Showing papers in "Scientia Horticulturae in 2021"

TL;DR: P. indica has the stimulated roles in plant growth and P acquisition of trifoliate orange, and thus has more applied potentiality in citriculture than AMF as a biofertilizer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of melatonin on tomato plant growth and development in salinity condition were investigated, and the results showed that melatonin pretreatment significantly escalates the salinity tolerance of tomato seedlings by scavenging the excessive ROS and improving cellular membrane stability of, thus mitigating salinity-induced oxidative damage.

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of copper nanoparticles as a treatment for Fusarium wilt and the role of Cu-NPs in promoting tomato plant growth were studied, and the results suggest that copper nanomaterials may be used as both a source of micronutrients in cases of soil copper deficiency and as a fungicide.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used multiple linear regression (MLR) and artificial neural networks (ANN) to assess the predictive ability of models to predict SSC, TAC, and SSC/TAC in fruits based on mineral elements in fruits.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pots trial was performed to verify the impacts of maize grain extract foliar application on growth, physio-biochemical attributes, and productivity of faba bean plants exposed to drought (40% of soil capacity), salinity (150mM NaCl), or cadmium (2.0mM Cd2+) stress versus absence of stress as a control.

TL;DR: A method is proposed to classify the maturity level of FFB into three classes: raw, ripe, and half-ripe based on colour and texture features, which is not restricted only to palm oil but can also be applied to other fruits.

TL;DR: This work summarizes current literature related to Seed priming in the field of horticulture, and specifically the impact of seed priming on inducing resistance to major abiotic and biotic stresses and identifies major gaps in technology which should be addressed in future studies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize scientific and industry evidence on crop growth and development including root and shoot development, plant water relations, and yield response to water, and critique the importance of irrigation scheduling for maximising irrigation efficiency.

TL;DR: In this paper, a four-season experiment was conducted on drip-irrigated greenhouse tomato during Autumn 2015-Spring 2017 with three irrigation regimes, i.e., 100 %ETc (crop evapotranspiration) (W1), 75 % ETc (W2), and 50 %ETC (W3), and the results showed that aboveground biomass, leaf area index, plant height and fruit yield increased with increasing irrigation amount.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on fruit firmness, cell wall modification and energy metabolism on postharvest blueberry were investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of 10 % CO2 on reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism and antioxidant capacity in fresh-cut pear were investigated, and the results showed that CO2 effectively inhibited ROS accumulation during a 5-day storage, accompanied by reducing the content of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide anion radical (O2−).

TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted under field conditions to investigate the effects of different soil mulching on tomato development and yield for fresh consumption, and two experiments were conducted, one in the fall-winter and the other in the spring-summer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the differences between the singular and combined (foliar and soil) applications of SiNPs on the ornamental model marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) using different concentrations of amorphous SINPs in pot experiments carried out under open field conditions during two consecutive seasons.

TL;DR: Evaluating the use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and organic liquid fertilizers on soilless cultivation of basil found the inoculum of the substrate with PGPR had no significant effect on basil plant growth but showed to be effective in decreasing the nitrate content of basil leaves.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of exogenous application of hydrogen sulfide (NaHS) and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in persimmon fruit during storage at 2'°C for 45 days was studied.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that jasmonic acid (JA) and putrescine (Put), a major polyamine, are both accumulated in tomato plants upon cold treatment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed a greenhouse experiment for assessing the morphological, physiological and biochemical responses of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) to three nitrogen equivalent rates (0.05, 0.15, and 0.25 g N/kg) of an animal-derived protein hydrolysate (A-PH) and a vegetal-derived PH (V-PH).

TL;DR: It is suggested that the 75 % FC treatment can be introduced as an acceptable drought level that T. minuta showed sufficient resistance.

TL;DR: Considering the results of all quality parameters, the winter jujube fruit harvested at half-red maturity stages were the ideal harvest maturity for long-term low temperature storage attributing to its stable storability and a higher consumer acceptability after cold storage.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of melatonin (MT) treatment on the edible qualities and lignification in loquat fruit during cold storage (4 °C) for 25 days were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the major scientific methods used for the reduction of bitterness in the citrus fruit juices are lye treatment, addition of sugars, β-cyclodextrin, hot water treatment, cellulose acetate layers, enzymatic methods using microbial consortia.

TL;DR: Chilling injury is the major limitation in shelf life extension and quality conservation of sweet pepper fruits subjected to below optimum storage temperature and needs to be addressed.

TL;DR: It was preliminarily determined that PavbHLH1, -18, -28, -60, -61, -65 and -66 may be involved in regulating the responses to cold stress in sweet cherry.

TL;DR: AMMI ANOVA indicated significant G × E interaction for all the traits, Leaf Area Index (LAI), YPP, Harvest Index (HI), Dry Matter (DM) and Starch Yield per Plant (SYP), indicating the possibility of high genetic gains for these traits through selection.

TL;DR: In this article, Salicylic acid (SA) has been used as an abiotic stress mitigating agent in various crops including tomato, and two experiments were conducted to assess the effects of SA applied as a foliar spray and as a seed priming material on growth, yield, and fruit quality of grape tomato under drought stress.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors tested both different Se concentrations (00, 10, 20, 20 and 40 μmol Se L−1) supplied via fertigation and grafting on a tomato in soilless culture.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of 200μmol•L−1 melatonin on the organoleptic quality and antioxidant system of "Newhall" navel orange stored under ambient conditions for 84 days post-harvest.

TL;DR: The combination of biofertilizers with organic manures (especially, FYM and vermicompost) should be used for sustainably higher production of quality strawberries especially under organic farming system.

TL;DR: The results showed that the SnRK1 gene expression was higher in broccoli florets treated with 150 nM PSKα, which may warrant sufficient intracellular availability of ATP, and lower mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening may avoid ROS accumulation.

TL;DR: The results of field and greenhouse experiments showed that the application of both humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA) improved the growth parameters, photosynthetic pigments, and antioxidants of yarrow as discussed by the authors.