almonds belong to prunus genus, which is related to rosaceae family. it has close relatives with different species of stoned fruits. one of the main reasons for the long period of seed germination in prunus is compound dormancy, such as the external seed cover as physical dormancy and embryo dormancy causes physiological dormancy. seed stratification and treatments with various hormones are use...

Food allergies appear to be one of the foremost causes of hypersensitivity reactions. Nut allergies account for most food allergies and are often permanent. The 360 kDa hexameric protein Pru du amandin, a known allergen, was purified from almonds (Prunus dulcis) by ammonium sulfate fractionation and ion-exchange chromatography. The protein was identified by a BLAST homology search against the n...

Son yıllarda, tarımsal atık olarak adlandırılan, ucuz ve bol miktarda bulunan meyve sebze kabukları gibi doğal atıklar, doğada oluşturdukları depolanma sorunları nedeniyle, metal iyonlarının gideriminde zenginleştirilmesinde etkili bir biyosorbent kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, olarak, düşük maliyetli olan Prunus Dulcis L. kabukları, etilendinitril tetra asetik asit (EDTA) ile modifiye edilmiş...

Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of almond leaf scorch disease (ALSD), is currently re-emerging as a serious concern in California. Efficient pathogen detection is critical for ALSD epidemiological studies, particularly when a large sample size is involved. We here report a PCR procedure to detect X. fastidiosa directly from infected almond tissue without the laborious DNA extraction. Plant...

The use of biostimulants has become a common practice in agriculture. However, there is little peer-reviewed research on this topic. In this study we tested, under controlled and replicated conditions, the effect of one biostimulant derived from seaweed extraction (Bio-1) and another biostimulant derived from microbial fermentation (Bio-2). This experiment utilized 2-years-old almond plants ove...

Recently, our laboratory reported the isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotype C for the first time from almond trees (Terminalia catappa) detritus. The aim of the present study was to establish the survival of C. neoformans in almond trees seedlings. Thirty seedlings were infected in the stems and samples were taken and processed at different times and by different techniques...

Sir,?At page 191 of Valentine Baker's Clouds in the East, he mentions, that when suffering from dysentery, near Meshed, he got from an official, Abbas Khan, a remedy "called in Persia barhangIt consisted of a small seed somewhat resembling linse ed, and was made into a tea like linseed tea, with the addition of a teaspoonful of oil of sweet almonds." "Diet was restricted to rice and a wash of s...

The seeds of the almond tree [(Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb. (syn. Prunus amygdalus)] were collected in two different periods of maturity and were studied for their lipid content. The total lipids (TL) were extracted by the Bligh-Dyer method and the lipid classes have been isolated by chromatographic techniques and were analyzed by HPTLC coupled with a flame ionization detector (HPTLC/FID) ...