The objective of this experiment was to evaluate self-compatibility of two late blooming almond cultivars and identification and introduction of suitable pollinizers from late flowering genotypes, and evaluation of pollen source effect on fruit characteristics to earn high quality nuts for Iranian almond industry. This experiment was carried out in order to determine the best pollinizer for two...

this study was conducted during 2008-2009 to investigate the influence of different organic nutrient combinations on yields and quality of strawberry cv. kurdistan in iran. the experiment comprised of five organic nutrient treatment combinations including the recommended dose of n, p and k through chemical fertilizer as control. treatment n2 (manure+azotobacter+ woodash+phosphorus solubilizing ...

This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility for classifying kiwifruit into shape grades by adding a single camera to current Chinese sorting lines equipped with weight sensors. Image processing methods are employed to calculate fruit length, maximum diameter of the equatorial section, and projected area. A stepwise multiple linear regression method is applied to select significant variables ...

Fresh juices of colourful wild berries: cornelian cherry, blackthorn, white beam and elderberry are considered as valuable, highly nutritive beverages and characterized by the high level of vitamins and antioxidant capacity. The concentration process of these juices by membrane osmotic distillation was studied, where only water vapour is eliminated, while the heat sensitive, valuable compounds ...

identification and evaluation of indigenous genotypes of fruit trees are matter of consideration at the first step of the breeding programs. in order to study genetic diversity and to identify promising genotypes, 14 different genotypes of walnut in minoodasht region in golestan province (north of iran) were evaluated. traits such as nut shape, kernel color, ease of removal of kernel halves, ke...

tomato as a highly nutritious vegetable crop is widely grown in the world. hybrid seed is preferably used for tomato production. identification of superior hybrid combination is one of the most important steps in the hybrid breeding programs. breeding of high yielding hybrids is expensive and involves testing large numbers of hybrid combinations in multi-environment trials. successful predictio...

shot hole caused by wilsonomyces carpophilus is one of the main constraints to prune fruit production in iran particularly in khorasan razavi province. it causes foliage shot hole in spring and early summer; fruit-spotting and cankers on limbs and twigs during autumn rains. the fungus was isolated from the lesions of twigs and was purified on pda. the pathogenicity and virulence on detached twi...