In this study, husked chestnut (Sarı Aşlama and Type 52509) fruits were subjected to gamma irradiation doses of 1, 3 5 kGy. Irradiated chestnuts control samples stored at 4±0.5oC temperature 85-90% relative humidity for 30 days. Sarı cultivar, moisture (%), protein (g 100 g-1 dw) fat values decreased the end storage (p<0.05); energy (kcal exhibited a fluctuating trend throughout with gre...

Parapoynx crisonalis is an important pest of many aquatic vegetables including water chestnuts. Understanding the relationship between temperature variations and the population growth rates of P. crisonalis is essential to predicting its population dynamics in water chestnuts ponds. These relationships were examined in this study based on the age-stage, two-sex life table of P. crisonalis devel...

The chestnut (Castanea) is an important fruit in Europe and Asia. As a highly variable fruit, its quality is graded according to nutrition components, especially according to the sugar content, which are traditionally measured by using chemical methods. However, the traditional methods are time-consuming, laborious, and expensive. Here, we analyzed the sugar content of intact and peeled chestnu...

Exotic, invasive pathogens have emerged repeatedly and continue to emerge to threaten the world's forests. Ecosystem structure and function can be permanently changed when keystone tree species such as the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) are eliminated from a whole range by disease. The fungal ascomycete pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica is responsible for causing chestnut blight. Once the...