γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) occurs naturally at a low concentration in fruits, but can be increased following several stress events, playing physiological effect. Lemon trees were preharvest treated with GABA three concentrations (10, 50, and 100 mM) during two consecutive seasons (2019–2020 2020–2021). Fruit growth (diameter) crop yield (kg tree−1 number of fruits tree−1) quality traits evaluat...

Grafting watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) to control Fusarium wilt has been practiced in Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East for decades. Until recently, grafting watermelon has not been practiced in the United States due to labor costs and land availability. There is some disagreement in the literature as to the effects that grafting has on watermelon fruit quality. This study was designed...

The genome sequence of apple (Malus×domestica Borkh.) was published more than a year ago, which helped develop an 8K SNP chip to assist in implementing genomic selection (GS). In apple breeding programmes, GS can be used to obtain genomic breeding values (GEBV) for choosing next-generation parents or selections for further testing as potential commercial cultivars at a very early stage. Thus GS...

apricot ( armeniaca vulgaris l.) is a popular and an economically profitable fruit of the temperate zone. various apricot genotypes grow in different areas in iran. the genetic diversity of 30 cultivars and genotypes of iranian apricot and as well, of two foreign cultivars (as control) was studied through morphological attributes and rapd markers. in a first experiment, 21 quantitative and qual...

Variations of phenolics, antioxidant activity, and mineral contents in peel and pulp of five apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) cultivars from Pakistan, namely Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Kashmiri Amri, Kala Kulu and Sky Spur were appraised. The mean extract yield of antioxidant components obtained with 80:20 methanol-water (v/v), was found to be 22.1 g/100 g for peel and 14.2 g/100 g for pulp...

The introduction of new apple cultivars into a worldwide full market can only be successful if all parties of the entire production-market chain cooperate closely together according to a mutually accepted strategic plan. In 2001 such a strategy was developed by Inova Fruit BV in close cooperation with Applied Plant Research (WUR-PPO) of Wageningen University and Research Centre, fruit extension...