Abstract In Montenegro, stone fruit species are grown on intensive and semi-intensive commercial plantations. However, almond production is mainly organized family gardens for household consumption. During two seasons (2017–2018), we surveyed apricot, peach, nectarine, sweet cherry, Japanese plum, orchards the presence of bacterial diseases at different geographical locations in Montenegro. Fro...

Development of a control strategy for thrips attacking nectarine trees depends on an understanding of their phenology, distribution, and life history as related to characteristics of nectarine orchards. To this end, we compared the overwintering behavior, distribution, and abundance of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), among 11 nectarine orchards located in the dry c...

canker symptoms similar to those produced by pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae were observed on peach (prunus persica) and nectarine (prunus persicae var. nusipersica) trees in several fruit tree growing areas in khorasan in 2011-2012.symptomatic stem tissues were thoroughly washed under running tap water, surface disinfestated with sodium hypochlorite (2 min. in 0.5 %, ai, hypochlorite), washe...

background probiotics have been used for dairy products such as yogurt and yogurt drinks, however cholesterol content and lactose intolerance are important drawbacks. recently, consumption of non-dairy probiotic food especially for probiotic drink products has been intensified. objectives this research was conducted to determine the suitability of peach as a raw material for producing probiotic...

orchard workers in north china are highly exposed to orchard pollens, especially peach and other rosaceae family pollens during pollination season. the aim of this study was to investigate whether occupational allergy to peach tree pollen as a member of rosaceae family is ige-mediated and to evaluate the cross-reactivity among rosaceae family pollens. allergen skin test and conjunctival challen...

The use of secondary treated wastewater (STW) for irrigation is considered as a strategy to mitigate water shortage in summer periods. Unfortunately, the utilization STW agriculture not exempt from environmental and health risks, being potential source toxic chemicals (e.g. heavy metals) human pathogens Salmonella spp. Escherichia coli). aim this work verify whether apple nectarine trees with m...