Exceptionally low temperatures, dropping to about 24° F., were experienced at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the winters of 1947-48 and 1948-49. Meteorological conditions preceding the frosts are described; both winters were characterized by a deficiency in rainfall. Observations are ...

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 severe hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 230 km/h and gusts exceeding 280 km/h, passed through south Florida's main area of tropical and subtropical fruit production on 24 Aug. 1992. Various types of damage to crops and trees are described. In general, older and taller trees suffered...

The Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida is a group of commercial growers who organized nearly 20 years ago to represent our industry. Chris Rollins, who is the current director of Miami Dade's Fruit and Spice Park, spearheaded the idea to form this organization. Chris saw that there were many...

Notes on the climatic requirements and culture of the following trees with edible fruits are given:- Amelanchier spp., Elaeagnus umbellata, E. philippensis, Shepherdia argentea, Prunus salicifolia, P. subcordata, P. tomentosa, carob, Cudrania tricuspidata, Ugni molinae, crab apples (Malus spp.),...

Fourteen tropical fruits from south Florida (red guava, white guava, carambola, red pitaya (red dragon), white pitaya (white dragon), mamey, sapodilla, lychee, longan, green mango, ripe mango, green papaya and ripe papaya) were evaluated for phenolic compounds, anti-oxidant activity, ascorbic acid ...

A severe hurricane struck Dade County, Florida on 24 Aug. 1992 and devastated much of the acreage of subtropical and tropical fruit crops. A survey was conducted 10-15 months later, in avocado, lime cv. Tahiti [Citrus latifolia], mango, carambola, guava, longan, litchi, mamey sapote [Pouteria ...

Brief descriptions of the plants and the conditions needed for their cultivation in California are given for Annona cherimola, Cyphomandra betacea, Carica pentagona, Litchi chinensis, Euphoria longan [Dimocarpus longan], Mangifera indica, Pouteria sapota, Averrhoa carambola, Diospyros digyna [D....

Recently, occurrence of rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus, was noticed in Purba Midnapur and Howrah districts of West Bengal during April 2019 on coconut (Cocos nucifera), banana (Musa spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), sapota (Manilkara zapota), Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis...

These proceedings include papers presented at the 15th Annual International Tropical Fruit Conference held during October 21-23, 2005 at Hilo, Hawaii. Papers presented include: an overview of tropical fruit production in Thailand; postharvest research and treatments on rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum...