Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is an important fruit crop and member of the Prunus genus Rosaceae family that planted in many temperate regions worldwide. The quality assessed by pomological parameters which can serve as a decisive factor apricot breeding, because introduction new cultivars required. These differ with climate conditions, geographical location or geographic ecological origin. Sim...

The seeds of the wild Prunus armeniaca L. (wild Apricot) from the Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand (India) was analysed for its proximate compositions and the physico-chemical characteristics of the oil. The elements present in seed oil were also determined which reflected that apricot is rich in Phosphorous, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron and Copper which makes it suitable for edible and commercial oil...

One factor that contributes to a successful fruit tree grafting is the establishment of symplasmic contacts in the graft interface to facilitate the transfer of compounds between scion and stock. Using novel experimental and theoretical approaches we investigated whether the localized incompatibility, experienced in some Prunus grafts, could be related to insufficient plasmodesmal coupling at a...