ethylene affects the ripening of fruits and is naturally produced in most plant tissues. its production and accumulation during storage can cause serious damage to stored fruits such as black sweet cherries (cv: takdaneh mashhad). it affects shelf-life and can cause a marked increase in respiration rates, increasing ripening and senescence. in some commodities, accelerated aging and the initiat...

Onion (Allium cepa L.) bacterial diseases can cause catastrophic crop losses. Chemical and biological control products are not curative have mixed or limited efficacy at preventing onion diseases. Cultural management strategies, such as appropriate irrigation nitrogen (N) practices, reduce the risk for infection disease progression. This review synthesizes available literature on cultural strat...

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The combination of biofumigation and solarization is known as bio-solarization. An experiment was performed from 2003 to 2019 in a greenhouse at INTA San Pedro, Buenos Aires province, Argentina (33°44'12.7"S 59°47'58.2"W). Treatments (TRAT) were applied every two years. TRAT evaluated were: 1=Control; 2= Solarization, 3= Biorot, succession organic amendments (chicken manure, broccoli, chicken t...