Elicitation is a good strategy to induce physiological changes and stimulate defense or stress-induced responses in plants. The elicitor treatments trigger the synthesis of phytochemical compounds in fruits, vegetables and herbs. These metabolites have been widely investigated as bioactive compounds responsible of plant cell adaptation to the environment, specific organoleptic properties of foo...

Grapes are one of the important fruit crop in the world, with production rates of approx. 50 million tons per year (Schieber et al., 2001). Grapes can be decay during pre harvest and post harvest and post harvest decay of grapes can be due to physical, physiological, or pathological factors. Rachis dehydration is a main decay factor (physical deterioration) of grapes during the pre or postharve...

Mulches bring several benefits to lettuce cultivation.A study on the lettuce ‘Red Rapids’ has been conducted to determine the influence of the different colored plastic mulch on its growth. The experiment consisted of five color treatments as follows; treatment 1- metallic silver (control), treatment 2- red, treatment 3- orange, treatment 4- yellow and treatment 5-green. Results showed that the...

Headwater streams generally comprise the majority of stream area in a watershed and can have a strong influence on downstream food webs. Our objective was to determine the effect of altering streamside management zone (SMZ) configurations on headwater aquatic insect communities. Timber harvests were implemented within six watersheds in eastern Kentucky. The SMZ configurations varied in width, c...

Control and favourable weather for anthracnose of papaya Anthracnose and stem-end rot (SER) are the main post harvest diseases of papaya (Carica papaya) in Brazil. The effectiveness of 11 treatments (mg.l-1 a.i.) on the their control was evaluated: 1chlorothalonil WP (1500); 2-chlorothalonil SC (2000); 3-chlorothalonil + copper oxychloride WP (875 + 1050); 4-thiofanate-metil + chlorothalonil WP...

Senescence and stresses have been documented to promote ethylene synthesis in ethylene-sensitive flower such as carnations. Thus the inhibition of ethylene evolution might lead to activation of other metabolic reactions. Present experiments were undertaken with cut at bud stage spray-carnation (D. caryophyllus f. spray, Hort.) flowers, cv. Regina and cv. Naslada. Tested cultivars are a new bree...

harvest index is one of the important parameters in estimation of modules of seed yield prediction. since, this parameter undergoes changes under various conditions. therefore, this research was aimed to prepare relations to estimate it. for this purpuse, a compound analysis experiment with randomized complete block design with four replications was conducted at the gorgan university of agricul...

In thermal imaging, the invisible radiation pattern of an object is converted into a visible image. This two-dimensional temperature mapping technique has potential for characterizing products during several operations of agricultural and food industries. Thermal imaging has been successfully adopted for studying plant physiology, irrigation scheduling, and yield forecasting in agricultural fie...

Beginning in 2012, research was conducted near Garden City and Tribune, KS, to determine the effect of a single tillage operation every 3 years on grain yields wheat-sorghum-fallow (WSF) rotation. Treatments included no-till, post wheat harvest mid-August, mid-June during fallow phase. This study revised with two additional more intensive treatments since 2019. The were 1) operations phase 2) o...