The selection of adequate substrate for soilless culture is based on technical and economic considerations. Therefore, the search alternatives by valorization natural by-products gaining importance. main objective this study was to compare effects local farm resources, date-palm waste, as substrate, coconut fiber (CF) (commonly used in culture) melon (Cucumis melo L.) plant growth, water relati...

Tomato is one of the most important species belonging to Solanaceae family. Focusing on importance tomato in human nutrition and problem narrowed genetic variability, aim study was assess morphological chemical diversity IFVCNS germplasm collection. Twenty genotypes were analysed for fruit traits: average mass (g), length (cm), diameter pericarp thickness (mm), locules number, moisture content ...

In this study some selected chemical properties such as total soluble solids, pH, total acidity, formalin index,  reduced sugar content and ascorbic acid of major sour cherry cultivated grown in different provinces of Iran corresponding were investigated.  Minerals K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cu2+, Fe2+ and Zn2+ were determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The result showed...

The current study aims to evaluate the physico-chemical characteristics of selected banana genotypes Nagaland. Ten were collected from farmer’s field and fruits analyzed for TSS, acidity, total sugar, reducing TSS/Acid ratio, crude protein carotenoids. All analysis was done in randomized block design with three replication. In order obtain suitable interpretation generated data subjected statis...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of the general and specific combining abilities (GCA and SCA, respectively) of 15 characteristics and to evaluate the most promising crosses and the reciprocal effect between the hybrids of six parents of the Capsicum annuum species. Six parents, belonging to the Horticultural Germplasm Bank of Centro de Ciências Agrárias of Universidade ...

In a soilless culture (perlite substrate), root restriction cannot only reduce production costs but also improve fruit quality. Therefore, this study used different levels of [T1: 0.5 L, T2: 4 nonrestriction treatment (CK): 35 L] on tomatoes to explore their impact Results showed that total soluble solids (TSS), glucose, fructose, and sucrose contents were increased, whereas L-tryptophan, L-tyr...

abstract effect of different concentrations of salicylic acid on postharvest life of kiwifruit (actinidia deliciosa) cultivar hayward at 0 ±.5 °c and 90-95% rh was studied. fruits were treated with salicylic acid (0, 1 and 2 mmol/l-1) and stored at 0±.5°c for 16 weeks. fruit quality attributes assessment including firmness, total acidity, soluble solid content, ascorbic acid, antioxidant activi...

Jivan C., Sala F., 2014. Relationship between tree nutritional status and apple quality. Hort. Sci. (Prague), 41: 1–9. Development of prediction models for the quality of apples is useful in guiding fruit tree nutrition and in optimising fruit management. The interrelationships between the leaf nutrient contents and some fruit quality indices were studied in five apple cultivars – Generos, Flor...

the different factors such as harvest time, product handling, temperature and storage duration can be influenced on the different properties of citrus fruits and has considerable economic consequences. therefore a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with 3 replications was performed to evaluate the effects of harvest times (start of color change, 50% of color change and f...