to conserve the genetic resources and identify the strong and weak points in sistan watermelon accessions and compare these with improved cultivars of: sugarbaby and fairfax, an experiment was carried out, based on rectangular lattic design of two replications in 2007. the morphological traits studied, included plant length, plant weight, seed weight, fruit number, fruit length, fruit width, su...

Development of the effective canopy architecture management for optimum light interception, and planting density on significant yield fruit quality Litchi cv. Shahi was investigated. The litchi Shahi, planted in square system at 2 × 2, 3 3, 4 4, 5 5, 6 8 m (control), showed average interception higher upper part canopy. Flowering attributes (number panicles, panicle length, number flowers yield...

Improvement in physical and biochemical properties of fruits through cross-pollination is a highly variable phenomenon. It mainly depends on the species pollinator nature crop being pollinated. therefore imperative to quantify relative pollination effectiveness an insect for certain species. In present study, two native bees (i.e., Apis dorsata A. florea) syrphid flies Eristalinus aeneus Eupeod...

world apricot (prunus armeniaca l.)  production is increasing steadily due to breeding of new high yielding cultivars in different countries. more recently, breeding programs have been modified according to consumers’ demands and also improvement in resistance to diseases (sharka, monilinia etc.), frost damages, and determination of self-(in) compatibility. in this study, fourteen apricot breed...

There are many astringent date cultivars at maturity (Full coloration) around the world. These fruits could not be consumed at this stage due to the presence of soluble tannins. Growers have to wait until about 50% of these bunches reach to the rutab stage (ripening) which represents a major source of fruit loss due to abscission, birds attack and pathogens. Furthermore, late-maturing cultivars...

Different chemical attributes, measured via total soluble solids (TSS), acidity, vitamin C (VitC), sugars (Tsugar), and reducing (Rsugar), were determined for three groups of citrus fruits (i.e., orange, mandarin, acid); each group contains two cultivars. Artificial neural network (ANN) multiple linear regression (MLR) models developed TSS, VitC, Tsugar, Rsugar from fresh by applying different ...

effect of different fruit position on postharvest quality of f1 hybrid redfleshed watermelon hi-u 16 was examined. in this study only one main vine was trained and maintained. the plants were allowed to set three fruits naturally at the first (8th - 11th nodes), second (13th - 16th nodes) and third (18th - 21th nodes) position. fruits were harvested at 35 days after anthesis. fruit weight, diam...

Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) fruit from ‘Orito’ cultivar were stored at 2 °C and 90% RH for 28 days plus three 20 (shelf life, SL). This research analysed the changes in quality parameters (weight loss, firmness, color, titratable acidity, total soluble solids), ethylene production, respiration rate, antioxidant activity bioactive compounds (total phenols carotenoids) of cactus...