Horticulture - Science topic

A NTIRRHINUM majus is a winter annual plant, it can grow in new areas with sandy soil, which contains low levels of nutrients. A pot experiment was conducted during the two successive seasons of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 in the greenhouse of the Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Giza, Egypt, to explore the effect of Moringa Seed Cake (MSC) as natural fertilizat...

The exploitation of plant genetic resources is an important and rapid strategy to release commercial cultivars. In this study, 234 sour cherry genotypes were collected from various locations of Iran and phenotypically assessed according to IPGRI and UPOV descriptors. The genotypes were grafted onto Mahaleb rootstock and were planted in Horticultura...

Despite the adverse effects of late spring frost on the ecological and economic impact on agriculture, the management of these events are poorly investigated. Therefore, the grounded theory was used for extracting the livelihood stabilization model of orchardists on the shores of Lake Urmia against late spring frosts. The statistical population of...

Land snails are a destructive agricultural pest in economic crops, but the populations for that pest are highly influenced by temperature and humidity, therefore climatic changes affected their behavior, distribution and population dynamics, for these reasons researchers should follow up on the changes in their behavior, distribution, and populatio...

Stainless steel is increasingly being used in architectural structures, especially in large space structures which pursue artistic effects. Although stainless steel has better fire resistance than carbon steel, fire retardant coatings are rarely used for stainless steel structures. Based on the 11th Jiangsu Horticultural Expo, a 1:4 scale model was...

Knowing the phenology and phyllochron of strawberry cultivars allows the establishment of phytotechnical managements aimed at enhancing the productive chain of this horticultural crop. Thus, the objective of this work was to investigate whether phenology and phyllochron differ among strawberry cultivars grown in substrate and greenhouse. The treatm...

One pot experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from November 2013 to April 2014. BARI Tomato-5 was used as planting material. The two-factor experiment was laid out in RCBD with four replications. The factors were; Factor A: Five levels of sodium (Na) salt such as, (i) L0:...

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara L.) is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family that has been used as an ancient folk remedy to treat coughs, bronchitis, and asthmatic disorders. Ripe seeds were collected from T. farfara plants growing in Pole Zangholeh, Iran, in this study. Samples were gathered by the Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) Department of...

Climbing plants are groups of plants that often have unique horticultural uses because of their beauty-imparting features. They are plants that develop upright and depend on other plants or structures for growth and development. Several families, such as Cucurbitaceae, Convolvulaceae, Dioscoreaceae, etc., are exclusively climbers. The prevalence...

In 2022, a test performance study (TPS) assessing the influence of different master mixes on the performance of the tetraplex real-time PCR (TqPCR) assay was organized. TqPCR allows for the specific detection and identification of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) subspecies in a single reaction. Seventeen official laboratories of the Italian National Plant...

Monitoring water quality metrics is essential for managing water quality and safeguarding aquatic life. The NIT Silchar Lake has been a place for survival place for many aquatic plants and migratory birds. The lake water is typically used on campus for horticultural purposes. However, the peasants living close to campus use the lake water for drink...

The experiment was conducted at the Post Harvest Technology Lab, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P) during the year 2021 - 2022. The experiment comprised of 10 different treatments including control and to produce new value addition in guava fruit bar, beetroot puree and other dry fruit powders, such as cashew, almond, and pistachi...

Abstract Floriculture plays a pivotal role in India’s horticultural sector, contributing significantly to its agricultural economy and global market presence. The chapter begins by elucidating the historical development of floriculture in India, tracing its roots from traditional practices to the modern, export- oriented industry it has become toda...

This study was carried out to evaluate five new genotypes of okra( Alexandria 1,Alexandria 2,Line 1 ,Line 2, Line 3 ), It was found that "Alexandria 2" variety gave the highest mean values for edible weight,diameter, and dry weight of the pod. Meanwhile,"Alexandria 1" variety and "line1" had the longest pod, but "line 2" had the shortest one, Where...

The harvest phase plays an important role in the whole process of production of tomato fruit. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure a technological process that will not damage biological materials. The harvest phase plays an important role in the whole process. Many growers use special machines for harvesting, but there are fruits and vegetables th...

This study evaluated the yield potential and quantitative marketable traits of 7 developing potato clones comparing with 2 check varieties to address the challenges of table potato production in Bangladesh. The research was conducted at the Farm of Horticulture Innovation Lab. BD., Department of Horticulture in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University...

In 2021-22 the North Worcestershire Archaeology Group (NWAG) undertook test pit excavations at Hillgrove, Boreley Lane, Ombersley. This work aimed to identify and record potential archaeological features, deposits, and finds at the site, including those associated with the nearby Roman settlement at Holt Fleet Caravan Park and the documented histor...

The present investigation was conducted to evaluate influence of nutrient management using bio-organic manure on bio-chemicals in Aonla. The research was carried at Main Experiment Station, Horticulture, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P.) during the year 2021. It was laid out in a Randomized Bl...

ABSTRACT The growth in urbanization and industrialization is causing an increase in environmental pollution in cities and their surrounding areas. Additionally, the growing urban population requires a greater volume of fresh vegetables. In nature, heavy metals (HM) are widely distributed; when they gradually enter the soil-plant-consumer continuum...

Weeds are plants that are an integral part of the natural ecosystem. However, under an agroecosystem, they become unwanted and detrimental to crops, as well as to human interests. Therefore, it is true that a plant may be considered a weed in one place but not in another. Within an agroecosystem, weeds are the most harmful pests in agriculture, cau...

The present investigation was carried out at CRC-1 field of ITM University, Department of Horticulture, Gwalior, (M.P.) during winter season of 2022-23. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) replicated thrice including ten treatments T1 (Control), T2 (RDF 100:80:50 Kg/ha), T3 (FYM 15t/ha + Azotobacter 25% more + PSB 25% more)...

This paper analyses the urban toponymy of an infra-municipal nature (neighbourhoods, districts) in València to detect whether it describes landscapes of an urban nature, as would be expected due to its current built-up area, or of a rural nature, as a testimony to its traditional and millenary horticultural landscape (today minimised and fragmented...

Published in the quarterly newsletter of the Ottawa Horticultural Society, this article is one of a series designed to introduce the OHS Board to members.

The intensively developing horticultural therapy proves the healing power of human contact with nature. This article analyses the process of self-therapy taking place in contact between a person and a garden both as its guest (passive horticultural therapy mode) and as its host (active horticultural therapy mode). It has been established that passi...

It is the main objective of the present study to identify the factors affecting farmers’ unwillingness to convert their sloping agricultural lands into orchards. The study is a descriptive and survey one using a statistical population of 250 farmers in Galikesh County, Golestan Province, who rejected the idea of changing their sloping crop lands...

Urbanization is one of the key drives of change in the world today. Projections show that urbanization combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban population by 2020, with close to 90 percent of the increase concentrated in Asia and Africa, according to United Nations report. Rapid and un...

It is often assumed that in the collapse of the Aristotelian distinction between art and nature that results from the rise of mechanical philosophies in the early modern period, the collapse falls on the side of art. That is, all of the diversity among natures that was explained previously as differences among substantial forms came to be seen simp...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) is an important horticultural crop valued for its medicinal and culinary properties. Fusarium yellows, caused by the ascomycete fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. zingiberi (Foz), is a devastating soil-borne disease of ginger. It has curtailed ginger production in Australia and around the world, leading to signific...

Citrus is one of the major horticultural crops with high economic and nutraceutical value. Despite the fact that conventional research has developed numerous improved varieties, citriculture is still susceptible to various stresses and requires innovative solutions such as genetic engineering. Among all the currently available modern approaches, Ag...

The success of phenotypic selection depends upon the range of genetic diversity available in the population. The objectives of this research are to compare the horticultural characteristics of 23-yard-long bean genotypes and to identify the desired genotypes that would be in the breeding program. Therefore, 20 commercial cultivars of yard long bean...

Manipulation of light spectral composition is a useful tool to drive morphological, physiological and metabolic responses in several crops, ultimately improving yield and quality. Novel materials for greenhouse covering are being developed in order to make a better use of the available sunlight: among these are the cover films or panels incorporati...

Elevated global temperatures due to climate change have emerged as a significant concern for vegetable production. Heat stress drastically affects various physiological, developmental, and growth processes in horticultural crops. The temperature was enhanced gradually when the early sown plant was 50 days old (S1), the second sown plant was 40 days...

Organizing farmers into groups and linking them with quality markets have become very important due to the fast increasing number of small farmers in the Punjab and enhanced international demand for quality of agricultural commodities. This study observes that the earlier successful efforts by several government and NGO organizations in the Punjab...

Protected cultivation is one of the newest types of farming methods that can able crops that can be easy to generate is adopted for smart farming the plants that are cultivated can able to generate a new door for the increase of the GDP (gross domestic product) and also it gives a new environment and could provide a huge scope for the Protected cul...

Precise scene understanding is key for most robot monitoring and intervention tasks in agriculture. In this work we present PAg-NeRF which is a novel NeRF-based system that enables 3D panoptic scene understanding. Our representation is trained using an image sequence with noisy robot odometry poses and automatic panoptic predictions with inconsiste...

A field experiment was conducted on experimental farm of Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, during Rabi season 2015-16 to find out most optimum meteorological week for cultivation of tomato in rabi season, to study the relationship between meteorological parameters and yield in...

This study explores the significance of training methods in protected cultivation for horticulture, particularly focusing on tomato, capsicum, and cucumber crops. Protected cultivation involves controlling the microenvironment around the plant to maximize yield and resource efficiency. The primary objective of training methods is to shape the plant...

En este artículo se presenta un juego, el cual ha sido elaborado a partir de la detección de ciertas necesidades educativas en alumnos y alumnas de la etapa de Transición a la Vida Adulta y Laboral del Centro de Educación Especial “SAR la Infanta Doña Cristina” de San Fernando (Cádiz).Consiste en el montaje y gestión de un huerto a partir de una se...

The origin of landscape architecture educational programs dates back to the 19th century, when courses incorporating principles of ornamental planting and the art of laying out gardens and pleasure grounds were offered in different horticulture programs. Already, in the second century of its existence, landscape architecture has to face quite diffe...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disturbed the world's Agri-businesses. Several economies are attempting to demonstrate attempts to maintain agribusiness, the agriculture industry, and marketplaces, but distribution networks, access to markets, and affordable farm goods are still vulnerable. The poor and various disempowered populations, particularly...

An experiment was conducted at Fruit Science Nursery, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat, during 2022 to know the influence of IBA (Indole 3-butyric acid) concentrations, types of stem cutting and months on rooting responses of Dragon fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis) under the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh. The result of one year long...

The study at the Farm of Horticulture Innovation Lab. BD., Department of Horticulture in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh, aimed to assess potato clones (P 1106 and P 1117) and checks (Check 1 and Check 2) for production potential and industrial traits. To determine yield performance and industrial suitability growth parameters and...

Salient features of new bael varieties developed at Central Horticultural Experiment Station (ICAR-CIAH), Godhra, Gujarart is given in deatail

The present study was conducted at ICAR-Central Horticultural Experiment Station (CIAH-RS), Godhra, Gujarat during 2021-2022. The correlation coefficients among antioxidants, nutritional and physiological traits of bottle gourd varieties calculated and summarized by using the BLUPs. A strong positive correlation was found in CUPRAC with DPPH (r=1.0...

En este capítulo nos acercamos a las luchas que surgieron en las comunidades rurales de Portugal entre los años 50 y 70. Con la evolución de la política agraria, los campesinos de diversas regiones participaron de forma activa en la oleada de conflictos sociales en el final del régimen autoritario, algo que tuvo un impacto particular entre 1958 y 1...

A field experiment was carried out at Garden of Department of Horticulture Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur-208002 during the tenure of 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 to evaluate the flowering, physical fruit quality and yield through different pruning time, intensity and bagging of fruit in Mrig bah...

Reducing food loss in the horticultural sector is crucial to meet policy goals and support a transition towards more sustainable agriculture and eating habits. We quantified food loss in the Catalan horticultural sector for the year 2020 and estimated its economic value and main contributing products. Annual food loss is equivalent to 19 million €...

This study was conducted in the Tissue Culture laboratory of the Horticultural Department of the Faculty of Agriculture at Karbala University to investigate the effects of a light source (Florescent, LED) and adenine sulfate (Ads) a 0, 40, 80, and 120 mg l-1 on the multiplication and rooting of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. Results showed there are whic...

This book on soil analysis is framed based on the syllabus for Agricultural Science and accordingly it will serve as a text book for students of Agricultural, Horticultural Science, Home Science and Environmental Science besides the basic sciences. The main frame work of this book consists of 4 chapters and 40 sub topics and five annexure. The cont...

Fusarium diseases include wilts, blights, rots, and cankers of many horticultural, field, ornamental, and forest crops in both agricultural and natural ecosystems, and they significantly hinder food plant production. Here, we describe a novel mycovirus, tentatively designated as “Fusarium fusarivirus 1” (FuFV1), which was discovered in an isolate o...

The manuscript presents a comprehensive investigation into the propagation of hazelnut (Corylus) using semi-hardwood cuttings, with a particular emphasis on exploring various planting schemes to identify the most optimal approach. In an era where sustainable and efficient methods of horticultural propagation are crucial, this study contributes valu...

Journal of Fungi, SPECIAL ISSUE Fungal pathogens are responsible for a vast number of diseases in agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, and forestry. These diseases have a significant impact on the economics of developing and developed countries all over the world. Microscopic, metabolomic, and molecular biology methods allow for detailed invest...

The potential for vegetables in Indonesia is enormous. However, activities both upstream and downstream are still not well developed so that Indonesia is still importing horticulture to meet domestic needs. Because the potential for horticulture has not been maximized, the Ministry of Agriculture is holding a Horticultural Village program, one of w...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill) holds a prominent position within the spectrum of tree species in Uzbekistan, primarily due to its noteworthy nutritional and medicinal attributes. With approximately 400 distinct varieties having been developed in China, the task of introducing those best suited to our local conditions is of utmost importance. This ar...

Indoor agriculture is emerging as a promising approach for increasing the efficiency and sustainability of agri-food production processes. It is currently evolving from a small-scale horticultural practice to a large-scale industry as a response to the increasing demand. This led to the appearance of plant factories where agri-food production is au...

The field experiment carried out to study the effect of organic manures and biofertilizers on the growth, yield andquality of carrot, at experimental farm, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during2008-09, revealed that the Home / Documents / Influence of manures and biofertilizers on carrot … of manures and biofertil...

The orange and cherry industries in New South Wales, Australia, are major horticulture industries with a high export value. Climate change has resulted in the carbon footprint of products being used by consumers to guide purchases meaning that products with a relatively high carbon footprint risk losing market access. The carbon footprint of cherry...

Zinc (Zn) is a vital micronutrient for all living organisms, but in high concentrations, it is a major anthropogenic pollutant. In this study, it was investigated the effect of zinc excess concentrations (50, 100, and 150 mg kg−1) in the substrate on some physiological parameters and the dynamics of fatty acid (FA) content in yellow mustard (Sinapi...

T he orchids belong to the kingdom Plantae, order Asparagales and family Orchidaceae. There are 5 subfamilies, 22 tribes, 70 subtribes and 850 genera. They are herbaceous perennial monocot plants and epiphytic, terrestrial and lithophytic in nature. Orchids are distributed almost all over the world. They are unique for diversity in morphological ch...

So far, in the Sembalun area, business actors or agribusinesses of fresh food from plants such as vegetables and fruit have not yet made maximum efforts to obtain safe products for consumption, because they are very dependent on excessive chemical inputs. Likewise, few people in general care about Prima3 or Prima2 certification, because there has n...

In determining the utilization of the area, many government regulations have been made from the Central, Provincial, and Regional levels using a production data approach. However, it is getting different results with the same slice. The purpose of the study is to identify areas and determine priority agricultural commodities for food crops, horticu...

The present investigation was conducted in the Laboratory of Tissue Culture, Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Egypt. The objective of this study was to establish a micropropagation protocol suitable for three imported peach rootstocks {Okinawa (P. persica), Nemared (P. persica × P. davidiana) × P. persica) and G...

Field studies were carried out in 2017-2021. in horticultural farms of Central Russia. We analyzed 11 varieties of apple trees in four seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn) for the content of polyphenols in the rootstocks of apple trees - dwarf 62-396, semi-dwarf 54-118 and dwarf PB-9, grown on 7 types of soil: floodplain granular, floodplain la...

The article considers the possibilities of using the artificial intelligence in horticulture and viticulture. At present, the artificial intelligence technologies are actively used in agriculture, which make it possible to effectively determine crop yields, automate the cropping and storage of agricultural produce, determine the condition of the so...

Ensuring food independence and food safety is one of the most important issues of social and economic development of the Republic of Armenia. This has a key meaning, since in the current conditions of the social-economic and international policy of the Republic of Armenia, the role of supremacy of national interests and economic security of the sta...

This article examines the biology, ecology, phenology, lifestyle of the main pests that directly affect the growth and development of existing seed and legume orchards in Uzbekistan, according to studies conducted in different regions of the country in 2014-2019, dividing plant pests into three types. These xylophages damage the roots, trunks and b...

Citation: Yadav, I.; Sharma, V.; Kumar, M.; Yadav, L.P.; Mishra, A.; Singh, V.; Singh Dhanda, P.; Yadav, A.; Yadav, M.; Singh, S.K.; et al. Assessment of Gene Action and Identification of Heterotic Hybrids for Enhancing Yield in Field Pea. Horticulturae 2023, 9, 997. Abstract: Eight field pea parental lines and their twenty-eight F 1 s resulting fr...

This study was conducted in the Laboratory of Tissue culture, Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Egypt. The objective of this study was to establish a micropropagation protocol suitable for three imported peach rootstocks {Okinawa (P. persica), Nemared (P. persica × P. davidiana) × P. persica) and Garnem (P. dulci...

Artificial intelligence is the process by which humans create intelligent machines. It falls under the broad category of computer science that emphasizes the development of physical and intangible systems that not only behave intelligently but also exhibit behavior on a par with how people think and behave, achieving human-like performance in all c...

Geodorum eulophioides is a unique and endangered species belonging to the Orchidaceae family in China. It has great potential as an ornamental horticultural plant. However, little is known about its genetic diversity and reasons for being endangered due to its narrow distribution and few populations in the wild. To effectively evaluate and conserve...

Kenya’s horticulture sector is one of the key contributors to the country’s national income. In this paper, we apply Box-Jenkins SARIMA time series modeling approach to develop a time series model that best describes the income to Kenya’s economy from the export of horticulture produce. In the process of analysis, we considered monthly data from Au...

Horticulture assumes a huge part in the financial area. The mechanization in horticulture is the primary concern and the arising subject across the world. The populace is expanding hugely and with this increment the interest of food and business is likewise expanding. The customary strategies which were utilized by the ranchers, were not sufficient...

Horticulture assumes a huge part in the financial area. The mechanization in horticulture is the primary concern and the arising subject across the world. The populace is expanding hugely and with this increment the interest of food and business is likewise expanding. The customary strategies which were utilized by the ranchers, were not sufficient...

National food security begins with the provision of food in the smallest locations, mainly villages and sub-districts. Kemaro Island is part of Palembang City, which is administered by Kelurahan 1 Ilir Palembang City. Due to limited accessibility, circumstances for providing basic requirements, particularly food and clean water, are severely constr...

An experiment was conducted to compare and evaluate the greenhouse gas emissions from various components (crop, horticulture and livestock) and farming system models at IFS Unit, College farm, College of Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar during 2021-22 and 2022-23. Theintegrated farming system was planned for 1.00 acre area and consisted of four c...

The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), is one of the most harmful species to world horticulture, thus requiring suppression or eradication programs. The sterile insect technique is widely used for autocidal control of nuisance insects because it neither releases exotic agents into the environment nor introduces new...

To study the “Fruit Characteristics and Yield of Mango cv. Amrapali as Influenced by Bio-enhancers and Bio-fertilizers” a field experiment was conducted in the Garden, Department of Horticulture, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.) during 2020-2021. The experiment consists of seven treatments i.e., FYM (25 k...

The agriculture and horticulture industries generate many by-products while processing commodities, leading to significant environmental and societal dilemmas. Bioactive compounds obtained from by-products of plants are also known as ingredients in traditional medicines and the food industry due to their potential health benefits for humans as anti...