Satsuma (Rize) Mandarin is Türkiye's most widely produced and exported mandarin variety. Due to its early ripeness seedlessness, (Citrus unshiu Marc.) a popular citrus fruit in domestic foreign markets. The present study was conducted at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department Horticulture 2020-2021 determine the shelf-life genotypes obtained as result clonal selecti...

The gibberellins 'have ibeen established as effective fruit setting agents (5). In the apple, where auxins are generallly inactive, the gi'bberellins induce parthenocarpy and sustain fruit growth to maturity (2,6, 10). This pronounced fruit-setting activity and the estafblished observation that asymmetric growtth of apple fruit is related to incomplete seed development, -has encouraged investig...

The South Caucasus is recognised as the primary Vitis vinifera L. (grapevine) domestication centre and has a high diversity of wild cultivated grapevines. Archaeological findings indicate that winemaking activities have existed in Armenia for more than 6,000 years, viticulture being one most important modern Armenian agricultural sector. Despite this relevance, some grapevines local collections...

Aloe vera L., is a perennial, evergreen, freely suckering plant, distributed throughout the world and widely recognized for its medicinal and cosmetic values. Species have naturalized well in tropical to sub tropical regions of India. Plants growing in these regions are prolific flower producer but do not set any seed. The flowering period of the species in the subtropical climates of Jammu J &...

Seedlessness is a relevant trait in grapevine cultivars intended for fresh consumption or raisin production. Previous DNA marker analysis indicated that Corinto bianco (CB) is a parthenocarpic somatic variant of the seeded cultivar Pedro Ximenes (PX). This study compared both variant lines to determine the basis of this parthenocarpic phenotype. At maturity, CB seedless berries were 6-fold smal...