Nanoplastic ingestion induces behavioral disorders in terrestrial snails: trophic transfer effects via vascular plants

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 975-983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yooeun Chae ◽  
Youn-Joo An
Keyword(s):  
Vigna Radiata ◽  
Mung Bean ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Trophic Transfer ◽  
Achatina Fulica ◽  
Transfer Effects ◽  
Terrestrial Environment ◽  
Plastic Debris ◽  
Terrestrial Snails ◽  
African Giant Snail

This study investigated the transfer of plastic debris in a terrestrial environment from the soil to a plant (the mung bean, Vigna radiata), and then to a consumer (the African giant snail, Achatina fulica).

Linking changes in chlorophyll a fluorescence with drought stress susceptibility in mung bean [ Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussan Bano ◽  
Habib‐ur‐Rehman Athar ◽  
Zafar Ullah Zafar ◽  
Hazem M. Kalaji ◽  
Muhammad Ashraf
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Chlorophyll A Fluorescence ◽  
Vigna Radiata ◽  
Mung Bean ◽  
Stress Susceptibility

Scanning electron microscopy of native biofilms on mung bean sprouts

2003 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F Fett ◽  
Peter H Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Vigna Radiata ◽  
Mung Bean ◽  
Fibrillar Material ◽  
Mung Bean Sprouts ◽  
Native Microflora ◽  
Bean Sprouts ◽  
Scanning Electron

Native biofilms present on the adaxial surface of cotyledons of mung bean sprouts (Vigna radiata) were studied by use of scanning electron microscopy. Biofilms were abundant on the cotyledon surfaces and were comprised of rod-shaped bacteria, cocci-shaped bacteria, or yeasts, often with one type of microbe predominant. In contrast to our earlier study of biofilms on green sprouts (alfalfa, clover, broccoli, and sunflower), yeast and cocci were abundant on mung bean. Filamentous fungi were not observed. Sheet-like or fibrillar material (presumably composed of secreted microbial polysaccharides, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids) fully or partially covered the biofilms. Biofilms up to 5 mm in length were observed, and some biofilms were comprised of more than just a monolayer of microbial cells. Native biofilms on sprout surfaces undoubtedly play an important role in the ecology of plant epiphytic microbes and may also afford protected sites for plant and human bacterial pathogens.Key words: mung bean sprouts, biofilms, native microflora, scanning electron microscopy, food safety.

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