A 3-year demonstration study was conducted in four western New York apple orchards to evaluate current approaches of sustainable pest management in representative commercial orchards. Pests that could be tolerated were regulated by natural antagonists, including predatory mites that were introduced to supplement endemic populations, while those with lower tolerance levels were managed with a sc...

BACKGROUND Most children do not meet the recommendation for fruit consumption. Apples are the second most commonly consumed fruit in the US; however, no studies have examined the association of total apple products, apples, apple sauce, and 100 % apple juice consumption on diet quality and weight/adiposity in children. METHODS The purpose of this study was to examine the association between v...

Fruit trees have a long juvenile phase. For example, the juvenile phase of apple (Malus × domestica) generally lasts for 5-12 years and is a serious constraint for genetic analysis and for creating new apple cultivars through cross-breeding. If modification of the genes involved in the transition from the juvenile phase to the adult phase can enable apple to complete its life cycle within 1 yea...

US cotton growers have adopted Bt and herbicide-resistant varieties rapidly since their introduction in the mid-1990’s. The benefits to growers include higher yields, lower costs and ease of management. In addition, pesticide use has decreased since the introduction of these varieties.

The technologies developed by Apple have led the technological innovations in the world. So many studies on the technology analysis of Apple were performed in diverse fields of academic and business. In addition, the research results of Apple technology analysis using the quantitative methods such as statistics and machine learning algorithms were performed. They were the objective approaches t...

It is reported that apple polysaccharide can prevent colon cancer growth and impede colon cancer progression. Apple oligosaccharide was prepared by the combination of alkaline hydrolysis and enzymolysis of apple polysaccharides, and purified by anion column chromatography. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of apple oligosaccharide on the cellular viability of human colon carcinoma ...

Since 1996, genetically modified herbicide-resistant (HR) crops, particularly glyphosate-resistant (GR) crops, have transformed the tactics that corn, soybean, and cotton growers use to manage weeds. The use of GR crops continues to grow, but weeds are adapting to the common practice of using only glyphosate to control weeds. Growers using only a single mode of action to manage weeds need to ch...

Codling moth ( Cydia pomonella ) is a major insect pest of apple Malus domestica ). If unmanaged, then codling can infest nearly all apples in an orchard, where the flesh-tunneling larva leave frass-laden tracks fruit. Insecticide-based management requires accurate application timing (typically based on adult and/or degree-day monitoring) and multiple spray applications. Both season-long commit...

This study investigated inhalation exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OPPs) and evaluated the associated health risks to vegetable growers living in the Bang-Rieng agricultural community. Air samples were collected by using personal sampling pumps with sorbent tubes placed in the vegetable growers' breathing zone. Samples were collected during both wet and dry seasons. Residues of organoph...