This study aims to determine the effect of twig (current year shoot) size on seed size variation and to test whether a seed size vs number tradeoff occurs for the twigs of subtropical broad-leaved species. Fruit-bearing twigs were sampled for 55 woody species (including 33 evergreen and 22 deciduous dicot species) from a southwest Chinese forest. Twig size, fruit size and number, and seed size ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In the UK, the flowers of fruit-bearing hedgerow plants provide a succession of pollen and nectar for flower-visiting insects for much of the year. The fruits of hedgerow plants are a source of winter food for frugivorous birds on farmland. It is unclear whether recent declines in pollinator populations are likely to threaten fruit-set and hence food supply for birds. The pr...

Yield and selected nut quality characteristics were monitored on hedge pruned ‘Pawnee’ pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch.] trees over a 5-year period to characterize optimum production defined as equal crops 2 successive years. Previous year yield was linearly or quadratically related to current-season yield in three of four instances. Optimum yield ranged from 18 kg/tree to 29 kg/t...

Symptom-bearing plant material of the Lilliaceae, Ashodelus macrocarpus, was collected July 1991 in Greece. After surface sterilization, small segments of stem, leaf and fruit were plated on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA, Difco) plates and incubated for 2 days at 26°C. Pure cultures could be obtained from the plates by one additional transfer to PDA plates. The culture was maintained on PDAslants a...

In order to evaluate the different concentrations of Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) on alternate bearing of ‘Siahoo’ mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) was performed an experiment as factorial arrangement in randomized complete block design with two factors. First factor was spray time (30 or 50 days after flowering) and different concentration of NAA (0, 200, 300 and 400 mg/L) with three repli...