Descriptions of the geographical distribution and fruit morphology of Durio zibethinus, pineapple, Canarium album, Pachylobus edulis, papaya [pawpaw], Benincasa cerifera [B. hispida], watermelon, Coccinia indica, melon, pumpkin, Luffa acutangula, L. cylindrica [L. aegyptiaca], Momordica charantia, ...

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...

Research and extension programmes on postharvest handling and marketing of fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants are described. Crops covered include apples, avocados, bananas, carambolas, Citrus, longans, litchis, mangoes, pawpaws, pineapples, rambutans, cucurbits, tomatoes, and foliage and...

This aim of this article was to present indigenous alternate fruits for dates based on critical review of selection criteria for local prophetic fruits in Malaysia. Malaysia produces a wide variety of tropical fruits like mango, watermelon, pineapple, banana, papaya, starfruit and durian. 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...

Studies were conducted to provide a design of an upland agricultural development plan that integrates the biophysical, social, financial and market factors for sustainable implementation in Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines. Market scanning, through the use of a 10-year moving average farm gate price...

This article attempts to bring to light several potential raw material and ingredient resources abundantly available in India but are remaining unexploited or under-exploited as yet: (a) cultivated fruits - jackfruit, banana, passion fruit, pomegranate, ber (Ziziphus jujuba), capegooseberry, melons ...

The objective of this study was to quantify and spatialize the agricultural composition and current land use in part of the Irrigation perimeter Nilo Coelho from the Landsat 8 satellite digital image classification. At first we performed the unsupervised classification image related to January...

Background: Phytophagous insects differ in their degree of specialisation on host plants, and range from strictly monophagous species that can develop on only one host plant to extremely polyphagous species that can develop on hundreds of plant species in many families. Nutritional compounds in...

This study was conducted in the Chittagong district of Bangladesh to explore the impact of emissions from brick kilns on crop yields from agricultural lands which were located at distances of 100, 101-500, 501-1000, and 1001-2000 m from brick kilns. The survey was conducted by using a...