The " etiolated shoot " or " etiolation " method of propagation is described in an earlier paper. Malay. agric. J., 1934, 22: 58-62, H.A., 1934, 4: 2: 279. The experiments were started in July 1932 at Serdang and have been continued there and at other stations throughout Malaya. The present paper...

A list of the host plants of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) based on the records of the INIA-CENIAP Museum is given: Spondias mombin, Mangifera indica, Anacardium occidentale, Annona muricata, Chrysobalanus icaco, Terminalia catappa, Persea americana, Malpighia glabra, Ficus carica, ...

This study examined whether economically important fruit fly species Anastrepha ludens (Loew), Anastrepha serpentina (Wiedemann), and Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) (Diptera: Tephritidae) may opportunistically exploit guavas, Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), growing near preferred natural hosts. We...

Tropical fruit trees in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, suffer from a wide variety of fungal pathogens. A study was undertaken to report the species and characteristics of pathogenic fungi not previously recorded on tropical fruit trees in Orissa. Diseased specimens were collected during different...

Host plant records are reported for 5 species of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) collected from wild and commercial fruit species in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

Although helpful in treating cancer, exposure to ionizing radiation can sometimes cause severe side effects, negating its benefit. In addition to its use in clinics, a nontoxic radioprotective agent can also be beneficial in occupational settings where humans are occupationally exposed for...

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 (...

This book contains 54 articles presented at the 7th International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Crops held on 12 April 2013 at Chanthaburi, Thailand. Topics include: boron nutrition in higher plants; methodologies and concepts in the study of nutrient uptake requirements and partitioning...

Wild or commercially grown, native and exotic fruit were collected in 30 localities in the Tucumán province (northwestern Argentina) from January 1990 to December 1995 to determine their status as hosts of Anastrepha fraterculus and/or Ceratitis capitata, the only two fruit fly species of economic...

We collected 16 species of wild and cultivated fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) host plants over a 5-year period (1991-1995) in the province of Tucumán, Northwestern Argentina, with the aim of determining: (1) relative abundance and variations in native parasitoid abundance over time, (2)...