SWEET POTATO NEW VARIETIES SCREENING BASED ON MORPHOLOGY, PULP COLOR, PROXIMAL COMPOSITION, AND TOTAL DIETARY FIBER CONTENT VIA FACTOR ANALYSIS AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS

Sweet Potato New Varieties Screening Based on Morphology, Pulp Color, Proximal Composition, and Total Dietary Fiber Content via Factor Analysis and Principal Component Analysis

A sample set of 18 sweet potatoes [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] segmented into six registered cultivars and 12 new varieties were evaluated.The 142 tuberous roots were obtained from a sweet potato germplasm bank (BAG-sweet potato; -27.417713768824555 and -49.64874168439556), specifically from plants belonging to a sweet potato breeding program.All sam

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Immune microenvironment and immunotherapy of pituitary adenomas

Pituitary adenomas (PAs) are the second most common primary central nervous system tumors.Although most PAs can be cured by surgical operation, medicine treatment or radiotherapy, some PAs may recur, invade adjacent structures or even metastasize to other organs after traditional treatments, so decreaseing patient overall survival and deteriorate t

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Effects of supplementing a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract through drinking water on egg production and quality of laying hens.

Polyphenols are a wide group of naturally occurring compounds found in plants and have the potential to safeguard living cells.The objective was to evaluate whether the inclusion of a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract (PRSE) in drinking water could improve egg production and the quality of commercial layers.A total of 120 Shaver Brown hens, aged 43

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