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Open AccessComparison of antioxidant activity assays in fresh purple waxy corn (Zea mays L.) during grain filling
Purple waxy corn is a good source of antioxidant compounds such as anthocyanins and polyphenols. Promotion of its use requires an appropriate assay to determine antioxidant activity. The aim of this study is t...
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Open AccessGlycolysis stimulation and storage protein accumulation are hallmarks of maize (Zea mays L.) grain filling
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major dietary source of human caloric intake. Grain filling, the developmental stage of the seed during which starch and proteins accumulate, is of great interest in plant biology and agr...
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Open AccessPhysiological and proteomic analyses of Korean F1 maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under water-deficit stress during flowering
Despite the relevance of drought stress, the regulation of gene expression, protein accumulation, and plant physiology under water-deficit stress is not well understood in Korean F1 maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids. I...
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Open AccessGerminated soy germ with increased soyasaponin Ab improves BMP-2-induced bone formation and protects against in vivo bone loss in osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is frequently induced following menopause, and bone fractures result in serious problems including skeletal deformity, pain, and increased mortality. Therefore, safe and effective therapeutic agen...
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Changes in the functional components and radical scavenging activity of maize under various roasting conditions
The phenolic compounds and radical scavenging activity of ethanolic extracts from maize at various roasting conditions were evaluated in this research. The free sugar contents in roasted maize significantly de...
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Changes in the Functional Components and Radical Scavenging Activity of Korean Maize Hybrids According to Different Crop** Seasons
We evaluated the proximate composition, free sugar content, fatty acid composition, carotenoid content, total phenol content, and radical scavenging activity of the grain from various Korean maize hybrid culti...
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Open AccessThe pepper virome: natural co-infection of diverse viruses and their quasispecies
The co-infection of diverse viruses in a host plant is common; however, little is known about viral populations and their quasispecies in the host.
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Comprehensive analysis of genomic variation of Hop stunt viroid
Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) infects a wide range of plants. In this study, we assembled de novo two HSVd genomes from the transcriptome of an apricot species. To examine HSVd variation in a s...
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Open AccessIntegrated analyses using RNA-Seq data reveal viral genomes, single nucleotide variations, the phylogenetic relationship, and recombination for Apple stem grooving virus
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) provides many possibilities for plant virology research. In this study, we performed integrated analyses using plant transcriptome data for plant virus identification using Apple ...
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The complete genomic sequence of a tentative new polerovirus identified in barley in South Korea
The complete nucleotide sequence of a new barley polerovirus, tentatively named barley virus G (BVG), which was isolated in Gimje, South Korea, has been determined using an RNA sequencing technique combined wi...
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Effect of sowing time on buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) growth and yield in central Korea
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum MOENCH) is a traditional Korean crop that gaining global attention as a health food due to its rich nutrition. Climate change effects such as high temperature, cold weather, floodi...
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Profiling of differentially expressed proteins in mature kernels of Korean waxy corn cultivars using proteomic analysis
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important crop such as food for humans and feed for animals. Although new varieties of maize have been extensively developed in Korea, little is known about differences in the prot...
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Effect of plant density on growth and yield of extremely late-planted korean sweet corn hybrids (Zea mays L.) for fresh market
Sweet corn has a short growing period of 80 to 90 days in Korea, which allows famers to grow this crop using various crop** systems. This objective of this study was to find the optimum plant density for Kor...
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Open AccessVariation block-based genomics method for crop plants
In contrast with wild species, cultivated crop genomes consist of reshuffled recombination blocks, which occurred by crossing and selection processes. Accordingly, recombination block-based genomics analysis c...
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Seed specific expression of perilla γ-tocopherol methyltransferase gene increases α-tocopherol content in transgenic perilla (Perilla frutescens)
Increasing vitamin E activity in economically important oil crops such as perilla will enhance the nutritional value of these crops. Perilla (Perilla frutescens Britt) represents an important oil crop in Asian co...
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Analysis of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity with H4IIE cells of three different rice grain varieties
The phenolic content and the antioxidant capacity of ethanolic extract of rice grains were examined using three different rice (Oryza sativa L. var. japonica) varieties, Jakwangchalbyeo (red pericarp glutinous ri...
