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{"title":"Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Plant Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1","authors":"Joan Lee","doi":"10.5539/jps.v9n1p68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v9n1p68","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Plant Studies wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated. \u0000 \u0000Journal of Plant Studies is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please contact us for the application form at: jps@ccsenet.org \u0000 \u0000Reviewers for Volume 9, Number 1 \u0000 \u0000Aashima Khosla, University of California, United States \u0000 \u0000Alireza Valdiani, University of Copenhagen, Denmark \u0000 \u0000Ana Simonovic, Institute for Biological Research \"Sinisa Stankovic\", Serbia \u0000 \u0000Andreea Stanila, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania \u0000 \u0000Bingcheng Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, China \u0000 \u0000Florence S Mus, Montana State University, United States \u0000 \u0000Guzel R. Kudoyarova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia \u0000 \u0000Hui Peng, Guangxi Normal University, China \u0000 \u0000Kirandeep Kaur Mani, California seed and Plant Labs, Pleasant Grove, United States \u0000 \u0000Konstantinos Vlachonasios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Biology, Greece \u0000 \u0000Lorenza Dalla Costa, Edmund Mach Foundation, Italy \u0000 \u0000Malgorzata Pietrowska-Borek, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland \u0000 \u0000Milana Trifunovic-Momcilov, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, Serbia \u0000 \u0000Mohamed Ahmed El-Esawi, Tanta University, Egypt \u0000 \u0000Slawomir Borek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland \u0000 \u0000Tomoo misawa, Donan Agricultural Experiment Station, Hokkaido Research Organization, Japan \u0000 \u0000Vijayasankar Raman, University of Mississippi, United States \u0000 \u0000Xiaomin Wu, Loyola University Chicago, United States","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125266480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Evaluation of the Potentials of Moringa oleifera Lam), A Vegetable and Hedgerow Plant for Diet Supplements and Multipurpose Utilizations","authors":"A. Salami, C. Nwadike","doi":"10.5539/jps.v9n1p59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v9n1p59","url":null,"abstract":"A survey was carried out to evaluate the potentials of Moringa oleifera (Lam) within and outside the Kano metropolis of Kano state, Nigeria, where it serves as vegetable and hedgerow plant for diet supplements and multipurpose utilizations. Structured interview was used with a total of 100 respondents, randomly spread. In the Kano metropolis, which falls within the Kano city, 4 Local Government Areas (LGAs) were covered. These are: Nassarawa, Ungogo, Tarauni and Dala; while Madobi, Minjiibir, Garun Mallam and Dambatta LGAs were covered outside the Kano metropolis. Results of the structured interview using the Convenience Sampling Technique revealed that Moringa is very rich nutritionally, economically and medicinally. Moringa utilization cuts across various categories of people with 69% usage recorded for male and 40% for literate users, while students and civil servants had 21% each. Moringa farmers that cultivates simultaneously on farmlands and backyard gardens were however 73%. Analysis of results further indicated that the plant is rated very high as diet supplements in the state, owing to the fact that it is very rich nutritionally, apart from its economic and medicinal values. It is however recommended that its nursery propagation be encouraged, and community interest in its cultivation mobilized.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121137980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Production of Bioactive Lichen Compounds by Alginate-Immobilized Bionts Isolated from Cladonia verticillaris: An in Vitro Study","authors":"R. Santiago, M.C.B. Martins, T. Nascimento, L. Barros, M. Vilaça, Emerson P. S. Falcão, N. H. Silva, M. Legaz, C. Vicente, E. Pereira","doi":"10.5539/jps.v9n1p43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v9n1p43","url":null,"abstract":"Bionts isolated from thalli of Cladonia verticillaris, immobilized in calcium alginate, produce two depsidones, fumarprotocetraric and protocetraric acids, and the depside atranorin, that exhibit antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Organic lichen extract (acetone/ether/chloroform) shows the highest antimicrobial activity due to a possible synergism between these substances. Antioxidant capacity of soluble metabolites secreted from the immobilisates to the bath medium of incubation during the first 12 days of immobilization has been found (˃80% oxidation inhibition). The concentration of soluble phenolic substances depends on the immobilization time (during 32 days), exogenous supply of acetate (1.0m mM sodium or calcium acetate) and on the type of isolated biont (phycobionts, mycobionts, whole thallus or immobilized phycobionts co-incubated with the mycobionts ones). \u0000The role of phycobionts in phenol production has been interpreted as a possible modification of the polymalonyl pathway; for example, atranorin is actively produced and secreted during immobilization while it is not detected in thallus in natura. Co-incubated bionts secrete higher amounts of atranorin to the media during the first 12 days of immobilization. Immobilization of isolated bionts could be used as a biotechnological technique to obtain a potential source of biological active compounds. \u0000On the other hand, the physiological state detected of C. verticillaris in the Cerrado is much better for experimentation than that of the specimens collected in Caatinga since, in this case, the thalli showed the fragility that the extreme environmental conditions of the semi-arid region of NE Brazil impose on this lichen species. To date, no priority has been defined for lichen conservation in Brazilian ecosystems. It is therefore suggested that it imust important to include lichen ecophysiology studies in public conservation policies.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"11 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120906396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Medicinal Plant Species Used to Treat Tonsillitis in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review","authors":"F. Abebe, Melese Mengistu Asfaw, Tasisa Temesgen Tolossa","doi":"10.5539/jps.v9n1p34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v9n1p34","url":null,"abstract":"In various areas of Ethiopia, different plant species have been reported having a medicinal role for ailment tonsillitis. However, the ethnomedicinal information on those medicinal plant species that cure the ailment is not summarized in a way that gives general information and initiates further study. Therefore, the objective of this review paper was to summarize the ethnomedicinal information about medicinal plant species that used to treat tonsillitis in Ethiopia. The result of the review indicated that herbs and leaves are the most utilized growth forms and part of the plants respectively during remedy preparation for the ailment tonsillitis in Ethiopia. Similarly, fresh plant materials, and water are the most applied condition of plant parts and diluent added correspondingly. Chewing and oral route of application are the most widely used methods of remedy preparation and administration correspondingly, for the ailment in the country. Utilization of herbs and leaves can be seen as an advantage from the conservation point of view of medicinal plant species that used to treat the ailment since herbs can be cultivated when they are in short supply and are also available as compared to other growth forms. Similarly, use of leaves can reduce damage to the medicinal plant species as compared to the use of other plant parts such as roots. However, the utilization of fresh materials should be reduced as much as possible. Rhamnus prinoides L'Her. and Zingiber officinale Roscoe are the most commonly used medicinal plant species for the ailment in Ethiopia.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116139514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Competition Indices Identify Forb Species That Promote Overyielding of a Dominant Grass in Grassland Restoration","authors":"D. Scott","doi":"10.5539/jps.v9n1p28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v9n1p28","url":null,"abstract":"Overyielding is a common phenomenon. Overyielding of dominant grasses when in competition with common forbs during grassland restoration could lead to lower plant diversity. My objective was to characterize overyielding of Andropogon gerardii in competition with fcommon forbs. I collected soils representing different stages of restoration (0, 4, and 16 years restored) and conducted a pairwise competition experiment with a dominant grass, Andropogon gerardii, in competition with four subordinate forbs (Oligoneuron rigidum L., Liatris punctata Hook, Lespedeza capitata Michx., or Desmanthus illinoensis Michx.). Relative yield indices (RY) were calculated by comparison with a two-individual monoculture of A. gerardii with both per grass biomass and per grass net absolute tiller appearance rate (TAR). Overyielding of A. gerardii was in competition with Oligoneuron rigidum was indicated by RY values (greater than1) using both biomass and TAR measurements. These findings suggest that O. rigidum should be given low priority for inclusion in tallgrass prairie restoration seed mixes.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"289 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123437440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characteristics of Giant Embryo Rice and Research Prospect of Its Processing and Utilization","authors":"Bo Peng, Xiayu Tian, Kun-Hong He, Kun Xu, Juan Peng, Ziyue Liu, Xiao-Rui Ma, Yanfang Sun, Xiao-Hua Song, Lu-Lu He, Rui-hua Pang, Jin-Tiao Li, Quanxiu Wang, Wei Zhou, Huilong Li, Hongyu Yuan","doi":"10.5539/jps.v9n1p13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v9n1p13","url":null,"abstract":"Giant embryo rice is a special kind of functional rice which can produce eutrophic rice. It conforms to people's concept of food consumption and healthy life. Giant embryo rice and its intensively processed products have been widely used in food, medicine, health products and other fields. They have extremely important scientific significance and economic value, and have become one of the most nutritional and health-care functional rice in the future. In recent years, a series of important advances have been made in the research of giant embryo rice. The special nutrients, agronomic characteristics and products developed by giant embryo rice have attracted the attention of rice breeders and consumers at home and abroad. In this paper, the research contents and new advances in the creation and breeding of giant embryo rice germplasm, the characteristics of nutrient changes, important agronomic traits and the processing and utilization of giant embryo rice were summarized, and the application prospect of giant embryo rice was prospected, all of which could provide important reference for the development and sustainable utilization of giant embryo rice.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"175 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114164168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High Allelopathic Activity of Carotenoid-accumulating Callus of a Halophilic Mangrove Plant, Avicennia alba: Protoplast Co-culture Method with Digital Image Analysis","authors":"H. Sasamoto, Manabu Hayatsu, Suechika Suzuki","doi":"10.5539/jps.v9n1p1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v9n1p1","url":null,"abstract":"A yellow callus strain was established from hypocotyls of a halophilic mangrove plant, Avicennia alba, by subculture in the dark. Allelopathic activities of yellow A. alba callus were assayed using recipient lettuce protoplasts at three growth stages by the protoplast co-culture method with digital image analysis. The protoplast cultures of yellow A. alba callus were halophilic to NaCl, KCl, and MgCl2 (up to 200 mM) but not to CaCl2. By contrast, NaCl and KCl inhibited the growth of non-salt-tolerant lettuce protoplasts, while CaCl2 and MgCl2 stimulated their growth at low concentrations. Highly salt-tolerant or halophilic mangrove plant cells were expected to have low allelopathic activity, but the protoplasts of yellow A. alba callus had very strong allelopathic activity. The inhibition was strongest at the cell division stage with growth being inhibited to 50% and 9% of the control by 104 mL-1 and 5 × 104 mL-1 of A. alba, respectively. There was less inhibition at the yellow pigment accumulation stage of lettuce. Stimulation was observed at the early cell wall formation stage with up to 105 mL-1 of A. alba. The yellow pigment of yellow A. alba callus was extracted with hexane and its absorption spectrum showed the wavelength peaks of a carotenoid, neoxanthin. Using transmission electron microscopy, specific electron-dense structures were found in yellow A. alba callus, which were similar to the undeveloped ultrastructure of a carotenoid. A carotenoid was strongly suggested to be the putative allelochemical in yellow callus of A. alba.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115408928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Plant Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2","authors":"Joan Lee","doi":"10.5539/jps.v8n2p73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v8n2p73","url":null,"abstract":"Journal of Plant Studies wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated. \u0000 \u0000Journal of Plant Studies is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jps/editor/recruitment and e-mail the completed application form to jps@ccsenet.org. \u0000 \u0000Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 2 \u0000 \u0000Bingcheng Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, China \u0000 \u0000Dariusz Kulus, University of Technology and Life Sciences, Poland \u0000 \u0000Guzel R. Kudoyarova, Institute of Biology, Ufa Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia \u0000 \u0000Joanna Helena Kud, University of Idaho, USA \u0000 \u0000Milana Trifunovic-Momcilov, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, Serbia \u0000 \u0000Montaser Fawzy Abdel-Monaim, Plant Pathology Res. Instatute, Agric. Res. Center, Egypt \u0000 \u0000Rajnish Sharma, Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, India \u0000 \u0000Said Laarabi, University Mohammed V/Ministry of National Education, Morocco \u0000 \u0000Samuel G Obae, Stevenson University, USA \u0000 \u0000Sarwan Kumar, Punjab Agricultural University, India \u0000 \u0000Slawomir Borek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland \u0000 \u0000Ya-Yi Huang, Institution of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123674110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Hydroponics Systems on Growth, Yield and Quality of Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.)","authors":"Lungile T. Shongwe, M. Masarirambi, T. O. Oseni, P. K. Wahome, K. A. Nxumalo, Phumlani I. Gule","doi":"10.5539/jps.v8n2p62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v8n2p62","url":null,"abstract":"There is dearth of information pertaining to hydroponics production of zucchini in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of hydroponics systems on growth, yield and nutritional content of zucchini. The research was conducted in three greenhouses of the Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Luyengo Campus at the University of Eswatini between July and October 2018. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design replicated four times. Three hydroponics systems were used as the main plots, i.e. elevated tray, ground lay bed and Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) systems. The sub-plots were allocated to the three varieties, i.e., Amanda, Hygreen and Terminator. The zucchini grown in elevated tray hydroponics system had the highest yield in all the varieties compared to the other hydroponics systems. The results showed that there were significant differences in the growth, yield and nutritional content of zucchini cultivars grown in the different hydroponics systems. The tallest plants (26.1cm) were obtained in cultivar Terminator grown in the elevated tray system and the highest number of leaves (15) was obtained in cultivar Terminator grown in the elevated tray system. Cultivar Terminator grown in the elevated tray system had the highest total yield (15.8 tons/ha) while Hygreen plants produced in the NFT system recorded the lowest total yield (1.04 tons/ha). There were no significant differences in the iron content of zucchini among the cultivars grown in the different hydroponics systems. The results of this study revealed that different zucchini cultivars responded differently when grown in the different hydroponics systems. Therefore based on the results of this study it is recommended that Terminator zucchini cultivar can be produced in the elevated tray hydroponics system.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125348450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Different Tillage Systems and Cultivars on Growth, Yield and Quality of Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) in a Semi-Arid Sub-Tropical Environment","authors":"Phiwokwakhe A. Dlamini, M. Masarirambi, P. K. Wahome, Mfanzile A. Dzimba","doi":"10.5539/jps.v8n2p49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jps.v8n2p49","url":null,"abstract":"Conservation agriculture is a concept for resource-saving agricultural crop production system that serves to achieve acceptable profits and sustaining production while conserving the environment. The popularity of zucchini also known as baby marrow in the Kingdom of Eswatini has increased in recent years specifically for its economic value in the foreign market. This study was carried out at Malkerns Research Station, Malkerns in the Middleveld of the Kingdom of Eswatini to assess the effectiveness of different tillage methods and cultivars on growth, yield and quality of zucchini. The tillage methods used were zero, basin and mulch tillage. Furrow tillage was used as a control. The results showed that tillage methods had significant (P<0.05) differences in growth and yield of zucchini. Minimum tillage plants exhibited lowest number of leaves (9.5), vine length (36.4 cm), leaf area index (2.5) and number of flowers (6), number of fruits (1.3) and marketable yield/plant (4.6 ton/ha). Non-significant (P>0.05) differences were obtained from plants grown under basin, mulch and furrow tillage. The highest vine length (69.6cm), leaf number (17.0), LAI (3.6), and marketable yield (15.7 ton/ha) were obtained in zucchini plants grown under basin tillage system. However, there were no significant (P>0.05) differences in accumulation in leaves of zucchini plants of mineral content. In terms of the cultivars there were no significant (P>0.05) differences in vegetative growth. Star 8023 showed superiority in terms of number of fruits and marketable yield. It was observed that minimum tillage was less suitable in zucchini production as compared to other tillage systems. For higher production in zucchini, basin, furrow and mulch may be used. The best cultivar to use is star 8023.","PeriodicalId":410634,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Studies","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125474368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}