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Lignocellulose pretreatment by Deep eutectic solvent and water binary system for enhancement of lignin extraction and cellulose saccharification Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Lihe Zhang, Changwei Zhang, Yaohong Ma, Xi Zhao, Xu Zhang
The high viscosity of deep eutectic solvent (DES) limits its application in industrial production due to reduced mass transfer efficiency within the solvent system. Incorporating water into the solvent system can effectively reduce the viscosity of DES. In this study, DES based on glycerol and choline chloride were prepared, and the physicochemical properties of DES-water mixtures and the impact of
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Physicochemical properties and structure characteristics of different molecular weight peptides from ultrasonic assisted papain hydrolysate of wheat germ albumin Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Shuangqi Tian, Fanhao Meng, Ke Du
Wheat germ albumin (WGA) has high physicochemical and biological activity after enzymatic hydrolysis. The traditional protease hydrolysis method, due to its low enzymatic efficiency, can no longer meet the needs of efficient production. Adding assisted means to the traditional enzymatic hydrolysis method can improve these shortcomings. In this study, the effect of ultrasonic assisted papain on the
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Activated wood flour as adhesives for bonding activated wood veneer to produce sustainable wood composites Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Sichen Liu, Min Gu, Jiaojiao Yu, Kelu Ni, Hongshan Li, Hao Wang, Tenghua Huang, Hongxing Yang, Guanben Du, Long Yang
The use of biomass as a binder for the development of high-performance wood products has become a popular research topic in the context of sustainable development. In this work, wood flour obtained from agroforestry processing residues was used as an active functional filler. The wood flour was oxidized and chemically cross-linked with hyperbranched polyamines and used as a binder matrix. By applying
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Strong and fire-resistant bamboo enabled by densification and boron nitride/graphene oxide nanocoating Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 You-Yong Wang, Yuan-Qing Li, Wei-Bin Zhu, Shao-Yun Fu
Bamboo is an abundant and fast-growing nature material, which has been used in furniture and buildings. Its strength and fire-resistance are two critical issues for its wide applications. Herein, a high-strength and flame-retardant structural bamboo is obtained by constructing a boron nitride (BN)/graphene oxide (GO) composite nanocoating on the surface of delignified and densified bamboo (D-bamboo)
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Soil water movement may regulate soil water consumption and improve cotton yields under different cotton cropping systems Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Fengqi Wu, Simeng Guo, Weibin Huang, Yingchun Han, Zhanbiao Wang, Lu Feng, Guoping Wang, Xiaofei Li, Yaping Lei, Xiaoyu Zhi, Shiwu Xiong, Yahui Jiao, Minghua Xin, Beifang Yang, Yabing Li
By quantifying the soil water movement (SWM) in crop planting systems, we can better understand the soil water consumption (SWC) and crop yield relationship; this finding is significant for determining the field water cycle and reducing agricultural water waste. In this paper, a case study was conducted on cotton production. Soil moisture sensors were set at depths of 10–110 cm under three cotton cropping
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Integrated metabolic phenotypes and gene expression profiles reveal enzymatic browning mechanism in postharvest chrysanthemum Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Dan Yang, Shanshan Liu, Yuyun Zhu, Weihong Feng, Sha Chen, Yongxin Zhang, Wei Wang, Mei Zhang, Chen Kang, Zhongqi Cai, Shouhui Wei, Jingjing Zhu
Chrysanthemum ( Ramat) is a valuable crop mainly used for medicine, beverages and ornament. Enzymatic browning causes serious postharvest flower deterioration of chrysanthemum, but the mechanism remains unclear. To clarify the mechanism involved, the cellular ultrastructure, metabolites, browning products, and differentially expressed genes of chrysanthemum were studied systematically. During the browning
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A critical review of sustainable biorefineries utilizing high-solid processing for industrial crop lignocellulosic wastes valorization Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Razieh Shafiei-Alavijeh, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Meisam Tabatabaei, Joeri F.M. Denayer, Keikhosro Karimi
Biorefinery has been recently one of the most popular topics studied by researchers to utilize industrial crop lignocellulosic wastes for producing energy carriers and chemical compounds. High-solid processing (>15% w/w) offers benefits, including improved sustainability, increased productivity, low operational costs, and reduced environmental impact compared to low and moderate content processing
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Integrated transcriptome and fatty acid profiling provide the insights into lipid metabolism during seed development of Acer truncatum Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Cheng Wang, Nuernisa Kasimu, Yongjun Yu, Heng Dan, Wei Yuan, Dongmei Wang
Owing to its numerous physiological effects, seed oil (ATO) is increasingly popular as a novel source of edible oil in China. To explore the characteristics of ATO accumulation, the potential biosynthetic mechanisms of the main fatty acids (FAs) were investigated during the six different developmental stages of seeds (i.e., S1 - S6). The results indicated that the ATO yields significantly increased
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Effect of unilateral surface compression technique and heat treatment on industrial application performance of poplar Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Zhipeng Zhu, Qiaofang Zhou, Wanli Cheng, Jingyao Zhao, Dengyun Tu
The utilization of unilateral surface compression technique offers significant advantages such as reduced volume loss of wood and energy consumption, making it highly promising for widespread applications. This work focused on fast-growing poplar (Ctrl) as research subject. The unilateral surface compression technique was employed to prepare compressed wood (USW), while superheated steam was utilized
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A comprehensive review on technical lignin, lignin hydrogels, properties, preparation, applications & challenges in lab to market transition Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Shally Pandit, Pragati Sharma, Anand Prakash, Basant Lal, Rajabrata Bhuyan, Irfan Ahmad, Arindam Kuila
In the quest for sustainable and eco-friendly materials, lignin (CHO) hydrogels have emerged as a revolutionary alternative to conventional synthetic polymers. Researchers and industries are ardently looking into innovative biomaterials that can address both functionality and ecological balance considering growing worries about the environmental impact of non-biodegradable plastics. The plentiful and
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Optimization of an alkali modification protocol on Crotalaria juncea fibre and its characterization for technical textile applications Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Pavan M, Surabhi Mahajan, Ammayappan Lakshmanan, T. Nageshkumar, Vinay Midha, B.S. Manjunatha, Sumeet Grewal
Sunnhemp () is a valuable lignocellulosic biomass for both fodder and textile fibre. It exhibits an appealing specific tensile strength which make it a desirable reinforcement material for development of the green composites. However, to enhance its compatibility with hydrophobic polymers, a suitable chemical modification was desired. Hence, in the current study an attempted was made to modify the
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Potential for controlling Aedes and Culex mosquito larvae by joint action compounds isolated from Boehmeria nivea Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Vy Anh Tran, Thu-Thao Thi Vo, Thi Hong Van Le, Nga Le, William N. Setzer, Vo Thanh Thuong, Nguyen Huy Hung
This study evaluates compounds isolated from , identifies the chemical composition, and examines its toxicity to mosquito larvae. Liquid chromatography coupled to a mass spectrometer, as well as H and C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, were used to determine the chemical composition. The 3rd instar and early 4th instar larvae of and were used as test subjects for the activity. There are 4 active
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An integrated pretreatment strategy for enhancing enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of poplar: Hydrothermal treatment followed by a twin-screw extrusion Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Ting Jiao, Fangmin Liang, Guigan Fang, Jian Jiao, Chen Huang, Qingwen Tian, Beiping Zhu, Yongjun Deng, Shanming Han, Xuelian Zhou
To reduce the dependence on chemical inputs during biomass pretreatment, an integrated process on the basis of hydrothermal pretreatment followed by twin-screw extrusion for poplar was proposed. A comparative study was conducted on the pore structure, crystallinity, relative surface lignin concentration, cellulose accessibility, and enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of the pretreated materials. Results
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Overexpression of GiLEA5-2.1, a late embryogenesis abundant gene LEA3 from Glycyrrhiza inflata Bat., enhances the drought and salt stress tolerance of transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Li Zhang, Wenhui Li, Yuhang Li, Binbin Chen, Shuting Wang, Zhennan Ma, Defu Wang, Dandan Long, Yanbing Niu
Abiotic stress, including drought and salt, reduces the yield of all major crop plants globally. Exploring the stress tolerance factors and mechanisms of dominant species is still an urgent task that is crucial for food and feed production. Bat., which is a halophytic plant, is economically important due to its medicinal, feeding, and ecological value. The plant is widely distributed in the salinized
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Fibrous morphological cellulose-derived ternary composite filter for immobilizing heavy metal ions from wastewater Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Nian-Dan Zhao, Wen-Xiu Zheng, Juan Wang, Zi-Xiong Zhou, Yuan-Ru Guo, Qing-Jiang Pan
Sewage containing heavy metal ions (HMIs) has caused serious damage to ecological environment and human health when discharged without treatment. In this work, a practical filter has been made with cellulose/zinc oxide/magnesium hydroxide (CelZnMg) ternary composite prepared a simple hydrothermal method. The characterizations show that granular ZnO and lamellar Mg(OH) evenly distribute on cellulose
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Electrospinning for producing antifungal nanofibers consisting of prochloraz/hydroxypropyl-γ-cyclodextrin inclusion complex Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Guang Yang, Fengrui Li, Haoru Zhang, Honglei Yan, Shuang Gao, Ying Fu, Fei Ye
Prochloraz is an extensively used imidazole fungicide in agriculture, but low water solubility limits its application. In the present study, inclusion complex nanofibers of prochloraz and Hydroxypropyl--Cyclodextrin (prochloraz/HPCD-IC-NF) were prepared by electrospinning method. The results of various characterization experiments indicated that prochloraz was effectively encapsulated in the cyclodextrin
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Development of a composite microbial agent beneficial to improve drought and salt tolerance of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Xueying Peng, Tianjiao Jia, Qiuxian Bai, Duoyong Lang, Xinhui Zhang
Plant growth is enhanced by microbiological agents. In order to develop environment friendly composite microbial agent that can also improve the salt and drought tolerance of plants, the orthogonal experiment and response surface methodology were used to screen nutrients and fermentation conditions of composite microbial agent, and pot experiment was conducted to validate the application effect of
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Evaluation of transverse shrinking and swelling of bamboo using digital image correlation technique Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Jianyi Zhu, Yujing Tan, Kaiwen Chen, Hui Peng, Zhu Li, Jiali Jiang, Jianxiong Lyu, Tianyi Zhan
Bamboo is structural gradient materials with hygroscopic properties. Understanding the variations in hygro-deformation behavior across the radial direction is crucial for managing the dimensional stability of bamboo. Herein, high-resolution microscopy and the digital image correlation (DIC) technique were combined to analyze the transverse shrinking and swelling of bamboo. Parenchyma cells were utilized
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Improved stability and mechanical properties of citrus pectin-zein emulsion gels by double crosslinking with calcium and transglutaminase Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Ying Kuang, Yichen Yang, Xiaosa Wang, Menglong Liu, Tao Wang, Zheting Zhang, Kao Wu, Kai Chen, Pengpeng Deng, Xiaojun Zhao, Fatang Jiang, Cao Li
The low water solubility of zein severely limits its industrial application. In this study, the emulsifying performance and stability of zein were improved by electrostatically compounding different ratios of citrus pectin (CP) with zein to obtain zein-CP composite particles (ZCPs). When the mass ratio of CP to zein was 1: 2 (C1Z2), the composite particles showed the smallest particle size, and the
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Pickering emulsions by combining nanocellulose/nanochitin and silk fibroin: Silk fibroin as a stabilizer or an emulsifier Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Ying Liu, Liang Liu, Xinxia Li, Juan Yu, Meijuan Chen, Lin Lin, Ruoxian Jia, Yimin Fan
Silk fibroin (SF) was considered as emulsifier due to its inherent amphiphilicity. Nevertheless, SF was also speculated to act as a stabilizer in emulsions because of its self-assembly in the interfaces and formation of viscoelastic surface or interfacial layers. Here, the emulsions were produced by mixing SF with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical (TEMPO)-oxidized nanocellulose (TOCN) or
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Efficient fractionation of kenaf chemical components by using recyclable acidic DES Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Kai Nie, Boya Li, Pixiang Wang, Yan Song, Haoxi Ben, Guangting Han, Wei Jiang, Arthur Ragauskas
Phloem biomass has gradually attracted attention for its conversion and utilization due to its fast growth rate and suitability for textile use. Currently, clean methods for separating the chemical components of biomass have attracted attention. In this study, the choline chloride-lactic acid (CLA) and choline chloride-glycolic acid (CGA) pretreatment were developed for kenaf chemical components separation
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Establishing an efficient callus genetic transformation system for the tung tree (Vernicia fordii) Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Hui Zhang, Renrong Peng, Xiaofeng Tan, Ze Li
Tung tree () as an important industrial raw material used to produce tung oil in China. Genetic transformation system has not been established for the tung tree, hindering research on the functions of tung tree genes and the cultivation of new stress-resistant varieties. In this study, we optimized the tissue culture regeneration system of tung tree hypocotyls, screened out a callus state suitable
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Differentiation of Cannabis seeds employing digital morphological screening and infrared spectroscopy coupled with multivariate modeling Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Veronika Stoilkovska Gjorgievska, Nikola Geskovski, Petre Makreski, Ana Trajkovska, Ivana Cvetkovikj Karanfilova, Marija Karapandzova, Svetlana Kulevanova, Gjoshe Stefkov
Cultivation of Cannabis for medicinal purposes primarily relies on seed propagation with expected variations in yield, cannabinoid content, growth rate and seed material non-uniformity. This study aims to employ digital methods for morphological analysis and infrared spectroscopy, combining them with multivariate analysis to characterize and differentiate Cannabis seeds. Morphological traits of 100
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Deciphering biomass contributing traits of interspecific and intergeneric hybrids derived from early generations hybrids of Saccharum and Erianthus Spp. as potential sources of biomass and bioenergy Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Sreenivasa V, Mahadevaiah C, Mahadeva Swamy H K, Arun Kumar Raja, Mintu Ram Meena, Appunu C, Ravinder Kumar, Mohanraj K, Govindaraj P, Hemaprabha G
Sugarcane ( spp., hybrids (2 n=100–130)) is one of the industrial crops cultivated mainly for sugar in the tropical and subtropical regions. It has earned the attention of many countries as a prominent energy crop owing to its exceptional biomass production potential. Energy cane is a hybrid of commercial and wild sugarcane, which was bred for high fiber content and low sucrose. Average energy cane
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Deficit irrigation strategy to sustain available water resources using guar Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Jagdeep Singh, Sangu Angadi, Sultan Begna, Dawn VanLeeuwen, Omololu John Idowu, Paramveer Singh, Calvin Trostle, Prasanna Gowda, Catherine Brewer
The gradual depletion of irrigation water is a major threat to the agricultural economy in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Drought–tolerant crops and improved irrigation management practices may help the sustainability of agriculture in the region. A three–year field experiment (2018–2020) was conducted to assess the effects of pre–and in–season irrigations on the physiology, biomass production
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Physiological, biochemical and transcriptional analysis reveals the response mechanism of Panax quinquefolius to the stressors of drought and waterlogging Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Yujuan Zhang, Yanni Lu, Xianchang Wang, Yayu Zhang, Wei Xu, Yun Zhou, Huili Tang, Jingying Zhao, Zhenqiao Song, Haihong Lv, Zhifen Wang, Jinlong Han, Yanwei Zhu, Feng Zhang, Beijing Tian, Shuang Wu, Chenggang Shan
(American ginseng), a perennial plant cultivated extensively across the globe, exhibits diverse pharmacological properties and holds notable economic significance. Water stress can potentially impact the accumulation of ginsenosides, which are the primary pharmacological component of . In this study, the morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses of two-year-old seedlings of cultivar “LYS1”
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Growth of the energy crop giant reed (Arundo donax L.) and optimization of the ARMIDA model in the south-central region of Buenos Aires, Argentina Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Luis Damián Rodriguez, Adriana Elisabet Confalone, Laura Lazaro, Róberson Machado Pimentel, Gustavo Bastos Lyra, José Francisco de Oliveira, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Carlos Rodrigues Pereira
The impact of fossil fuels on greenhouse gas generation has intensified the study of new renewable energy sources such as energy crops. L. is one of the promising crops for energy production due to its high growth rate and tolerance to different adverse conditions. This work aimed to study L. as an alternative for energy generation through biomass production. The second growth cycle of the crop planted
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Unraveling the inhibition of bamboo node on dry shrinkage: insights from the specific vascular structure of bamboo node Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Ying Zhang, Haocheng Xu, Jing Li, Hankun Wang
Based on the vascular structure of bamboo node, studying the shrinkage behavior of bamboo at the vascular scale will be beneficial for further understanding the shrinkage behavior and providing a theoretical basis for preventing deformation and cracking of bamboo. The shrinkage behavior was different between internodes and nodes. This study analyzed the structure of bamboo node through sanding, scanning
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Supercritical coloration performance of cotton fiber after a flash explosion with subsupercritical carbon dioxide and vapor mixtures Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Xin-Xin Cao, Chong Cai, Fan Wang, Ze Pan, Jia-Jie Long
Textile coloration with supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide (SCF-CO) has become an advisable choice in textile industry, due to its numerous environmental advantages over the conventional methods. However, the coloration of dry cotton substrate in SCF-CO is still under research. Thus, this work aims to investigate the coloration performance of dry cotton fiber which was previously treated with a
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Biodegradable soy protein-based tablets for the controlled release of zinc Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Mercedes Jiménez-Rosado, Daniel Castro-Criado, José Fernando Rubio-Valle, Víctor Manuel Perez-Puyana, Alberto Romero
Controlled-release systems are gaining interest in the horticultural industry to supply fertilizers to crops. However, their manufacturing process increases their cost, making its industrialization difficult. In this context, compaction of powders could be a low-cost and easily industrializable alternative. Thus, the main objective of this work was the manufacture of soy protein-based tablets with
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Structural elucidation of Kraft lignin isolated from black liquor by the gradient acid precipitation and highly selective production of light aromatics by tandem catalytic pyrolysis over dual-catalysts Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Ming Huang, Wei Cai, Liang Zhu, Jie Li, Zhongqing Ma
Kraft lignin (KL), isolated from black liquor, serves as a significant feedstock for the production of bio-aromatics by catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP). First, the influence of pH on the chemical structure of KL isolated by the gradient acid precipitation (GAP) was investigated. Then, the dual-catalyst CFP (DC-CFP) was employed to convert KL into light aromatics by using the hierarchical NbO (Hie-NbO)
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Temporal variation of chemical profiles and insecticidal properties of Cinnamomum glanduliferum (Wall.) Nees leaf essential oil Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Yuan-Tong Qi, Xiao Chu, Yu-Zhu Wu, Jia-Zhu Wang, Yu Zheng, Shu-Shan Du, Hai-Ming Zhang
Chinese traditional medicine has been faced with pest attacks in storage units for decades thus causing grave waste of resource and misfortunes. Essential oils are rich in different organs of (Wall.) Nees which often exploited for insecticidal purpose. Contact toxicity and repellency rate of essential oils, derived from leaves monthly from 2021 to 2022, were investigated targeting storage pests and
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A high-quality chromosomal-level reference genome of Dendrobium nobile Lindl. provides new insights into the biosynthesis and accumulation of picrotoxane-type sesquiterpenoid alkaloids Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Dandan Li, Mingjin Huang, Qunwei Han, Dachang Wang, Kaijie Li, Qiuyue Yang, Ronghui Gu, Guangchong Zhou, Songtao He, Houlin Yu, Lin Cheng, Yiyong Zhao
L, renowned for its ornamental and medicinal attributes, holds significant economic value attributed to its distinct biochemical constituents. A pivotal element within this plant, picrotoxane-type sesquiterpenoid alkaloids (PSAs), exhibits noteworthy anti-hypertensive, anti-cancer, analgesic, and antipyretic properties. However, research on understanding the genes involved in PSAs biosynthesis in is
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Long-term storage and fuel quality of residual Eucalyptus globulus biomass Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 S. Pérez, I. Fernández, F. Ortiz, A. Ortiz
Maximum energy demand (winter) and logging residue availability (spring and summer) occur at different times promnting the necessity of storage. Our aim was to analyse the effects of storage on baled logging residues from over a period of storage (TS) by measuring the moisture content (MC), net calorific value (NCV), and ash content, and by determining dry matter losses (DML) and the usable energy
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Discarded yerba mate as a source of cellulose fibers with promising applications for drinking water decontamination Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Cintya Gordon-Falconí, María Florencia Iannone, Myriam Sara Zawoznik, Alexis Debut, María Daniela Groppa
In recent years, the focus on environmental sustainability and circular economy has encouraged the reutilization of plant residues. This work aimed at evaluating the potential of discarded yerba mate (DYM) as a source of cellulose fibers suitable to retain low biodegradability emerging contaminants, such as dyes. In addition, we aimed at testing whether the inclusion of silver nanoparticles within
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Impact of Defoliation Stress on Phytocannabinoid Content in Industrial Hemp Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Brandon Sandoval, Janina K. Bowen, Tyler Richards, Jacqueline M. Chaparro, Makenzie Lee, Mark Uchanski, Whitney Cranshaw, Jessica E. Prenni
The United States has experienced an abrupt increase in commercial industrial hemp production following the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018. However, the historical prohibition has resulted in a lack of basic research on the physiology of this crop and its response to stresses such as those produced by local climatic conditions and pests that feed on hemp, which are needed to guide development
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Metal-organic frameworks as potential catalysts for biodiesel production and biomass conversion: Mechanism and characteristics Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Thanh Tuan Le, Prabhakar Sharma, Huu Son Le, Huu Cuong Le, Duc Trong Nguyen Le, Dao Nam Cao, Thanh Hai Truong, Viet Dung Tran
This comprehensive assessment examines the key challenges confronting the transportation sector, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. These issues include rising fuel costs and declining reserves. Although electric mobility is becoming more popular in light-duty transportation, heavy-duty trucks continue to rely heavily on diesel engines. Biofuels are the subject of extensive research as both
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Economic and environmental analysis of producing soy protein-cellulose-based bionanocomposite fruit coating Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Naveenkumar Rajendran, Troy Runge, Richard D. Bergman, Prakash Nepal, Neethu T. Pottackal, Muhammad M. Rahman
Food waste especially for perishable fruit is highly problematic for a global society that continues to grow in population. Coating fruit is one such approach to minimize waste. To assess economic and environmental risks and opportunities of a novel fruit-coating solution before industrial deployment is pursued, an industrial-scale process model was developed based on an optimized experimental process
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Turning waste into biofuel: Non-sterile fermentation of molasses using immobilized cells of Bacillus licheniformis BD43 for efficient 2,3-Butanediol production Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Mehmet Akif Omeroglu, Mustafa Ozkan Baltaci, Mesut Taskin, Ahmet Adiguzel
2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BD) is a high-value chemical compound with various applications in the industry. Conversion of agricultural wastes or by-products into 2,3-BD via microbial fermentation processes would be an environmentally friendly approach to reduce waste and sustain the production of biotechnologically important chemicals. Therewithal, sterilization of waste feedstock, which is usually required
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Novel hydrodistillation and steam distillation methods of essential oil recovery from lavender: A comprehensive review Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Aleksandra B. Perović, Ivana T. Karabegović, Miljana S. Krstić, Ana V. Veličković, Jelena M. Avramović, Bojana R. Danilović, Vlada B. Veljković
Lavender holds significant importance as a medicinal and aromatic plant cultivated worldwide for industrial purposes, with its essential oil being a sought-after ingredient in a wide range of products. It is cultivated for commercial uses of flowers (fresh, dried, or ground) and essential oils. The present paper provides a comprehensive overview of the various aspects of novel hydrodistillation methods
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The broad-scale accumulated and regulated patterns of leaf functional metabolites in two populations of the medicine-industrial plant Viola philippica Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Kemei Wang, Xuhan Chen, Ziting Liu, Yunfei Mei, Mingting Yang, Jun Zhang
Owing to the limited natural distributions and special medicine-industrial values of , it’s urgently needed to explore its population-level differences for promoting the resource utilization efficiencies of this plant. The hypothesis of this study was that different populations of plants would have broad-scale differences and interactions of leaf-accumulated metabolites and leaf-colonized bacteria
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Pilot scale production and application of fungal glucose oxidase-based bio-Fenton oxidation as a pretreatment process for Casuarina equisetifolia biomass to obtain fermentable sugars Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Devi Sri Rajendran, Vinoth Kumar Vaidyanathan
This study elaborates on the utilization of biomass for the pilot-scale production of glucose oxidase from and their subsequent application in the valorization of biomass via bio-Fenton oxidation for fermentable sugar production. Optimized medium parameters (0.13 % of yeast extract, 3.1 % of CaCO, 0.7 mg of biotin, and 0.06 % of triton X), and operational parameters (120 RPM of agitation, 2 VVM of
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Exposure to TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and zeolite stimulates growth, physiology, and phytochemical characteristics and elevates Mentha piperita L. tolerance to salinity stress Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Hamid Mohammadi, Laleh Parviz, Aynaz Beyrami, Fatemeh Anosheh-Bonab, Mansour Ghorbanpour
Soil salinity is a major environmental problem that affects plant growth and production. Peppermint, a member of the Lamiaceae family, is a widely used medicinal plant that has many applications in the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. Therefore, it is important to identify new ways to improve the growth and production of secondary metabolites in mint plants. The current study was performed
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Long-term creep properties of hybrid CLT fabricated with lumber and OSB Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Tianxiao Yin, Huan Song, Zhiqiang Wang, Long Li, Wei Zheng, Zehui Ju, Yingchun Gong, Meng Gong
Due to the characteristics of orthogonal layup, CLT is more likely to occur time-dependent deformation. The creep behavior of hybrid CLT (HCLT) together with normal CLT specimens was analyzed under different constant-loading conditions (shear and bending) lasting for 90 days. The results showed that the long-term creep performance of these specimens was significantly affected by different loading conditions
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Preparation of sugarcane bagasse-derived Co/Ni/N/MPC nanocomposites and its application in H2O2 detection Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Quan Bu, Fan Yu, Jin Cai, Jianmei Bai, Junming Xu, Hongliang Wang, Hongjian Lin, Hairong Long
In this study, Co, Ni and N were introduced into the carbon-based materials to construct the Co/Ni/N/MPC(microwave pyrolysis biochar) sensor with multiple electrochemical active signal sites. Under the performance of microwave-assisted synthesis, carbon-based skeleton was employed to uniformly disperse Co and Ni atoms, forming metal-metal bonds with stronger activity than single metal. Nitrogen doping
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Advances and new insights in naturally colored cotton breeding and research Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Tianwang Wen, Weigui Luo, Yuanxue Li, Zhongxu Lin
Cotton is the world’s most important fiber crop, and naturally colored cotton (NCC) is an important kind of environmental friendly material. The NCC described here refers to that the cotton fiber itself can synthesize pigments and present colors. NCC has gone through domestication and traditional breeding era in history. Due to the bottlenecks faced by NCC such as low fiber yield, poor quality, narrow
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Environmental performance of bamboo-based office paper production: A comparative study with eucalyptus Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Luiz Ghelmandi Netto, Feni Agostinho, Cecília M.V.B. Almeida, Gengyuan Liu, Biagio F. Giannetti
Bamboo has being used as alternative raw material for construction, reinforcing fibers, paper production, among other applications. Although its recognized potentials as raw material, there are doubts about its environmental performance compared to traditional wood-based products, including paper production, which hinders bamboo-based paper plants in large scales. This study aims to assess the environmental
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Electrochemical sensing of paracetamol based on sugarcane bagasse-activated biochar Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Scarlett Allende, Yang Liu, Mohan V. Jacob
Agro-industrial waste is an abundant bio-resource that can be used as a feedstock to develop carbon nanomaterials. This research identifies the specific microwave pyrolysis operating conditions to generate activated biochar from sugarcane bagasse (SCB) biomass. The optimal conditions to obtain activated biochar from SCB was by using HSO chemical treatment in a mass ratio 1:1 followed by microwave-assisted
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Robust cellulose composite aerogels with enhanced thermal insulation and mechanical properties from cotton waste Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Gewen Su, Peiqing Jiang, Liyun Guo, Huawei Zhang, Xinyu Cheng, Huapeng Zhang
Bio-based aerogels are sustainable and eco-friendly materials that have gained increasing attention. However, their development is hindered by complex technological processes and unsatisfactory mechanical properties. To obtain a multi-scale hierarchical micro-meso porous composite aerogel with extraordinary thermal insulation and mechanical properties via simple and facile preparation process, we used
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Preparation, physicochemical characterization, and computational studies of aldehyde aroma compounds/cyclodextrin inclusion complexes Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Qinfei Ke, Jiamin Zhu, Dongdong Su, Fei Pan, Qingran Meng, Xingran Kou
Encapsulation with cyclodextrins (CDs) is one of the effective means for the controlled release of aroma compounds. Nevertheless, the aroma profile of the essence or essential oil often exhibits significant differences before and after encapsulation, which seriously affected the aroma quality of steady-state products. However, the exact mechanism underlying this issue has yet to be fully elucidated
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Mechanically robust and environmentally stable Al2O3/KH550 densified bamboo structural materials Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Ziyu Ba, Hongyun Luo, Jie Cui, Zhaoliang Guo
Fast-growing bamboo composites with the delignification and densification fabricating processes have been widely applied for sustainable structural materials, but the environmentally stability still hinders its further development. Here, we demonstrate a robust and environmental stable modified densified bamboo composites consisting of hierarchical AlO nanoparticles and organic coupling agent γ-Aminopropyl
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Effect of alkaline catalysts on the valorization of sugarcane bagasse via pyrolysis Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Morayma Muñoz, Marco Rosero, Angela N. García, Antonio Marcilla
Sugarcane bagasse (Saccharum officinarum) is a widely spread residual biomass from the sugar industry that can be valorized through pyrolysis. The spectrum of the fractions obtained will vary depending on the pyrolysis conditions selected. In this work, the influence of alkaline treatments on the raw material has been studied. The sugarcane residues were treated with sodium or potassium hydroxides
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Enzymatic hydrolysates of Agave tequilana bagasse pretreated with protic ionic liquids: Saccharification efficiency and hydrogen production Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Paola J. Delgado-Espitia, Damián J. Castillo-Preciado, Hugo O. Méndez-Acosta, Elías Razo-Flores, Jose A. Pérez-Pimienta
This work demonstrated for the first time that hydrogen (H) can be generated from bagasse (ATB) after ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment up to 111.1 L H/kg hydrolyzed biomass in only 20 h. It is shown that the low-cost protic IL [EOA][OAc] (ethanolamine acetate) can effectively pretreat ATB at two different scales (bench and lab) using 2 and 250 g (dry basis) at 20% solids loading and 160 °C for 90 min
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Physiological changes underlying increased photosynthetic-nitrogen use efficiency in response to low-nitrogen conditions in Brassica napus L Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Hong Zhuo, Xinyu Liu, Shang Luo, Xixian Ou, Xiangmin Rong, Lan Yang, Qiang Li, Yongliang Han
The photosynthetic-nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE) of L. is reported to increase under low nitrogen (N) condition. However, the underlying physiological mechanisms are unclear. In this study, the physiological mechanisms underlying increase in the photosynthetic-nitrogen use efficiency of L. under low-nitrogen condition were investigated by assessing the changes in plant architecture, light reception
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Bio-coated filter paper: Enhanced antimicrobial & barrier with nanochitin/nanocellulose Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Xinxia Li, Yujun Zou, Rui Zhou, Liang Liu, Yimin Fan
Pickering emulsions consisting of nanochitin/nanocellulose and cinnamon essential oil were synthesized and utilized as a water-based coating for filter paper, resulting in improved oxygen barrier and vapor barrier characteristics. The incorporation of cinnamon essential oil within Pickering emulsion facilitated a delayed release of the oil, thereby imparting antibacterial properties against on the
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Process performance evaluation of different chemical pretreatments of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol production Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Neelu Raina, Rattanan Boonmee, Suchata Kirdponpattara, Monpilai Narasingha, Malinee Sriariyanun, Paripok Phitsuwan, Santi Chuetor
So far, a large number of pretreatment methods have garnered significant attention aimed only at optimizing the reducing sugar and bioethanol yields. This study however, carried out pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) using hydrothermal, organosolv, alkaline and alkaline peroxide pretreatment methods comparing their process performance. An evaluation of the energy consumption parameter during pretreatment
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Flexible, transparent, and fire-proof cellulose nanofibril films with outstanding flame retardancy Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Jierui Ye, Qingtian Xu, Yuebing Gao, Yipeng Liang, Qiang Wu, Guomin Wu, Siqun Wang, Pan Chen, Qian Li
Naturally occurring cellulose nanofibril (CNF) is a major component of plant cell walls and possesses numerous advantages, including a high specific surface area, exceptional strength, abundant availability, renewability, and biodegradability. However, the inherent ignitability of CNF hinders its practical application in advanced functional materials. Herein, we report a novel ternary deep eutectic
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Bacterial cellulose-turmeric powder composites as potential therapeutic wound dressings Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Shaukat Khan, Heejeong Chan, Soyeon Won, Muhammad Ikram, Saif Ullah, Mazhar Ul-Islam, Sung Soo Han
Bacterial cellulose (BC) has emerged as a promising biomaterial for rapid wound healing and tissue regeneration due to its excellent liquid absorbing and biocompatible properties. However, its lack of therapeutic properties restricts its applicability as a wound dressing. The current study was undertaken to develop bacterial cellulose-turmeric powder (BC-TP) composite films as wound dressing materials
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A novel rosin-based non-isocyanate polyurethane with high-strength, self-healing, and recyclable properties for wood adhesives Ind. Crops Prod. (IF 5.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Yuemin Zhou, Fuhao Dong, Xingyu Chen, Xujuan Huang, Lizhen Guo, He Liu, Xu Xu
Non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) has received wide attention as a material prepared from renewable resources. Nevertheless, due to its poor mechanical properties, NIPU is difficult to replace conventional polyurethane to achieve large-scale production and practical applications. Hence, using rosin derivatives as raw materials, biogenic cyclic carbonic acid esters were synthesized by carbon dioxide