The effects of increasing the salt concentration of a basic nutrient solution from 2.1 up to 4.7 dS mÿ1 by providing either additional amounts of nutrients or 25 mmol lÿ1 NaCl on growth, yield, fruit quality and mineral composition of eggplants were investigated. The extra nutrients used to raise the electrical conductivity were added either at the same ionic concentration ratio as in the basic...

A noticeable variation is present among the guava (Psidium guajava L.) genotypes available in Bangladesh. Thirty-three (25 indigenous, 5 released, and 3 exotic) of were used ex-situ conditions from different locations Chattagram, Brahmanbaria, Pirojpur, Gazipur districts assessed based on 10 traits to know their genetic diversity. The measured number flowers, fruits, harvested fruits per plant,...

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the eggplant genotype x environment ineraction, using REML/BLUP procedure, in order identify genotypes with high productivity, adaptability and phenotypic stability. The experiments were carried out agricultural greenhouses, two seasons, three types of shading: uncovered (UC); covered plastic diffuser film (PD), 130 microns thick, (130 micron) + 50% shading...

A field experiment was conducted at the `Research Farm` of Regional Seed Production Office of Lal Teer Seed Limited, Dinajpur, Bangladesh during November 2008 to April 2009. The study was conducted to investigate the effect of bulb size and planting spacing on seed production of cultivar Taherpuri onion. Three bulb sizes [small (5±2g), medium (10±2g), and large (15±2g)] and four planting spacin...

ABSTRACT Shading is a way of cooling in hot and sunny areas to modify the microclimate improve crop growth. This study aimed evaluate effect shading treatments on eggplant sweet pepper growth, under plastic house conditions, at beginning summer, when there are high temperatures solar radiation intensity. The covers were lifted April nets used May June. treatment improved plant height, vegetativ...

Laboratory experiments tested whether two economically-important sibling species of tephritid fruit flies have evolved distinct egg-laying responses to chemical stimuli on the fruits of their respective hostplants. The egg-laying preferences displayed by apple maggot flies, R. pomonella, and blueberry maggot flies, R. mendax, on artificial fruits treated with apple and blueberry extract paralle...

The study was undertaken to envisage the effect of growth regulators on preharvest fruit drop and quality of Kinnow mandrin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Various concentration of 2, 4-D, GA3 and NAA were applied during the last week of November, 2005 to check the impact of various treatments on preharvest fruit drop, yield and fruit quality. Exogenous application of growth regulators significantl...

in order to study the effects of intra and inter-row spaces and planting pattern on the yield components, seed and oil yield of pumpkin (cucurbita pepo l.), a field experiment was conducted as split-split plot based on randomized block design with three replications during 2009-2010 at the agricultural research station of ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran. two levels of inter-row space (1 an...

Abstract – Introduction. Pithecellobium dulce is a legume native to tropical America that produces edible arils which can be white or red. The plant is also grown in Asia and, to date, predominantly fruits produced in Asia have been the subject of scientific studies. We studied white and red arils produced in America. Materials and methods. White aril and red aril fruits were evaluated in an ar...

The experiments were carried out in two research stations (MARDI Bukit Tangga, Kedah, and MARDI Seberang Perai, Penang) in Malaysia. The crossings were performed using the four inbred lines in complete diallel cross including selfs and reciprocals. We evaluated the yield components and fruit characters such as fruit yield per plant, vine length, days to fruit maturity, fruit weight, total solub...