this study was conducted to determine water stress tolerance of two iranian dudaim melons (kerman & birjand) and one iranian muskmelon (samsoury). throughout the experiment, three different levels of irrigation with three irrigation starting points (-50, -65 and -75 cb of matric potential) were employed. results indicated that water stress significantly affected yield, firmness, fruit sugars as...

The native conifer lleuque (Prumnopitys andina (Poepp. ex Endl.) de Laub.) grows in southern Chile, and has an edible fleshy ovoid fruit. Some species of the genus Prumnopitys are valuable for medicinal value their fruits. Thus, aim this research was to characterize phytochemical antioxidant compounds four ripening stages P. fruits from La Araucanía Region, Chile. Fruit quality related paramet...

Blackberry is a species which has high potential to grow in an organic production system. However, there scarce information on the behavior of cultivars and selections this conducted ecologically based system, fact that makes it difficult recommend for This study aimed evaluate characterize phenology productive aspects six blackberry genotypes grown Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul (RS) state, Brazil...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the assimilated contents mineral elements, yield characteristics and fruit quality ‘Goldex’ yellow melon fertigated with different doses nitrogen (N) potassium (K) in two years cultivation region Apodi Plateau-CE. design randomized blocks a 4x3 factorial scheme four N (0%, 50%, 100%, 150% recommended dose) three K dose). In shoots plant, high...

The pomegranate fruit is one of the most important horticultural products due to the presence of polyphenolic, antioxidant and anti-fungal compounds. In the present study, morphological and phytochemical compounds diversity was investigated in eight Iranian commercial pomegranate cultivars. Fourteen morphological characters and 10 chemical compounds were measured. Based on PCA analysis the most...

Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis [Molina] Stuntz, Elaeocarpaceae) is a Chilean native species which produces small berries that are mainly collected from the wild. The health benefits of maqui fruit are attributed to their high polyphenol content as well as their wide variety of anthocyanins and flavonols. One of the main factors that affect the polyphenol content in fruit is the maturity stage at ...