Black Plastic Mulch and Between-row Cultivation Increase Black Currant Yields

Mineral Composition of Fruit in Black and Red Currant

Black currants (Ribes nigrum) and red currants (Ribes rubrum) are highly appreciated for the food and therapeutic value of their fruits. Mineral composition was determined in eight black currants cultivars (‘Record’, ‘Bogatar’, ‘Deea’, ‘Abanos’, ‘Blackdown’, ‘Ronix’, ‘Tinker’, ‘Tenah’) and three red currants cultivars (‘Rosu timpuriu’, ‘Abundent’, ‘Houghton Castle’). For both species analyzed, ...

a-glucosidase in vitro: Synergies between acarbose and polyphenols from black currant and rowanberry

Polyphenol-rich extracts from certain berries inhibited a-glucosidase activity in vitro. The twomost effective berry extracts, from black currant and rowanberry, inhibited a-glucosidase with IC50 values respectively of 20 and 30 lg GAE/ml and were as effective as the pharmaceutical inhibitor, acarbose. These berry extracts differed greatly in their polyphenol composition: black currant was domi...

BLACK CURRANT (Ribes nigrum L.) – AN INSIGHT INTO THE CROP

Runoff loss of pesticides and soil: a comparison between vegetative mulch and plastic mulch in vegetable production systems.

Current vegetable production systems use polyethylene (plastic) mulch and require multiple applications of agrochemicals. During rain events, runoff from vegetable production is enhanced because 50 to 75% of the field is covered with an impervious surface. This study was conducted to quantify off-site movement of soil and pesticides with runoff from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plots ...

Purification, characterization and antiglycation activity of a novel polysaccharide from black currant.

A novel polysaccharide fraction (BCP-1) was extracted from the black currant fruit by ultrasound-assisted compound enzyme and purified by chromatography on macroporous resin D4006, anion-exchange Q-Sepharose FF and Sephadex G-100 columns. BCP-1 consisted of galacturonic acid, xylose, mannose, glucose and galactose in a ratio of 1.00:3.14:1.83:17.90:1.98 and its molecular weight was 14,050 Da. T...