Thirty two cucumber genotypes were collected from different states of India and evaluated for yield quality characters at Bhubaneswar, Odisha during Rabi season 2019. The relationships between fruit components in investigated correlation studies revealed that per plant had positive significant association with vine length, number fruits plant, diameter average weight, while negative correlation...

Fresh fruits are rich sources of polyphenolic compounds. The polyphenolics present in plant sources are known to have beneficial effects, especially in the prevention of cardio-vascular diseases, cancer, etc. Therefore, the consumption of fresh fruits is not only associated with vitamin supplementation, but also serves as an effective preventive agent for many diseases. The polyphenolic compoun...

In order to design optimal packages, it is of pivotal importance to determine the rate at which harvested fresh fruits and vegetables consume oxygen. The respiration rate of oxygen (RRO2) is determined by measuring the consumed oxygen per hour per kg plant material, and the rate is highly influenced by temperature and gas composition. Traditionally, RRO2 has been determined at discrete time int...

Fire is a recurrent disturbance in savanna vegetation and savanna species are adapted to it. Even so, fire may affect various aspects of plant ecology, including phenology. We studied the effects of a spatially heterogeneous fire on the reproductive phenology of two dominant woody plant species, Miconia albicans (Melastomataceae) and Schefflera vinosa (Araliaceae), in a savanna area in South-ea...

Aims: The objective of this experiment was to evaluate agronomic performance four pepper genotypes under greenhouse conditions, and determine the nutritional content their fruits.
 Study Design: Was with completely randomized model treatments (genotypes P-01, P-02, P-03 P-04) repetitions each. comparison means by Tukey ≤.05.
 Place Duration Study: Experimental "The Bajío” Buenavista, ...

(The post-fire effects on the outcrossing rate of a Brazilian savannah shrub, Helicteres sacarolha A.St.-Hil.). The effect of post-fire, plant density and number of flowers per plant on outcrossing rates was examined in a Brazilian savannah shrub, Helicteres sacarolha. Data on number of flowering plants and flowers per plant were collected during the flowering season in January and February of ...

Chemical investigation of fruits of Crataeva nurvala has revealed the presence of four known compounds which are pentadecane, octanamide, 12-tricosanone and friedelin. These compounds have been characterized on the basis of spectral and other data. These are being reported for the first time from the fruits of this plant.

The antioxidant principles isolated from the various parts of the plant are verminoside (leaf, stem bark and flowers; EC(50) = 2.04 µg/ml), Specioside (flowers; EC(50) = 17.44 µg/ml), Kampeferol diglucoside (leaf; EC(50) = 8.87 µg/ml) and Caffeic acid (leaf and fruits). The non anti-oxidant components isolated in the study include ajugol (stem bark and fruits) and phytol (leaf).

Water extractable nitrate nitrogen, phosphate phosphorus and iron(II) in relation to the total amount of these essential elements were analyzed in fruits and seeds of medicinal plants. Water extraction was chosen to simulate in the analytical procedure the way plant samples are prepared and used by people. The total amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and phosphate phosphorus were determined in the...