The Impact of a Commercial Biostimulant on the Grape Mycobiota of <i>Vitis vinifera</i> cv. Barbera by Laura Pulcini, Elisa Bona, Enrico Tommaso Vaudano, Christos Tsolakis, Emilia Garcia-Moruno, Antonella Costantini, Elisa Gamalero

“…In particular, the vineyard microbiota and the microbiota on the grape surface can be affected by biostimulants and lead to different wine features. The aim of this work was to assess the occurrence of a possible variation in the mycobiota due to the biostimulant application. …”
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Label-Free and Highly-Sensitive Detection of Ochratoxin A Using One-Pot Synthesized Reduced Graphene Oxide/Gold Nanoparticles-Based Impedimetric Aptasensor by Yasmin Alhamoud, Yingying Li, Haibo Zhou, Ragwa Al-Wazer, Yiying Gong, Shuai Zhi, Danting Yang

“…Moreover, the proposed aptasensor obtained a good recovery of OTA detection in red wine samples within the range of 93.14 to 112.75% along with a low LOD of 0.023 ng/mL, indicating its applicability for OTA detection in real samples along with economical, specific, susceptible, fast, easy, and transportable merits.…”
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Salt Tolerance in Soybeans: Focus on Screening Methods and Genetics by Rong-Xia Guan, Xiao-Yang Guo, Yue Qu, Zheng-Wei Zhang, Li-Gao Bao, Rui-Yun Ye, Ru-Zhen Chang, Li-Juan Qiu

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Color Stability of Polymer-Based Composite CAD/CAM Blocks: A Systematic Review by Gaetano Paolone, Mauro Mandurino, Francesca De Palma, Claudia Mazzitelli, Nicola Scotti, Lorenzo Breschi, Enrico Gherlone, Giuseppe Cantatore, Alessandro Vichi

“…They investigated 17 different CCBs and different artificial staining by liquid protocols, including coffee, red wine, tea, and cola. CCBs exceeded clinical acceptability thresholds for color shift in 18 out of 19 studies, with a significantly higher color stability than conventional hybrid resin-based composites (RBCs), and a significantly lower color stability than ceramic materials. …”
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Nitrifying Microbes in the Rhizosphere of Perennial Grasses Are Modified by Biological Nitrification Inhibition by Yi Zhou, Christopher J. Lambrides, Jishun Li, Qili Xu, Ruey Toh, Shenzhong Tian, Peizhi Yang, Hetong Yang, Maarten Ryder, Matthew D. Denton

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Is Drinking Alcohol Really Linked to Cardiovascular Health? Evidence from the Kardiovize 2030 Project by Andrea Maugeri, Ota Hlinomaz, Antonella Agodi, Martina Barchitta, Sarka Kunzova, Hana Bauerova, Ondrej Sochor, Jose R. Medina-Inojosa, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Manlio Vinciguerra, Gorazd Bernard Stokin, Juan Pablo González-Rivas

“…Among drinkers, however, people who exclusively drank wine exhibited better CVH than those who exclusively drank beer. …”
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Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Ethyl 3-Hydroxybutyrate in Alleviating Skeletal Muscle Wasting in Cancer Cachexia by Yu Zhou, Ruohan Lu, Fusheng Lin, Shu Chen, Qi-Qing He, Guoyang Wu, Caihua Huang, Donghai Lin

“…Ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate (EHB) is a commonly used food additive found in wine and Tribolium castaneum. In this study, we investigated the effects of EHB administration in cachectic mice. …”
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الرموز الإغريقية في مسرحية شكسبير (أنتوني وكليوباترا) by أحمد طـه

“…Shakespeare in his Antony and Cleopatra embodies all these aspects associated in Greek Mythology with Apollo, like "light", "youth", "sun", "reason", and "culture", in Antony; and he incarnates all these natures associated with Dionysus, like "permissiveness", "vegetation", "instinct", "primitive" nature", and "wine", in the character of Cleopatra. Shakespeare intentionally does not give precedence to either Antony or Cleopatra, striking a balance between their two natures. …”
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الفعل المضارع في معلقة الأعشى: دراسة نحوية دلاليّة by حسين ارشيد الأسود العظامات

“…For instance, using the simple present helps the poet express certain poetic topics like: boasting (personal and communal), flirting and love adventures, in addition to describing certain social behaviors like drinking wine, and threatening the enemy. Moreover, analyzing the poet’s use of the simple present helped the researcher form a clearer image of the poet’s psychological buildup and presents a critical psychological analysis of the previous mentioned poetic topics. …”
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Designing of an Enterprise Resource Planning for the Optimal Management of Agricultural Plots Regarding Quality and Environmental Requirements by Damián Aguilar Morales, Paola Sánchez-Bravo, Leontina Lipan, Marina Cano-Lamadrid, Hanán Issa-Issa, Francisco J. del Campo-Gomis, David B. López Lluch

“…The aim of this study was to develop an agricultural management platform, based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) principles and with the ability to collect geolocated information from different plots related to Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) wine production. First a survey to farmers, technicians and PDO and PGI managers was carried out to detect the needs of the three groups in relation to ERP platforms; and secondly an ERP platform was developed to collect agronomic information to comply with the Spanish legal requirements. …”
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<i>Ascophyllum nodosum</i> Extract and Glycine Betaine Preharvest Application in Grapevine: Enhancement of Berry Quality, Phytochemical Content and Antioxidant Properties by Eliana Monteiro, Miguel Baltazar, Sandra Pereira, Sofia Correia, Helena Ferreira, Fernando Alves, Isabel Cortez, Isaura Castro, Berta Gonçalves

“…The Douro Demarcated Region (DDR) has peculiar edaphoclimatic characteristics that provide a suitable terroir for premium wine production. As climate change effects continue to emerge, ensuring productivity and quality becomes increasingly important for viticulturists, as those directly determine their profits. …”
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Results of self-assessment of health status of school-age children living in rural areas by K. E. Moiseeva, Yu. V. Kondratieva, A. V. Alekseeva, Sh. D. Kharbedia

“…Studying the attitude of schoolchildren to smoking and drinking alcoholic drinks showed that 8.5 % of schoolchildren smoked regularly, 15.1 % of schoolchildren drank low-alcohol drinks from time to time, 18.9 % – wine, and 4.7 % of schoolchildren – strong spirits. …”
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Effects of artificial canopy shading on vegetative growth and ripening processes of cv. Nero d’Avola (Vitis vinifera L.) by Daniele Miccichè, Maria Inès de Rosas, Massimo Vincenzo Ferro, Rosario Di Lorenzo, Stefano Puccio, Antonino Pisciotta

“…The reported trends indicate that the need for urgent action is closely linked to the future environmental impacts that these changes could have on the entire wine sector. In recent years, shade treatments have been applied to the vine canopy to overcome this issue.MethodsThe objective of this study was to determine how artificial canopy shading affects the vines vegetative growth and the ripening processes of Vitis vinifera cv. …”
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Study of the Fermentation Characteristics of Non-Conventional Yeast Strains in Sweet Dough by Evelyne Timmermans, Ine Langie, An Bautil, Kristof Brijs, Carolien Buvé, Ann Van Loey, Ilse Scheirlinck, Roel Van der Meulen, Christophe M. Courtin

“…In this study, the fermentation characteristics of 23 yeasts from the bakery, beer, wine, and spirits industries were investigated in sweet dough (14% added sucrose <i>w</i>/<i>w</i> dm flour). …”
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Risk assessment of Xanthomonas citri pv. viticola for the EU by EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paola Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke van derWerf, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jaime Cubero, Gianni Gilioli, David Makowski, Alexander Mastin, Andrea Maiorano, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Marco Pautasso, Sara Tramontini, Antonio Vicent Civera

“…The percentage of grapevine plants infected by Xcv in production sites as yearly average over a 30‐year production cycle is estimated to be ca. 17% (median; 90% range between ca. 1.5% and ca. 46%) in table grapes and ca. 12% (median; 90% range between ca. 0.7% and ca. 37%) in wine grapes. Impacts have been reported to be severe in Brazil and India, but the estimates provided here show that there is considerable uncertainty about expected impacts in the EU.…”
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Glycosylation of Quercetin by Selected Entomopathogenic Filamentous Fungi and Prediction of Its Products’ Bioactivity by Tomasz Tronina, Mateusz Łużny, Monika Dymarska, Monika Urbaniak, Ewa Kozłowska, Michał Piegza, Łukasz Stępień, Tomasz Janeczko

“…Quercetin is the most abundant flavonoid in food products, including berries, apples, cauliflower, tea, cabbage, nuts, onions, red wine and fruit juices. It exhibits various biological activities and is used for medical applications, such as treating allergic, inflammatory and metabolic disorders, ophthalmic and cardiovascular diseases, and arthritis. …”
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Identification of Competing Endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) Network Associated with Drought Tolerance in <i>Medicago truncatula</i> with Rhizobium Symbiosis by Jiaxian Jing, Peizhi Yang, Yue Wang, Qihao Qu, Jie An, Bingzhe Fu, Xiaoning Hu, Yi Zhou, Tianming Hu, Yuman Cao

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Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Virus 3 Genotype Influences Foliar Symptom Development in New Zealand Vineyards by Kar Mun Chooi, Vaughn A. Bell, Arnaud G. Blouin, Daniel Cohen, Dion Mundy, Warwick Henshall, Robin M. MacDiarmid

“…Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) constrains wine production worldwide. In New Zealand, the main causal agent of GLD is grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3). …”
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Role of Promising Secondary Metabolites to Confer Resistance Against Environmental Stresses in Crop Plants: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives by Delai Chen, Delai Chen, Bismillah Mubeen, Ammarah Hasnain, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Adrees, Syed Atif Hasan Naqvi, Shehzad Iqbal, Muhammad Kamran, Ahmed M. El-Sabrout, Hosam O. Elansary, Eman A. Mahmoud, Abdullah Alaklabi, Manda Sathish, Ghulam Muhae Ud Din

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Naringenin inhibits lipid accumulation by activating the AMPK pathway in vivo and vitro by Xiaoyu Cai, Songxue Wang, Huali Wang, Suwen Liu, Guishan Liu, Huibin Chen, Ji Kang, Hao Wang

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