Because of the vast information on health benefits and urbanization impact changes in eating habits, demand for ready-to-use shelled walnuts as a convenient, healthy, nutritious snack food is increasing all over world. However, nuts sold halves or pieces ‘ready-to-use’ small packages are more susceptible to pellicle darkening rancidity than their in-shell equivalents. Currently, about two-third...

We investigated whether juglone is the only allelochemical in a leaf extract from walnut (Juglans regia L.). This was achieved through comparisons of effects pure (1 mM, 100 μM, 10 μM control juglone) and J. (prepared as 1 on seed germination, seedling growth, secondary metabolism selected crop vegetables. Two treatments were also applied, extraction medium water. For inhibition S. lycopersicum...

Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were used to authenticate ramets of 11 Persian walnut ( Juglans regia L.) varieties. All varieties and 28 their (n = 39) genotyped with 17 SSR markers. The genetic profiles revealed two off-types: the Serr 4 (S4) Vina 1 (V1). fingerprints individuating possible using 13 polymorphic SSRs that could be in future identify clones these Except for ‘Chandler’, eac...