Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the immediate energy, carbon, and other nutrient substrates for microbial growth and, therefore, plays an essential role in agroecosystem biochemical processes. The aim of this study was to elucidate interrelationships among watermelon growth, DOM chemical characteristics, content, functional diversity soilless growing substrates. We analyzed effect no fertiliz...

We examined the effects of ingestion of five types of insoluble fibre on growth and Zn absorption in rats fed a marginally Zn-deficient diet (6.75 mg (0.103 mmol) Zn/kg diet) with or without added sodium phytate (12.6 mmol/kg diet). The types of insoluble fibre tested were corn husks, watermelon skin, yam-bean root (Pachyrhizus erosus) and pineapple core, and cellulose was used as a control (10...

Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) is a plant that causes damage to cucurbit crops such as watermelon and cucumber, transmitted by an insect vector known the whitefly. Since CCYV was first detected on cucumber in Chungbuk 2018, it has been reported other areas including Gyeongsang Korea. In 2020, we performed field surveys of yellowing diseases greenhouses growing melon (Jincheon Eumseong)...

The influences of processing and storage on the quality indices and nutritional content of fresh-cut fruits were evaluated in comparison to whole fruits stored for the same duration but prepared on the day of sampling. Fresh-cut pineapples, mangoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, strawberries, and kiwifruits and whole fruits were stored for up to 9 days in air at 5 degrees C. The postcutting life ba...

Cucumber and watermelon, which belong to Cucurbitaceae family, are economically important cultivated crops worldwide. However, these crops are vulnerable to various adverse environments. Two-component system (TCS), consisting of histidine kinases (HKs), phosphotransfers (HPs), and response regulator proteins (RRs), plays important roles in various plant developmental processes and signaling tra...

BACKGROUND Profilins are highly cross-reactive allergens which bind IgE antibodies of almost 20% of plant-allergic patients. This study is aimed at investigating cross-reactivity of melon profilin with other plant profilins and the role of the linear and conformational epitopes in human IgE cross-reactivity. METHODS Seventeen patients with melon allergy were selected based on clinical history...

Cellulose was the most abundant polymer or polysaccharide that presents as the structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants but also signify for microbial extracellular polymer. The production of cellulose by microorganism such as Acetobacter xylinum sp. was most favored by researchers because the cellulose that produced was extremely pure and had a higher degree of polymerizat...

Carotenoids, which impart yellow, orange, and/or red colors to many fruits, have antioxidant health properties. A series of experiments were undertaken to establish horticultural relationships to carotenoids in watermelon and mango in cooperation with U.S. commodity boards. Watermelon was assayed to determine effects of germplasm, storage temperature, and fresh cut on lycopene and beta carotene...

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a cheap and easily available fruit in the local markets of India. The rind, which outer layer watermelon, completely edible. It only with 90 per cent water, fully edible including its rind seeds as they contains different types nutrients are needed by our body day to life. benefits body, includes reduced blood pressure, presence vitamins, such vitamin A, B &amp...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among women in the United States. Endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness increase with advancing age and are early predictors of future CVD outcomes. We designed the Modulating Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Elders (MOXIE) study to examine the effects of 100% watermelon juice as a "food-first" intervention to reduce CVD ri...