The Sisal Virome: Uncovering the Viral Diversity of <i>Agave</i> Varieties Reveals New and Organ-Specific Viruses by Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Paula Luize Camargos Fonseca, Fábio Trigo Raya, Marina Pupke Marone, Dener Eduardo Bortolini, Piotr Mieczkowski, Roenick Proveti Olmo, Marcelo Falsarella Carazzolle, Christian A. Voigt, Ana Cristina Fermino Soares, Gonçalo Amarante Guimarães Pereira, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha Aguiar

“…Sisal is a common name for different plant varieties in the genus <i>Agave</i> (especially <i>Agave sisalana</i>) used for high-quality natural leaf fiber extraction. …”
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Effect of Carbon and Glass Fillers on Tensile and Impact Strength, Water Absorption, and Degradation Properties of Sisal/Polyester Composites by Abrha Gebregergs Tesfay, Mulu Bayray Kahsay, P.S. Senthil Kumar

Subjects: “…sisal fiber…”
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Influence of the Degradation Medium on Water Uptake, Morphology, and Chemical Structure of Poly(Lactic Acid)-Sisal Bio-Composites by Cristina Moliner, Elisabetta Finocchio, Elisabetta Arato, Gianguido Ramis, Alberto Lagazzo

Subjects: “…PLA/sisal bio-composites…”
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Image Computation Algorithm for Determination of Microstructural Properties of Rice Husk-Sisal-Kenaf Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composite by Rajanikanth Teegala, Phaneendra Seshabattar, Venkateswarlu Ganta, Seema, Ravindar Bhanothu, Mishra Akshansh, Gopikrishna N., Radhakrishna Laishetty

“…In the current work, the morphological and mechanical features of a hybrid epoxy matrix composite created by hand layup and reinforced with fibers from rice husk, sisal, and kenaf are predicted by using Watershed segmentation algorithm. …”
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Impact of surface treatment on the mechanical properties of sisal and jute reinforced with epoxy resin natural fiber hybrid composites by A. Arun Premnath

“…The present work is aimed in studying the mechanical properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength, impact strength, and hardness for natural fiber/epoxy resin composites reinforced with sisal and jute. The composites are prepared by hand lay-up method by varying the proportion of jute fiber. …”
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Boosting the Initial Coulomb Efficiency of Sisal Fiber-Derived Carbon Anode for Sodium Ion Batteries by Microstructure Controlling by Yuan Luo, Yaya Xu, Xuenuan Li, Kaiyou Zhang, Qi Pang, Aimiao Qin

“…In this work, we employed a simple two-step method to prepare three different structures of hard carbon materials from sisal fibers and explored the structural effects on the ICE. …”
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Effect of Wrapping on Post-Tensioned Beams Strengthened with Natural Sisal and Jute FRP Using Finite Element Analysis by D. P. Archana, H. N. Jagannatha Reddy, R. Prabhakar, M. U. Aswath, Basavaraju Paruti

“…The load bearing capacities of the beams retrofitted with sisal and jute fibre employing strip and full wrapping procedures around all four sides is increased by 35.55 percent and 42.85 percent for sisal FRP and 7.14 percent and 12.01 percent for jute FRP, respectively, as compared to the control specimen. …”
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Autoclave Treatment of Sisal Fiber and Its Effect on Fiber Properties and on the Pull-out Behavior from Cementitious Matrix by Adilson Brito Arruda Filho, Camila Louzado D' EI Rei Dantas, Paulo Roberto Lopes Lima, Cintia Maria Ariani Fontes

“…In this work, the autoclave treatment of sisal fibers was carried out in order to determine time and pressure values that result in a lower water absorption of the fibers. …”
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Investigating the Dimensional, Mechanical, and Morphological Properties of Composites Reinforced with Sisal Fibers and Polylactic Acid in Response to Water Absorption by Eshetie Kassegn, Belete Sirhabizu, Temesgen Berhanu, Bart Buffel, Frederik Desplentere

“…In addition, the sisal fiber/PLA composites exhibited higher water absorption behavior and lower strength and modulus at 20 wt% sisal fiber after water ageing. …”
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Behaviour of glass and sisal incorporated gypsum based composite panels under axial compression–experimental and numerical study by Sutha Ammayappan, Muthuraj Marimuthu Pandurangan, Thirumalai Ramanathan

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Molecular epidemiology of sisal bole rot disease suggests a potential phytosanitary crisis in Brazilian production areas by Fábio Trigo Raya, Fábio Trigo Raya, Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Adriele Barbara de Oliveira, Marina Püpke Marone, Wagner José Villela dos Reis, João Gabriel Oliveira Marques, Rafael Leonardo Almeida, Cezar Augusto Teixeira Falcão Filho, Oldair Del’Arco Vinhas Costa, Rafael Vasconcelos Ribeiro, Ana Cristina Fermino Soares, Aristóteles Goés-Neto, Gonçalo Amarante Guimarães Pereira

“…Sisal bole rot disease is the major phytosanitary problem of Agave plantations in Brazil. …”
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Abrasive water jet machining of Sisal/Pineapple epoxy hybrid composites with the addition of various fly ash filler by K R Sumesh, K Kanthavel

“…This research was based on influence of various fly ash filler content in the machining properties of Pineapple (P)/Sisal (S) hybrid fiber reinforcement composites. …”
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Detection and molecular identification of a 16SrI group phytoplasma associated with sisal purple leafroll disease by Guihua Wang, Weihuai Wu, Jingen Xi, Helong Chen, Chunping He, Ye Li, Jinlong Zheng, John S. Hu, Kexian Yi

“…Sisal purple leafroll disease (SPLD) is a destructive disease affecting sisal in China, however, its etiology remains unknown. …”
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Physical and Mechanical Evaluation of Sisal/Glass Fiber Hybrid Polyester Composites Obtained by the Vacuum Infusion Process (VARTM) by Igor Tristão Azevedo, Kinglston Soares

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Investigation on the Properties of 3D Warp Interlock Fabrics Based on Moroccan Sisal Yarns as Reinforcement for Composite Materials by Zineb Samouh, Ahmed Abed, Omar Cherkaoui, Damien Soulat, Ahmad Rashed Labanieh, François Boussu, Reddad Elmoznine

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Finite Element Method-Based Spherical Indentation Analysis of Jute/Sisal/Banana-Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Composites by Nitish Kaushik, Ch. Sandeep, P. Jayaraman, J. Justin Maria Hillary, V. P. Srinivasan, M. Abisha Meji

“…In the present work, jute-polypropylene, sisal-polypropylene, and banana-polypropylene composites are considered. …”
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Vuelco del fique (Furcraea macrophylla) y sus repercusiones agronómicas by Daniel Ortiz-González

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Agave sisalana extract induces cell death in Aedes aegypti hemocytes increasing nitric oxide production by Louise Helena Guimarães de Oliveira, Patricia Alexandria Paiva Silva de Sousa, Fabrine Felipe Hilario, Gabriel Joventino Nascimento, João Paulo Saraiva Morais, Everaldo Paulo de Medeiros, Manoel Francisco de Sousa, Fabiola da Cruz Nunes

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Calm Before the Storm: A Glimpse into the Secondary Metabolism of <i>Aspergillus welwitschiae</i>, the Etiologic Agent of the Sisal Bole Rot by Gabriel Quintanilha-Peixoto, Rosimére Oliveira Torres, Isabella Mary Alves Reis, Thiago Alves Santos de Oliveira, Dener Eduardo Bortolini, Elizabeth Amélia Alves Duarte, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo, Bertram Brenig, Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha Aguiar, Ana Cristina Fermino Soares, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Alexsandro Branco

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De Região Sisaleira a Território do Sisal: desvelando as nuances do processo de delimitação da diferenciação espacial no Semiárido Baiano by Edinusia Moreira Carneiro Santos, Agripino Souza Coelho Neto, Onildo Araujo da Silva

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