this study investigated the factors influencing the decision to plant almonds in the saman region of chaharmahal-bakhtiari province in central iran through conducting an economic survey in 2005. using portfolio investment theory and econometric model esti-mation (shively, 1998), this paper identifies the most important factors influencing the in-dividual farmer’s decision concerning the number ...

The almond, Prunus dulcis Miller which belongs to Rosaceae family, is one of the most important commercial and oldest cultivated tree nut crops. Almonds are classified as a ‘nut’ in which the edible seed is the commercial product. Therefore, pollination and fertilization are necessary in almond. The characteristic of cultivated almond to express gametophytic self- incompatibility discourages se...

The blossoms of the almond tree are very susceptible to frost. -As the almond blooms earlier than other orchard fruits it is often subjected to much more severe frosts than occur during the blooming period of the later fruits. As a result of this tenderness of the blossoms and the early period of blooming the crop secured is materially decreased. With the hope of improving our present varietie...

In a peach orchard with an initial soil pH of 4.9, preplant application of 0, 13.2, 18.2, 27.3, or 54.2 kg lime/tree site altered soil pH (range after 1 year = 4.8-7.3) but did not affect numbers of Criconemella xenoplax or tree circumference. Liming also failed to reduce the incidence of bacterial canker, which affected 17% of the trees by the sixth year after planting. Four years after planti...

The almond, which is a member of the Rosaceae family, is the fruit of the almond tree (Prunus dulcis). It has a hard endocarp that contains a seed covered by a rough, brownish skin. Unlike other prunoid fruits, which have an edible mesocarp and an outer skin known as the epicarp, the almond fruit has an epicarp and a mesocarp that are diffi cult to separate and have no nutritional or commercial...

Almond cultivation in the Mediterranean area has undergone important changes leading to current trend of intensification. In this scenario, low-vigor rootstocks have recently been developed, such as ‘Rootpac®’ series, but knowledge about rootstock’s influence on adaptation high-density planting systems is very scarce. The objective work was assess morphological and physiological response four a...

Climate change is one of the most emergent environmental challenges, with rising global temperatures, changes in precipitation regimes, and an increased frequency intensity extreme weather events. impacts on agrarian sector are being experienced across world expected to be aggravated upcoming decades. Almond fruits highly sought after due their economic nutritional interest, which contribute sp...

BACKGROUND The identity of allergenic almond proteins is incomplete. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to characterize patient IgE reactivity to a recombinant and corresponding native almond allergen. METHODS An almond cDNA library was screened with sera from patients with allergy for IgE binding proteins. Two reactive clones were sequenced, and 1 was expressed. The expressed recombinant allergen...

This experiment investigated the role of context in the expression of conditioned flavour preferences. Rats were trained on a mixture of almond and sucrose and were then given intermixed exposures to almond in one context (Context A) and to sucrose in a second context (Context S). Finally, choice tests were given in both contexts, with one group given almond-versus-water tests and the other alm...