peach genotypes showing notable fruit and tree traits were selected in ardabil and east azarbaijan provinces of iran. genotypes were grafted on seed rootstocks and cultured with 4×4 m spacing. traits such as tree growth habit, flowering, maturity, morphological and qualitative fruit characteristics were described in 15 peach genotypes using ibpgr peach descriptors during the 2005-2007 seasons. ...

to investigate the genotypic and phenotypic relationship between characteristics affecting tomato fruit weights, eleven tomato lines were compared in a rcb design with three replications. the anova showed that the difference among lines was significant for all characteristics. there was a significant phenotypic and genotypic correlations between fruit weight and most of the characteristics. the...

Fleshy fruit is a key food resource for many vertebrates and may be particularly important energy source to birds during fall migration and winter. Hence, land managers should know how fruit availability varies among forest types, seasons, and years. We quantified fleshy fruit abundance monthly for 9 years (1995–2003) in 56 0.1-ha plots in 5 forest types of South Carolina’s upper Coastal Plain,...

Fresh pistachio fruit cv. Kalleghochi was harvested from the exterior and interior parts of the tree canopy in four geographical directions. The fruit position in exterior and interior parts of the tree canopy has a significant influence on the number of nuts per ounce, pistachio splitting, hull weight, shell weight, kernel weight, colour indices and total anthocyanin content. Results indicated...

in this investigation some chemical and morphological properties of dog rose fruit in 10 regions of north iran were measured. results showed significant difference between traits in studied regions. beta-carotene ranged between 0.05 – 0.323 (mg/g fw). total soluble carbohydrate varied from 5.9 – 23.3%. the highest content of total anthocyanin 23.7 and the lowest was 7.71(mg/l cyanidin-3-glucosi...

to conserve the genetic resources and identify the strong and weak points in sistan watermelon accessions and compare these with improved cultivars of: sugarbaby and fairfax, an experiment was carried out, based on rectangular lattic design of two replications in 2007. the morphological traits studied, included plant length, plant weight, seed weight, fruit number, fruit length, fruit width, su...

abstract pomegranate (punica granatum l.) is an important iranian-native fruit, and many of its varieties are cultivated. this research was conducted to evaluate some of the major physical and chemical properties of six pomegranate cultivars at ripening stage in a completely randomized design with 4 replications. the investigated traits were fruit fresh weight, fruit volume, peel thickness, pee...

Plants were grown in two glasshouse compartments under two vapour pressure de®cit (vpd) levels: low vpd was obtained by increasing air humidity with a fogging system, and high vpd was obtained during sunny hours in a greenhouse where air humidity was not controlled. The mean value, of the six driest hours of the day concerning the growing period of the fruits considered, was 1.6 kPa under low v...

INTRODUCTION Eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables as part of an overall healthful diet can help lower chronic disease risk and aid in weight management. Increasing the percentage of Americans who consume enough fruits and vegetables every day is part of the Healthy People 2010 objectives for the nation. Assessing trends in consumption of these foods is important for tracking public healt...