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Glucosinolates (GSLs) and their degradation products in radish confer plant defense, promote human health, and generate pungent flavor. However, the intact GSLs in radish have not been investigated comprehensively yet. Here, an accurate qualitative and quantitative analyses of 15 intact GSLs from radish, including four major GSLs of glucoraphasatin (GRH), glucoerucin (GER), glucoraphenin (GRE), and 4-methoxyglucobrassicin (4MGBS), were conducted using UHPLC-HRMS/MS in combination with UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS. Simultaneously, three isomers of hexyl GSL, 3-methylpentyl GSL, and 4-methylpentyl GSL were identified in radish. The highest content of GSLs was up to 232.46 μmol/g DW at the 42 DAG stage in the ‘SQY’ taproot, with an approximately 184.49-fold increase compared to the lowest content in another sample. That the GSLs content in the taproots of two radishes fluctuated in a similar pattern throughout the five vegetative growth stages according to the metabolic profiling, whereas the GSLs content in the ‘55’ leaf steadily decreased over the same period. Additionally, the proposed biosynthetic pathways of radish-specific GSLs were elucidated in this study. Our findings will provide an abundance of qualitative and quantitative data on intact GSLs, as well as a method for detecting GSLs, thus providing direction for the scientific progress and practical utilization of GSLs in radish.

The accumulation of carotenoids is related to pigment formation in flowers and other organs. In order to elucidate the genetic variation of flower color in cauliflower, a F2 segregating population was obtained from yellow-flowered cauliflower ‘QGS’ and white-flowered Chinese kale ‘JYJ’. Bulked segregant analysis combined with the whole-genome resequencing was employed to locate the target region for Flower Color. In this study, Bofc was anchored on chromosome C03 with a single peak, and further mapped to 164 kb interval with 0.28 cM genetic distance. BoCCD4, encoding carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 in the carotenoid metabolic pathway, was selected as the most likely candidate gene. Sequence analysis revealed that an insertion of a 10,608 bp CACTA-like transposon in the coding region led to the loss-of-function of the BoCCD4 gene in cauliflower. These results will provide further understanding of the genetic mechanism controlling flower color in Brassica oleracea species.

Radish is an economically important root vegetable worldwide. In this study, the 217 cultivated radish accessions were collected and genotyped. To detect the genotypes of these accessions, a total of 24 structure variation (SV) markers distributed on nine chromosomes were employed to analyze genetic diversity and construct a core germplasm collection of radish. The results of polymorphism information content (PIC) indicated a good polymorphism of these SV markers. Population structure analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) results showed that the 217 radish accessions fell into three main populations (P1, P2, and P3). Genetic diversity analysis showed that these populations were highly associated with geographical distribution. The values of the fixation index (FST) indicated a high genetic diversity between P2 and P3, and a moderate genetic diversity between P1 and P2, and P1 and P3. Furthermore, the 43 core germplasm were exploited for creating cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) lines and cultivating new radish varieties. The high genetic diversity of 217 radish germplasms will not only provide valuable resources for future genetic mapping and functional genomic research, but also facilitate core germplasm utilization and the molecular breeding of radish.

The bacterial community and diversity in healthy and diseased konjac rhizosphere soils with different ages of continuous cropping were investigated using next-generation sequencing. The results demonstrated that the number of years of continuous cropping significantly altered soil bacterial community and diversity. Soil bacterial Shannon diversity index and Chao 1 index decreased with the increasing cropping years of konjac. After 1 year of cropping, the soil exhibited the highest bacterial relative abundance and diversity. Of the 44 bacterial genera (relative abundance ratio of genera greater than 0.3%), 14 were significantly affected by the duration of continuous cropping and plant status. With increasing continuous cropping, Alicyclobacillus decreased, while Achromobacter, Lactobacillus, Kaistobacter, Rhodoplanes increased after 3 years continuous cropping. Continuous cropping altered the structure and composition of the soil bacterial community, which led to the reduction in the beneficial bacteria and multiplication of harmful bacteria. These results will improve our understanding of soil microbial community regulation and soil health maintenance in konjac farm systems.

Dry rot causes significant losses of konjac during storage in Hubei Province, China. In this study, the pathogens were obtained from konjac and then tested its pathogenicity through tissue isolation. The pathogens were identified using morphological characteristics and translation elongation factor-1 alpha sequences analysis. Four Fusarium species, namely F. meridionale, F. incarnatum, F. sambucinum, and F. solani, were obtained.

The application of regenerative combustion technology to industry burners has been a huge success. This paper presents an experimental study on the change of the temperature field and the concentration of NO in the flue gas in an industrial furnace. The result showed that the concentration of NO increased with the rise of temperature. For the reversing time of 20s, 40s, 60s, and 80s, the temperature of each point changed in accordance with similar rules, but the temperature of the former three measuring points did not obviously change. The heat transfer occured mainly in the last two layers of the regenerative cells, and the utilization of all the regenerators was only 40 percent. The heating curve of the sixth measuring points was significantly different from the cooling one. With the increase of the reversing time, the flue gas and the air temperature variation also increased.