TexPrince, a Midseason, Medium-chill Peach

Effect of foliar fertilization of boron, zinc and iron on fruit growth and yield of low-chill peach cv. Sharbati

This field experiment was carried out at Horticultural Research Centre, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (U.K.), India, during two consecutive years 2010 and 2011 on 7 years old peach trees cv. Sharbati. The experiment was designed in RBD to study the effect of foliar spraying of boron, zinc and iron and its combination on fruit growth pattern and yield attributing ...

Phony Peach and Peach Mosaic

Chill Radar News

This is the seventh edition of the Colorado State University (CSU)-CHILL newsletter which we distribute on an annual basis, near the start of the academic year. The newsletter is intended to provide information to the community regarding research, education, and refurbishment activities of the CSUCHILL facility. In April 1995 Colorado State University was awarded a second five-year Cooperative ...

DNA, just chill

Cardio(lipin) workout beefs up mitochondrial impor ts Mitochondria depend on imported proteins. Kutik et al. show how a protein keeps this molecular traffi c fl owing by helping manufacture a key membrane lipid. Almost all of the 1,000 or so different proteins mitochondria need to operate are made elsewhere in the cell. After crossing a mitochondrion's outer membrane, proteins follow one of two...

TCAF1 puts a chill on prostate cancer

TCAF1 puts a chill on prostate cancer The partner of a cold-sensing ion channel prevents prostate cancer cells from migrating, Gkika et al. reveal. The ion channel TRPM8 detects low temperatures, but it occurs in parts of the body that aren’t exposed to the cold, such as the prostate and bladder, suggesting that it has other roles. The protein is overexpressed in prostate tumors and other cance...