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During the last era, Life science has experienced unique progress, particularly in growth and development, and so is true with the regulation of fruit crops. Hence, the authors got an insight to write a book entitled "Advances in Growth Regulation of Fruit Crops". There are limited books with advanced knowledge on the growth and development of frui...
A comprehensive evaluation of the morphological variation of naturally occurring Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) in the North-Western Himalayan region of Indian Himalayas was carried out during 2021–2023. In the present investigation, 60 walnut genotypes from 12 distinct sites were analyzed for quantitative and qualitative (UPOV-TG/125/6) traits...
The steadily increasing presence of both natural and anthropogenic pollutants in our environment poses a considerable challenge, given the recalcitrance of many of these pollutants. Microbial bioremediation presents a promising and sustainable strategy that harnesses a diverse array of microorganisms, operating either concurrently or sequentially,...
The kiwifruit has been identified as an enormous fruit for mid-hill horticulture due to its wider adaptability and diversification. The size and quality of kiwifruit were affected by its market. As a result, appropriate canopy management and orchard techniques are key components in its production. Pruning and hand thinning, especially in kiwifruit,...
The synergy between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) has reshaped finance. This research attempts to explore and understand their impact on finance, delving into AI's role in predictive analytics, customer interactions, and algorithmic trading, alongside IoT's integration into financial instruments for data generation a...
Orchard replacement is not always desired because perennial crops have a long juvenile phase and it is a costly venture. On the other hand, revival of an old senile peach orchard is cost-effective and advantageous to the farmers. The orchard is given a fresh lease of life for many years. Thus, tree rejuvenation is a simple, time-saving, and cost-ef...
Water pollutants are an emerging environmental hurdle for crop production and human health risks. In recent decades, the removal of contaminants from water using a cutting-edge approach like biosorbents is a strategy that is both cost-efficient and sustainable. For instance, since biowaste from fruit crops implies the frequent occurrence of average...
COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION OF LOQUAT
Papaya, a tropical fruit known for its delectable taste and numerous health benefits, has gained popularity worldwide. India stands as one of the largest papaya producers globally. The present investigation focuses on studying the trends in papaya’s sustainable production in India, utilizing the autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) meth...
Seaweed extract (SWE) is a marine bioactive component that may be used as bio-stimulants in horticultural crops. The current study was conducted to determine the "Influence of seaweed extract on strawberry growth, yield, and quality" during the 2018–2019 growing season. The experiment included seaweed extract (SWE) at 0.75 mL/L during pre-flowering...
PurposeKiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa cv. Allison) is an important fruit crop of Indian lower Himalayas which respond significantly to nutrient management. Therefore, we aimed to improve the biochemical composition and fruit productivity, and the economics of kiwifruit under three contrasting nutrient management systems viz. Chemical Fertilizer Bas...
Effects of climatic variability at different altitudes on the fruit development and quality attributes of kiwifruit in the North -Western Himalayas of India were investigated. The experiment was carried out at five attitudinal locations (1090, 1275, 1425, 1543, and 1924 m above mean sea level) and with two cultivars viz. Hayward and Allison. It was...
The kiwifruit [Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) C.F. Liang & A.R. Ferguson] has attained significant importance for commercial cultivation in the mid-Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent during the last three decades. The fruit quality matching international standards has remained a concern. Keeping in mind the bio-stimulatory effects of seawe...
In recent times, the existence of microplastics in the food chain has emerged as a physiological stressor and a multifactorial food safety issue, necessitating an immediate strategic perspective due to the associated human health and eco-toxicological risks. To the best of our knowledge, edible fruit crop facts have not yet been compiled, despite t...
In recent decades, organic kiwifruit farming has come up as a feasible method for high-quality kiwi production without using chemical fertilizers. The primary objective of this research was to investigate how the sole application of organic and the combined application of organic manures affected the growth, yields, and quality of Allison kiwifruit...
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Kiwifruit is the one crop that has gained momentum in recent years under the changing climatic scenario. In temperate fruit crops, dormancy is critical in the regulation of crop cycle events like the time of bud break, and inadequate chill units can severely reduce yield potential. To assess advanced cultivation alternatives for kiwifruit cultivars...
The strawberry plant is an herbaceous perennial and having a shallow root system needs effective nutrient management. The conventional farming system involves the enormous use of chemicals which leads to the degradation of plant and soil health. On the contrary, organic fruit production is more beneficial for plant health and organic fruit producti...
The experiment was laid out on 10 years old plants of four commercial low chill cultivars namely; Tropic Sweet, Early Grande, Florida Prince and Pratap. The whole program of study was split into two experiments. First experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) for standardization of optimum harvest maturity for these cultivars. The...
The global food system is a key contributor to climate change and causes widespread environmental damage. Its lack of diversity and inability to produce sufficient fruits and vegetables are leading to a worldwide health catastrophe. The unexpected variety of underutilized species is progressively renowned to be dynamic to environmental health and p...
Cultivation of Karonda (Carrisa carandas)
Training and pruning of kiwifruit
The present study was carried out in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh during 2019-20 and 2020-21 to characterize the seedling tree population of walnut (Juglans regia L.). Based on non-metric characters, 98 seedling walnut trees were categorized and the results showed significant variation that allowed for the addition of better types to the...
Climate change is impacting agriculture through a rise in greenhouse gases, higher temperatures and extreme precipitation patterns, with adverse consequences such as hailstorms in horticultural and fruit crops. Hail is ice precipitation, usually more than 5 mm in diameter, that is formed in thunderstorms. Hailstorms contain hail particles formed wh...
Source-sink relationships and the management of carbon partitioning among sinks in plants help us to understand crop physiology and yield limiting issues. The effect of variable leaf fruit ratio alone or in combination with girdling on the yield and fruit quality performance of nectarine peach cv. Silver King was analysed. With increasing leaf frui...
The world population is expected to be around 9 billion by 2050 which would be 34 per cent greater than the today’s population. This will enhance the food demand to match the rising population. Horticultural commodities in general and fruit in the particular has been designated as the source of nutraceuticals. For reaching up optimum level of produ...
The present investigation entitled “Effect of girdling on yield and quality of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa Chev.) raised through different propagation methods was carried out during 2019-20 at Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan, Himachal Pradesh. Ten years old vines of uniform size and vigour, planted at 4.0 m × 6...
The increasing cost of fertilizers and growing ecological concerns have created considerable interest on the use of organics as a source of plant nutrients and boosting microbial activities. The present study was carried out to elucidate the effects of different organic manures viz; Farmyard manure (FYM), Vermicompost (VC) and Poultry manure on vin...
Climate change is expected with the ever rising human population on the planet earth. The different anthropogenic
activities have resulted in increased levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs), higher temperatures, aberrant
precipitation patterns, and other climate changes, calling for advanced restitution techniques. Renewable energy
sources have gained...
Kiwifruit is a dioecious plant requiring cross pollination. The nectar in kiwifruit flowers is negligible which makes it less attractive to honey bees. Hand pollination is a common practice for effective pollination but this practice is inevitable, laborious and time consuming. Spraying of bee attractants during the periods of anthesis can be helpf...
A study was conducted to elucidate the effect of different top working methods for quality scion wood production of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.)" in the Department of Fruit Science, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.) India in 2019-2020. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design consisting of...
The energy exchange ratio of cultivation and different parameter values of input affecting the organic production of kiwifruit in the mid-hill Himalayan region of India during 2017 and 2018 was determined. The experimental trial was divided into 7 organic treatment i.e. T1 to T3 was sole application on equivalence 100 per cent Dairy manure (DM), Ve...
The best time of planting of cutting was found to be the rainy season. In case of fig dormant straight wood cutting were found at par with heelwood cuttings. The performance of these cuttings was further improved when these were treated with 500 ppm IBA and planted in nursery beds being fertilized@ 5 Kg FYM, 25 g each of N, P, K per square meter of...
Nowadays, rapid increases in anthropogenic activities have resulted in increased greenhouse gases (GHGs; CO2, CH4, N2O) release in the atmosphere, resulting in increased global mean temperature, aberrant precipitation patterns, and several other climate changes that affect ecological and human lives on this planet. This article reviews the adaptati...
Wine Quality: Varietal Influence
The demand for quality food is expected to increase with the rising population across the globe. Fruits are a major source of nutraceuticals, yet nutrient depletion in soils is altering fruit cultivation. Conventional fertilizers have raised food production after the green revolution, yet intensive agriculture has induced soil degradation and food...
The present investigation was conducted on 6 years old kiwifruit vines cultivar ‘Allison’ at a spacing of 4.0 m × 6.0 m for two consecutive years 2018-19 and 2019-20 at experimental block of Department of Fruit Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP). The experiment was laid out in triplicate in Randomized B...
The present investigation was conducted on 6 years old kiwifruit vines cultivar 'Allison' at a spacing of 4.0 m × 6.0 m for two consecutive years 2018-19 and 2019-20 at experimental block of Department of Fruit Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP). The experiment was laid out in triplicate in Randomized B...
Building a strong brand is essential part of the marketing strategies of any firm in the era competition. There are four building blocks of any brands viz. Brand awareness, brand association, brand attitude and brand loyalty. Firms basically adopt communication strategies to enhance the brand awareness among customers. This study tried to examine w...
The present study was conducted to explore the possibilities of blueberry cultivation as a new fruit for diversification. Adaptation trials were conducted during 2015-17 under mid-hill conditions (Solan) of Himachal Pradesh. Seven blueberry varieties namely Biloxi, Bluecrop, Misty, Sharpblue, Arlene, Legacy and Reveille were introduced from Michiga...
Profuse flowering and fruiting creates high demand for a limited source of carbohydrates, which affects fruit set and development. These plenty number of flowers and fruits must be reduced to allow the trees to produce fruit that meets market expectations for size, colour and quality. The concept of source-sink relationship and the regulation of ca...
Jalgaon city towards cause of air pollution. Study reveals that awareness and attitude of motorcycle users in Jalgaon city towards air pollution is positive but it lacks actions from their side to minimize the pollution. Study covers various policy measures to control the same with emphasis on common directed efforts of human society.
This paper explores the underlying factors behind high gold demand in India. It involves Univariate analysis to study the drivers of gold demand as well as correlation analysis examined the correlation between purchase of gold for investment purpose and purchase of gold for consumption purpose. Prestige of ownership, fashion, rituals of Diwaly & Ak...
India is the 2 nd largest fruits producer after china. The cultivated land resources is reducing day by day. Green-Revolution gives a direction to developing countries for self-dependendency in food production. Plant requirement is macro nutrients and micro nutrients which are required for the crops production Nutrients is one of crucial element of...
Air pollution is most imperative issue in the
21st century among all others. There is no need to
reiterate its importance. The present research paper
covers the study of air pollutants and its effects on
human health and property. Further it focuses
comparative study of emission standard between India
and Europe and role of government to control ai...
In kiwifruit, there is heavy water requirement for its cultivation, thus, there is a need to screen out various cultivars which can be easily adaptable to those areas where water availability is very less. Five cultivars viz., Allison, Hayward, Abbott, Monty and Bruno were subjected to two irrigation levels viz., irrigation at 80 per cent and 60 pe...
The studies were undertaken to evaluate the performance of some exotic walnut varieties (Lara, Meylannaise and Ronde de Montignac) and local selections (Pratap, Govind and Kotkhai Selection) for tree growth, yield and nut quality characteristics under rainfed conditions of high hills of North Western Himalayan region of India. All the varieties und...
A single polypeptide low molecular weight 25 KDa thaumatin-like antifungal protein was purified
from Hayward variety of kiwifruits. It was purified to apparent homogeneity involving saline
extraction, (NH
4
)
2
SO
4
precipitation, anion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and gel
filtration on Sephadex G-100, respectively. In present work...
Wine is one of the oldest known alcoholic beverages, tracing its antiquity to at least 5000. BC, and is known to have been prepared by the Assyrians by 3500. BC. It has always been considered a safe healthy drink, a therapeutic agent having medicinal power (antioxidant and antimicrobial activity), enhancing longevity, reducing cardiovascular diseas...
Air pollution is most imperative issue in the
21st century among all others. There is no need to
reiterate its importance. The present research paper
covers the study of air pollutants and its effects on
human health and property. Further it focuses
comparative study of emission standard between India
and Europe and role of government to control ai...
Approximately more than 400 street food vendors are serving foods in Jalgaon city. On an average 50 % population
prefers food offered by street food vendors. This signifies the volume of street food vending business as well as volume
of public health at risk due to the unhygienic practices adopted by them. The present study is undertaken to ascerta...
Air pollution is most imperative issue in the
21st century among all others. There is no need to
reiterate its importance. The present research paper
covers the study of air pollutants and its effects on
human health and property. Further it focuses
comparative study of emission standard between India
and Europe and role of government to control ai...
Cash flow statement is an important tool to analyze the cash position of business firm. It can denote changes in cash position during two financial years. Concern is the world’s second largest manufacturer of micro irrigation system and the business model of concern is loaded with heavy working capital as huge fund is blocked in trade receivables....
Leverage analysis is an important tool in the hands of business firm. Through leverage analysis firm can analyze the impact of fixed cost expenses on return to equity share holders during fluctuating revenue. This is a case study measuring the impact of fixed cost expenses on return to equity share holders. Data is retrived from the financial state...
Walnuts (Juglans regia L.) are nutritionally rich finest nut crop of temperate regions having beneficial effect on the human health. Five different walnut cultivars grown in the temperate region of Himachal Pradesh namely; Kotkhai Selection, Govind, Lara, Partap and Maylannise were selected and evaluated for their physical characteristics, nutritio...
A study was conducted to improve fruit yield and quality in nectarine through pruning. Six-year old plants of two cultivars, Silver King and Snow Queen, were given nine different pruning treatments, with three replications, in Complete Randomized Block Design. Results showed that on increasing pruning intensity, fruit yield decreased, while quality...
A field trial was undertaken to study the effect of pre-conditioning treatments, IBA and collection time on the rooting of kiwifruit semi-hardwood cuttings. The experiment comprised of various treatments, viz., Blanching, girdling, IBA @ 5000 ppm, blanching + girdling, blanching + IBA @ 5000 ppm, girdling + IBA @ 5000 ppm. In order to standardize t...
Fruits of ‘Hayward’, ‘Allison’, Abbott’, ‘Bruno’ and ‘Monty’ cultivars of kiwifruit were evaluated for weight loss (WL), decay rot, fruit firmness, total phenolics, rates of ethylene production and respiration, antioxidant (AOX) activity, polygalacturonase (PG) and lipoxygenase (LOX) enzyme activities and quality attributes at ambient conditions (2...
Artificial pollination using liquid pollen extenders is a labour saving method as well as it also increases the efficiency of pollination. An attempt was made to develop effective and relatively cheap pollen extenders for spray pollination and also to compare different pollination methods. Different liquid pollen extenders containing basal sucrose...
The present investigation was carried out on eight year old Hayward kiwifruit vines to study the effect of Dormex on bud-break, flowering and yield. Treatments included spray of Dormex (2&4%) on February 10th, 20th and March 2nd. Application of 4% Dormex on 10th February, i.e., 40 days prior to anticipated date of natural bud-break, resulted in adv...
Kiwifruit is a dioecious plant and there is a strong correlation between fruit size and the number of fertilized ovules. Insufficient pollination due to asynchrony between staminate and pistillate blossoms and unfavourable environmental conditions results in reduced fruit size and unequal fruit shape. In the present investigation an attempt was mad...
A study was conducted to observe the effect of different types of heat shrinkable films on shelf-life and quality of kiwifruits stored under ambient conditions. Fully mature kiwifruits of cv. Allison were shrink-wrapped in three heat shrinkable films like Cryovac (9 μ), polyolefin (13 μ) and LDPE (25 μ) and unwrapped fruits served as control. The f...
The studies were conducted to see the effect of nine different pruning intensities on vegetative growth and yield of nectarine. The highest pruning intensity, viz., 60%thinning out + 3/4 heading back was given to the plants, resulted in significant increase in the trunk growth, leaf area and fruit weight. The increased pruning intensity decreased t...
Introduction. Kiwifruit is a typical climacteric fruit, which grows profitably well in sub-temperate climatic conditions. The major problem with kiwifruit is that it does not ripen for about a week at room temperature but after this period there is a sudden rise in the respiration rate and fruits remain in edible condition for only a few days, givi...
A study was conducted to elucidate the effect of pre-conditioning treatments, IBA and collection time on the rooting of semi-hardwood cuttings of kiwifruit under intermittent misting at Dr YS Parmar university of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, HP during the year 2008-09. The experiment comprised of eight treatments viz blanching, girdling, IBA @...
