BACKGROUND Allergy to zucchini (Cucurbita pepo), a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, has not previously been reported. We examined 4 patients complaining of allergic symptoms, such as oral allergy syndrome, nausea, diarrhea, or pruritus, after the intake of zucchini. OBJECTIVE After the confirmation of food allergy, we wanted to characterize zucchini allergens and examine possible cross-rea...

Exposure of root tissue from a susceptible variety of sweet potato to low concentrations of ethylene induced a resistance to infection by Ceratocystis fimbriata and an increase in the activity of peroxidase and polyphenoloxidase in the tissue. Susceptible tissue that was inoculated with a pathogenic strain of C. fimbriata or a nonpathogenic strain that can induce resistance liberated more ethyl...

The presence of plant-uncoupling mitochondrial protein (PUMP), previously described by Vercesi et al. (1995), was screened in mitochondria of various organs or tissues of several plant species. This was done functionally, by monitoring purine nucleotide-sensitive linoleic acid-induced uncoupling, or by Western blots. The following findings were established: (1) PUMP was found in most of the hig...

Rabbits were injected with cell walls obtained from crown-gall tumor tissue or the corresponding cell walls from normal potato tissue. The serum obtained from rabbits 53 days after they were injected with tumor cell walls contained immunoglobins that reacted with both tumor and normal cell walls as well as with the cells from the inciting strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. When this serum was...

Crispness is an important indicator of crunchy food. However, it cannot be easily quantified by sensory evaluation, due to the high subjectivity evaluators; instrument measurement this requires much manpower and time. To improve efficiency food crispness prediction, paper attempts build a rapid, convenient, accurate analysis model. Starting with fracturing sound food, authors collected acoustic...

To evaluate the effectiveness of potassium (K) application in mitigating137Cs transfer from soil to plants, several vegetable species were cultivated under field and pot experiments. In experiment, squash, sweet potato, turnip, carrot examined 2020 2021 two different areas Hamadori (coastal region Fukushima Prefecture). Transfer factor (TF) was calculated by dividing harvest radioactivity (Bq k...

Heterodera schachtii developed to maturity and reproduced on the lateral roots of defoliated sugarbeet which were buried to a depth of 2.5 cm in sterilized soil and inoculated with cysts. Nematodes did not develop on detached lateral roots or on roots of young defoliated beets which did not have a large tap root. The storage roots of large rooted plants were sliced, placed in small jars, inocul...

Stem and bulb nematode, Ditylenchus dipsaci Kühn, 1857 (Tylenchida: Anguinidae), is one of the most important plant parasitic nematodes worldwide. The host range local populations needs to be determined for control using crop rotation. Susceptibility 29 species was tested onion garlic D. from Central Anatolian Plateau in Turkey under growth chamber conditions Karaman 2019. Based on reproduction...

abstractbackground : the presence of primordial radionuclide in human habitats has always been a source of prolonged exposure. measurement of naturally occurring radionuclides in the environment can be used as baseline to evaluate the impact of non-nuclear activities and also routine releases from nuclear installations.   materials and methods: a total of 56 samples from 18 different foodstuff ...