in present research the effects of four levels (0, 0.5, 1, 2 mm) of each of salicylic acid and putrescine treatments on the quality improvement of granny smith apple fruit were studied. factorial experiment in randomized complete block with three replications on 16 trees, eighteen years in researcher station of agriculture university of tehran was designed. for this purpose the trees were spray...

abstract evaluation of pomological characteristics can be useful in selection of best cultivars for commercial purposes. during this project, seven cultivars of sweet cherry including five cultivars from hungary (‘stella’, ‘sunburst’, ‘germesdorf’, ‘summit’ and ‘subima’) and two control cultivars (‘cillage blamarka’ and ‘siahmashad’) were studied by completely rondomized blocks design with thre...

Abstract Water scarcity has resulted in lower yield (7–8 t ha−1) and a decline citrus orchards central India. In this scenario, optimal deficit irrigation (DI) is potential option to sustain production. To optimize the DI schedule relation yield, water productivity, fruit quality production economics, was applied at 30% of full (FI, 100% crop evapotranspiration), 50% FI 70% compared with drip-i...

among the most important mineral nutrients calcium is involved in determining fruit quality. there is one approad to increase fruit firmness, how to harvest, transport and storage of kiwifruit in iran is not appropriate and resulting damages caused by careless use of traditional methods in the field to offer to the consumer is very high. how harvest, transport and storage of kiwifruit, in iran,...

background: an essential oil is a liquid that is generally distilled from the leaves, stems, flowers or other elements of a plant. objective: cumin (cuminum cyminum l.) essential oil (ceo) was analyzed to determine oil component. antifungal effect of ceo was determined by in vitro technique. in second stage, effect of different concentrations of ceo by pdm on postharvest life of strawberry (fra...

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of organic fertilization as an alternative chemical on yield and quality cherry tomato grown under different irrigation depths in protected environment, 2013 2014. The experimental design was randomized blocks (5 x 3 factor), with five factors (70%, 85%, 100%, 115% 130% ETc) three types fertilization: no fertilized soil (control), NPK (Ch...

Humic acids are the most active components of soil organic matter and have been shown to have an hormone-like activity thus stimulating plant growth. The objective of this work was to verify the quantitative and qualitative yield responses of the table grape cv. Italia after the application of a humic acid at various phenological stages. The humic acid used in this study has been extracted from...

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. ...

N-(2-Chloro-4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea (CPPU) is a highly active cytokinin-like plant growth regulator that promotes chlorophyll biosynthesis, cell division, and cell expansion. It also increases fruit set and accelerates fruit enlargement. However, there has been no report about the effect of CPPU on fruit development and its physiological mechanism in macadamia. In this study, we investigated t...