Black-Eyed Peas, Please!
The Folklore. Serving up black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is said to bring good luck all year long. Tradition calls for the slow-cooked comfort...
Savor the Sweet Potato
The Folklore. Sweet potato or yam? Most likely, it’s a sweet potato. The most common varieties of sweet potato in the U.S. have smooth orange...
Vestibular Migraine Diet
If you’ve ever suffered from headaches, you’re well aware how disruptive they can be. When they strike, they might inconvenience an hour, wipe out an...
Can a POTS Diet Relieve Symptoms?
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, is a frustrating condition that can disrupt and negatively impact the quality of daily life. The normal, everyday movement...
Artemisia arborescens (Vaill.) L.: Micromorphology, Essential Oil Composition, and Its Potential as an Alternative Biocontrol Product
Plants (Basel). 2024 Mar 13;13(6):825. doi: 10.3390/plants13060825. ABSTRACT Artemisia arborescens is a Mediterranean evergreen shrub, with silver grey-green tomentose leaves and a strong scent. It...
A narrative review on therapeutic potential of naringenin in colorectal cancer: Focusing on molecular and biochemical processes
Cell Biochem Funct. 2024 Apr;42(3):e4011. doi: 10.1002/cbf.4011. ABSTRACT Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common and highly metastatic cancer affecting people worldwide. Drug resistance and unwanted...
Curcumin: An innovative approach for postharvest control of Alternaria alternata induced black rot in cherry tomatoes
Fungal Biol. 2024 Apr;128(2):1691-1697. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2024.02.005. Epub 2024 Feb 15. ABSTRACT Curcumin, a natural bioactive compound derived from Curcuma longa, has been widely recognized for...
Maintaining the cultivation of vegetables with low Pb accumulation while remediating the soil of an allotment garden (Nantes, France) by phytoextraction
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Apr 4. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-33104-4. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Lead (Pb) is commonly found in urban soils and can...
Health risk assessment of heavy metals in some vegetables-Erbil City-Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Environ Monit Assess. 2024 Apr 3;196(5):417. doi: 10.1007/s10661-024-12542-0. ABSTRACT Heavy metals can have significant impacts on human health due to their toxicity and potential to...
Development of an on-site diagnostic LAMP assay for rapid differentiation of the invasive pest Phthorimaea absoluta (Meyrick) using insect tissues
Pest Manag Sci. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1002/ps.8114. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The tomato leafminer, Phthorimaea absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a destructive...
Identification and quantification of pigments in plant leaves using thin layer chromatography-Raman spectroscopy (TLC-Raman)
Anal Methods. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1039/d4ay00082j. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Carotenoids are yellow, orange, and red pigments commonly found in plants. In leaves,...
Gapless assembly of complete human and plant chromosomes using only nanopore sequencing
bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 19:2024.03.15.585294. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.15.585294. ABSTRACT The combination of ultra-long Oxford Nanopore (ONT) sequencing reads with long, accurate PacBio HiFi reads has enabled...
Alternating water sources to minimize contaminant accumulation in food plants from treated wastewater irrigation
Water Res. 2024 Mar 22;255:121504. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121504. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The use of treated wastewater (TWW) for agricultural irrigation is a critical measure...
Developing carotenoids-enhanced tomato fruit with multi-transgene stacking strategies
Plant Physiol Biochem. 2024 Mar 28;210:108575. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108575. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT As natural dominant pigments, carotenoids and their derivatives not only contribute to...
Optimizing tomato seedling growth with indigenous mangrove bacterial inoculants and reduced NPK fertilization
Front Plant Sci. 2024 Mar 14;15:1356545. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1356545. eCollection 2024. ABSTRACT The search for ecofriendly products to reduce crop dependence on synthetic chemical fertilizers presents...