To address the industry pain points of high seed breakage rate and uncontrollable miss-filling rate, multiple-filling rate in traditional rapeseed roller-type precision centralized seed metering devices—while breaking the adaptation limitation...
Background: Natural ingredients have been employed to develop food products. Methods: Hydrocolloids from butternut squash seeds (HBSSs) were extracted with water at pH 3, 7, and 10 and characterized bromatologically and rheologically; then these HBSS...
Previous studies have demonstrated that enzymatically prepared coix seed prolamin hydrolysates (CHPs) contain several bioactive peptides that efficiently inhibit the activity of target enzymes (α-glucosidase and dipeptidyl kinase-IV) in type 2...
The Arabidopsis L-type Amino Acid Transporter-5 (LAT5; At3g19553) was recently studied for its role in developmental responses such as flowering and senescence, under an assumption that it is a polyamine uptake transporter (PUT5). The LATs in Arabido...
An irrigation system for roller-type onion pot-seeding machines was developed. It is a drip-type and can be installed easily to the existing roller-type onion pot-seeding machines by its modular design. The components were selected to satisfy the req...
In this study, an automatic accumulating equipment for a roller-type onion pot-seeding machine was developed. The developed accumulating equipment accumulates the pot trays that complete the seeding in multiple stages using a conveyor belt and elevat...
Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L’Hér.) is an important commercial horticultural plant extensively used in outdoor landscaping. Seed emergence has always remained a problem in geranium due to its hard seed nature. Hence its germination...
Progress through the cell cycle is a critical process during plant embryo and seed development and its progression is regulated by cyclins. Despite extensive study of cyclins in other systems, their role in embryo and seed development of maize is unc...
In response to the poor cleaning effect of the brush-type soybean seeder, a lightweight mechanism of the brush-type soybean seeder was optimized and designed. We proposed a progressive seed-cleaning method. Firstly, mechanical analysis was conducted...
Precision seeding plays a critical role in optimizing crop yield and resource efficiency. This study evaluates the application of a Seed Miss Prevention System (SMPS) integrated with a spoon-wheel precision metering device to mitigate seed misses and...
Processed cheese has rapidly been established as a commercial product in recent years. A new ingredient, a byproduct from date fruit seed (DFS), was obtained and tested as a fortified fiber from food industrial waste in block-type processed cheese. T...
Two-line hybrid rice production requires environmental genetic male-sterile (EGMS) lines that become sterile in certain environmental conditions. In this study, we aimed to identify the genetic type(s), sterility thresholds, optimum planting date, an...
To meet the diverse seeding requirements of super hybrid rice, common hybrid rice, and conventional rice—which vary from 1 to 3 seeds, 2 to 4 seeds, and 5 to 8 seeds per hole, respectively—this study developed a branched air-chamber type...
After wheat and rice, maize is one of the most significant cereal crops worldwide. However, high-quality seed materials are prerequisites for stable yields, and low-quality maize seeds significantly contribute to low yields and deteriorate over time....
To improve the seeding qualification rate and stability of the air-suction vibrating disc type seed meter on the rice seedling raising line, in this paper, an improved wireless sensor network node layout optimization algorithm was proposed, and the o...
Because the initial speed of the seeds leaving the seed disk is too high, they collide and bounce off the inner wall of the seed guide tube, resulting in poor sowing quality when corn is sown at high speeds above 12 km/h. This study clarifies the pri...
The objective of this study was to examine peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) kernel percent sound splits as a function of sound mature kernel seed size when shelled on a reciprocating sheller. Data were compiled from a total of 139 field experiments condu...
This paper aims to solve the problem of high reseeding rates and mis-seeding rates in the rice multi-grain hole direct seeding process. A multi grain cluster air suction type rice hill direct seed metering device was developed, and its seeding mechan...
To improve the uniformity and precision of soybean seeding, this study designed a high-speed airflow-assisted seeding system for the pneumatic drum-type high-speed precision seed-metering device. The system accelerates seed delivery through airflow a...
Larch (Larix spp.) is planted after a clear-cut of secondary forests (SFs) to meet the timber demand of Northeast China. However, the declination of soil fertility and the acidification of surface runoff in larch plantations (LPs) resulting from mono...
Aiming at the problems of the high multiple- and missed-seeding index and low operation efficiency of current mechanical potato seed-meters in minituber sowing, this study designed an air-suction roller-type minituber seed-metering device for minitub...
Worldwide, the combination of cutting potato seeds and spoon-type seed-metering devices holds a dominant position in the development of potato planters. In this context, miss-seeding and multi-seeding caused by the seed spoon are important factors co...
This study examines the effectiveness of machine learning approaches for the automatic identification of watermelon genotypes from the seeds of watermelon, for the snack-type watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Nine genotypes with red, white, and black s...
The aim of the present work is to study possible differences in the germination behavior of apical and basal seeds (produced in the upper and lower fruits of the infruitescence), of two populations of field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense), both produced...
Pollen plays an essential role in plant fertility by delivering the male gametes to the embryo sac before double fertilization. In several plant species, including Arabidopsis, C2H2-type zinc-finger transcription factors (TFs) have been involved in d...
This study investigated the effects of three mulch types (straw, vermicompost and “plastic”) plus an untreated control, and three irrigation regimes (RFD: rainfed conditions; SIF: one supplemental irrigation at the flowering stage; SIVF:...
The induction of type I interferon (IFN) via intracellular nucleic acid sensors may be useful in preventing viral infections. However, little is known about the effect of natural plant materials on sensor responses. We previously found that cardamom...
MYB-type transcription factors play an essential regulatory role in seed germination and the response to seedling establishment stress. This study isolated a rice R2R3-MYB transcription factor, OsMYBAS1, and functionally characterized its role in see...
In order to improve the success rate of garlic sowing and the qualification rate of garlic seeds, a fingerboard-type garlic seed metering device was designed, and its parameters were optimized. First, the structure and working principles of seed-mete...
Under the condition of high-speed maize seeding, the collision between the seeds and the restraint seeding guide device, as well as the excessively high seeding speed, will lead to a sharp increase in the coefficient of variation in the seed spacing...
Wild-type and variant crystals of a recombinant enzyme β-d-glucan glucohydrolase from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were obtained by macroseeding and cross-seeding with microcrystals obtained from native plant protein. Crystals grew to dimensions of up...
Two new oleanane-type saponins, named oleiferasaponins C4 (1) and C5 (2), were isolated from Camellia oleifera Abel. seed cake residue. Their respective structures were identified as 16α-hydroxy-22α-O-angeloyl-23α-aldehyde-28-dihydroxymethylene-olean...
The GPE− strain is a live attenuated vaccine for classical swine fever (CSF) developed in Japan. In the context of increasing attention for the differentiating infected from vaccinated animals (DIVA) concept, the achievement of CSF eradication with t...
Background: Cotton seeds are the main byproduct of cotton crops. The phenomenon of plants failing to develop mature and full seeds is called seed embryo abortion, which leads to a decrease in seed yield and potentially causes economic losses. Methods...
Unmanned aerial vehicle–light detection and ranging (UAV-LiDAR) provides a convenient and economical means of forest data acquisition that can penetrate canopy gaps to obtain abundant ground information, offering huge potential in forest invent...
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been affected by Type 2 diabetes (T2D) which is a metabolic disorder. Clinical research has revealed T2D as a possible risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) development (and vice versa). A...
Retinal tissue is exposed to oxidative stress caused by visible light. Light-damaged rat used in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) studies clarified that antioxidants decrease retinal light damage. Albino rats were exposed to 5000 Lux light for...
In flowering plants, RNA editing is a post-transcriptional process that selectively deaminates cytidines (C) to uridines (U) in organellar transcripts. Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins have been identified as site-specific recognition factors...
Litter plays an important role in seedling establishment (emergence, survival, and early growth). Here, we performed a meta-analysis on 404 datasets from 33 independent studies to analyze the effects of litter cover on seedling emergence, survival, h...
The goal of this study was to assess nutrient primary metabolites and aroma determinants in Prunus armeniaca L. fruits and seed kernels grown in Egypt represented by its different cultivars and agricultural conditions i.e., two different soil types (...
The nanowires (NWs) of zinc oxide (ZnO) are developed effectively on an n-type silicon substrate through a seed zinc (Zn) layer by a wet oxidation technique. The growth is performed at different temperatures, 650, 750, and 850 °C, in a wet and ri...
Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is one of the leading non-communicable diseases of global concern. Knowing the exact mechanism of action of available antidiabetic agents, particularly natural products, may assist in providing effective therapeutic sol...
Plasma-activated water (PAW) is a sustainable and innovative alternative for agriculture, especially in controlled environments like greenhouses. Tomato and pepper are key horticultural crops worldwide, with a considerable part of their production in...
Lunaria annua L. (Brassicaceae) is an ornamental plant newly identified in Europe as a promising industrial oilseed crop for its valuable very-long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), especially erucic acid (EA) and nervonic acid (NA). L. annu...
Drought stress is a major abiotic factor compromising plant cell physiological and molecular events, consequently limiting crop growth and productivity. Maize (Zea mays L.) is among the most drought-susceptible food crops. Therefore, understanding th...
Chitosan, poly[β-(1–4)-linked-2-amino-2-deoxy-d-glucose], is a polysaccharide with broad applications in various biomaterial and biomedical fields, primarily because of its nontoxicity. Because the biodegradable biopolymer chitosan can be...
Probabilistic constrained simulation optimization problems (PCSOP) are concerned with allocating limited resources to achieve a stochastic objective function subject to a probabilistic inequality constraint. The PCSOP are NP-hard problems whose goal...
Type-II Na24Si136 clathrate octahedral single crystals surrounded by {111} facets were grown by evaporating Na from a molten mixture of Na4Si4 and Na9Sn4 at 823 K for 12 h. One of the obtained single crystals was used as a seed for the following sing...
The process of hole seeding on the mulch during full-film double-row furrow corn planting faces issues such as poor seed discharge and seed blockage. To address these challenges, a pendulum-lever-type hole-forming mechanism is designed, along with an...
The study of ecological succession to determine how plant communities re-assemble after a natural or anthropogenic disturbance has always been an important topic in ecology. The understanding of these processes forms part of the new theories of commu...
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