FRUIT SET OF FALL WATERMELONS IN FLORIDA

Asymptotic behaviour of watermelons

A watermelon is a set of p Bernoulli paths starting and ending at the same ordinate, that do not intersect. In this paper, we show the convergence in distribution of two sorts of watermelons (with or without wall condition) to processes which generalize the Brownian bridge and the Brownian excursion in Rp. These limit processes are defined by stochastic differential equations. The distributions...

Stars and Watermelons

Gillet [3] demonstrated that limn→∞Wk(b2n tc)/ √ 2n tends to a family of p nonintersecting Brownian excursions, 0 ≤ t ≤ 1, as an extension of a principle given in [4]. The height of a path Wk in a p-watermelon with wall is the maximum value of Wk(i) over all i. The area under a path Wk is the area of the polygonal region determined by the curve j = Wk(i), the horizontal line j = 0, and the vert...

Factors Affecting Fruit Set/Early Fruit Drop in Avocado

Seedless Fruit Production by Hormonal Regulation of Fruit Set

Seed and fruit development are intimately related processes controlled by internal signals and environmental cues. The absence of seeds is usually appreciated by consumers and producers because it increases fruit quality and fruit shelf-life. One method to produce seedless fruit is to develop plants able to produce fruits independently from pollination and fertilization of the ovules. The onset...

Medieval iconography of watermelons in Mediterranean Europe.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae), is an important fruit vegetable in the warmer regions of the world. Watermelons were illustrated in Mediterranean Antiquity, but not as frequently as some other cucurbits. Little is known concerning the watermelons of Mediterranean Europe during medieval times. With the objective of obtaining an improved understanding of wat...