June 2009

Effects of tuber size and date of stem cutting on yield and yield components of Agria potato variety in East Azerbaijan

  The aim of this study was to evaluate and select the desirable tuber size and the date of stem cutting on Agria potato variety in semi-cold temperature condition of east Azerbaijan province in Iran. As regard of qualitative factors (Bacterial and fungal infection) there were significant differences between treatments. The experimental results indicated that difference between treatments with evaluation of...

Author(s): Farhad Farahvash and Alireza Iranbakhsh

June 2009

The effect of gibberellins on russeting in golden delicious apples

  Russet on apples, Malus domestica Borkh and other fruits results in lowered fruit quality and substantial economic losses to growers. In this study we investigated the effect of GA3 and GA4+7 on russeting. Russeting index of fruits were estimated at harvest. Apple trees, twenty years old Golden Delicious was sprayed with GA3 at the concentrations10-20 mgL-1 and GA4+7 at...

Author(s): F. Nejatzadeh Barandoozi and A. Talaie