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Moringa — Sources

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Candidate bibliography from the 2026-08 rforge sweep

Section titled “Candidate bibliography from the 2026-08 rforge sweep”

Metadata-level candidates only. Titles and DOIs resolve in research/moringa/results-deduped.jsonl; full text has not been reviewed. Full survey: research/moringa/report.md.

Identity, propagation, and germination

Section titled “Identity, propagation, and germination”
  • Horticultural potential in the subtropics — 10.21273/hortsci.31.5.794 (1996)
  • History, taxonomy, and propagation review — 10.21276/ssr-iijls.2019.5.3.7 (2019)
  • Diversity, breeding, and in-vitro propagation review — 10.3390/plants11223132 (2022)
  • Seed priming and stand establishment — 10.3906/tar-1103-39 (2012)
  • Pre-sowing seed treatments and germination — 10.17660/actahortic.2017.1158.18 (2017)
  • Temperature effect on germination and seedling growth — 10.15258/sst.2011.39.1.19 (2011)
  • Seed maturity, germination, and desiccation tolerance — 10.15258/sst.2009.37.3.08 (2009)

Density, pruning, and repeated leaf harvest

Section titled “Density, pruning, and repeated leaf harvest”
  • Planting density × harvest interval under diverse agroecological conditions — 10.1155/2017/2941432 (2017)
  • Plant density × harvest frequency and biomass yield — 10.17660/actahortic.2017.1158.12 (2017)
  • Cutting frequency × planting spacing — 10.17957/ijab/15.0076 (2015)
  • Pruning intensity, growth, flowering, and fruit development — 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.11.033 (2019)
  • Provenance × spacing × cutting interval — 10.1080/00128325.2018.1511174 (2019)

Climate, water, soil, and fertility

Section titled “Climate, water, soil, and fertility”
  • Temperature responses in M. oleifera and M. peregrina — 10.21608/ejbo.2021.63271.1631 (2021)
  • Diluted-seawater germination in M. oleifera and M. peregrina — 10.22587/aeb.2018.12.3.3 (2018)
  • Salinity stress response — 10.1038/s41598-023-29954-6 (2023)
  • Nitrogen level × density and biomass — 10.1007/s10457-012-9525-5 (2012)
  • Organic and NPK fertilizer sources/rates — 10.1007/s40093-017-0175-5 (2017)
  • Nitrogen and phosphorus effects on growth and leaf composition — 10.3389/fsufs.2022.861400 (2022)
  • Vermicompost/NPK and fixed-oil production under calcareous soil — 10.3390/plants10101998 (2021)

Pests and diseases

Section titled “Pests and diseases”
  • Fertilization, defoliator caterpillar Noorda blitealis, and yield — 10.47604/ija.2977 (2024)
  • Plant-parasitic nematodes associated with moringa — 10.15547/ast.2021.02.031 (2021)

Harvest, drying, storage, and processing

Section titled “Harvest, drying, storage, and processing”
  • Hermetic storage of moringa seeds — 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.11.011 (2019)
  • Seed storage conditions and germination — 10.17660/actahortic.2017.1158.51 (2017)
  • Postharvest processing and orchard economics — 10.5376/ijh.2017.07.0030 (2017)
  • Harvest/postharvest handling of leaf powder — 10.1088/1755-1315/1038/1/012074 (2022)
  • Storage temperature/packaging for moringa pods — 10.5455/jbau.80657 (2020)
  • Harvest timing/method and pre-packaging treatment for pods — 10.20546/ijcmas.2017.604.025 (2017)
  • Growth, maturation indices, and composition — 10.22077/jhpr.2021.4296.1205 (2021)
  • Leaf dehydration methods — 10.1007/s13197-014-1264-3 (2014)
  • Blanching pre-treatments before air drying — 10.4081/jae.2020.1044 (2020)
  • Leaf drying methods and quality attributes — 10.1111/jfpe.14530 (2024)
  • Drying time/temperature and leaf-flour color — 10.21070/ups.7247 (2025)

Seed oil

Section titled “Seed oil”
  • Potential of moringa species for seed-oil production — 10.3390/agriculture8100150 (2018)
  • Moringa seed-oil reference chapter — 10.1016/b978-0-12-375688-6.10093-3 (2011)
  • Oil from drought and irrigated regions — 10.3989/gya.2006.v57.i2.32 (2006)
  • Extraction methods and physicochemical properties — 10.54910/sabrao2024.56.5.37 (2024)

Yield and economics

Section titled “Yield and economics”
  • Cultivar productivity in a dry-hot climate — 10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.10.075 (2018)
  • Profit efficiency of moringa production — 10.19041/apstract/2023/2/2 (2023)
  • Smallholder cultivation constraints and opportunities — 10.3329/ijarit.v3i1.16044 (2013)

Mexico and smallholder relevance

Section titled “Mexico and smallholder relevance”
  • Growth and biomass under Northeast Mexico conditions — 10.54167/tch.v10i3.177 (2016)
  • Composition of moringa grown in Mexico — 10.1155/2015/860381 (2015)
  • Drying of leaves sourced from Veracruz producers — 10.32854/agrop.v17i3.2862 (2025)
  • Moringa as a vegetable tree for smallholder farmers — 10.17660/actahortic.2017.1158.35 (2017)

Food-use safety boundary

Section titled “Food-use safety boundary”
  • Nutritional and antinutritional components of whole/extracted leaves — 10.1016/s0377-8401(96)01023-1 (1996)
  • Processing effects on moringa-seed flour — 10.1111/jfpp.16052 (2022)
  • Proximate and antinutritional composition of leaves and seeds — 10.4314/as.v14i2.2 (2016)

Source types still needed

Section titled “Source types still needed”
  • Mexican extension and nursery guidance by frost/climate zone.
  • Grower demonstrations of pruning, leaf stripping, pod picking, seed shelling, drying, and small-scale oil pressing.
  • Government or extension pest/disease identification for Mexican home gardens.
  • Food-safety guidance from authoritative sources; no medical or therapeutic claims.