Kiwifruit requires a high quantity of nutrients that must be supplied through fertilization to obtain an optimum yield on a sustainable basis. This research was conducted to evaluate different fertilization methods including broadcast application (as control), deep placement of the fertilizer and fertigation, alone or in combination with foliar application and their effects on the yield, leaf m...

Dietary patterns rich in high fruits and vegetables intake are associated with a myriad of health benefits. Dietary habits of young adults is in limelight, as this group is in transition from adolescence to adulthood and are potential to influence the health status of next generation. The purpose of this study was to explore the fruit and vegetable consumption behavior of undergraduate students...

The diets of frugivorous and nectarivorous vertebrates contain much water and generally have high energy but low protein contents. Therefore, we tested the prediction that to save energy under conditions of high energy demands and high water intake, frugivorous Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) will increase both the absolute quantity and the proportion of ammonia in their urine. We a...

Enicostemma littorale Blume is a medicinal plant commonly called as whitehead. Traditionally, the plant is used in the treatment of large number of human ailments such as in hypoglycemic, lowering the blood glucose level, as a potent anti-diabetic and antioxidant activity. Currently, the scientific research is going on to prove its medicinal value. Hence, to evaluate the phytoconstituents and t...

In the spray application process the key factor is to know the location and volume of the target. With this knowledge it is possible to make precise adjustments to the quantity of product being applied in relation to the size of the target vegetation. The new technologies of precision spraying allow growers to apply pesticides only to the target canopy or fruit, to apply the correct quantity ac...

The solanaceous group of vegetables (tomato, eggplant, chili and bell peppers) generally take up large amounts of nutrients. The amount of nutrients they take up depends on the quantity of fruit and dry matter they produce, which in turn is influenced by a number of genetic and environmental variables. For tomato to produce 1 mt of fresh fruit, plants need to absorb, on average, 2.5 to 3 kg N, ...

This article reports the deliverables of experimental study on production a completely renewable biofuel from Manilkara zapota fruit and seed oil. It was attempted to synthesis ethyl ester oil using bioethanol synthesized decayed fruit. Bioethanol produced through fermentation fruit, waste skin, pulp with Saccharomyces cerevisiae then distilled at 72°C. The yield noted as 10.45% (v/w). 95.09% p...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of pruning in different developmental stages on growth, development, seed yield and active substances of medicinal pumpkin (these active substances are uses for remedy the Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)). The experiment was performed in a RCB design. Five pruning treatments in different developmental stages (no pruning, after 3-5 nod...