Managing irrigation efficiently is paramount given the uncertainty in future availability of water and rising demand for this resource. Scheduled significantly influences vegetative growth through improving crop physiology nutrient uptake use efficiency. Influence different treatments (100%, 75%, 50% volume Class A pan evapotranspiration) applied at four phenological stages (flowering fruit set...

Fruits are perishable horticultural crops grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. It is a richest source micro nutrients phyto chemicals that contributed significant role human health. Mango, avocado, papaya, guava pine apple popular economically important fruits due to their essential nutritional properties appreciated eating quality. However, developing countries, upto 50% thos...

Apple Scab and Powdery Mildew in NY during the 2012 season The 2012 growing season came unexpectedly in early March during a period of warm weather following a warmer than usual winter. The early season was characterized by number borderline apple scab infection periods until the beginning of April a time when most model predictors were in agreement. The spring freeze hit during bloom which was...

Penicillium expansum , the causal agent of blue mold, is one of the most prevalent post-harvest pathogens, infecting a wide range of crops after harvest. In response, crops have evolved various defense systems to protect themselves against this and other pathogens. Penicillium -crop interaction is a multifaceted process and mediated by pathogen- and host-derived proteins. Identification and cha...

Effect of pre-harvest methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and post-harvest 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatments on broccoli floret glucosinolate (GS) concentrations and quinone reductase (QR, an in vitro anti-cancer biomarker) inducing activity were evaluated two days prior to harvest, at harvest and at 10, 20, and 30 days of post-harvest storage at 4 °C. MeJA treatments four days prior to harvest of br...

The potential of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in the wavelength range of 1000-2500 nm for predicting quality parameters such as total soluble solids (TSS), acidity (TA), firmness, and individual sugars (glucose, fructose, sucrose, and xylose) for two cultivars of apples ("Braeburn" and "Cripps Pink") was studied during the pre- and post-storage periods. Simultaneously, a qualitative invest...

Abstract Recently, Cadophora luteo-olivacea has been reported as a post-harvest pathogen of side rot apple ( Malus domestica ) in Latvia, and pear Pyrus communis Italy the Netherlands. In 2018 2019, South Tyrol (northern Italy) 11 fungal cultures, identified C. based on ITS (internal transcribed spacer region) sequence data, were obtained from fruit displaying symptoms. The sampled packinghouse...