The relationship between the levels of cyanogenic compounds (amygdalin and prunasin) in kernels, leaves, and roots of 5 sweet-, 5 slightly bitter-, and 5 bitter-kernelled almond trees was determined. Variability was observed among the genotypes for these compounds. Prunasin was found only in the vegetative part (roots and leaves) for all genotypes tested. Amygdalin was detected only in the kern...

Under normal environmental conditions, many plants synthesize cyanogenic glycosides, which are able to release hydrogen cyanide upon hydrolysis. Each year, there are frequent livestock and occasional human victims of cyanogenic plants consumption. The present work aims to determine the hydrocyanic acid content in different samples of cyanogenic plants, selected from the Tunisian flora, and in t...

Measurements made by several laboratories may exhibit non-negligible between-laboratory variability, as well as diierent within-laboratory variances. Also, the number of measurements made at each laboratory often diier. A question of fundamental importance in the analysis of such data is how to form a best consensus mean, and what uncertainty to attach to this estimate. An estimation equation a...

Almond (Prunus dulcis Mill. [D.A. Webb]) is the third most widely spread crop in Spain and has traditionally been cultivated marginal areas shallow soils under rainfed conditions. However, it recently progressively introduced flat irrigated areas. The implementation of cover crops inter-rows woody proven as a suitable strategy to reduce runoff soil erosion but they also can boost quality health...

Crop diversification is a promising strategy to mitigate climate change through soil carbon sequestration while ensuring fertility maintenance and food security. Here, we assess the impact of different inter-cropping practices on organic (SOC) nitrogen (N) storage stabilization under rainfed irrigated semiarid conditions. Under conditions, an almond (Prunus dulcis Mill.) monocrop was compared w...

Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb] is one of the most important cultivated fruit trees in Iran. Late frost in spring is a key limiting factor for almond productivity given that almond trees flower early in the spring in comparison with other temperate fruit trees. To decrease frost injury in “Mamaei” cultivar, this study was carried out in factorial randomized complete block design (CRBD)...

The domesticated almond [Prunus dulcis (L.) Batsch] and peach [P. persica (Mill.) D. A. Webb] originated on opposite sides of Asia and were independently domesticated ∼5000 yr ago. While interfertile, they possess alternate mating systems and differ in a number of morphological and physiological traits. Here, we evaluated patterns of genome-wide diversity in both almond and peach to better unde...