The following fruits are covered by MESFIN (Mediterranean Selected Fruits Inter-Country Network): avocados, guavas, mangoes, Annonaceae, Litchi, longans, dates, carambolas, pawpaws, pineapples, passion fruits, loquats, pomegranates, persimmons, feijoas and figs. Production of these fruits in Egypt, ...

The important step for an agriculture project is to select from the available alternatives, based on the site conditions, the crop type, system of irrigation, system configurations, and laterals' arrangement. Based on economic selection bases, the best combination is that requires minimum initial...

Despite a long-standing policy strategy of the national fruit development plan for boosting exports on tropical fruits, Malaysia's trade balance on tropical fruit remains in deficit. The country's market share of the world tropical fruit exports is relatively marginal added with export performance...

Biweekly soil samples were collected from fruit orchards located at Cairo-Alexandria desert road during January-June 2014 and 2015. The orchards included citrus, pomegranate, figs, grapes, date palms, annona, olive, mango, guava, pear, peach and apple. Both entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) ...

A comparative bioassay (choice or non-choice) was developed to evaluate the efficacy of different species of fruit trees as alternative host plants on the morphological and biological aspects of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and also the latent effect of feeding the larvae on pupal ...

A total of 147 domestic samples of thirteen fruits (apple, apricot, banana, cantaloupe, dates, grape, guava, mango, orange, peach, pear, plum and strawberry) were collected from different local markets representing five Egyptian Governorates throughout 2007. All samples were examined for residues...

This survey was conducted in four locations of Ismailia governorate in the north eastern part of Egypt during the 2020-2022 seasons to investigate occurrence, population density and distribution of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with various crops. A total of 440 soil samples, were collected...

The effects of sewage sludge application (5 kg/tree, applied in January) on yield and Cd, Se, Mn, Cr, Fe and Pb contents of leaves, fruit peel and fruit juice were determined for plants growing in 2 orchards in Mallawi district of El-Minia Governorate, Egypt. In the first orchard, grapes (cv. Red...

The aim of this study was to determine the levels of heavy metals Zinc (Zn), Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pb), Manganese (Mn) and Chromium (Cr) in different edible vegetables and fruits samples collected from the market of Bassioun district, El-Gharbia Governorate, Egypt. Mineral contents were analyzed...

During 2010 and 2011 seasons Samany date palms were intercropped with Tofahy olives, Balady limes and Balady guavas. The study was focused on the impact of intercropping systems on growth, nutritional status of palms, yield and fruit quality of Samany date palm. Total counts of bacteria in the...