Horticultural crops are an important part of agriculture for food as well as nutritional security. However, several pests and diseases along with adverse abiotic environmental factors pose a severe threat to these crops by affecting their quality and productivity. This warrants the effective and accelerated breeding programs by utilizing innovative biotechnological tools that can tackle aforeme...

R. R. Martin, Horticultural Crops Research Lab, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, WA 97330; K. C. Eastwell, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Prosser 99350; A. Wagner, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Olympia 98501; S. Lamprecht, Horticultural Crops Research Lab, USDA-ARS, Corvallis 97330; and I. E. Tzanetakis, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State Unive...

The ability of some crops to accumulate selenium (Se) is crucial for human nutrition and health. Selenium has been identified as a cofactor of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which is a catalyzer in the reduction of peroxides that can damage cells and tissues, and can act as an antioxidant. Plants are the first link in the food chain, which ends with humans. Increasing the Se quantity in pla...

objective: economic analysis was performed for the main horticultural crops in buin zahra (pistachio, peach, nectarine, and apple). there were dependent and independent variables in this research. methods: the independent variables were planting method (mechanized and conventional), land area used for fruit production, and land ownership. the maximum energy used, mostly in the form of fossil fu...

J. L. Smilanick, Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 2021 South Peach Avenue, Fresno, CA 93727; I. F. Michael and M. F. Mansour, Advanced Packinghouse Systems, LLC, 1927 Cherry Avenue, Fresno, CA 93791; B. E. Mackey, Biometrics Unit, USDA-ARS, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710; D. A. Margosan, Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 2021 South Peach Avenue, Fresno,...