Thirty-one fruit and vegetable species were fumigated with ethylene dibromide (EDB) at 8 g/m³ for 2 h or methyl bromide (MB) at 32 g/m³ for 3.5 h. Avocados, cashews, Inga paterno, muskmelons, capsicums and Syzygium malaccense were injured by both EDB and MB, whereas Diospyros digyna, cucumbers, ...

Research reports are presented in the following 5 sections: (1) Ornamental crops (assessments on Dendrobium, rose, Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos spp.) and Gypsophila cultivars; assessment of annual cut flower crops; foliage plant shipping trial; nutrition of Western Australian native plants in Central ...

Cocoa Agronomy (pp. 4-23): Pruning and spacing trials; a comparison of the growth and yield of 4 cacao types; Leucaena glauca[Leucaena leucocephala] fertilizer and inoculum trial; determination of the optimum economic level of fertilizer application for cacao; planting method trial; shade/spacing/...

The people who live adjacent to Tahura Wan Abdul Rachman depend their lives on land management in the block utilization of Tahura with the agroforestry system. This system is implemented with different plant compositions so that the effect on income is different. This study aims to determine the...

The study revealed that, majority of the horticultural queries of farmers were from the jurisdiction of MPKV and were on pomegranate followed by citrus, banana, papaya, mango, sapota and guava, watermelon, fig, anola, santra, mosambi, custard apple and tamarind. The information regarding...

The processing of fruits from four perspectives is described, i.e. on scientific basis, manufacturing and engineering principles, production techniques and processing of individual fruits. General discussions on the horticultural, biological, chemical and nutritional aspects of fruits are also...

The consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has been correlated with better health and prevention of several illnesses. Fruits and vegetables contain many phytochemicals, such as phenolic compounds and carotenoids, many of them are antioxidants. The objective of this work was to determine the...

An investigation was carried out during 2012-2013 in Puri district of Odisha to study the composition, structure and role of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) based farming in 15 different holding sizes, i.e. 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 acre. The...

Valle del Cauca is perceived as one of the most important departments in Colombia, which bases its economy on agriculture. Among the effects that occur in the production units, the presence of African giant snail (Lissachatina fulica) has been detected, which has become a problem in the region, due ...

The amount of ascorbic acid in some fruits and vegetables, and the effect of temperature on the ascorbic acid content of cooked vegetables were investigated. 10 fruits (apple (Pyrus malus) [Malus domestica]), banana (Musa paradisiaca), guava (Psidium guajava), lemon (Citrus limon), pineapple (...