The aim of this work was to investigate the impact of domestic storage conditions on total reducing sugars and free asparagine in fresh potatoes to understand the implications for acrylamide forming potential. Current advice to consumers is that potatoes should be stored in a dark cool place, but not in the refrigerator based on an expectation that home storage in the refrigerator will result in ‘cold

Plants are exposed to different environmental stresses (biotic or abiotic) in their habitats which often result in several diseases and decline in crop production, these are major concerns to crop producers and scientists. Habitat‐imposed biotic stress is one of the most common problems of crop production. The use of chemical‐based pesticides has been widely reported to control plant diseases but the

Endosperm culture can be considered a method to achieve polyploid plants. An experiment was conducted to determine the ploidy levels in leaf cells of plantlets originating from the endosperm and cotyledonary segment explants after organogenesis. The ploidy level of plantlets was determined by flow cytometry. Also, anatomical and morphological traits of the analyzed plantlets were compared to identify

Asparagine synthetase catalyses the transfer of an amino group from glutamine to aspartate to form glutamate and asparagine. The accumulation of free (non‐protein) asparagine in crops has implications for food safety because free asparagine is the precursor for acrylamide, a carcinogenic contaminant that forms during high‐temperature cooking and processing. Here we review publicly‐available genome

Boron (B) affects plasma membrane (PM) integrity and consequently modulates the P‐type PM H+‐ATPase activity creating a driving force for nutrient influx at the root level. Since citrus rootstocks respond differently to B supply, we hypothesized that PM H+‐ATPase activity of varieties contrasting in horticultural traits would affect nutrient uptake by trees. Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis ) trees grafted

Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) assigned to the genus Tobamovirus is considered a major disease cause of cucurbits worldwide. A primary route for CGMMV disease spread is via mechanical contact. The virus is highly stable and adheres to various agricultural equipment. In the current study, we examined means to inactivate the virus and reduce disease spread via planting equipment and supplies

Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) is a perennial crop belonging to the Asteraceae family. Its main agronomic and industrial interest is the accumulation in its leaves of steviol glycosides (SG), natural acaloric sweeteners which are 300 times sweeter than sucrose. In order to expand phenotyping knowledge on this emerging crop, researchers and breeders need a universal scale to describe the development

Tillage systems in conservation agriculture such as no‐tillage (NT) and crop‐livestock integration (CLI) have been proposed to limit the negative impacts of intensive agriculture. Soil organisms such as Collembola are good indicators because they respond to a variety of environmental and ecological factors and their community structure indicates a change in land management. In this study, we propose

Mungbean or green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) is a major pulse crop of South‐East Asia. This is the most liked pulse in India due to its good palatability, nutritional quality and easy digestibility. It is mainly grown in subsistence farming systems in India. The crop species has evolved in a diverse range of agro‐climatic conditions and therefore the local germplasm has rich genetic diversity

Our objective was to examine how bee foraging preferences on dioecious willows are influenced by plant sex, time of day, by sampling date on multiple sites and across different willow species. In a common garden experiment examining diurnal pollinator visitation patterns of Andrena bees (andrenids), there was a strong preference for male willow plants: 87% of visitations on male plants of Salix eriocephala

Plum pox virus (PPV) is the causal agent of sharka, the most devastating virus disease of Prunus species. PPV is transmitted by vegetative propagation, particularly by grafting, as well as by aphid species in a non‐persistent manner. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the prevalence and diversity of PPV‐vector aphid species in representative European areas of prunus cultivation. Four experimental

Viruses limit sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) production worldwide. Many sweetpotato landraces in East Africa are, however, largely virus-free. Moreover, some plants infected by the prevalent Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) may be able to revert to virus-free status. In this study, we analysed reversion from SPFMV, Sweet potato virus C, Sweet potato mild mottle virus, Sweet potato chlorotic

The use of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) to control multiple pathogens that affect different crops was studied, namely, Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in kiwifruit, Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni in Prunus and Xanthomonas fragariae in strawberry. A screening procedure based on in vitro and in planta assays of the three bacterial pathogens was successful in selecting potential LAB strains as biological

Insect pests can reduce wheat yield by direct feeding and transmission of plant viruses. Here we report results from laboratory and field phenotyping studies on a wide range of wheat, including landraces from the Watkins collection deriving from before the green revolution, more modern cultivars from the Gediflux collection (north-western Europe) and modern UK Elite varieties, for resistance to the

Crop protection is an integral part of establishing food security, by protecting the yield potential of crops. Cereal aphids cause yield losses by direct damage and transmission of viruses. Some wild relatives of wheat show resistance to aphids but the mechanisms remain unresolved. In order to elucidate the location of the partial resistance to the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi, in diploid