The above statement may accurately represent the current situation but will very soon be out of date. The last 30 years has seen the emergence of the kiwifruit from being a small but increasing crop in one country to being a crop of worldwide significance. The next few years will see the entry of new and quite different Actinidia fruit into international trade. The kiwifruit (Actinidia delicios...

Enzymes are the biocatalysts which catalyze the biochemical processes and thus have a wide variety of applications in the industrial sector. β-Galactosidase (E.C. 3.2.1.23) also known as lactase, is one of the prime enzymes, which has significant potential in the dairy and food processing industries. It has the capability to catalyze both the hydrolytic reaction for the production of lactose hy...

Turkey has 75% of the total number of plant species found in Europe. It is this exceptional amount of biodiversity that places a huge responsibility on Turkey, to ensure that these species are adequately protected in order to prevent them from being endangered or becoming extinct. Of particular importance are species related to the crops on which much of world agriculture depends. Many of the f...

Population monitoring of the Mediterranean fruit fly,Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), was studied in 1998 in a mixed-fruit orchard in northern Greece, using International Pheromone McPhail traps (IPMT) baited with the female targeted attractants ammonium acetate, putrescine, and trimethylamine, and Jackson traps baited with the male specific parapheromone trimedlure. Special emphasis was placed ...

Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is the most common, high-income generative fruit and consequently plays an important part in region's socio-economic growth. However, apricots are susceptible to several diseases pests that cause lower yields significant financial losses, including apricot shot hole disease brought on by Wilsonomyces carpophilus, a polyphagous fungus, creates serious threat stone f...

As a semi-arid/arid country located in the northwest of Africa, Morocco is facing serious water scarcity driven by dual stresses decreasing availability resources and increasing demands. Virtual trade could be an effective tool to alleviate scarcity. The paper presents analysis relationships between agrarian productions, foreign trade, sector deriving comprehensive estimate virtual export impor...

Introduction. The present-day market of fruit products in Ukraine and the European Union has been growing now a great potential. In this context, problem planting preserving fresh is relevant, as demand for them increases every year both our country abroad.Problem Statement. Fast freezing, controlled atmosphere special containers well pre-treatment fruits with chemicals are priority technologie...

selection and introduction of superior genotypes from native populations is one of the most common improving methods for fruit trees in the world. iran as a very important origin of apricot has a huge diversity of varieties, so a rich collection of local and imported genotypes of apricot was induced in sahand horticultural research station from 1971. nasiri 90 and other four superior varieties ...