Most Japanese plum-type cultivars are self-incompatible and therefore cross pollination is necessary to ensure fruit set. Moreover, pollen can directly affect fruit development process and quality.  This study was carried out to investigate the effect of 6 pollen sources (‘Goje Sabz’, ‘Simka’, ‘Shablon’, ‘Methley’, ‘Myrobalan’ and ‘Black Star’) on  fruit quantitative and qualitative characteris...

--Tree crew supervisors in 48 California cities were asked what problems they encounter with the five most common trees along their streets. The top five trees of the 20 most often named were sweetgum, Modesto ash, southern magnolia, planetree, and Chinese or lacebark elm. Major problems reported included root damage to sidewalks and curbs, growth of suckers from the root crown, exceptionally f...

The abstract is poorly written and complete abstract to be rewritten Background: Tannins extracted from immature fruits of Terminalia chebula Fructus Retz. are considered to be effective components to promote wound healing. This study aims to study optimal extraction and purification technology (OEPT) of tannins and study the use of the drug for the treatment of a cutaneuous wound of rat as wel...

Rapid obtaining of clonal plants is desirable to shorten crossing programs in fruit tree breeding. In this work, seedling germination and multiplication in vitro allowed us to establish successful in vitro cultures of hybrid seedlings. As a part of a breeding program in apricot rootstocks, we have obtained interespecific hybrid seeds after cross-pollination: myrobalan x apricot (Prunus cerasife...

The expression of gastrodianin antifungal protein (GAFP) in a form of its VNF isoform increases tolerance to Phytophthora root rot (Phytophthora cinnamomi) and the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) in transgenic plum lines. However, nothing is known about the potential of the GAFP lectin to confer disease resistance to the ring nematode, Mesocriconema xenoplax, in plum. Three transgeni...