Ripening-stage variations in small metabolites across six banana cultivars: A metabolomic perspective.

Currently, understanding of how banana cultivars differ in metabolism during ripening is limited. This study compared the pulp metabolites of six banana cultivars using NMR. Bananas with B genome were found to have higher amounts of total starch, amylose, amylopectin, and resistant starch compared to those without B genome.

Enhancing SMT Quality and Efficiency With Self-Adaptive Collaborative Optimization.

In the field of smart surface mount technology (SMT) production, integrating machines through a cyber-physical system (CPS) architecture holds significant potential for improving assembly quality and efficiency. However, fully unifying inspection and production systems to effectively address assembly-related quality issues remains a challenge. This study seeks to close these gaps by introducing collaborative optimization methods to ensure seamless operations.

Regulation of starch metabolism in banana fruit: Mechanisms shaping the nutritional quality.

Bananas are nutrient-rich fruits that provide starch, essential vitamins, and minerals and play significant importance in the global economy through extensive production, trade, and consumption. Nutrient metabolic processes, such as starch-to-sugar conversion, are fundamental in shaping the quality of banana fruits. Starch accounts for 15%-35% of fresh fruit weight, and its degradation mediated by ethylene signaling components can increase sweetness, soften texture, and increase the palatability of banana fruit.

MaGA20ox2f, an OsSD1 homolog, regulates flowering time and fruit yield in banana.

Unlabelled: Previous studies illustrated that two banana GA20 oxidase2 (MaGA20ox2) genes, and , are implicated in controlling banana growth and development; however, the biological function of each gene remains unknown. Ma04g15900 protein (termed MaGA20ox2f in this article) is the closest homolog to the Rice SD1 (encoded by 'green revolution gene', ) in the banana genome. The expression of is confined to leaves, peduncles, fruit peels, and pulp.

Genome-wide analysis of the trihelix gene family reveals that MaGT21 modulates fruit ripening by regulating the expression of MaACO1 in Musa acuminata.

The trihelix transcription factor (GT) gene family members play vital roles in plant growth and development, responses to abiotic or biotic stress, and fruit ripening. However, its role in banana fruit ripening remains unclear. Here, 59 MaGT gene members were identified in banana and clustered into five subfamilies, namely GT1, GT2, GTγ, SIP1, and SH4.

Evaluation of the value of Internet platform Enterprises in the digital economy by the big data cooperation asset valuation model.

With the innovation of information technology, the national industry has been adjusted and upgraded, and the development of the Internet industry has had a huge impact on economic development. The investment and financing of network enterprises and the merger and acquisition of network companies need to evaluate the value of network companies. In this regard, this paper evaluated the value of Internet platform enterprises under the digital economy based on the Big Data (BD) cooperation asset valuation model.

Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli LF82 disrupts the tight junctions of Caco-2 monolayers.

Background And Study Aims: Adherent invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) are enriched in IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) patients, but the role and mechanism of AIEC in the intestinal epithelial barrier is poorly defined. We evaluated the role of the AIEC strain E. coli LF82 in vitro and investigated the role of Th17 in this process.

The role of hydrogen-rich water in delaying the pulp breakdown of litchi fruit during postharvest storage.

Previous studies have indicated that hydrogen-rich water (HW) treatment can delay fruit ripening and senescence. However, little is known about the HW-delaying pulp breakdown. In this study, eight physiological characteristics revealed that HW treatment delayed both pericarp browning and pulp breakdown of litchi fruit.

Two haplotype-resolved genome assemblies for AAB allotriploid bananas provide insights into banana subgenome asymmetric evolution and Fusarium wilt control.

Bananas (Musa spp.) are one of the world's most important fruit crops and play a vital role in food security for many developing countries. Most banana cultivars are triploids derived from inter- and intraspecific hybridizations between the wild diploid ancestor species Musa acuminate (AA) and M.

Efficient and transgene-free genome editing in banana using a REG-2 promoter-driven gene-deletion system.

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Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43897-023-00065-0.

High-quality genome assemblies for two Australimusa bananas (Musa spp.) and insights into regulatory mechanisms of superior fiber properties.

Bananas (Musa spp.) are monocotyledonous plants with high genetic diversity in the Musaceae family that are cultivated mainly in tropical and subtropical countries. The fruits are a popular food, and the plants themselves have diverse uses.

Increasing the Robustness of Deep Learning Models for Object Segmentation: A Framework for Blending Automatically Annotated Real and Synthetic Data.

Recent problems in robotics can sometimes only be tackled using machine learning technologies, particularly those that utilize deep learning (DL) with transfer learning. Transfer learning takes advantage of pretrained models, which are later fine-tuned using smaller task-specific datasets. The fine-tuned models must be robust against changes in environmental factors such as illumination since, often, there is no guarantee for them to be constant.

Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli LF82 aggravated intestinal inflammation in colitis mice by affecting the gut microbiota and Th17/Treg cell differentiation balance.

The imbalance of Th17 and Treg cell differentiation, intestinal flora imbalance, and intestinal mucosal barrier damage may be important links in the occurrence and development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) since Th17 and Treg differentiation are affected by the intestinal flora. This study aimed to explore the effect of Escherichia coli (E. coli) LF82 on the differentiation of Th17 and Treg cells and the role of the intestinal flora in mouse colitis.

Trajectory Tracking of Variable Centroid Objects Based on Fusion of Vision and Force Perception.

Compared with traditional rigid objects' dynamic throwing and catching by the robot, the in-flight trajectory of nonrigid objects (incredibly variable centroid objects) throwing is more challenging to predict and track. This article proposes a variable centroid trajectory tracking network (VCTTN) with the fusion of vision and force information by introducing force data of throw processing to the vision neural network. The VCTTN-based model-free robot control system is developed to perform highly precise prediction and tracking with a part of the in-flight vision.

Genome-wide analysis of the polyphenol oxidase gene family reveals that MaPPO1 and MaPPO6 are the main contributors to fruit browning in .

Introduction: Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs), which are widely present in plants, play an important role in the growth, development, and stress responses. They can catalyze the oxidization of polyphenols and result in the browning of damaged or cut fruit, which seriously affects fruit quality and compromises the sale of fruit. In banana (, AAA group), 10 genes were determined based on the availability of a high-quality genome sequence, but the role of genes in fruit browning remains unclear.

Multiple metabolomics comparatively investigated the pulp breakdown of four dragon fruit cultivars during postharvest storage.

Pulp breakdown is the main reason for the reduction of fruit quality. However, there are relatively few studies on small molecule metabolites based on the pulp breakdown of dragon fruit. In this study, four dragon fruit cultivars were comparatively analyzed during pulp breakdown.

WRKY transcription factor MaWRKY49 positively regulates pectate lyase genes during fruit ripening of Musa acuminata.

Fruit ripening is the last phase of fruit growth and development. The initiation and progression of fruit ripening are highly modulated by a plethora of key genes, such as transcription factor (TF) genes. The WRKY gene family is a large group of TFs that play important roles in various cellular processes; nevertheless, the role of WRKY TF on fruit ripening remains enigmatic.

Computationally Relaxed Unscented Kalman Filter.

Advanced robotics and autonomous vehicles rely on filtering and sensor fusion techniques to a large extent. These mobile applications need to handle the computations onboard at high rates while the computing capacities are limited. Therefore, any improvement that lowers the CPU time of the filtering leads to more accurate control or longer battery operation.

ResDNet: Efficient Dense Multi-Scale Representations With Residual Learning for High-Level Vision Tasks.

Deep feature fusion plays a significant role in the strong learning ability of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for computer vision tasks. Recently, works continually demonstrate the advantages of efficient aggregation strategy and some of them refer to multiscale representations. In this article, we describe a novel network architecture for high-level computer vision tasks where densely connected feature fusion provides multiscale representations for the residual network.

Hybrid Visual-Ranging Servoing for Positioning Based on Image and Measurement Features.

In this article, a hybrid visual-ranging servoing method is proposed to realize high-precision positioning tasks with a 6-degree of freedom (DOF) manipulator. This method utilizes the image and measurement features directly in the control loop. Without the need of complex image feature design and attitude estimation, this method realizes the 6-DOF control of a robot.

Data Augmentation in Defect Detection of Sanitary Ceramics in Small and Non-i.i.d Datasets.

In this study, a data-augmentation method is proposed to narrow the significant difference between the distribution of training and test sets when small sample sizes are concerned. Two major obstacles exist in the process of defect detection on sanitary ceramics. The first results from the high cost of sample collection, namely, the difficulty in obtaining a large number of training images required by deep-learning algorithms, which limits the application of existing algorithms in sanitary-ceramic defect detection.

The role of hydrogen water in delaying ripening of banana fruit during postharvest storage.

Experiments were conducted to identify the role of hydrogen water (HW) in banana fruit ripening. Banana fruit soaked with 0.8 ppm HW showed longer ripening than control fruit.

Adaptive Sensor Fault Accommodation for Vehicle Active Suspensions via Partial Measurement Information.

In this article, an adaptive sensor fault accommodation scheme is proposed for uncertain vehicle active suspensions via output-feedback control where vehicle body displacement is the only measurable output signal corrupted by sensor bias. An adaptive observer with variable gains is constructed to obtain state estimates whose design procedure involves parameter adaption of the uncertain system parameters and sensor bias, and an output-feedback controller is designed to attenuate the vehicle body displacement based on the partial measurement information, estimates of the states, and unknown parameters. Compensation for measurement error is made both in the design process of the adaptive observer and output-feedback controller in order to weaken the influence brought about by sensor bias fault.

Octopus-Inspired Microgripper for Deformation-Controlled Biological Sample Manipulation.

Predators in nature grip their prey in different ways, which give innovational ideas of gripping approaches in industrial applications. Octopus performs flexible gripping with the help of vacuum grippers, suction cups, which inspired a new type of microgripper for biological sample micromanipulation. The proposed gripper consists of a glass pipette and a pump driven by a step-motor.