil compaction, soil erosion and soil microbe biodiversity, and through all these and other factors also yield and wine quality ... see more
Cindy Rosas Domínguez, J. Abraham Domínguez Avila, Sunil Pareek, Mónica A. Villegas Ochoa, J. Fernando Ayala Zavala, Elhadi Yahia, Gustavo A. González Aguilar
Pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) cv Esmeralda is a commercially important fruit with many bioactive compounds like vitamin C, ß-carotene, phenolic compounds and flavonoids, which have been reported only for fruits of commercial maturity. Our objective was to... see more
Maria Romo Perez, Nikolaus Merkt, Sabine Zikeli, Christian Zörb
Commercial onion breeders limit their selection criteria by focusing almost exclusively on conventional farming. This raises the demand for certain well known varieties, but lowers the general diversity available on the mainstream market. A way to maintai... see more
Wasif Nouman, Mark E Olson, Tehseen Gull, Muhammad Zubair, Shahzad MA Basra, Muhammad Kamran Qureshi, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Mehak Shaheen
To observe variation in growth performance, antioxidant activities, and nutritional quality of Moringa oleifera, we exogenously applied benzyl amino purine (BAP), ascorbic acid, and moringa leaf extract (MLE) to moringa plants at three field capacity leve... see more
Firoz ud Din Ahmad, Nasir Ahmad, Khan Rass Masood, Mubashar Hussain, Muhammad Faheem Malik, Qayyum Abdul
Rising levels of arsenic in ground water posing threats to millions of people residing in Indus plains whereas the magnitude of the risk is alarming need to control arsenic from leaching down into ground water becomes essential. The study was designed to ... see more
Damian Tom-Dery, Franziska Eller, Kai Jensen, Christoph Reisdorff
Atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment enhances plant growth and development and may alter the nutritive value of grasses. The objective of this study was to evaluate growth, biomass partitioning and nutritive value of Kyasuwa under combinations of atmosph... see more
Anne Linn Hykkerud, Eivind Uleberg, Espen Hansen, Merieke Vervoort, Jørgen Mølmann, Inger Martinussen
Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L.) is a wild perennial shrub growing on peatland with a circumpolar distribution. The combined berries have a high polyphenol content comprised primarily of ellagitannins. A few commercial cultivars are available, and pre-br... see more