Introduction: Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is one of the most important fruit crops of tropical and subtropical regions. Guava (Psidium guajava L.) can be propagated by seed, layering, grafting, cutting or tissue culture. Propagation by seed is used for the production of seedlings usable in breeding...

Introduction: Low temperature is one of the major abiotic stresses which can cause a significant reduction in olive growth and productivity mainly at late autumn, winter and early spring. Although olive is moderately freezing tolerant, temperatures below a certain threshold -7°C can damage the...

Introduction: Citrus is the main fruit group grown in tropical as well as sub-tropical climate of more than 150 countries in the world. In Iran, the total area under citrus crops is 0.284 M ha with a production of 4.345 M ton and a productivity of 17 ton per ha. Citrus is also one of the most...

Background and Objectives: Water is a main factor in agriculture activities and almost 70 percent of world water resources are consumed in agriculture. Drought consist the most important environmental restriction to plant growth and production. Drought stress is known to change a range of...

Introduction: The foreign and domestic markets are demanding for high quality citrus varieties. The physical and chemical properties of the newly released cultivars are also important for fresh market or processing. The fruit quality is a complex combination of size, firmness, taste, texture,...

This research was conducted to identify endophytic bacteria over five-year old citrus trees in the east of Guilan province. A total of 63 endophytic bacteria were isolated from symptomless leaves of Citrus aurantium, Citrus sinensis, Citrus sinensis var. thomson, Citrus unshiu, Citrus limon, ...

The citrus nematode, Tylenchulus semipenetrans, is widely distributed in the citrus orchards of Fars province, Iran. The nematode causes slow decline and serious crop losses. Host resistance is the most effective method for controlling the disease. Seedlings of some rootstocks including Minneola (...

The results of the present study showed that, the highest percentage of wastage of crops in Tehran's central wholesale fruit and vegetable is for vegetables, celery and tomatoes with 30, 30 and 15 percent. Kiwi, grapefruit and sour lemon have almost no wastage. At the level of Tehran's wholesale...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies to sustainable of Citrus Gardens in Mazandaran Province. Population consisted of all citrus farmers in the villages of 12 county of Mazandaran province, a sample of 290...

This study with completing 255 questionnaires from consumers, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of citrus in Mazandaran province in year 1394 and using marketing characteristics, examined The market situation of varying degrees of citrus in the Mazandaran Province in two time periods of...