The marketability of cut flowers relies on its postharvest longevity, making it crucial to develop technologies that canextend vase life. life in chrysanthemum is dependent upon floret senescence and leaf yellowing. In view ofextending the life, present study elucidates implication plant growth regulators viz. benzyl adenine (BA),thidiazuron (TDZ) salicylic acid (SA) performance flower longevit...

Cortesia is a halophytic and monotypic genus endemic to Argentina that belongs Ehretiaceae (Boraginales). It morphologically distinct from the other members of family in having cuneate leaves with 3-dentate apex, an involucrum fused bracts, spatulate calyx lobes, white drupes two-parted endocarp. Its single species, cuneifolia, here treated illustrated based on study numerous herbarium collecti...

The water relations of Picea abies in a healthy stand with green trees only and a declining stand with trees showing different stages of needle yellowing were investigated in northern Bavaria. The present study is based on observations of trees differing in their nutritional status but apparently green on both sites in order to identify changes in the response pattern which might be caused by a...

During winter 2020-2021, a severe virus-like disease outbreak was observed in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) hybrids ‘Monarca’ (F1) and ‘Angela’ growing under protected conditions Heraklion, Crete, Greece. In three greenhouses, the percentage of infected plants reached 100% leading to crop abandonment. Symptoms included leaf mottling yellowing accompanied with plant stunting apical necrosis. E...

Pea pod endocarp suppresses the growth of an inappropriate fungus or non-pathogen by generating a "non-host resistance response" that completely suppresses growth of the challenging fungus within 6 h. Most of the components of this resistance response including pisatin production can be elicited by an extensive number of both biotic and abiotic inducers. Thus this phytoalexin serves as an indic...

The oil content in olive fruits of different sizes from irrigated high (‘on’) and low (‘off’) yielding olive trees of cvs. Barnea and Manzanillo were determined at different stages of fruit maturation. The fruit size range at all stages of maturation is significantly higher on low yielding ‘off’ trees than on high yielding ‘on’ trees. The oil content in the mesocarp of olive fruits is not yield...