Plants grown from different propagules can develop different architectures that influence their functioning. Hybrid potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) plants grown from true seeds and seedling tubers differ in architectural development, particularly in spatiotemporal distribution of leaves, generating variations in leaf age across leaf positions and origins (main stem or branch). This may affect nitrogen distribution and leaf photos...

Despite their superior efficiency, chemical flocculants introduce foreign chemicals, such as metals, into harvested microalgae, posing downstream application challenges. To overcome this, a simple direct current (DC) initiated flocculation technology is proposed for microalgal harvesting. This method applies a DC electric field across titanium plate electrodes to promote microalgal cell aggregation by polarizing their electric...