It can by using organic and bio-fertilizer minimize vegetables plants requirements from inorganic synthetic fertilizers which are potentially more detrimental to the environment. The objective of this work was to study the response of sweet pepper plants cv. California Wonder to some micro-organisms and organic fertilizer by soil inoculation with different rats of compost tea (10 or 20 L/fed.) ...

Depression and anxiety are the most crippling neuropsychiatric disorders of this modern era. These mostly occur as anxiety followed by depression or in mixed state. Therefore, there is an urgent need of a safe and effective treatment, which proves its worth in this ailment. What else than a conventional food would be a better choice for a convenient therapy. Therefore, Garcinia indica, commonly...

The average UK adult consumes less than three portions of fruit and vegetables daily, despite evidence to suggest that consuming five portions daily could help prevent chronic diseases. It is recommended that fruit juice should only count as one of these portions, as juicing removes fibre and releases sugars. However, fruit juices contain beneficial compounds such as vitamin C and flavonoids an...

Abstract Kiwifruit is a new emerging crop for the southeastern United States that requires cross-pollination to set fruit. However, pollination requirements varieties grown in are unknown. Through insect surveys and bagging experiment, we assessed of two female kiwifruit cultivars (Actinidia chinensis var. ‘AU Golden Sunshine’ A. Gulf Coast Gold’). For each, fruit quantity (fruit set) quality (...

Machine vision from ground vehicles is being used for estimation of fruit load on trees, but a correction required occlusion by foliage or other fruits. This requires manually estimated factor (the reference method). It was hypothesised that canopy images could hold information related to the number occluded Several image features, such as proportion were partly occluded, in training Random for...

Count data for the number of citrus rust mites per cm 2 on fruit across a 4-ha (10acre) area of orange trees followed the negative binomial probability distribution 79% of the time based on chi-square tests. A correlation of r = 0.993 was found between observed counts and counts projected based on the distribution. A common k of 0.149 was computed but generally appeared more suitable for mean d...

In fruit and shade tree nurseries, there is a need to count and measure caliper for trees frequently so as to have an accurate inventory sufficiently before harvest since disease, pests and climate can change the yield from year to year. In some tree nurseries it is common practice to count the entire stock three times a year and to caliper them once a year. Both tasks are very labor intensive,...

Tomato samples were dried at different frequency of light using clothes of different colours with wooden drying fabrication. The proximate composition and microbial count of the Tomato fruits were determined. Results showed that temperature and relative humidity of the environment affected the rate of drying of tomato as well as the growth of spoilage organisms in the fruits. Highest temperatur...

In fruit and shade tree nurseries, there is a need to count and measure caliper for trees frequently so as to have an accurate inventory sufficiently before harvest since disease, pests and climate can change the yield from year to year. In some tree nurseries it is common practice to count the entire stock three times a year and to caliper them once a year. Both tasks are very labor intensive,...

Rhamnus cathartica is an invasive shrub capable of high fecundity in North America. The physiology of R. cathartica has received little attention, but more is needed to understand traits that enhance its success in disturbed environments. Such data may help to predict invasiveness of closely related species such as Frangula caroliniana. We hypothesized that R. catharticawould have greater relat...