Jellies of seven grapevine varieties were physico-chemical and sensorial characterized for the first time. Jellies differed significantly in moisture and ash contents, colour, pH, acidity and antioxidant activities. ‘Tinta Carvalha’ was the darkest and redness jelly, showing the highest antioxidant activity. Regarding sensory characteristics, no significant differences in the appearance, taste,...

High levels of soil salinity can cause substantial decline in growth and productivity crops worldwide, thus representing a major threat to global agriculture. In recent years, engineered nanoparticles (NPs) have been deemed as promising alternative combating abiotic stress factors, such salinity. this context, the present study was designed explore potential cerium oxide (CeO2NPs) alleviating s...

black meristematic fungi are cosmopolitan and able to adapt to extreme fluctuations of ultraviolet radiation, temperature, and moisture and grow in exposed habitats such as stone surfaces. in a survey on fungi associated with fruit rots, leaf spots, canker, gummosis, dieback and trunk diseases of grapevine and walnut trees in kurdistan province (iran), some black meristematic fungal isolates re...

Optimal control in a multistage physiologically structured insect population model. Abstract: We present an age-and stage-structured population model to study some methods of control of one of the most important grapevine pests, the European grapevine moth. We consider control by insecticides that reduce either the proportion of surviving eggs, larvae or both, as well as chemicals that cause ma...

In the early years of the twentieth century, enormous concern was focused on the relationship between the health of the child and the welfare of the nation. In 1902, Leslie Mackenzie and Matthew Hay informed the Royal Commission on Physical Training (Scotland) that large numbers of children in Aberdeen and Edinburgh were suffering from serious medical conditions which could pose a threat to the...

Knowledge of future mortality levels and trends is important for actuarial practice but poses a challenge to actuaries and demographers. The Lee-Carter method, currently used for mortality forecasting, is based on the assumption that the historical evolution of mortality at all age groups is driven by one factor only. This approach cannot capture an additive manner of mortality decline observed...

S. Afr. J. Enol. Vitic., Vol. 32, No. 1, 2011 *Corresponding author: [email protected] [Tel: +27 (0)11 5592558; Fax: +27 (0)11 5592819] Acknowledgements: The authors thank Winetech (Project No. WW08/28), for research funding, Dr O. Augustyn (ARC-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch), for sourcing and collecting wine samples, and Prof C.S. Whitehead and M. Fourie (Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnol...

Growing grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is a key contribution to the economy of many countries. Tools provided by genomics and bioinformatics did help researchers in obtaining biological knowledge about the different cultivars. Several genetic markers for common diseases were identified. Recently, the impact of microbiome has been proved to be of fundamental importance both in humans and in plants f...

The Greek grammarian and lexicographer, Hesychius of Alexandria (5th–6th c. CE) included a Pamphylian gloss: βουρικυπάρισσος ἡ ἄμπελος. Περγαῖοι in his dictionary rare dialectal words. Based on microphilological lexical analysis, I suggest that the text should be read as follows: βουρί˙κυπάρισσος ἢ (“bourí: cypress or grapevine. Citizens Perge”). gloss question represents two different borrowin...