Did the banana, yam and taro arrive in Australia at the hands of Europeans or come across the Torres Strait 2000 years before? Reviewing the evidence from herbaria histories and anthropology, the authors propose a ‘hierarchy of hypotheses’ and consider a still earlier option, that these food plants were potentially grown in Australia at least 8000 years ago, while it was still joined to New Gui...

Fruits and vegetables are an increasing part of our diets as they are a recognized source of health enhancing nutrients. The use of microwaves to ensure product quality for minimally processed fruits and vegetables is gaining popularity. Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. In this review we concentrated on research conducted at the 2450 MHz frequen...

1. This document is HS1067 one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date June 28, 2006. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2. Hector G. Nuñez-Palenius, Graduate Assistant; Daniel J. Cantliffe, Professor and Chair, Horticultural Scienc...

Comment citer ce document : Ribas-Agusti, A., Bouchagier, P., Skotti, E., Erba, D., Casiraghi, C., Sárraga, C., Castellari, M. (Auteur de correspondance) (2013). Effects of different organic anti-fungal treatments on tomato plant productivity and selected nutritional components of tomato fruit. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 88 (1), 67-72. DOI : 10.1080/14620316.2013.11...

Variations in fruit development can aaect fruit composition, maturity, storage attributes and sensory properties. While these have major importance to the horticultural industry, there is a lack of suitable tools for discriminating between fruit. Visible-near infrared (VNIR) reeectance spectroscopy collects a large volume of data rapidly and non-destructively at any stage of development. The po...

The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a highly destructive pest. Methods to control it are limited and alternatives are needed. Observations of cherry fruit flies suggest that females exert much effort to penetrate cherries at color change stage (from green to yellow) for oviposition. Therefore, the question arose as to whether a physical barrier on th...

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Sector in West Papua Province contributes significantly to the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP). While on employment side, this sector also able absorb a third of workforce province. It indicates important role economy Province. The purpose paper is determine magnitude forward backward linkage agricultural industry combination will produce key industry....