Virtual format for 2020 course

Fruit development, ripening and postharvest

Review on non-biological methods of decontamination published

IPM strategy could increase cashew nut quality and net profit

This directory of tropical and subtropical fruits and tree nuts collections supersedes the one published by IBPGR in 1984. The 64 269 accessions that are documented, representing 191 genera and 879 species, are divided into 14 crop sections. The collections documented are maintained by 242...

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, ...

The aims of this study were: to develop blends of flour with a high nutritional value, based on Andean crops, for weaning children and pre-school age children; to establish the nutritional value of such products, through chemical analysis and biological tests; and to produce these blends at a small ...

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 research referred to in the title is that conducted by the Philippine College of Agriculture during the 25 years of its existence. A few items only can be mentioned there. Cacao. Forestero proved the most suitable cacao for local conditions. It gave a higher yield under shade than in the open. ...

The growing of rare, traditional and exotic fruit species is discussed. Information is outlined on demand for dried fruit in Italy, production of chestnut, walnut, hazelnut and pistachio cultivars. Growing is also discussed of May Duke, Invicta, Poorman and Rote Triumph gooseberries; Canby,...