Article
Plant Sciences
Xiaxia Li, Lijun Qiao, Birong Chen, Yujie Zheng, Chengchen Zhi, Siyu Zhang, Yupeng Pan, Zhihui Cheng
Summary: This study developed a large number of EST-SSR markers and assessed the genetic diversity and population structure of 127 garlic accessions, providing important support for genetic studies and breeding of garlic.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anjali Vijeata, Savita Chaudhary, Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Ahmad Umar, Sotirios Baskoutas
Summary: This study evaluates the uptake, translocation, and phytotoxicity of CQDs on Allium sativum plant and finds that CQDs accumulate more in Allium sativum. The study also suggests that CQDs derived from Aegle marmelos fruit can be used as growth regulators in other food plants.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Grzegorz Paczka, Anna Mazur-Paczka, Mariola Garczynska, Joanna Kostecka, Kevin R. Butt
Summary: The study using vermicompost produced from waste mass of littoral plants as a soil amendment found that the 50% vermicompost addition had the most beneficial effect on garlic plant growth and yield, as well as on the content of nutrients in garlic cloves. No significant differences were found for the analyzed parameters in the aboveground parts of plants in all the applied substrates.
Article
Plant Sciences
Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Dayanand Dalawai, Nasser Al-Suhaibani
Summary: This study assessed the chemical composition of wild cucumber seeds and seed oils, finding that wild cucumber seed oil is rich in fatty acids, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and fiber, making it a potential raw material in food applications.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
Review
Microbiology
Sushma Bagde Bhatwalkar, Rajesh Mondal, Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna, Jamila Khatoon Adam, Patrick Govender, Rajaneesh Anupam
Summary: Garlic is a traditional plant used for treating bacterial infections, especially multidrug-resistant strains. The organosulfur compounds in garlic exhibit various antibacterial properties such as bactericidal, antibiofilm, antitoxin, and anti-quorum sensing activities. This provides a potential framework for developing them into novel antibiotics.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xudong Ma, Yanfang Gu, Chanjuan Liang
Summary: This study found that rice showed higher tolerance to MCs stress compared to cucumber, possibly by regulating PPs activity. Among PPs, PP2A activity was more sensitive to MCs, and rice had higher expression levels of PP2A and less decrease in PP2A activity compared to cucumber leaves.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Rajinder Kaur, Atul Tiwari, Manish Manish, Indresh K. Maurya, Rakesh Bhatnagar, Samer Singh
Summary: Gastrointestinal anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis, is an important but neglected disease in remote areas of the Indian subcontinent and Africa. This study evaluated the anti-Bacillus anthracis properties of commonly used plants in traditional medicine, with garlic extract showing the most promising bactericidal activity. Further research is needed to explore the potential application of garlic extract in preventing anthrax incidences in endemic areas.
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Anamika Verma, Nowsheen Shameem, Hanuman Singh Jatav, Eetela Sathyanarayana, Javid A. Parray, Peter Poczai, R. Z. Sayyed
Summary: The concept of agricultural sustainability considers higher food production, socio-economic well-being, and environmental conservation. However, global warming-led climatic changes have negative consequences on agriculture, generating abiotic stresses for plants. By incorporating fungal endophytes, plants can endure these abnormal conditions, reinforcing stress resilience and promoting crop improvement and soil improvement, thus enabling climate-resilient aided sustainable agriculture.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhixing Qing, Yao Shi, Lida Han, Pengkun Li, Ziou Zha, Chang Liu, Xiubin Liu, Peng Huang, Yisong Liu, Qi Tang, Kewu Zeng, Jianguo Zeng, Yuan Zhou
Summary: This study isolated ten cucurbitacin C analogues, including six compounds with inhibitory effects on tumor cell lines. Cucurbitacin C6 and C7 exhibited significant inhibition on HepG2 cell line. Cucumber is an important source of specialized metabolites in the food and medicinal industries.
Review
Plant Sciences
Rebecca Grumet, Ying-Chen Lin, Stephanie Rett-Cadman, Ajaz Malik
Summary: Cucumber fruits exhibit extensive variation in morphological features such as size, shape, waxiness, spines, warts, and flesh thickness. Genetic factors influencing floral organ establishment, cell division and cell cycle regulation, hormone biosynthesis and response, sugar transport, trichome development, and cutin, wax, and pigment biosynthesis have been identified as factors influencing cucumber fruit morphology. Understanding and manipulating these genetic factors can lead to the development of cucumber varieties with desired traits and improved qualities for consumers.
Article
Biology
Joneshia Bryan-Thomas, Teena McClear, Samson Omoregie
Summary: Garlic is known for its medicinal value and antimicrobial activity, but cooking heat can decrease or eliminate its antimicrobial potential. This study investigated the inhibitory effects of uncooked and cooked garlic extracts on the growth of clinical microbes. It was found that uncooked garlic extracts showed the greatest antimicrobial potential, while cooking resulted in decreased or lost inhibition of microbial growth.
SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Minnu Sasi, Sandeep Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Sandhya Thapa, Uma Prajapati, Yamini Tak, Sushil Changan, Vivek Saurabh, Shweta Kumari, Ashok Kumar, Muzaffar Hasan, Deepak Chandran, Radha, Sneh Punia Bangar, Sangram Dhumal, Marisennayya Senapathy, Anitha Thiyagarajan, Ahmad Alhariri, Abhijit Dey, Surinder Singh, Suraj Prakash, Ravi Pandiselvam, Mohamed Mekhemar
Summary: Garlic, a bulbous flowering plant, is widely used for culinary and therapeutic purposes worldwide. Studies have shown that garlic extract may be a potential treatment option for various oral diseases, but the safety of its incorporation as food supplements needs further evaluation.
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba, Arinze Linus Ezugwu, Ifeoma Felicia Chukwuma, Emeka Godwin Anaduaka, Chibuike C. Udenigwe
Summary: Garlic is a commonly used food spice with various medicinal properties. While the phytochemical constituents of garlic have been well-studied, the bioactive proteins and peptides have received limited attention. Recent research has discovered several bioactive proteins and peptides in garlic, which exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and other activities, indicating their potential therapeutic and pharmacological applications.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rocio Valenzuela-Gutierrez, Asuncion Lago-Leston, Francisco Vargas-Albores, Francesco Cicala, Marcel Martinez-Porchas
Summary: Garlic, containing bioactive compounds such as ajoene, alliin, and allicin, has various biological properties beneficial for animal health in aquaculture. Its widespread use in aquaculture is due to its low cost, easy incorporation into feed, and minimal environmental impact, making it an effective solution to combat diseases and improve organisms' health naturally.
FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lin Chen, Fenghua Zheng, Zili Feng, Yue Li, Muxuan Ma, Guoping Wang, Hongbo Zhao
Summary: The research found that the expression of the CsVI2 gene and the activity of vacuolar invertase in cucumber seedlings were significantly induced by drought stress. In addition, drought stress led to changes in the expression of certain related genes and alterations in the activities of sucrose metabolism enzymes. Transgenic cucumber seedlings overexpressing CsVI2 exhibited enhanced vacuolar invertase activity and drought tolerance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Haiyan Ding, Ahmad Ali, Zhihui Cheng
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ahmed S. Elrys, El-Sayed M. Desoky, Ahmad Ali, Jin-bo Zhang, Zu-cong Cai, Yi Cheng
Summary: The study introduces a calculator for nitrogen and phosphorus footprints, predicting future food footprints and proposing solutions under different scenarios.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Imran Ghani, Ahmed S. Elrys, Haiyan Ding, Muhammad Iqbal, Zhihui Cheng, Zucong Cai
Summary: Crop rotation plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of plastic shed cucumber production systems by affecting soil properties and microbiome structure. Specific rotation systems, such as coriander-cucumber and non-heading Chinese cabbage-cucumber, significantly impact microbial community succession and metabolic pathways. Soil available nitrogen and organic matter are key factors in determining bacterial metabolic functions.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ahmed S. Elrys, Ahmad Ali, Huimin Zhang, Yi Cheng, Jinbo Zhang, Zu-Cong Cai, Christoph Muller, Scott X. Chang
Summary: Soil gross nitrogen mineralization is mainly controlled by climate and soil properties, with factors such as microbial biomass, total carbon, total nitrogen, precipitation, bulk density, and soil pH playing key roles. Total nitrogen accelerates mineralization by increasing microbial biomass, while lower bulk density and higher precipitation also stimulate the process. The study suggests that microbial population size, soil substrate availability, soil pH, precipitation changes, and land use can interact to influence nitrogen mineralization, ultimately impacting ecosystem productivity and nitrogen loss to the environment.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Imran Ghani, Haiyan Ding, Muhammad Iqbal, Zhihui Cheng, Zucong Cai
Summary: The integrated soil biological amendments of mycorrhizal inoculation and organic substrate were found to have significant impacts on soil quality changes, microbiota structure, and diversity, particularly in altering bacterial community compositions at the phylum level. Co-amended treatments led to increased soil organic matter, nutrient contents, enzyme activities, and shifts in key soil-microbiota consortium, providing new insights into reducing the adverse effects of continuous cropping stress and promoting stable and healthy micro-ecological development in protected cultivation.
Article
Soil Science
Liangliang Liu, Yuanyuan Yan, Ahmad Ali, Jun Zhao, Zucong Cai, Chuanchao Dai, Xinqi Huang, Kaisheng Zhou
Summary: Regulating microbial communities in soil is essential for controlling soil-borne diseases. Treatments such as reductive soil disinfestation and ammonia fumigation can effectively reduce the abundance of harmful pathogens like Fusarium oxysporum, leading to improved plant health and increased crop yield. Soil pH plays a crucial role in shaping the microbial community dynamics during plant cultivation, highlighting the importance of soil management strategies for disease control.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Ahmad Ali, Ahmed S. Elrys, Liangliang Liu, Muhammad Iqbal, Jun Zhao, Xinqi Huang, Zucong Cai
Summary: This study found that cover crops such as spinach, non-heading Chinese cabbage, and coriander can enhance rhizosphere immunity and protect cucumber plants from diseases by altering fungal community composition. These cover crops suppress fusarium wilt and root-knot nematode, increase cucumber biomass, and improve fruit quality.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Muhammad Imran Ghani, Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Jawaad Atif, Muhammad Ali, Bakht Amin, Zhihui Cheng
Summary: Vegetable production under plastic sheds poses a threat to regional eco-sustainability. Continuous cropping stress leads to diminished plant growth. This study found that using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dry raw garlic stalk amendment improved the growth and yield of eggplant, as well as enhanced its antioxidant defense system.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Ahmad Ali, Ahmed S. Elrys, Liangliang Liu, Qing Xia, Baoying Wang, Yunlong Li, Xiaoqian Dan, Muhammad Iqbal, Jun Zhao, Xinqi Huang, Zucong Cai
Summary: Application of reductive soil disinfestation, biochar, and antagonistic microbes has shown to be effective in controlling soil-borne diseases. This study investigated the combined effect of these methods on cucumber Fusarium wilt suppression and found that they can alter soil chemical properties and microbial communities.
Article
Agronomy
Muhammad Imran Ghani, Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Jawaad Atif, Shamina Imran Pathan, Giacomo Pietramellara, Muhammad Ali, Bakht Amin, Zhihui Cheng
Summary: This study evaluated the role of crop rotation with different winter leafy vegetables in improving soil conditions and reducing disease-causing pathogens in eggplant production under plastic tunnels. The results showed that crop rotation significantly improved soil organic carbon and chemical properties, as well as the abundance of beneficial microbes. Pathogens such as Fusarium and Ascomycota were reduced while beneficial taxa like Mortierella and Bacillus increased. These findings highlight the importance of crop rotation for sustainable vegetable production.
Article
Agronomy
Liangliang Liu, Zhiyun Chen, Zhe Su, Shu Li, Ahmad Ali, Zucong Cai, Chuanchao Dai, Xinqi Huang
Summary: The pH and microbial community composition of soil are important factors for plant health, and their impact on plant pathogen colonization and the underlying mechanisms are still unknown. This study found that both pH and microbial re-inoculation significantly influenced the composition of soil bacterial community, but pH had a much greater impact. Higher pH values led to lower abundance of R. solanacearum and higher complexity of soil microbial network, as well as increased abundance of pathogen-antagonistic microbes. Soil pH indirectly determines plant pathogen colonization through its impact on soil microbial community composition.
Article
Ecology
Yuanyuan Yan, Yi Xie, Jingqing Zhang, Ruimin Li, Ahmad Ali, Zucong Cai, Xinqi Huang, Liangliang Liu
Summary: The combination of reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) with solid plant residues and liquid-readily decomposable compounds can effectively improve soil microbial community and functional composition. Molasses, with its readily decomposable carbon sources, has a stronger driving force in reshaping the soil microbial community during the RSD process. RSD treatments significantly increase soil metabolic activity and functional diversity, as well as enhance the efficiency of disinfection and the abundance of nitrogen cycling-related genes.
Article
Plant Sciences
Muhammad Imran Ghani, Ahmad Ali, Muhammad Jawaad Atif, Muhammad Ali, Mohammad Abass Ahanger, Xiaoyulong Chen, Zhihui Cheng
Summary: Continuous cropping of eggplant threatens regional ecological sustainability. Alternative agronomic and management practices such as leafy vegetable crop rotation can improve crop productivity and reduce environmental costs. This study found that rotation systems with welsh onion, celery, non-heading Chinese cabbage, and leafy lettuce significantly impact the growth, biomass accumulation, and yield of eggplant. These rotation systems also increase soil organic matter, available nutrients, and eggplant growth by affecting photosynthesis. Additionally, eggplant raised with leafy vegetable rotation systems show higher antioxidant enzyme activity and reduced oxidative damage to membranes.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Baoying Wang, Yulan Lin, Wenhao Yu, Qing Xia, Ahmad Ali, Fugang Wei, Chuanchao Dai, Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Jun Zhao
Summary: Continuous cultivation of Sanqi ginseng can lead to changes in the beneficial microbial community and their functions. This study found that with successive plantings of Sanqi ginseng, the beneficial bacterial community changed, carbon source utilization capacity increased, and autotoxin degradation functions decreased.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
Article
Horticulture
Fan Yang, Yupeng Pan, Ahmad Ali, Siyu Zhang, Xiaxia Li, Xiaofang Qi, Hongjiu Liu, Huanwen Meng, Zhihui Cheng
Summary: The study found that exogenous Se treatment can increase the selenium content in garlic bulbs, and low concentrations of Se application help improve yield and nutritional quality, while high Se concentrations have negative effects on yield and the content of soluble sugar and allicin in garlic bulbs. AMF inoculation can reduce the inhibitory effect of high Se concentration on garlic, and when combined with 10 mg/L exogenous Se treatment, it promotes Se utilization rate.