Pandemis Leafroller Study site description. MD as a control for pandemis leafroller (PLR) was evaluated at a single study site in 1992. Six apple blocks (23.6 acres) were treated with Hamaki-con (Biocontrol, Ltd.) dispensers. These dispensers contain ca. 150 mg of Z11-14OAc, which is the main component of the PLR pheromone. Application rates of 250 d/a, 400 d/a, and two treatments of 400 d/a we...

This study was carried out to identify species belonging Thysanoptera in stone and pome fruit orchards the districts (Balya, Bandırma, Bigadiç, Burhaniye, Dursunbey, Erdek, Gönen, Havran, Kepsut Manyas) of Balıkesir Province, Turkey 2018 2019. The survey revealed 32 (thrips) species. Thrips were examined 9900 flowers, leaves, fruits from 198 during research. most widespread (total number sample...

Apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), is a quarantine pest of apples, Malus domestica Borkhausen, and pears, Pyrus communis L., shipped from much of the United States and Canada. As such, these fruits shipped from infested areas to uninfested areas must undergo a quarantine disinfestation treatment. The objective of this research was to develop irradiation quarantine treatments against ap...

Penicillium species cause postharvest decay, commonly known as blue mold, in pome fruits, such as apples and pears. To devise novel strategies to prevent and reduce economic losses during storage, the genome sequence of Penicillium solitum RS1 is reported here for the first time.

Dietary interventions with flavan-3-ols have shown beneficial effects on vascular function. The translation of these findings into the context of the health of the general public requires detailed information on habitual dietary intake. However, only limited data are currently available for European populations. Therefore, in the present study, we assessed the habitual intake of flavan-3-ol mon...

The total area used for fruit cultivation in Tunisia is approximately 470,000 ha, producing mainly citrus, grapevine, stone and pome fruits. Stone fruits are cultivated on some 380,000 ha. Among the stone fruits traditionally grown in Tunisia, almond is the most important and widespread crop (310,000 ha). Peach ranks second with about 22,000 ha, while apricot and plum rank third and fourth, bei...

Demotispa neivai Bondar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) damage oil palm fruits, which makes it necessary to develop products to control this insect. The mortality, repellency, and antifeeding effects on adults of D. neivai of six plant extracts of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Sapindales: Meliaceae), Ricinus communis (L.) (Malpighiaes: Euphorbiaceae), Citrus sinensis Oesbek (Sapindales: Rutaceae), N...

Five species of pathogenic fungi belong to Neofabraea. One of these, N. krawtzewii (syn. N. populi), is responsible for bark lesions on poplar (Populus) trees. The other four species cause post-harvest bull's eye rot of pome fruits, and at least two of these also cause bark cankers on pome fruit trees. Morphological variation among these species is slight, and overlap in geographic range someti...

The nutritional value of the peeled and unpeeled fruit (peel plus flesh tissues) was studied using four peach (Prunus persica L.; Red Heaven, Maria Blanca, Big Top, Queen Giant), two pear (Pyrus communis Santa Maria, Pyrus pyrifolia N.; Nashi), three apple (Malus domestica Borkh.; Gala, Granny Smith, Chief) cultivars. Based on principal components analysis (PCA) models, there a clear differenti...