Studying the role of endophytic microbial diversity in plant growth is helpful to understand plant-microbe interaction. The present experiment was aimed to investigate the effect of seed endophytes of Artemisia annua on plant biomass and artemisinin content. All the ten bacterial endophytes were found to express a varying degree of plant growth-promoting ability in pots, and of these six better performing

Higher flavonoids yield can increase economic and industrial efficiency of Ginkgo biloba Linn. leaf-harvesting plantation. However, high-temperature limits ginkgo leaf flavonoids production in warm climates regions. Few studies have reported on methods that may improve ginkgo leaf flavonoids yield by increasing leaf productivity and flavonoids content simultaneously. This study investigated the effects

Determining the role of castor lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases (RcLPATs) provides information that aid in understanding the biosynthesis mechanism of castor oil (triacylglycerols, TAG), which contains 90 % ricinoleic acid (18:1OH), a hydroxy fatty acid (HFA) with numerous industrial applications. The entire family of seven RcLPATs was shown to encode functional enzymes using in vitro assays

Nitrogen based fertilizers have great potential for the ontogenesis and improvement of plants on sustainable basis. This study aims to unveil the effects of nitrogen based fertilizers on physiology, biochemistry and photochemistry of Bambusa emeiensis L. C. Chia & H. L. Fung; along with cloning and expression of a nitrate transporter gene from NRT1 family (BeNRT1.1). Our data revealed that NO3−N has

Brassica carinata A. Braun, grown as a winter crop on underutilized agricultural land in the southeast United States (SE US), may provide a new rotation alternative and augment income for producers. Widespread adoption of Brassica carinata as a winter crop in the SE US requires varieties with cold tolerance, acceptable and stable seed yield, oil content, protein content so that the crop will be complementary

Astragalus is a genus with many important medicinal plant species. The historical background of Astragalus species dates back to 2000–3000 years. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the phytochemical composition, antioxidant, tyrosinase and α-amylase inhibitory activities of the MeOH (methanol) extracts obtained from three different Astragalus species (A. gymnolobus Fisch., A. leporinus Boiss

In this study, multivariate analysis methods were used to reveal inner-relationship among key variables of deep eutectic solvents (DES) pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. Principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least square (PLS) were performed to analyze the effects of characterization of biomass material, physicochemical properties of DES and pretreatment conditions on the efficiency

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) has emerged as a potential multipiurpose crop: fibre crop, energy crop, and phytoextractor of pollutants from the soil. However, the multipurpise grwoth of hemp was restricted as its cultivation in EU was legalized only in the past two decades. Most scientific researches of sewage sludge (SS) describe it at relatively low application levels for cultivation of different

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is an important source of biomass for biofuels production. To evaluate its potential as a feedstock for biofuel, calorific value, ash, and carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) contents were investigated under different flower removal treatments during 2015–2016 in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China. Total biomass of flower removal treatments was significantly

Oregano is a perennial crop native to the mountains, which has been extensively cultivated in the last decade. Due to the growing interest in oregano cultivation, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of irrigation and nitrogen fertilization on the yield of Greek oregano and the production of essential oil in order to increase the harvested yield without reducing the quality of the product

The use of nano particles (NPs) in agriculture is growing dramatically. However, the impact of Fe-NPs on physiological parameters and essential oil yield of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) are still unknown. This research was conducted to address the effect of NPs of Fe oxide (Fe-NPs; 0, 5, 10, 20, 30 and 20 μM) on resistance against reduced irrigation by 80, 60 and 40 % Field Capacity (FC), in

Since there are several diverse landraces across Iran, screening the landraces with high production may lead to finding superior genotype(s) for the future conventional breeding programs. Thus, the aims of this study was to investigate the variation of oil content, yield, and profile of fatty acids in Iranian landraces of Nigella sativa L. Seed yield, oil content and oil yield significantly differed

Inspired by the self-bonding mechanism of higher plants, self-bonding nanofibrillated cellulose composite, a binderless biomass materials, was developed based on the chemical composition self-bonding using the simple mechanical thermal rubber milling and the hot-pressing method. Here, key factors of the reduction process of biomass nanofibrillated cellulose composite, including grinding time, pressing

Castor (Ricinus communis) is an evergreen, self- pollinating, perennial shrub that grows easily upto 10 m height. India ranks first in the world for the production of castor seed. Per ton of castor plant generates more than 50 % of residue in the form of its leaves and stems. Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of castor residue was performed at 260−300 °C for 60 min in the presence of alkali catalysts

Clusiaceae is renowned for producing a wide range of phytochemicals like isoprenylated xanthones, biflavonoids and anthraquinones. Recently, focus on Shikimic Acid (SA) has increased since its appearance as a key precursor for the synthesis of drug against H5N1 virus. Present work quantifies shikimic acid from, different parts of clusiaceae species. RP-HPLC analysis showed M. suriga collected form Siddhapur

Tannin as a renewable resource with the potential to play an increased role in the tanning of leather by the virtue of its low pollution and biodegradability. In this work, a valuable tannin resource was obtained from the Coriaria nepalensis bark (CNB), the extraction of tannin from CNB with sodium hydroxide was optimized by the Box-Behnken design response surface. The effects of extraction time, extraction

The traditional Chinese medicinal plant Desmodium styracifolium Merr. have efficient effect on preventing urinary calculi due to schaftoside. However, the schaftoside biosynthesis remains unknown. In this study, RNAseq transcriptomes and small RNAomes of leaves and flowers were sequenced and analyzed. There are 9955 differentially expressed genes DEGs and 86 differentially expressed microRNA miRNA

Bioactive compounds present in fruit oils have an antioxidant activity, which may be related to an immunomodulatory effect, which in turn can result in a microbicidal activity. Hence, the main aim of the current study is to evaluate the immunomodulatory effect of buriti oil (Mauritia Flexuosa L.) against enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). Therefore, buriti pulp oil was extracted and characterized

This study aimed to evaluate phytochemical and essential oil (EO) chemical composition of the lemon grass inoculated with Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Rhizophagus clarus and Claroideoglomus etunicatum and with Azospirillum brasilense. The experimental design was completely randomized in a 2 × 3 factorial scheme: two levels of rhizobacterium (inoculated with A. brasilense and non-inoculated) and

Pyrolysis of Arundo donax can provide renewable and sustainable energy, materials, and chemicals in a large scale. In this study, the pyrolysis mechanism and potential evaluation of biomass was revealed by thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and a fixed bed pyrolysis setup. Up to about 150 °C, moisture in the sample was evaporated

This study tested the suitability of solid residue (CaO) derived from the mixture of wastes biomass as based catalyst transesterification conversion of the blend of neem oilseed (Azadirachta indica A.Juss) with rendered pig fat. Blending was done in the ratio of Neem oil: Pig fat oil (v/v) as 10:90 (NO10),20:80 (NO20),30:70 (NO30), 40:60 (NO40), 50:50 (NO50), 60:40 (NO60), 70:30 (NO70), 80:20 (NO80)

A lignocellulosic non-wood material sarkanda available in abundance as waste, was evaluated for chemical constituents, pulping behavior, morphological properties, bleaching behavior and paper handsheet strength properties. Present study reveals that sarkanda contains cellulose 36.2 ± 0.5 %, hemicelluloses 35.2 ± 0.41 %, lignin 21.2 ± 0.22 % and ash 8.2 ± 0.3 %. Soda-anthraquinone pulping of sarkanda

The hydrolysis of proteins could produce more bioactive moieties. To obtain more bioactivities, Chinese quince seed protein was hydrolyzed by papain to produce biological peptides. After ultrafiltration, gel filtration chromatography, and reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography purifications, two novel peptides were successfully prepared. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization t

Camelina (Camelina sativa L. Crantz) is an oilseed crop belonging to the Brassicaceae family, which is a rich source of oil (28–40 %), as well as an excellent potential source of α-linolenic acid, a precursor for omega-3 fatty acid. A two-year experiment (2017-19) was conducted to investigate the effect of potassium sulfate and ammonium sulfate on several qualitative and quantitative traits of camelina

Natural dyes are eco-friendly, non-hazardous and sustainable. But the use of metal mordants such as copper, chromium, tin and zinc could make the application of natural dyes unsustainable since they are heavy metals. Hence, sustainable natural dyeing could be achieved with natural mordanting assistant such as myrobalan, metal mordants like alum and ferrous sulphate which have lesser environmental impacts

This report establishes the production and characterization of anthraquinones and phenolic compounds from the adventitious root cultures of Morinda coreia, induced from the leaves on half strength Murashige and Skoog’s (MS) medium fortified with 1.0 mg l−1 of Indole-3 butyric acid (IBA). The in vitro regenerated adventitious roots (AR) were treated with various concentrations of IBA (0.5–5.0 mg l-1)

In the present study, polysaccharides were isolated from pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) external hull, with a yield of 4.10 % (w/w). The crude polysaccharides were composed by carbohydrates (80.64 ± 0.98 %), while protein (1.80 ± 0.28 %), ash (6.32 ± 0.26 %) and fat (0.04 ± 0.005 %) contents were low. Structural characteristics were determined using FTIR spectroscopy and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The results

Roots and rhizomes of Rubia yunnanensis are important Chinese medicine materials with significant anti-tumor activity, which is mainly obtained from wild resources. There is an urgent need to develop the production practice for the cultivation of R. yunnanensis. The current study was performed to investigate the changes in the photosynthetic pigment content, photosynthetic characteristics, chlorophyll

It is important to provide insights into the relationships among members of Boehmeria in China and the course of evolutionary of various taxa, thus deepening understanding of Boehmeria.In this study, 34 plants (33 specimens of Boehmeria and one of Oreocnide) were sequenced using specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) technology, and 55.76 M reads with a mean sequencing depth of 17

Eucalypt forests and industrial plantations are threatened by fungal pathogen outbreaks that compromise timber and non-timber products and tree survival. Understanding host-pathogen interactions may contribute to the development of disease management strategies and the selection of resistant genotypes. Resistant and susceptible plants respond differently to disease infection, presenting variations

Hedyotis diffusa Willd (HDW) is widely used to treat various diseases and as a health supplement. The high demand for wild HDW has resulted in the emergence of numerous cultivated HDW. However, there is a little information about the chemical and pharmacological differences between wild and cultivated HDW. In the present study, 20 wild and cultivated HDW samples were collected from different regions

Phytochemical investigations of Oxalis corniculata L. shown the existence of biologically active secondary metabolites like phenols, flavanoids, alkaloids, tannins, triterpenes, sterols, and volatile oils. In this work, ethanolic extract of Oxalis corniculata L. was prepared to explore the carbonic anhydrase and cholinesterase inhibitory activities against epilepsy and anti-Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

Terpene trilactones (TTLs) are important secondary metabolites and healthy components of Ginkgo biloba. They are essential for the quality of G. biloba and have been widely used in food, medicine and natural health products. However, there are no reports of miRNA associated with the biosynthesis of TTLs. To screen and identify the potential miRNA that participates in TTL metabolism in G. biloba, we

Mulberry leaves contain various types of phenolics, especially glycosides of the flavonoids quercetin and kaempferol. The aim of the present study was to investigate the production of quercetin and kaempferol as well as the biological activity of mulberry leaves with solid-state fermentation by edible fungi. Among the test fungi, the fermentation with Monascus anka was found to obviously increase the