Apples (Malus domestica) are one of the most important temperate fruit crops in world. Apple production provides, directly or indirectly, employment and improvement living standards to millions people, playing a key role rural economies. We have conducted an interview-based survey assess current status challenges faced by apple Batna Khenchela provinces, two producing regions Eastern Algeria. T...

The present research is conducted to find out the services and facilities of tobacco companies in promotion of tobacco crop in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A multi-stage sampling technique applied for selection sample size. In this method, 135 tobacco growers were selected from fifteen villages of tobacco growers. The principle researcher interviewed selected respondents f...

The goal of the current study was to determine obstacles and recommendations for 2022–2023(December-February) apple growers' training needs assessment in Mandi region Himachal Pradesh. 120 randomly chosen respondents who completed a pre-tested schedule provided data. Descriptive research design selected present study. proper statistical tools were used tabulate, analyses, interpret acquired Acc...

Abstract Background Including temperate fruits like apples in her production and export line is one of the many ways Nigeria, particularly, Plateau State, can diversify economy consequently address issues poverty, malnutrition, hunger. However, there are constraints confronting industry. This research was carried out as a baseline study growers’ apple Nigeria. Method result Multi-stage sampling...

The present study was conducted in the year 2022-23, to analyse post-harvest losses occurred different marketing channels of “Royal delicious” variety apple. data were collected by using survey method, with help questionnaire interviewing respondents personally. A sample 80 apple growers (54 marginal, 17 small and 9 semi medium farmers) taken, existing (Channel I,II,III) identified. Channel I (...

Improved in vitro clonal propagation methods are valuable tools for nurseries and growers, and are essential for manipulation and improvement of tree fruit germplasm using the tools and techniques of biotechnology. We have developed a rapid shoot multiplication procedure for clonal propagation of apple, Malus ×domestica cv. Gale Gala and pear, Pyrus communis L. cv. Bartlett. Rapid clonal multip...

Pigs that grow slower than their contemporaries can cause complications for animal welfare and profitability. This study was conducted to investigate factors that may contribute to slow growth of pigs. Pigs ( = 440) farrowed by 65 sows were monitored from birth to market. Pigs were categorized as slow, average, and fast growers based on market weight adjusted to 170 d of age (slow growers were ...

Bait stations made with polyvinylchloride (PVC) pipe were compared with hand-broadcast applications of rodenticides for achieving long-term control of pine and meadow vole populations (Microtus pinetorum and M. pennsylvanicus, respectively) in two apple orchards in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York. The stations were constructed of three pieces of 1.5-in diameter PVC tubing joined together in t...