background: radioprotective efficacy of prunus avium fruit extract (pae) rich in vitamin a, c, e and anthocyanin was studied against radiation induced biochemical alterations in mice brain. materials and methods: in-vitro assays were performed with pae for its antioxidant studies thereafter for in-vivo study, swiss albino mice were divided into five groups. group 1 (control) normal mice. group ...

The influence of late-season boron (B) application on the bud B concentration and fruit set was studied in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.). The experiment was carried out on 5-year-old ‘Summit’ and ‘Hedelfinger’ trees on rootstock Gisela 5 in Fruit Growing centre Gačnik. Trees were sprayed with B (1% Bortrack) or water (control). Differences in B concentration were measured between cultivars, th...

In vitro micropropagation of wild cherry is presently one of the main commercial ways to clonally propagate this species (Cornu and Boulay, 1986). In order to extend this technique to a large number of clones, it seems necessary to improve our knowledge of the behavior of the explants during the in vitro culture. Since plant growth regulators (PGR) play an important role in this technique (Marg...

Nonchemical quarantine treatments, using a combination of short-duration high temperatures under low oxygen, elevated carbon dioxide atmospheric environment were developed to control codling moth in sweet cherries, Prunus avium (L.). The two treatments developed are a chamber temperature of 45 degrees C for 45 min and a chamber temperature of 47 degreesC for 25 min under a 1% oxygen, 15% carbon...

Microsatellite markers were used to describe the genetic variability of four seed stands of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.). One hundred and thirty one individuals were genotyped at ten nuclear microsatellite loci. Total genetic diversity was high (H(E) = 0.704), while differences between stands were small but significant (F(ST) = 0.053, G'(ST) = 0.234). There was a significant amount of clonal r...

A hypothesis that cherry rootstocks grown under optimal nutrient conditions are affected less by Pratylenchus penetrans infection than those grown under deficient nutrient conditions was tested by growing four Prunus avium L. rootstocks ('Mazzard', 'Mahaleb', 'GI148-1', and 'GI148-8') at a soil pH of 7.0 over a period of 3 months under greenhouse conditions (25 ñ 2 degrees C). Pratylenchus pene...