abstract the present research was conducted in a commercial orchard of pistachio during 2006-2007 in rafsanjan, iran. gibberellic acid (ga3) were applied at 0, 25, 50 and 75 mgl-1 and at three time of spray (the first of june, july and august) on “ahmad-aghai” pistachio cultivar. two branches of each tree was sprayed during two years of study. spraying at june had least of early splitting. ga3 ...

There has been increasing interest in nuts and their outcome regarding human health. The consumption of nuts is frequently associated with reduction in risk factors for chronic diseases. Although nuts are high calorie foods, several studies have reported beneficial effects after nut consumption, due to fatty acid profiles, vegetable proteins, fibers, vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, and phytost...

Tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) tuber contains oil that is high in monounsaturated fatty acids, and this oil makes up about 23% of the tuber. The study aimed at evaluating the impact of several factors and enzymatic pre-treatment on the recovery of pressed tiger nut oil. Smaller particles were more favourable for pressing. High pressure pre-treatment did not increase oil recovery but enzymatic t...

Longicorn beetle, Acanthophorus rugiceps Gahan (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is reported for the first time as a confirmed host on physic nut, Jatropha curcas L. (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae), from India, causing extensive damage to roots. Plants of three years age and above were prone to attack by this pest. In a six year study beginning in 2005, about 11.3 percent of plants in a 16.25 acre phys...

The Amazon region contains the world’s leading genetic reserve of native plants, with most area located in Brazil. This is rich species that little known or still unknown by population at large, including produce non-timber forest products (NTFPs) such as edible nuts. objective was to verify occurrence these nuts Brazil, evaluate their potential and possibility other uses, addition expanding kn...

We report on experiments on vertically shaken binary granular mixtures, which separate into their components due to the external excitation. This well-known phenomenon, where large particles rise to the top of the mixture, is called the Brazil-nut effect. Recent theoretical findings predict also a reverse Brazil-nut effect, where large particles sink to the bottom of the container. We choose sp...

It is well known that 4–dimensional Kerr–NUT–AdS spacetime possesses the hidden symmetry associated with the Killing–Yano tensor. This tensor is ‘universal’ in the sense that there exist coordinates where it does not depend on any of the free parameters of the metric. Recently the general higher dimensional Kerr–NUT–AdS solutions of the Einstein equations were obtained. We demonstrate that all ...

The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect nut sizes and drying methods on sensory attributes hazelnut cultivars (Corylus avellana L. cvs. Çakıldak, Palaz Tombul) during storage. Shelled were dried under sun, shadow at room conditions cold 2 °C 7 stored 20±5 80±5 % relative humidity. Evaluation carried out quarterly (harvest, 3, 6, 9 months). In Çakıldak cultivar (in 16 mm size), odo...

for a comparison and grouping of 72 almond cultivars and genotypes, 30 traits including; 12 phenological and vegetative characters plus 18 traits related to nut and kernel were assessed, according to almond universal descriptor. the results revealed that some such traits as growth habit, flower color, nut weight, shell hardness and kernel taste carried high coefficients of variation. simple cor...