Drought stress is one of the main factors limiting horticultural crops, especially in environments such as Mediterranean basin, which often characterized by sub-optimal water availability [...]

The demand for improved food quality has been accompanied by a technological boost. This fact enhances the possibility of improving the quality of horticultural products, leading towards healthier consumption of fruits and vegetables. A better electrical characterization of the dielectric properties of fruits and vegetables is required for this purpose. Moreover, a focused study of dielectric s...

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that the global mean temperature had risen for the 20th century at the rate of 0.74oC per 100 years due to increasing green house gas. Climate change such as temperature, precipitation and tropical cyclone activity has been strongly related to agricultural production, water resource, and species diversity. Recent climate change has alrea...

Strawberry cultivation is not popular in Bangladesh due to the unpredictable climatic conditions and lack of proper cultivars. Using somaclonal variation, several new promising selections were generated and evaluated for their flowering and fruiting ability, adaptability and sustainability. To induce variation, plants were regenerated using various tissue culture techniques. Our results suggest...