In this study, the effectiveness of chitosan coating treatment to control weight loss and maintaining fruit quality of apricot was investigated. Fruits were coated with 0.25%, 0.5% and 0.75% chitosan as well as distilled water (control). Following treatments, fruits were stored at 0?C and 80 ? 2% relative humidity for 25 days. The weight loss, total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA)...

introduction drought stress is the most important growth limiting factor for crop production. sugar accumulation under drought stress strengthens and stabilizes cell membranes and maintains the water absorption and turgid property. under stress conditions, proline will also maintain the turgor pressure and decreased the damages caused to plant membrane. although proline concentrations may have ...

in order to study the response of coriander medicinal plant to salt stress, two experiments were conducted for germination and vegetative stages. this study was carried out as a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with three replications. the treatments were salinity at five concentrations including 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 mm nacl. response of coriander seeds germination in...

gladiolus is one of the flowers that used on cut flower and garden plants. an experiment was conducted to study the effects of chemical treatments on the vase life of gladiolus cut flower cv. ‘rose supreme’ with ten chemical treatment using complete randomize design with 3 replications. gladiolus cut flower was harvested when the 2-3 lowest bud had start showing color then cut flower were treat...

freezing injury is an important limiting factor in the production of pomegranate in iran.the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of paclobutrazol (pbz) on cold hardiness of pomegranate (punica granatum l.) cv. ‘malas saveh’. different concentrations of pbz including 0 (control), 31, 62, 125 or 250 mg l–1 were sprayed on one-year-old plants in august and the electrolyte leakage o...

this study was conducted to determine the combined effects of salicylic acid (sa) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) (glomus mosseae) symbiosis on the growth of pistachio seedlings (pistacia vera ‘abareqi’) grown in the greenhouse under different drought stress (ds) levels. the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) colonization or exogenous sa treatment could increase ‘abareqi’ pistachio seedl...

OBJECTIVE Wheat is an alternative to corn silage for ruminant feeding in northern China. This study examined the effects of harvest time and added molasses on nutritional content, ensiling characteristics and in vitro degradation of whole crop wheat (WCW). METHODS Fresh WCW at the milk-ripe stage was harvested at 0700 h (i.e., in the morning [Mo]) and 1700 h (i.e., in the afternoon [Af]), and...

Biochemical changes during conservation Drying. During field drying the cut crop respires and sugars, malate, citrate and succinate are oxidized (Sullivan, 1973). Plant protease activity increases the soluble nitrogenous components, peptides, amides and amino acids, with marked increases in proline, glutamine and asparaghe (Kemble & Macpherson, 1954). The extent of these changes is influenced b...

17-11 ABSTRACT The breeding program has been conducted to improve the production and quality of napiergrass by crossing with related species or intraspecies. CV. TLG2 with high yields and water soluble carbohydrates have been selected and released. It produced 20% more forage yields and water soluble carbohydrates than cultivar, CV. A146 and persisted well at least for five years. Good silage w...