K Gurava Reddy, A Subbarami Reddy J.Satish babu and M Chandra Sekhara Reddy Scientist (Extension), Scientist (Agronomy),Scientist (Pl. Path.), Scientist (Economics) Regional Agricultural Research Station, Lam, Guntur, ANGRAU, Hyderabad, A.P ABSTRACT: An Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project was implemented in Guntur district during the cropping season 2006-07 in six villages of Guntur distri...

Peach is a highly corrosive fruit with a short shelf life (less than 7 days at room temperature)susceptible to diseases, pathogens and physical damage. The storage or marketable life ofhorticultural crops can be extended by various treatments applied to them after and/or beforeharvesting. Fruits are usually treated with a range of materials [(e.g. salicylic acid (SA)] to...

ABSTRACT: Successive cycles of water absorption and loss favor weathering deterioration, one the main factors that affect quality soybean seeds. This study evaluated physiological, physical, morpho-anatomical changes in seeds under deterioration at pre-harvest phase. Six cultivars (BMX Apolo, DM 6563, NS 5959, NA 5909, BMX Potencia, TMG 1175) were produced a greenhouse underwent through rainfal...

Effect of pre-harvest methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and post-harvest 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatments on broccoli floret glucosinolate (GS) concentrations and quinone reductase (QR, an in vitro anti-cancer biomarker) inducing activity were evaluated two days prior to harvest, at harvest and at 10, 20, and 30 days of post-harvest storage at 4 °C. MeJA treatments four days prior to harvest of br...

  Background: In Iran, maize is cultivated in wide areas including northern provinces. It is one of the most important crops for poultry and livestock feeding, which is susceptible to aflatoxins (AFs) contamination. So, pre-harvest maize samples from Mazandaran province, north of Iran were analyzed for AFs contamination. Objective:   Methods: Thirty-five pre-harvest maize samples were analyzed ...