Declines in cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) crop quality may result from delaying harvest to allow for greater total yield. An accurate, reliable, rapid and inexpensive method to estimate yield before harvest not requiring direct weight measurements would assist cabbage growers and handlers in harvest scheduling. Results from 3 years of study during which a tool to predict cabbage yie...

Blueberry exports that imply transport times of more than 25 d deteriorate their quality. The use elicitors in preharvest has shown positive effects on the quality berries such as grapes. objective this study was to evaluate applications (21, 14, and 7 before harvest) oxalic acid (OA) salicylic (SA) fruit firmness phenolic compounds blueberry. treatments 0, 2, 4 mM OA ‘Kirra’ SA are ‘Stella blu...

Lahlali, R., Brostaux, Y., and Jijakli, M. H. 2011. Control of apple blue mold by the antagonistic yeast Pichia anomala strain K: Screening of UV protectants for preharvest application. Plant Dis. 95:311-316. When applied preharvest, antagonistic yeasts that act as biocontrol agents of postharvest fruit diseases must survive the environmental conditions in the field. In particular, UV-B radiati...

The principal objective of this study was to determine when during the year the control of bandicoot rats would be most cost-effective under the agricultural conditions existing in Bangladesh. An annual cycle in the rise and fall of burrow density was found. This argues for a management strategy directed at reducing rat damage at a specific time period within the year as opposed to a strategy o...

gene was identified; its full-length cDNA was cloned from a library and sequenced. The cDNA is a novel member of the Ras-superfamily and was named Dexras1 due to its ability to be induced by dexamethasone. Experiments are in progress to characterize the role of Dexras1 in the pituitary and in other steroid-responsive tissues. Overall, differential display was extremely useful in identification ...

gene was identified; its full-length cDNA was cloned from a library and sequenced. The cDNA is a novel member of the Ras-superfamily and was named Dexras1 due to its ability to be induced by dexamethasone. Experiments are in progress to characterize the role of Dexras1 in the pituitary and in other steroid-responsive tissues. Overall, differential display was extremely useful in identification ...