Guthion, a trade name for azinphos-methyl, is a restricted use organophosphate insecticide that is primarily used as a foliar application against phytophagous insect pests on fruit, field, or vegetable crops and works as both a contact insecticide and a stomach poison. In 2002, the estimated annual agricultural use of guthion had declined to about 1.2 million pounds, nearly a 50% decline from 1...

Relevance . The creation of new varieties with a complex economically valuable and biologically traits is an urgent direction breeding research, updating expanding the assortment cherries. Methods characteristics economic biological properties description eight cherries Dagestan selection are presented: Pokrovskaya Memory, Buinakskaya black, Maral, Elite form 129/1, Leningrad Guards, Dolores, P...

rapd markers were employed to determine the diversity among 29 genotypes and cultivars of sour and duke cherry as well as a mahaleb tree genotype as an outgroup. a number of 100 random primers were examined for pcr reactions on the template dnas extracted from leaves, of which 17 primers produced polymorphic bands. these 17 selected rapd primers produced 233 bands, among which, 214 were polymor...

The African fig fly, Zaprionus indianus, is recorded for the first time from Jordan. Samples of this fly were collected from heavily infested dates (Madghool variety) from a farm in the central Jordan Valley. In addition, it was reared in the laboratory on apricots, cherries and figs. Our preliminary observations, photographs for the adult insect, larva and pupa are presented. The pest distribu...

Sweet cherries are seasonal fruits, considered one of the most popular spring and summer fruits in temperate regions Europe due to their attractive appearance, taste, colour sweetness, having a high economic importance [...]

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO DISCOVER THE POWERFUL HEALING PROPERTIES OF PLANTS. ONE THAT IS GETTING SOME OF THE MOST ATTENTION IS MORE FAMILIAR THAT YOU MIGHT THINK: TART CHERRIES. Having found delicious new ways to capture the energy of this fruit, conscientious companies are creating drinks to bring you the health benefits of the tart cherry. They are backed up by new research that sho...