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Horticulturae, Volume 7, Issue 6

June 2021 - 39 articles

Cover Story: The possible role of an early calcium application via sprays on dormant buds to improve sweet cherry (cv. Ferrovia) fruit quality at harvest was investigated. Fruit quality characteristics were also investigated in response to the age of spurs, the ripening stage, and their interactions. Results indicate that calcium enters the dormant flower buds and the phloem but not to the dormant vegetative buds. This study illustrates that the high dose of calcium application during bud dormancy can effectively improve sweet cherry fruit characteristics, in terms of calcium content, cracking incidence, and fruit set. Overall, the present study contributes to a better understanding of the impact of calcium nutrition in fruit crops. View this paper
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Articles (39)

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
8,718 Views
13 Pages

Climate change, expanding soil salinization, and the developing shortages of freshwater have negatively affected crop production around the world. Seawater and salinized lands represent potentially cultivable areas for edible salt-tolerant plants. In...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,507 Views
16 Pages

An Early Calcium Loading during Cherry Tree Dormancy Improves Fruit Quality Features at Harvest

  • Michail Michailidis,
  • Chrysanthi Polychroniadou,
  • Maria-Anastasia Kosmidou,
  • Dafni Petraki-Katsoulaki,
  • Evangelos Karagiannis,
  • Athanassios Molassiotis and
  • Georgia Tanou

The possible role of an early calcium application via sprays (0.25, 0.5 and 1M CaCl2) on dormant buds to improve sweet cherry (cv. Ferrovia) fruit quality at harvest was investigated. Fruit quality characteristics were also investigated in response t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,734 Views
7 Pages

Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency of Olive Cultivars

  • Ricardo Fernández-Escobar,
  • Felisa Antonaya-Baena and
  • Sergio Almeida-Lavado

Maximizing nitrogen uptake efficiency is a sustainable objective to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizers applied in olive orchards. Many factors affect this parameter, but nothing is known about whether there are differences among cultivars rela...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,914 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Foliage Spraying with Sodium Bisulfite on the Photosynthesis of Orychophragmus violaceus

  • Zhongying Li,
  • Yanyou Wu,
  • Deke Xing,
  • Kaiyan Zhang,
  • Jinjin Xie,
  • Rui Yu,
  • Tian Chen and
  • Rongrong Duan

Sulphurous acid derived from sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission leads to the pollution of irrigation water and the inhibition of plant growth. The safe concentration threshold of NaHSO3 in plants should be clarified to promote agricultural production. In...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,446 Views
12 Pages

Methyl Jasmonate Applications in Viticulture: A Tool to Increase the Content of Flavonoids and Stilbenes in Grapes and Wines

  • Gastón Gutiérrez-Gamboa,
  • Roberto Mateluna-Cuadra,
  • Irina Díaz-Gálvez,
  • Nilo Mejía and
  • Nicolás Verdugo-Vásquez

Recently, the interest in methyl jasmonate (MeJ) has increased in viticulture due to its effects on the synthesis of phenolic secondary metabolites in grapes, especially of anthocyanins, flavonols, and stilbenes derivatives, naturally occurring or sy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,902 Views
14 Pages

Bean thrips (BT), Caliothrips fasciatus (Pergande), is a pest of concern to certain countries that import fresh citrus fruit from California, USA. A series of laboratory-scale exploratory fumigations with phosphine at 4.9 ± 0.3 °C (mean ± 2 SD; x¯±2s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,971 Views
16 Pages

Role of Glutathione-Ascorbate Cycle and Photosynthetic Electronic Transfer in Alternative Oxidase-Manipulated Waterlogging Tolerance in Watermelon Seedlings

  • Jiawen Zheng,
  • Chunying Fang,
  • Lei Ru,
  • Nan Sun,
  • Yuanyuan Liu,
  • Yunping Huang,
  • Yuhong Wang,
  • Zhujun Zhu and
  • Yong He

Alternative oxidase (AOX) has been documented to mitigate the oxidative stress caused by abiotic stresses. However, it remains unknown how AOX regulates the antioxidant system and photosynthesis under waterlogging. To address this issue, we used two...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,267 Views
14 Pages

Is There Daily Growth Hysteresis versus Vapor Pressure Deficit in Cherry Fruit?

  • Matteo Zucchini,
  • Arash Khosravi,
  • Veronica Giorgi,
  • Adriano Mancini and
  • Davide Neri

The growth of cherry fruit is generally described using a double sigmoid model, divided into four growth stages. Abiotic factors are considered to be significant components in modifying fruit growth, and among these, the vapor pressure deficit (VPD)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
290 Citations
31,197 Views
30 Pages

A Review on Plant Responses to Salt Stress and Their Mechanisms of Salt Resistance

  • Shanhu Hao,
  • Yiran Wang,
  • Yunxiu Yan,
  • Yuhang Liu,
  • Jingyao Wang and
  • Su Chen

Nowadays, crop insufficiency resulting from soil salinization is threatening the world. On the basis that soil salinization has become a worldwide problem, studying the mechanisms of plant salt tolerance is of great theoretical and practical signific...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,352 Views
17 Pages

As a new specialty crop with high market value, microgreens are vegetable or herb seedlings consumed at a young age, 7–21 days after germination. They are known as functional food with high concentrations of mineral nutrients and health beneficial ph...

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