Among the various types of agricultural waste, significant amounts of energy can be obtained from woodchips derived from comminuted pruning residues. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of using kiwi orchard clear-cut biomass for energy production. The field trial was conducted in a commercial kiwi (Actinidia chinensis) orchard located in Northwest Italy. We evaluated the biomass yield, ...

Cysteine proteinases from the fruit and latex of plants, including papaya, pineapple and fig, were previously shown to have a rapid detrimental effect, in vitro, against the rodent gastrointestinal nematodes, Heligmosomoides polygyrus (which is found in the anterior small intestine) and Trichuris muris (which resides in the caecum). Proteinases in the crude latex of papaya also showed anthelmin...

We have identified the Drosophila UDP-glucose dehydrogenase gene as being involved in wingless signaling. Mutations in this gene, called kiwi, generate a phenotype identical to that of wingless. UDP-glucose dehydrogenase is required for the biosynthesis of UDP-glucuronate, which in turn is utilized in the biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans. By rescuing the kiwi phenotype with both UDP-glucurona...

Fruits and vegetables are considered a good source of polyphenols and antioxidant capacities which are beneficial in protecting the human body against damage induced by reactive species. The objective of this work is to conduct an assessment of the polyphenol content and antioxidant activities of different fruit (kiwi, pear, green apple, raspberry, blackberry, strawberry and blueberry) and vege...

A close relationship has been observed between the growth and development of kiwi fruit pollination flower. Flower overlap, flower tilt, other problems will affect this plant’s success rate. model based on YOLOv5 was developed to improve flowers. The K-means++ clustering method used cluster anchors closer target size, which improved speed algorithm. convolutional block module attention mechanis...

Drying kinetics, ascorbic acid content (AAC), total phenolic (TPC), and antioxidant capacity (AC) of kiwifruits at different temperatures (60 ?C, 70 80) were investigated. The drying rate effective moisture diffusivity the highest 80 ?C. Additionally, Parabolic model best predicts experimental ratio 60 ?C while Page described curve On other hand, AAC, TPC, AC significantly influenced by tempera...