Future of Food: Journal on Food

The potential of cabbage waste extract as a biostimulant for enhancing growth, biochemical constituents and oil quality of thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Reham Sabry
National Research Centre
Adel Bayomi Salama
NRC
Hend El-sayed Wahba
Magdi T. Abdelhamid
Heba I. Mohamed

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) is an important cultural aromatic plant, whose herb and essential oils (EOs) have been used in many industrial and medicinal applications. Herb and EO yields are often negatively influenced by various factors, so it is important to keep finding new growing procedures that increase the quantitative content of herb and EOs. Therefore, this paper is focused on the effects of applying cabbage extract (CE) at different concentrations on morphological parameters, mineral contents, total carbohydrates and the quantitative and qualitative content of EOs in T. vulgaris plants. Two trials were conducted during two successive seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 to assess the growth and essential oil response of thyme plants to different concentrations of natural plant extract. Cabbage extract (1, 2, 4, 6, 8 %) was sprayed on thyme plants four times along each season.  Besides, spraying cabbage extract had a noticeable positive effect on vegetative growth parameters and oil percent of thyme plants. All concentrations caused increases in N%, P%, K%, carbohydrates % and caused variable effects between all oil compositions as compared to control plants. Moreover, foliar spray with 2 and 4% of CE caused increment in the values of morphological parameters, carbohydrate, minerals and all oil components as compared with control plants. The major compounds of thyme oil (thymol, p -Cymene and ?- terpinene) showed the highest percentage in oil of herb harvested at the first and second harvest (H1 and H2) after foliar spray with 2 and 4% CE. In conclusion, leaves waste of cabbage plants can be used as a biostimulant.

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Myanmar High School Students’ Perceptions of College and International Readiness in Western Society

Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
Mark Speckien
Louisiana Tech University
International students are more likely to experience mental health issues and increased stress. Mental health is often surrounded by negative societal stigmas that act as barriers to seeking support and tend to lead to greater mental health concerns. International students tend to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers rather than seeking out counseling services. However, this study shows that LGBTQIA+ international students were less likely to seek socioemotional support from other international student peers due to fear of their sexual orientation being discovered and their families finding out about their identity. This study examines how LGBTQIA+ international students talk about their experiences on and off campus in relations to their socioemotional well-being. Specifically, this study sought to better understand the complexities of LGBTQIA+ students’ identities, and the challenges they faced in terms of their socioemotional well-being. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Keywords : international students, socioemotional well-being, mental health, identity development, intersectionality, LGBTQIA