A study on evaluation of sapota genotypes collected from different parts of India was carried out at the Department of Fruit Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam during the year 2008-2009. Observation on quantitative traits viz., tree height (m), canopy spread (m), number of fruits/tree, mean fruit weight (g) and yield of fruits/tree (kg) were recorded. In addition, ...

Abstract Purple sweet potato leaves are abundant in polyphenols, antisionins, flavonoids, and other nutrients that higher than varieties green vegetables very good for health but reports on mineral vitamin content still rare even many places including Jayapura less aware of the benefits uses these leaves, while around malnourished, especially pregnancy. The purpose this study, namely Identifyin...

the higher levels of essential elements in soil may be caused in optimum yields and crop quality. so it seems to be necessary to examine different levels of nutrients like fe and zn on plants and their productivity. to evaluate effects of iron and zinc application on yield and yield components of pimpinella anisum an experiment was conducted at the research farm of urmia university in 2009. tre...

Daily application of cortisone acetate (10mg/100g body wt.) or L-tri-iodothyronine (20 microng/100g body wt.) to female rats in the last (third) week of pregnancy elicits a precocious appearance of jejunal sucrase in their foetuses.

Background: With the increasing awareness in public on health and nutrition, mushrooms have gained more popularity recent times for its nutritional, benefits culinary value. These are excellent source of vitamins minerals. Hence, often called as “White Vegetable” They regarded one superfoods due to their high nutrient content well healing properties. Methods: The present study was carried with ...

The leaves of Ocimum gratissimum and Vernonia amygdalina were analyzed for their chemical composition, minerals and vitamins. The results obtained from the analysis of the two plants were compared. The results revealed the presence of bioactive constituents comprising alkaloids (1.90 to 2.68 mg/100 g), tannins (0.04 to 0.07 mg/100g), saponins (0.06 to 2.94 mg/100 g), flavonoids (1.88 to 2.98 mg...

this study was carried out in the agro-industry complex of gohar kouh, khash in iranshahr. a split-plot experiment based on rcbd was employed with three irrigation intervals including 1: 30 day interval 2: 40 days of irrigation interval 3: 60 day irrigation interval along with three levels of nitrogen application including 1: no nitrogen fertilizer 2: 750 grams of nitrogen fertilizer per tree 3...

Kiwifruit requires a high quantity of nutrients that must be supplied through fertilization to obtain an optimum yield on a sustainable basis. This research was conducted to evaluate different fertilization methods including broadcast application (as control), deep placement of the fertilizer and fertigation, alone or in combination with foliar application and their effects on the yield, leaf m...