Seaweeds are rich sources of bioactive natural products, which have been considered as potential biotic agents. Ulva flexuosa Wulfen is a species of seaweed which is endemic to the Persian Gulf. In this study, the effect of different concentrations of U. flexuosa extract on  the  antioxidant activity of Washington Navel orange (Citrus sinensis L. cv. Washington Navel)...

Fruit spread is prepared by combining sugar with processed fruit juice, concentrated or whole fruit. Pumpkin (Curcurbita maxima) seeds are commonly seen as industrial waste and discarded. seed was roasted made into powder form. β-carotene rich fruits such mango, papaya, muskmelon were used to extract the pulp. To obtain a desired consistency of spread, pulp (25%) blended (70%) Fruits scattered ...

The influence of CaCl2 and borax on growth, yield, and quality of tomato was investigated during the years 2009 and 2010. The experiment was laid out with a randomized complete block design. Calcium chloride (0.3% and 0.6%) and borax (0.2% and 0.4%) solutions were applied as foliar sprays either alone or in combination and data were recorded for plant height, branches per plant, flowers per clu...

cantaloupe is a common crop and relatively important in iran which show high genetic diversity. forty nine genotypes including seven iranian endemic cantaloupes rishbaba, shahabadi, samsori, dastjerdi, magasi, tiltorogh and savei and their direct and reciprocal crosses were evaluated during two years using triple lattice design. results indicated the positive and significant correlations betwee...

Gilaburu is an important fruit species in terms of healthy effects, having potential for use as alternative medicine and suitable industrial product processing. In this context, physico-chemical characteristics three different gilaburu (Viburnum opulus L.) genotypes grown under the ecological conditions Kayseri, Turkey were determined. addition, correlations among investigated calculated their ...

A study was carried out to determine the effects of different mulch materials on plant growth, some quality properties and yield in melon cultivars in high altitude environmental condition. Clear mulch application affected more plant growth than the other applications. Fruit width, fruit length, dry matter in fruit, total soluble solid, color, husk thickness, fruit fresh thickness, fruit firmne...

Limes (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) have a short postharvest life. Therefore, effective treatments increasing storage life to lengthen the time that produce remains fresh is desirable. This study evaluated effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), gibberellic acid (GA3), and Aloe vera on lime fruit quality. The optimum individual 50% coating, 300 mL·L−1 GA3, 750 nL·L−1 1-MCP were identified as m...

A study on evaluation of sapota genotypes collected from different parts of India was carried out at the Department of Fruit Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam during the year 2008-2009. Observation on quantitative traits viz., tree height (m), canopy spread (m), number of fruits/tree, mean fruit weight (g) and yield of fruits/tree (kg) were recorded. In addition, ...

bananas are climacteric fruits and controlling ripening is effective in reducing loss. this experiment studied the effect of packaging (plastic bag, edible wax and plastic bag, plastic bag and 2 or 4 g/kg potassium permanganate) over 5 weeks of cold storage on the quality and characteristics of cavendish cultivar bananas. the samples were removed from storage at 8, 16, 24, 32 and 40 days and fr...