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Year 2022 - Volume 29 - Issue 1
29 April 2022

14 articles found

Sustainability as the main driver of present-day horticultural advancement

Boris Basile et al.

Two years of COVID-19 pandemic have unquestionably highlighted several aspects of vulnerability of the major economic sectors - including food production - as we designed them before the occurrence of...

The unzipping of sweet cherry fruit skin and strategies to prevent it

Moritz Knoche et al.

Rain cracking in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) imposes a severe limitation on commercial producers of this high value fruit. In recent years, considerable progress has been made in unraveling ...

DNA-informed breeding in sweet cherry: current advances and perspectives

José Quero-García et al.

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) world production has been steadily increasing in the last decades. Accordingly, breeders are releasing new cultivars at an unprecedented pace, in order to meet gr...

Cherry orchard planting systems and rootstocks in the age of precision and technology

Gregory A. Lang

The planting of a sweet cherry orchard is a commitment of land, infrastructure, and anticipated labor availability that must remain relevant, operational, and profitable for at least several decades. ...

Optimizing sweet cherry production efficiencies with mechanization

Matthew Whiting

Modern broad acre farming operations have benefitted from technological innovations that have revolutionized production practices (e.g., harvesting combines). In contrast, tree fruit production proces...

New post harvest technologies for high quality sweet cherries

Juan Pablo Zoffoli

Sweet cherry cultivation is growing worldwide with new production areas with a high volume of international transactions. The high perishability of fruit limits sales in demanding domestic markets, wh...

Planting a new cherry orchard system: evaluation of economic efficiency

Rino Ghelfi, Alessandro Palmieri

Cherry growing is going through an intense phase of renewal. Innovation’s economic and financial analysis is crucial for their success and diffusion. The study evaluates three types of planting at dif...

Microalgae in agricultural crop production

Nadezhda Golubkina et al.

Microalgae attract scientific interest due to their high potential as ecofriendly biostimulants, biofertilizers and bioprotectants against biotic and abiotic stresses. Literature reports reveal the po...

Modified Atmosphere Packaging and low temperature storage extend marketability of cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.)

Ilenia Tinebra et al.

Cherimoya is a subtropical fruit characterized by a delicious, sweet flavor and beneficial health properties, which found suitable growing conditions in the South of Italy. However, the marketing of t...

Comparison of selected biochemical characteristics of damask rose and dog rose under deficit irrigation conditions

Nader Adamipour et al.

In order to study the effects of drought at different days on biochemical characteristics of two rose species, a factorial experiment based on randomized complete design with three replications was co...

Irrigation improves tree physiological performances and nut quality in sweet chestnut

Giulio Demetrio Perulli et al.

Italy is one of the most important world chestnut producers. The majority of traditional sweet chestnut orchards are still non-irrigated since they are typically located in mountain-hill areas usually...

Exogenous melatonin application affects micro-morphological leaf traits of Melissa officinalis L.

Semra Kilic

Phytomelatonin is a multifunctional molecule playing an important role in plant growth and development. In the present research, we studied the effects of exogenous melatonin (MEL) application on micr...

Enzymatic profile of bell pepper (Capsicum annum) cv. ‘Yolo Wonder’ as affected by different edible coatings during cold storage

Usman Ajmal et al.

Edible coatings play an integral role in maintaining the postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables by acting as a semipermeable barrier against O₂, CO₂, and moisture, thus red...

Effects of various combinations of red and blue LEDs on seed germination and growth in Indian spinach (Basella alba L.)

Si-Hong Kim et al.

This study aimed to investigate the effects of various combinations of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the germination and growth of Indian spinach (Basella alba L.). For this purpose, we expos...

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