Four cultivars (Blitz, Mariachi, Quest and Rapsodie) of tomato were grown hydroponically on rockwool in two microclimates (east and west) inside the greenhouse (Tucson, AZ) under two nutrient solution electrical conductivity (EC) levels (2.6 or 4.5 dS m -1 ), adjusted by adding NaCl and CaCl2 after the setting of first fruit truss. In all cultivars, total soluble solid (TSS, %Brix at 20 o C) an...

This paper offers an approach and a theoretical framework for eliciting emotional speech using actors. The framework is developed by connecting the goal-based model of emotion proposed by Abelson [1], the work of appraisal theorists, and an approach to the actor's technical process widely used in the professional theater and taught in modern conservatories. In doing so, we hope to address some ...

Light is a determining factor in plant morphophysiology, as it influences the growth and development of agricultural crops. Thus, objective was to investigate effects light sources on “biquinho” pepper cultivars. The experiment performed two stages (Exp1 Exp2), evaluating cultivars (BRS Moema; Airetama biquinho) five (white LEDs, red blue red/blue fluorescent lamps). In Exp1 plants were kept co...

root-knot nematodes, meloidogyne spp., are one of the important plant parasitic nematodes of tomato in the world. the most suitable control method of plant parasitic nematodes is the use of resistance sources and tolerant cultivars. in the earlier studies, the results showed thatonly 2% (19 out of 537 varieties) were resistant and tolerant to the root knot nematodes. in the supplementary studie...

sclerotinia stem rot (white stem rot), an important fungal disease, which is caused by sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is one of the serious diseases of various plants such as canola. use of resistant cultivars is an effective method to control the disease. a greenhouse experiment based on cotyledon inoculation using mycelial suspension of two different isolates of s. sclerotiorum was conducted to ev...

Background: Biotic and abiotic elicitors produce secondary metabolites and alter physiological traits of the plants by affecting some of the mechanisms within the plant cells. Objective: This study was aimed to investigate the effects of different concentrations of spherical nano-carbon and salicylic acid on physiological traits and paratolenolidae content in Feverfew. Methods: This research ...

This study investigated starch content, amount of pathogen DNA and density of occluded vessels in healthy and Verticillium dahliae infected olive shoots and stems. Starch hydrolysis is considered a mechanism to refill xylem vessels that suffered cavitation by either, drought conditions or pathogen infections. The main objective of this work was to evaluate this mechanism in olive plants subject...