Organic farming is a holistic production management system that promotes and enhances agroecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles soil activity, consequently, it an efficient promising approach for sustainable agriculture within circular green economy. There has been rise in the consumption of organic vegetables last years because their organoleptic properties, higher nutrit...

Recent trend depicts that tomatoes and tomatoes products rank 2 most important vegetable crop in the United States after potatoes and potatoes products contributing 20 percent of total vegetable production. More-so, tomato is equally ranked 2 in the United States in terms of production value, generating $1.3 billion after head lettuce that contributed $1.4 billion in the same time period. In 20...

As part of the design of an integrated waste management scheme through the use of the PRECEDE/PROCEED model in the area of Crete, data concerning the applicability of composting in various agricultural wastes was considered as necessary. Vegetable residues from tomato, cucumber, eggplant, and pepper crops were collected, shredded and composted either alone or with the use of olive press cake, o...

The formation/loss of characterized traits in a given cultivated species is strongly affected by long-term artificial selection. Cowpea (V. unguiculata L. Walp.) is an important legume crop for many residences in the tropics and subtropics of the world, being consumed as either a grain, fodder or vegetable crop depending on local cultivation and consumption habits. Cowpea is believed to have or...

Mechanical conditioning is an excellent means of regulating the growth of vegetable transplants and some ornamental bedding plants. It improves the stature, appearance, handling characteristics, and overall quality of treated plants. The application procedures reported for transplants have included wind, shaking, brushing, and more recently impedance; all of which result in physical displacemen...

Rocket is an important leafy vegetable crop and a good source of antioxidants and anticancer molecules such as glucosinolates and other sulfur compounds. Rocket is also a hyper-accumulator of nitrates which have been considered for long time the main factors that cause gastro-intestinal cancer. In this review, the content of these compounds in rocket tissues and their levels at harvest and duri...

The effects of a yard waste compost amendment and crop establishment on nematode populations and yields of suscep­ tible vegetable crops were determined in two tests in Florida in sites infested with the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Main plot treatments consisted of 269 mt/ha of a yard waste com­ post applied as a mulch, 269 mt/ha of the compost incorporated into the soil, and an ...

Diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.), has attained major pest status in Brassica vegetable crops around the world. In many cases, use of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides for control of other pests, such as Pieris rapae (L.), has disrupted natural enemies and selected for insecticide resistance in DBM, changing the pest status of the moth from minor to major. We estimated levels of ...

Introduction Many variables are used to assess fruit and vegetable quality. Some quality metrics such as size, shape, and color are relatively obvious and tend to influence “eye appeal.” Others, such as flavor, texture, aroma, and nutrient content, however, are more subjective. They may also require sophisticated techniques and equipment to assess. In addition, these subjective metrics tend to ...

The benefits of increased safety and cost-effectiveness make vegetable crops appropriate systems for the production and delivery of pharmaceutical proteins. In particular, Solanaceae edible crops could be inexpensive biofactories for oral vaccines and other pharmaceutical proteins that can be ingested as minimally processed extracts or as partially purified products. The field of crop plant bio...