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Horticulturae, Volume 5, Issue 4

December 2019 - 14 articles

Cover Story: The abiotic stresses can induce a strong reduction of crops yield ranging from 50%–70%. The abiotic stresses can induce multiple physiological and biochemical responses in plants. Different crop species can have different sensitivity or tolerance to a specific stress. Plants may activate different strategies to adapt or avoid the negative effects of stresses. At the physiological level, photosynthetic activity and light-use efficiency of plants may be modulated to enhance tolerance against the stress. At the biochemical level, several antioxidant systems may be activated, and many enzymes may produce stress-related metabolites to avoid cellular damage. View this paper
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Articles (14)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,813 Views
15 Pages

Interaction of Tomato Genotypes and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi under Reduced Irrigation

  • Domenico Ronga,
  • Federica Caradonia,
  • Enrico Francia,
  • Caterina Morcia,
  • Fulvia Rizza,
  • Franz-W. Badeck,
  • Roberta Ghizzoni and
  • Valeria Terzi

Climate change is increasing drought events and decreasing water availability. Tomato is commonly transplanted to an open field after seedling production in a nursery, requiring large volumes of water. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi help plants co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,275 Views
14 Pages

Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Affected by Drip Irrigation Methods and Fertilization Practices in a Pomegranate Orchard

  • Rebecca Tirado-Corbalá,
  • Suduan Gao,
  • James E. Ayars,
  • Dong Wang,
  • Claude J. Phene and
  • Rebecca C. Phene

Knowledge of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics under different irrigation practices in pomegranate orchards is novel and essential to develop sustainable production systems. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of high-frequency dr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,213 Views
15 Pages

A Susceptible Scion Reduces Rootstock Tolerance to Ralstonia solanacearum in Grafted Eggplant

  • Chaokun Huang,
  • Yuexia Wang,
  • Yanjuan Yang,
  • Chuan Zhong,
  • Michitaka Notaguchi and
  • Wenjin Yu

The bacterial wilt pathogen (Ralstonia solanacearum) is a highly pathogenic soil-borne bacterium that invades the vascular system of a host plant leading to plant wilting and death. In agricultural systems, tolerant rootstocks are usually used to enh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,045 Views
13 Pages

Phalaenopsis orchid has become one of the most important potted plants in flower markets. However, the timing at which flowers reach the saleable stage can be very important since the demand may be larger for specific holidays. The regulation of stem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,852 Views
15 Pages

Antioxidant Chemical Treatment Affects Physiology and Quality of Minimally-processed Escarole

  • Carlos Dornelles Ferreira Soares,
  • José Guilherme Prado Martin,
  • Natalia Dallocca Berno and
  • Ricardo Alfredo Kluge

This study evaluated the effect of antioxidant application on quality and physiological aspects of minimally-processed escarole (Cichorium endivia var. latifolia L.) stored at 0 °C and 90–95% relative humidity for 21 d. After minimal proces...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,072 Views
14 Pages

The Fiji Islands, like many small Pacific island nations, are thought to incur high rates of postharvest loss. Little work has been undertaken to quantify the amount of loss within Pacific horticultural value chains, or identify the key determinants....

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,697 Views
9 Pages

Seed Germination and Seedling Growth on Knitted Fabrics as New Substrates for Hydroponic Systems

  • Jan Lukas Storck,
  • Robin Böttjer,
  • Dominik Vahle,
  • Bennet Brockhagen,
  • Timo Grothe,
  • Karl-Josef Dietz,
  • Anke Rattenholl,
  • Frank Gudermann and
  • Andrea Ehrmann

Vertical farming is one of the suggested avenues for producing food for the growing world population. Concentrating the cultivation of crops such as herbs in large indoor farms makes food production susceptible to technical, biological or other probl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
28,592 Views
8 Pages

A greenhouse research study was conducted at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM, USA, in 2019 to examine the effects of different nutrient solutions on the growth and weight of two lettuce cultivars grown in a floating hydroponic system. Two...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,705 Views
10 Pages

An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape

  • Emilio Cervantes,
  • José Javier Martín Gómez,
  • Diego Gutiérrez del Pozo and
  • Luís Silva Dias

Datasets containing information on seed size have been published and are currently available. Nevertheless, there is a lack in the literature of a dataset dedicated to seed shape. We present a preliminary version for a dataset on seed morphology base...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,733 Views
10 Pages

Toxicity of Piperine Amide Analogs toward the Tomato Pinworm Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and Risk Assessment for Two Predators

  • Elba Pereira,
  • Elizeu Farias,
  • Arthur Ribeiro,
  • Elson Alvarenga,
  • Alex Aguiar,
  • Jhulyana Ferreira and
  • Marcelo Picanço

Nineteen amides (three of them unpublished) were synthesized and tested on Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), an important pest of Solanaceae plants worldwide. Three of these compounds (14, 15 and 16) presented high acute toxicity towa...

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