the genetic diversity among 56 almond (prunus dulcis) genotypes was analysed using 35 microsatellite markers and 14 morphological traits. analysis of morphological traits revealed a wide range of variation among the studied genotypes. out of 35 simple sequence repeats (ssrs) markers, 25 were polymorphic, producing 215 alleles that varied from 2 to 16 with an average of 8.76 alleles per locus. r...

The changes in the state of climate have a high impact on perennial fruit crops thus threatening food availability. Indeed, climatic factors affect several plant aspects, such as phenological stages, physiological processes, disease-pest frequency, yield, and qualitative composition tissues derived products. To mitigate effects parameters variability, plants implement strategies defense, by cha...

Introduction: As fatigue in endurance events correlates with depletion of muscle glycogen, the traditional approach to nutritional support has been carbohydrate loading. However, there has been recent interest in improving athletic endurance performance by novel diets in the days to weeks prior to endurance events, the pre-event meal, and during exercise. Methods: We searched PubMed and SCOPUS ...

almond is among some of the most important nut crops requiring improvement in many aspects of its production. to do that, the first step is an evaluation of the genetic diversity of the existing germplasm. towards this end, 56 vigorous almond seedlings were evaluated with recording eight morphological characteristics (trunk diameter, height of main trunk, canopy density, canopy angle, branch nu...

The finding of new self-compatible cultivars in local population is a breeder’s objective in order to increase the sources of self-compatibility for the almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) breeding programmes. ‘AS-1’, a local Spanish selection, was considered to be self-compatible according to its self pollen tube growth and was incorporated in the almond breeding programme of Zaragoza as a source...

Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni is a quarantine pathogen and the causal agent of the bacterial spot disease of stone fruits and almond, a major threat to Prunus species. Rapid and specific detection methods are essential to improve disease management, and therefore a prototype of a lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was designed for the detection of X. arboricola pv. pruni in symptomatic field sa...

during a faunistic survey on mites associated with fruit trees in birjand region (south khorasan province) in 2010, specimens of two injurious mites were collected. using literature, specimens were identified and confirmed by dr. o. seeman (australia). as a result, two species, namely schizotetranychus sayedi attiah, 1967 collected from fig, almond, grape, apple and apricot in fodaj, alghorat, ...

Recently, our laboratory reported the isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotype C for the first time from almond trees (Terminalia catappa) detritus. The aim of the present study was to establish the survival of C. neoformans in almond trees seedlings. Thirty seedlings were infected in the stems and samples were taken and processed at different times and by different techniques...

In the near future, sustainable and efficient biorefineries would be essential for production of commodity chemicals high-added value compounds. Therefore, in this work, six scenarios differing on delignification steps cellulose conversion routes were assessed via Life Cycle Assessment methodology order to study environmental impacts derived from an abundant agricultural residue (almond shells)...