Grapevine is one of the world’s most economically important fruit crops. It known that Vitis vinifera a host for large number pathogenic agents, which significantly reduce yield and berry quality. This forces agronomists to use huge amount fungicides. Over last few decades, alternative methods solving this problem have been developed continue be developed. Such new technologies as marker-assist...

Abstract This paper describes and validates a methodology for implementation of full-scale sand-casting simulation in general-purpose finite element software, including mold filling, heat transport, solidification kinetics, chemical microsegregation prediction microstructure material properties. The model, customized gray cast iron, includes novel methods handling interaction between parallel d...

The increasing demand and exorbitant use of river bed sand in foundries over the years have led to its depletion at an alarming rate. Consequently, many states India imposed severe restrictions on mining riverbed sand. Therefore, effort is made explore potential sea for cast iron foundry applications. Experiments were performed optimizing composition molding with respect functional properties n...

Herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) is a well-known traditional flower in China and is widely used for landscaping and garden greening due to its high ornamental value. However, disease spots usually appear after the flowering of the plant and may result in the withering of the plant in severe cases. This study examined the disease incidence in an herbaceous peony field in the Yangzhou ...

Betalains are tyrosine-derived red-violet and yellow plant pigments known for their antioxidant activity, health-promoting properties, and wide use as food colorants and dietary supplements. By coexpressing three genes of the recently elucidated betalain biosynthetic pathway, we demonstrate the heterologous production of these pigments in a variety of plants, including three major food crops: t...

For the years 2012–2018, we investigated occurrence of storage diseases caused by fungi on four cultivars apples grown in central part Poland. The fruits were picked orchards managed with Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices and stored a cold room for 5–7 months. Depending season, apple cultivar localization orchard, incidence was different. On cvs “Gala”, “Ligol” “Golden Delicious”, bull...

Botrytis cinerea is an important pathogen that causes diseases in ornamental crops. In presentresearch several greenhouses of roses located in central region of Iran were surveyed toidentify the Botrytis cinerea. A total of 80 isolates were collected from rose greenhouses incentral region of Iran. Morphological identification was based on characters such asconidiophore and conidial length. Acco...