The hybrids between Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. and L.cylindrica (L.) Roem. have strong heterosis effects. However, some reproductive isolation traits hindered their normal hybridization and fructification, which was mainly caused by the flowering time and hybrid pollen sterility. In order to study the genetic basis of two interspecific reproductive isolation traits, we constructed a genetic li...

A chemically treated luffa sponge (LS) derived from the ripe fruit of Luffa cylindrica (LC) plant is investigated as an efficient solar photothermal conversion material for water purification applications very first time. Hydrophilicity and absorbance LS are enhanced by dopamine treatment candle soot surface coating. The fabricated modified (SM-LS) leads to a superb evaporation rate high 1.30 k...

In the current work, experimentations have been accomplished to assess impact of diffusing nanosilica particles in epoxy matrix on mechanical and thermal performance luffa fibre reinforced composite material. The composition are fixed as 80 : 20 throughout study, is disbanded diversified volume fractions 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5%, respectively, while preparing luffa/epoxy/nanosilica (LES...

The seeds of Luffa aegyptica Mill, locally known as "ghia torai" (family Cucurbitaceae), have earlier been studied for the saponin and sapogenin contents and found to contain a mixture of colourless saponins which on hydrolysis yields two acid and a neutral sapogenin. The acetates of the two acid genins melted at 266-268" and 176-181" while the neutral genin acetate melted at 262-264O.l The aci...

Luffa reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) bio-composites were prepared and examined. The luffa surface was treated using three chemicals, i.e., sodium hydroxide, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, acetic anhydride, which enhanced compatibility with PLA. Mechanical testing done on the chemically modified PLA bio-composites, tensile, flexural, hardness, thermal. Infrared spectral functional group morphol...

This study was devoted to the development of pulp Luffa Cclindrica and its characterization paper (annual plant fiber of the family Cucurbitaceae). Baking at soda helps to achieve a high level of delignification (Kappa ≤ 10) and high yield (≈ 67%).The beatability stack Valley is comparable to refined wood fibers, the fibers develop a normally time with good hydrophilic pro...

Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem. is an economically important vegetable crop in China. However, the genomic information on this species is currently unknown. In this study, for the first time, a genome survey of L. cylindrica was carried out using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. In total, 43.40 Gb sequence data of L. cylindrica, about 54.94× coverage of the estimated genome size of 789....