Renjie Zhao¹, Yueqiao Li², Chen Xu², Zhian Zhang^1,*, Ziyang Zhou^2,*, Yihan Zhou³, Zexin Qi¹

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.8, pp. 1963-1980, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.053072 - 30 August 2024

Abstract Despite hybrid dominance contributing to the genetic improvement of crops, little is known about heterosis and inheritance patterns of endogenous substances in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) root bleeding sap. In this study, six sterile and six restorer lines of sorghum and 36 hybrid sorghum combinations formulated as incomplete double-row crosses were selected as test materials, and heterosis, combining ability, heritability, and their interrelationships of root bleeding sap endogenous substances in different hybrid sorghum combinations and their parents were investigated. The results showed that the root bleeding sap of the F1 generation of hybrid sorghum had… More >

Fatih Çelik^1,*, Oğuzhan Yıldız², Andaç Batur Çolak³, Samet Mufit Bozkır¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 135-158, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.021014 - 02 August 2022

Abstract In this study, the workability of cement-based grouts containing n-TiO₂ nanoparticles and fly ash has been investigated experimentally. Several characteristic quantities (including, but not limited to, the marsh cone flow time, the mini slump spreading diameter and the plate cohesion meter value) have been measured for different percentages of these additives. The use of fly ash as a mineral additive has been found to result in improvements in terms of workability behavior as expected. Moreover, if nano titanium oxide is also used, an improvement can be obtained regarding the bleeding values for the cement-based grout mixes. More >

Mingda Yang¹, Shouchen Ma², Fujian Mei¹, Li Wei¹, Tongchao Wang^1,*, Xiaokang Guan^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.2, pp. 417-435, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2021.013175 - 07 February 2021

Abstract Knowledge of the interactive effects of water and nitrogen (N) on physio-chemical traits of maize (Zea mays L.) helps to optimize water and N management and improve productivity. A split-plot experiment was conducted with three soil water conditions (severe drought, moderate drought, and fully water supply referring to 45%–55%, 65%–75%, and 85%–95% field capacity, respectively) and four N application rates (N₀, N₁₅₀, N₂₄₀, and N₃₃₀ referring to 0, 150, 240, 330 kg N ha^–1 respectively) under drip fertigation in 2014 and 2015 in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China. The results indicated that drought stress inhibited physiological activity of plants… More >

Muhammad Arslan Usman¹, Muhammad Rehan Usman², Gandeva Bayu Satrya³, Muhammad Ashfaq Khan⁴, Christos Politis¹, Nada Philip¹, Soo Young Shin^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1697-1712, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014696 - 05 February 2021

Abstract With the advent in services such as telemedicine and telesurgery, provision of continuous quality monitoring for these services has become a challenge for the network operators. Quality standards for provision of such services are application specific as medical imagery is quite different than general purpose images and videos. This paper presents a novel full reference objective video quality metric that focuses on estimating the quality of wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) videos containing bleeding regions. Bleeding regions in gastrointestinal tract have been focused in this research, as bleeding is one of the major reasons behind several… More >