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Horticulturae, Volume 4, Issue 3

September 2018 - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,013 Views
11 Pages

Postharvest Techniques to Prevent the Incidence of Botrytis Mold of ‘BRS Vitoria’ Seedless Grape under Cold Storage

  • Allan Ricardo Domingues,
  • Sergio Ruffo Roberto,
  • Saeed Ahmed,
  • Muhammad Shahab,
  • Osmar José Chaves Junior,
  • Ciro Hideki Sumida and
  • Reginaldo Teodoro De Souza

‘BRS Vitoria’ (Vitis spp.) is a novel hybrid seedless table grape recommended for cultivation in tropical and subtropical areas, especially for overseas export. The main postharvest disease of this cultivar is botrytis or gray mold (Botry...

  • Article
  • Open Access
72 Citations
9,487 Views
13 Pages

The objective of this study was to characterize growth, water-use efficiency (WUE), stomatal conductance (gs), SPAD index values, and shoot nitrogen uptake of two lettuce cultivars grown under different percentages of blue and red light. The treatmen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
11,673 Views
14 Pages

A Comparison between Organic and Conventional Olive Farming in Messenia, Greece

  • Håkan Berg,
  • Giorgos Maneas and
  • Amanda Salguero Engström

Olive farming is one of the most important occupations in Messenia, Greece. The region is considered the largest olive producer in the country and it is recognized as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for Kalamata olive oil, which is considered...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,810 Views
23 Pages

Owing to persistent challenges of food and nutritional insecurity, recent literature has focused on the role diversity of farm production has on food consumption diversity, particularly for smallholder households. Yet, the relationship between farm p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
10,958 Views
16 Pages

Assessing Purchase Patterns of Price Conscious Consumers

  • Alicia Rihn,
  • Hayk Khachatryan and
  • Xuan Wei

Price greatly influences consumers’ purchasing decisions. Individuals whose decisions are primarily driven by price are said to be ‘price conscious’. To date, studies have focused on defining price consciousness and identifying fact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,271 Views
10 Pages

Lettuce Biomass Accumulation and Phytonutrient Concentrations Are Influenced by Genotype, N Application Rate and Location

  • T. Casey Barickman,
  • William L. Sublett,
  • Carol Miles,
  • Danielle Crow and
  • Ed Scheenstra

The purpose of this research is to determine how increasing levels of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, locations, and cultivars affected yields, biomass accumulation, and polyphenol concentrations in lettuce. This study is carried out at the North Mississip...

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