Two trials were conducted under Mediterranean conditions to monitor several physiological indicators before harvest (leaf chlorophyll concentration, quantum yield of photosystem II electron transport, stem water potential, and stomatal conductance) some agronomic performance parameters at (vigor, fruit growth, size, weight, yield), ‘Vairo’ almond ‘Big Top’ nectarine cultivars grafted onto eight...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of single infections and co-infections of three unrelated viruses on three cowpea cultivars (one commercial cowpea cultivar "White" and 2 IITA lines; IT81D-985 and TVu 76). The plants were inoculated with Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV), genus Potyvirus, Cowpea mottle virus (CMeV), genus Carmovirus and Southern bean mosaic virus (SBMV)...

The present work investigates the effect of radiation on nutritional and antinutritional attributes of raw and processed flour of sorghum cultivar (WadAhmed). The flour of the cultivar was radiated using gamma radiation at doses of 5, 10 and 15 kGy and thereafter the radiated flour was fermented and/or cooked. Radiation of raw flour decreased the level of antinutrients with a concomitant increa...

The origin and domestication of rice has been a subject of considerable debate in the post-genomic era. Rice varieties have been categorized based on isozyme and DNA markers into two broad cultivar groups, Indica and Japonica. Among other well-known cultivar groups Aus varieties are closer to Indica and Aromatic varieties including Basmati are closer to Japonica, while deep-water rice varieties...

The Malnad region located in the Western Ghats of Karnataka is known for the cultivation of indigenous rain fed land race cultivar of rice. The present study was to investigate the callogenic and caulogenic potentialities of the two indigenous rice cultivar namely Karimundaga and Kanadatumba using dehusked mature embryo explants. For callus and shoot bud differentiation, the explants were cultu...

this study was conducted to determine the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (glomus mosseae and glomus intraradices) symbiosis on mineral uptake of two pistachio cultivars (pistacia vera cv. qazvini and pistacia vera cv. badami-riz-zarand) grown in the greenhouse under different drought stress levels. drought stress (ds) reduced the mycorrhizal colonization in both cultivars as well as nu...

The finding of new self-compatible cultivars in local population is a breeder’s objective in order to increase the sources of self-compatibility for the almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) breeding programmes. ‘AS-1’, a local Spanish selection, was considered to be self-compatible according to its self pollen tube growth and was incorporated in the almond breeding programme of Zaragoza as a source...

The objective of the investigations performed was to assess the antioxidant properties of the seeds and peels of selected fruits. The antioxidant activity as well as total polyphenol and tannin content were determined. The results obtained revealed essential diversities of the analysed parameters among the material examined. The peels were characterized by higher ability to scavenge free radica...