to evaluate the effect of shoot girdling, fruit thinning, urea, sucrose and zinc on inflorescence bud retention in pistachio, an experiment comprised of 12 treatments including girdling, fruit thinning, application of urea (0.5%), and sucrose (3 and 5%) and their combination of the first two with urea plus zinc sulfate (0.05 and 0.1% of pure zinc) as well as a combination of the two with urea, ...

Because of sexual propagation of Mexican lime in southern regions of Iran, there are many lime accessions (lime biotypes) in Mexican lime gardens in which appear some variation in fruit and tree shape. However, most of these accessions are susceptible to witches broom disease of lime (WBDL). Persian lime (C. latifolia Tanaka) is a triploid WBDL-tolerant species. Considerable number of un-descri...

The present study aims to assess the effect of Thiobacillus and sulfur on morphological and biochemical properties of medicinal pumpkinproperties under deficit irrigation based on a split-plot design. For this purpose, water stress was applied as a main factor in three levels (control, no irrigation in flowering stage, no irrigation in fruiting), and Thiobacillus and sulfur fertilizers as sub-p...

Integrative systems biology proposes new approaches to decipher the variation of phenotypic traits. In an effort to link the genetic variation and the physiological and molecular bases of fruit composition, the proteome (424 protein spots), metabolome (26 compounds), enzymatic profile (26 enzymes), and phenotypes of eight tomato accessions, covering the genetic diversity of the species, and fou...

in order to study the effect of mineral nutrient and salicylic acid on the fruit yield and yield components of coriander, a study was conducted in experimental field of gorgan university during 2007. the experiment was laid out in randomized block design with ten treatments (salicylic acid, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, zinc, iron, boron, molybdenum and control) in three replicati...

Litchi is an important fruit tree in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. However, there is widespread confusion regarding litchi cultivar nomenclature and detailed information of genetic relationships among litchi germplasm is unclear. In the present study, the potential of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) for the identification of 96 representative litchi accessions and their gene...

Tolerance to low night temperature (LNT) can be a practical and economical target in tomato breeding programs for energy saving greenhouses. This study was conducted investigate the physiological biochemical responses LNT using four accessions with cherry or large fruit types having tolerance sensitivity. The were grown two polyethylene film greenhouses set-points of 10 15 °C heating. significa...

l. Nutritional balances for calories, glucose, water, nitrogen, Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+ have been estimated for free-flying cedar waxwings feeding on Washington hawthorn fruits. 2. Birds assimilate 39.9 calories/fruit ( = 20.0% of available calories) and a net loss of 155 mg of water/fruit. 3. Reducing sugars account for 74.5% of assimilated calories ( = 66.0% assimilation efhciency). 4. While ...

The effects of wild germplasm on tomato fruit shelf life have not yet been completely evaluated. Three different genotypes of Lycopersicon esculentum (a cultivated variety, a homozygote for nor and a homozygote for rin), LA1385 of L. esculentum var. cerasiforme, LA722 of L. pimpinellifolium, and 10 diallel hybrids were assayed. Mean values of fruit shelf life, weight, shape, and mean number of ...

to investigate the genotypic and phenotypic relationship between characteristics affecting tomato fruit weights, eleven tomato lines were compared in a rcb design with three replications. the anova showed that the difference among lines was significant for all characteristics. there was a significant phenotypic and genotypic correlations between fruit weight and most of the characteristics. the...