In 583 samples of fruit, vegetables, other foods, dairy products, honey and organic foods, higher than maximum permitted concentration of pesticides was found in 4 samples (of which 1, strawberries from Belgium, contained traces of 11 pesticides), 273 samples were free or below the permitted limit, ...

Whilst the majority of the population tolerates various foodstuffs without any health problems, a percentage may develop a negative response to a foodstuff, ranging from mild reddening of skin to fatal responses. Whilst food allergy may be a response to an ingested component in food (nuts, fish,...

This article discusses the nutritive value of citrus fruits as well as salvestrole and the significance of the phytochemicals present in fruit in preventing and controlling non-infectious as well as infectious diseases in man and animals.

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is a fruit wood with long history of growing in country of its Origin-China, where its fruits have been used for thousands of years fresh or processed, as food but also in traditional oriental medicine. Its environmental requirements make growing in regions of ...

Watermelon cultivation areas in Slovakia as well as worldwide are often affected by soil salinity. Therefore, salinity tolerance of two watermelon cultivars differing in growth vigour was tested in a pot experiment. Plants of less vigorous cultivar Sugar Baby (SB) watered throughout the vegetation...

Shoots, 25-30 mm in length, taken from an axillary bud culture on MS medium + NAA + 2,4-D, were rooted in 8 different media. The best rooting (100%) in the shortest time (15 days) occurred in half strength MS + 1.0 mg NAA/litre. The number of roots/shoot was, however, low (1.7) and further work on...

In recent years there has been enormous growth in information available regarding oxidative stress as a cause of many serious illnesses (including cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, cancer and degenerative conditions associated with ageing), and also regarding the potential value of foods...

In order to determine the water saving capacity of different mulch materials and their colourization (black non-woven textile, and brown, red and yellow polyethylene (PE) film) for watermelon (Citmllus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) growth and development, a greenhouse experiment was carried out ...

Fruit vegetables, where pumpkin, patisson squash and zucchini belong to, are very popular and cultivated species in climatic conditions of south Slovakia region. These vegetable species are undemanding for cultivation. They offer very delicious fruits which have unsubstitutable position from aspect ...

Nine different plastic films were used for ground covering. The tested materials had different thickness, colour and quality. Soil temperature was measured on the ground surface at a depth of 10 cm. The minimum average daily soil temperature on the ground surface (23.63°C) was measured for...