Year 2023 - Volume 30 - Issue 3
31 December 2023

8 articles found

Rocket salad aroma is affected by sampling method, species and degree of leaf damage

Natasha D. Spadafora et al.

Rocket salad is a valuable commercial product often sold as a bagged ready to eat salad. Two different species from the Brassicaceae family are sold as rocket salad: Diplotaxis tenuifolia and <...

Evaluating spearmint’s morphological and physiological responses under different artificial lighting systems

Awais Ali et al.

Indoor agriculture is becoming more relevant as a result of artificial lighting, which makes it possible to increase productivity, improve quality and cultivate where natural light is insufficient. Th...

Foliar applications of calcium and potassium increase cracking resistance and enhance fruit quality in sweet cherries

Alice Varaldo et al.

Sweet cherry production represents a competitive sector with important economic prospects but faces many challenges. Rain-induced cracking stands out as a particular issue, as it has been linked to yi...

Hydropriming and plant-based protein hydrolysate biostimulants impact the primary and secondary metabolites of brassicaceous microgreens differentially

Michele Ciriello et al.

Interest in the sustainability of intensive agroecological systems has triggered a growing appeal to the world of biostimulants. However, the interaction of biostimulants with microgreens has not yet ...

Dynamic changes of blue/red light supply affect yield, biometrical and biochemical characteristics of tomato cultivars

Dmitry Kravchenko et al.

The utilization of Light Emitting Diodes (LED) is considered one of the most impacting innovations in modern tomato production systems. The characteristics of artificial light supplied to tomato in gr...

Effective application frequency of selected plant extracts on potato growth and yield parameters

Marie Chantal Mutimawurugo et al.

Few researches studied the effect of plant extracts on potato growth and yield performance. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of three application frequencies (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) of ...

Assessing grapevine water status using Sentinel-2 images

Giovanni Caruso, Giacomo Palai

Grapevine water status strongly impacts vine yield and berry quality, hence the importance of a cost- and time-effective methodology to estimate it in commercial vineyards. A two-year experiment was c...

Optimizing nitrogen fertilization for enhanced onion productivity in the Brazilian Cerrado: dose and fertilizer type effects

Elen Saturnino Ferreira et al.

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the dose and source of nitrogen (N) fertilizers on plant vegetative growth, productivity, and quality of onion bulbs in the conditions of the Brazilia...

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