Photosynthetic rates of six pistachio cultivars were studied including Ohadi, Kalleh-Ghochi, Akbari, AhmadAghaii, Rezaii Zoudras and Haratii. Measurements were done using OFF and ON shoots at different stages of fruit growth and development included: - Beginning of endocarp growth; - pith hardening; - Beginning of endosperm rapid growth; - end of embryo development; - ripening and harvesting ti...

Pistachio is one of the most important agricultural crops of Iran. It is a nut from Anacardiacea family and its domesticated species is called Pistacia vera L. Regarding to pistachio importance and usage and by the expanding of pistachio cultivate, it is necessary to improve agricultural situation and by establishing well equipped processing and packaging units near the farms, it is possible to...

The previously reported [Pearson, T. Lebensm. Wiss. -Technol. 1996, 28 (6), 203-209] channel image sorter has been used to re-sort color-sort and hand-sort rejects and to sort mainstream (pre-handsort) U.S. pistachios. Sorting was carried out at commercial speeds of up to 163 kg/channel/h. Recoveries of good nuts of 39-67% on re-sorted product and 97.8% on mainstream nuts were achieved. Aflatox...

The production of pistachio in Tunisia generates a large amount potentially valuable waste, such as leaves, that could be used source bioactive compounds. In this work, the extraction phytochemicals from Pistacia vera L. leaves (male and female) by microwave-assisted (MAE) has been investigated. A response surface methodology (RSM) was for optimization compounds extraction, where independent va...

A three-layer artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed to predict the efficiency of Pb(II) ions removal from aqueous solution by Antep pistachio (Pistacia Vera L.) shells based on 66 experimental sets obtained in a laboratory batch study. The effect of operational parameters such as adsorbent dosage, initial concentration of Pb(II) ions, initial pH, operating temperature, and contact...