In this study, the effectiveness of chitosan coating treatment to control weight loss and maintaining fruit quality of apricot was investigated. Fruits were coated with 0.25%, 0.5% and 0.75% chitosan as well as distilled water (control). Following treatments, fruits were stored at 0?C and 80 ? 2% relative humidity for 25 days. The weight loss, total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA)...

RNA silencing is a powerful technology for molecular characterization of gene functions in plants. A commonly used approach to the induction of RNA silencing is through genetic transformation. A potent alternative is to use a modified viral vector for virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) to degrade RNA molecules sharing similar nucleotide sequence. Unfortunately, genomic studies in many allogamo...

Purpose. To analyse the taxonomic composition of subtropical plants Khorol Botanical Garden collection. Results. Taxonomic collection, consisting 25 species: Actinidia chinensis Planch., Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal, Camellia sinensis Kuntze, Chaenomeles ×californica Clarke ex Weber, Citrus trifoliata L., Cormus domestica Crataegus azarolus opaca Hooker & Arn., Cydonia oblonga Mill., Diospyro...

Aldose-6-phosphate reductase (alditol 6-phosphate:NADP 1-oxidoreductase) was isolated and characterized from mature apple leaves (Malus domestica cv. Starkrimson). The enzyme was purified 79-fold. The enzyme catalyzed the following reversible reaction: d-glucose 6-phosphate + NADPH + H(+) right arrow over left arrow d-sorbitol 6-phosphate + NADP(+). No activity was detected when NAD(+) was subs...

The genus Prunus, which contains 250–400 species, has ample genomic resources for the economically important taxa in group including cherries, peaches, and almonds. However, backbone of specifically position racemose relative to solitary corymbose groups, remains phylogenetically uncertain. Surprisingly, phylogenomic analyses resolve relationships are lacking. Here, we assemble transcriptomes f...

Pakistan is ranked 17th in the world for plum production, with a total output of 67,000 tonnes. In terms area and (Prunus domestica) Pakistan's second largest stone fruit, after peach. Plum domestica L.) temperate zone fruit crop, made up different varieties. This study was carried out to evaluate nutritional quality yield performance five varieties (Methley, Shakar Prune, Santa Rosa, Hersminar...

The international trade of plants and their products, such as fresh fruits, can facilitate the introduction spread foreign pests diseases. We examined South Africa’s import stone fruits (Prunus spp.) a pathway for introducing Monilinia fructicola (G. Wint.) Honey document recommended phytosanitary measures to deal with risk associated its exportation into country. Fresh Prunus spp. are imported...

Antennal sensillae of male and female peach fruit flies, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae), obtained from three different host fruit species (guava, Psidium guajava L. (Myrtales: Myrtaceae); peach, Prunus persica (L.) Stokes (Rosales: Rosaceae); and orange, Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck (Sapindales: Rutaceae)), were studied with scanning electron microscopy. This study was carri...

Knowledge of the genetic control of sugar metabolism is essential to enhance fruit quality and promote fruit consumption. The sugar content and composition of fruits varies with species, cultivar and stage of development, and is controlled by multiple enzymes. A QTL (quantitative trait locus) study was performed on peach fruit [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch], the model species for Prunus Progeny d...