Twelve pumpkin cultivars (Cucurbita maxima D.), cultivated in Iowa, were studied for their seed oil content, fatty acid composition, and tocopherol content. Oil content ranged from 10.9 to 30.9%. Total unsaturated fatty acid content ranged from 73.1 to 80.5%. The predominant fatty acids present were linoleic, oleic, palmitic, and stearic. Significant differences were observed among the cultivar...

in order to investigate the effect of pruning and potassium nutrition on pumpkin grain yield and quality, a factorial experiment based on complete block design with four replications was carried out in nooshar village of ardabil province, ardabil, iran, in 2007. experimental factors include potassium nutrition in three level (0, 75 and 150 kg/ha from potassium sulfate) and stem pruning (without...

Field survey of the cucurbit crops revealed a high incidence of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK), Pakistan. Among the seven districts surveyed, average percent incidence of CGMMV was recorded up to 58.1% in district Nowshera, followed by 51.1% in district Charsada, 40.5% in district Swabi and 37.3% in district Mardan. In Swat and Dir districts aver...

Plants can defend themselves against fungal infection by natural means induced by biotic and abiotic elicitors. Osthol is a natural compound extracted from dried fruits of Cnidii Monnieri Fructus. In this study, it has been shown to not only be a fungicide with acceptable curative properties (control efficacy of 68.72), but it also showed a significant prophylactic effect (with control efficacy...

This paper is concerned with the elastic buckling of pumpkin-shaped balloon structures. Pumpkin balloons, currently being used in the NASA Ultra-Long Duration Ballooning (ULDB) Program, consist of stiff meridional tendons that constrain a thin, highly curved plastic surface. The present study exploits the high degree of symmetry of this design by adopting a newly developed, closed form expressi...

This study aims to improve the dietary habits of university students by planting an easy choice.First, we captured the dietary habits of university students by analyzing their purchasing behavior with the data from their meal cards (a prepaid food voucher). As a result of analysis, we found that the dietary habits of meal card users are unbalanced and have many areas for improvement. we also fo...

AIMS To determine suitable food textures for videofluoroscopic study of swallowing (VFSS), in order to predict and prevent subsequent aspiration pneumonia in esophageal cancer patients with dysphagia after surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated 45 hospitalized esophageal cancer patients who underwent surgery between January 2012 and December 2013. The control group consisted of 43 patien...

Gibberellin (GA) signalling during pumpkin male flower development is highly regulated, including biosynthetic, perception, and transduction pathways. GA 20-oxidases, 3-oxidases, and 2-oxidases catalyse the final part of GA synthesis. Additionally, 7-oxidase initiates this part of the pathway in some cucurbits including Cucurbita maxima L. (pumpkin). Expression patterns for these GA-oxidase-enc...

Growing population, together with unpredictable climatic changes and dwindling fertile land, has forced to explore the alternate underutilized flora from the rich biome. There is a great opportunity for economic growth in agriculture system by introducing underutilized commodity in market place. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to elucidate the nutritional potential of an important u...

A cDNA clone for isocitrate lyase (ICL) was isolated from a cDNA library prepared from the poly(A)+ RNA of etiolated pumpkin cotyledons. The cDNA encoded a polypeptide with 576 amino acids, whose sequence is more than 79% identical to those of ICL from other higher plants and contains the C-terminal tripeptide, Ser-Arg-Met, which is a putative targeting signal to microbodies. Immunogold analysi...