The accumulation of toxic elements in vegetables and melons grown agriculture, Brassica rapa - turnip, Solanum lycopersicum tomato, Citrullus lanatus watermelon, Capsicum annuum bell pepper, Daucus carota carrots, Cucurbita pepo pumpkin, Cucumis melo melon, also Prunus armeniaca apricot from fruit trees were analyzed. excess maximum allowable concentrations agricultural crops the element As by ...

almond is one of the most important prunus species. most almond cultivars and genotypes are self-incompatible and some others are cross-incompatible. however, recently self-incompatible cultivars developed by breeding are available. therefore self-incompatible cultivars for pollination, fertilization and production require compatible pollen of other cultivars. in this regard the study of pollen...

Inorganic copper is used as a broad-spectrum fungicide and bacteriocide on a variety of agricultural crops. After application, the copper residue typically accumulates in the upper 15 cm of soil. Data from the California Pesticide Use Reports were used to estimate the augmentation of copper in the soil that resulted from pesticide applications for the six years from 1993 to 1998 on 12 crops tha...

in thirty-three wild cherry (prunus avium l.) accessions from central serbia, tree, leaf, fruit, and stone morphological characters were evaluated during three consecutive years. the goal was to detect relationships between the genotypes and to identify the most useful traits for discrimination among them. the study revealed a high variability in the set of the evaluated wild cherry accessions ...

‘Xiangjiao’ plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) is a stone fruit that vulnerable to the chilling injury (CI) caused by low-temperature stress. The effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and ethylene absorbent (EA) treatments on quality malic acid metabolism stored at 4 °C were compared in this study. Compared with control check (CK) EA treatment, fumigation 1.0 mg·L−1 1-MCP for 24 h could more signi...

Nitrate reductase was found in leaves of apricot Prunus armeniaca, sour cherry P. cerasus, sweet cherry P. avium, and plum P. domestica, but not in peach P. persica, from trees grown in sand culture receiving a nitrate containing nutrient solution. Nitrate was found in the leaves of all species. Nitrate and nitrate reductase were found in leaves of field-grown apricot, sour cherry, and plum tre...

The propagation of light in stone fruit tissue was modeled using the Monte Carlo (MC) method. Peaches were used as the representative model of stone fruits. The effects of the fruit core and the skin on light transport features in the peaches were assessed. It is suggested that the skin, flesh and core should be separately considered with different parameters to accurately simulate light propag...