The pollution emitted into the air from mining-metallurgical complex negatively affects the environment. Plants have the ability to accumulate pollutants in their tissues. The concentration of heavy metals Ni, Zn, Mn and Cu, as well as sulphur, were determined in the edible parts of fruits. The fruits of apple, pear, peach and apricot trees were sampled in rural areas in the vicinity of the ind...

The current study was conducted in the animal house of Faculty Education for Girls / University Kufa, and aimed to know effect nano-extract (zinc oxide) seeds Prunus persica armeniaca on histological structure lungs male white rats with ages ranging (6-10) weeks weights (200-250 g). Which were divided into ten groups, each group included 5 rats. first is control second that treated P.persica pl...

The seeds of the wild Prunus armeniaca L. (wild Apricot) from the Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand (India) was analysed for its proximate compositions and the physico-chemical characteristics of the oil. The elements present in seed oil were also determined which reflected that apricot is rich in Phosphorous, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron and Copper which makes it suitable for edible and commercial oil...

Aldose-6-phosphate reductase (alditol 6-phosphate:NADP 1-oxidoreductase) was isolated and characterized from mature apple leaves (Malus domestica cv. Starkrimson). The enzyme was purified 79-fold. The enzyme catalyzed the following reversible reaction: d-glucose 6-phosphate + NADPH + H(+) right arrow over left arrow d-sorbitol 6-phosphate + NADP(+). No activity was detected when NAD(+) was subs...

Carbon storage is affected by photosynthesis (Pn) and soil respiration (Rs), which have been studied extensively in natural and agricultural systems. However, the effects of Pn and Rs on carbon storages in the presence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in coalfields remain unclear. A field experiment was established in 2014 in Shendong coal mining subsidence area. The treatments comprised t...

The genus Prunus, which contains 250–400 species, has ample genomic resources for the economically important taxa in group including cherries, peaches, and almonds. However, backbone of specifically position racemose relative to solitary corymbose groups, remains phylogenetically uncertain. Surprisingly, phylogenomic analyses resolve relationships are lacking. Here, we assemble transcriptomes f...