Aphids are serious pests of a wide range agricultural crops, including pomegranates and grapevines. In addition, due to the negative environmental impacts chemical insecticides, these developing important resistance against aphicides. Therefore, one alternative method control aphids is use essential oils (EO). The present study aimed evaluate insecticidal activity Citrus aurantium C. reticulata...

Pomegranate is characterized by several local accessions and cultivars widespread across different countries, each with bio-agronomic features. Physiological biochemical processes occur during fruit ripening, leading to changes in size, color, flavor, improving the fruit’s acceptability for consumer. The aim of this study was evaluate physico-chemical nutritional traits three Italian germplasm ...

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Watermelons, Citrullus species (Cucurbitaceae), are native to Africa and have been cultivated since ancient times. The fruit flesh of wild watermelons is watery, but typically hard-textured, pale-coloured and bland or bitter. The familiar sweet dessert watermelons, C. lanatus, featuring non-bitter, tender, well-coloured flesh, have a narrow genetic base, suggesting that they...