Plums (Prunus spp) are among the most important stone fruit crops in the world. European (Prunus domestica) and Japanese (Prunus salicina) plums are characterized by different levels of ploidy. Because genetic variability is the prerequisite for any plant-breeding program, we aimed to establish the taxonomic status of Tunisian plums and study their genetic variability. The nuclear DNA content o...

Iron deficiency induces several responses to iron shortage in plants. Metabolic changes occur to sustain the increased iron uptake capacity of Fe-deficient plants. We evaluated the metabolic changes of three Prunus rootstocks submitted to iron chlorosis and their different responses for tolerance using measurements of metabolites and enzymatic activities. The more tolerant rootstocks Adesoto (P...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Identification of Prunus groups at subspecies or variety level is complicated by the wide range of variation and morphological transitional states. Knowledge of the degree of variability within and between species is a sine qua non for taxonomists. Here, a detailed study of endocarp dimension and shape variation for taxa of Prunus section Prunus is presented. METHODS The s...

Abstract In the present work, numerous species of useful and wild plants were identified in archaeobotanical samples (moat deposit two ceramic jugs) collected from mediaeval locality Kolno Castle, near Brzeg, south-western Poland. At confluence rivers, vicinity castle, it was possible to cultivate cereals on poor alluvial soil, ground with a layer ferruginous concretions. The characteristic wee...

Prunus spinosa is a highly esteemed shrub in forest and landscape plantings. Shrubs with larger organs occur often and are considered either as large fruited forms of P. spinosa or as P. x fruticans, involving a hybridization process with the ancient cultivated P. insititia (crop-to-wild gene flow). As climate change may augment hybridization processes in the future, a hybrid origin is importan...

Bu çalışmada, farklı kurutma yöntemi kullanılarak mürdüm eriğinin fiziksel kalite özellikleri belirlenmiştir. amaçla, örneklere öncelikle 55°C sıcaklıkta 1 dk. %1’lik NaOH bandırma işlemi uygulanmış ve ardından örnekler iki grup (çekirdekli bütün çekirdeksiz yarım) halinde güneşte üç mikrodalga güç seviyesinde (450, 720 900W) nem içeriği %18’e ulaşılıncaya kadar kurutulmuştur. Kurutulan yarım e...