Flower morphology and number of aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) in relation to fruit load and auxin application

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.C Passam ◽  
C Baltas ◽  
A Boyiatzoglou ◽  
E.M Khah
Keyword(s):  
Solanum Melongena ◽  
Flower Morphology ◽  
Fruit Load

scholarly journals Style length and flower morphology of three eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) cultivars from Iran affected by fruit load

2021 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sedighehsadat KHALEGHI ◽  
Bahram BANINASAB ◽  
Mostafa MOBLI
Keyword(s):  
Solanum Melongena ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Flower Morphology ◽  
Style Length ◽  
Greenhouse Condition ◽  
Short Style ◽  
Fruit Setting ◽  
Fruit Harvest ◽  
Do So ◽  
Fruit Load

<p>A common feature of eggplant is its heterostyly. Long-style flowers bear fruits whereas short style ones fail to do so. Heterostyly is influenced by some factors such as genotype, climatic conditions and fruit load. In this study three eggplant cultivars from Iran were cultivated under greenhouse condition. The influence of presence of fruit (two fruits and four fruits) or absence of that on style length and some other flower morphological was studied in three positions of single, basal and additional. The presence of fruit, specially four fruits reduced style length, stigma width as well as mass of flower, pistil and stigma compared to the control in all times during fruit growth, and after fruit harvest they increased again. Fruit load didn’t affect the number of stamen and stamen length. These effects were observed in all three positons of single, basal and additional flowers of all three cultivars. Generally this study showed that fruit load has decreasing effect on style length and size of flowers forming after fruit setting, which reversed after fruit harvesting.</p>

Pharmacognostic Comparision of Wild and Cultivated Solanum melongena L., Different Plant Parts Used in Ayurveda

Planta Medica ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
JRA Gomes ◽  
KSS Sugathadasa ◽  
LP Jayatissa ◽  
R Samarasekera
Keyword(s):  
Solanum Melongena ◽  
Plant Parts

Studies on the Seasonal Influence on the Occurrence of Shoot and Fruit Borer (Leucinodes Orbonalis Guenee) in Brinjal (Solanum Melongena L.) Var. Kkm-1

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
S. AYYANAR S. AYYANAR ◽  
◽  
Dr. M. A. K. Pillai Dr. M. A. K. Pillai ◽  
Dr. N. Murugesan Dr. N. Murugesan
Keyword(s):  
Solanum Melongena ◽  
Seasonal Influence ◽  
Leucinodes Orbonalis ◽  
Fruit Borer

Biological and geographical characteristics Lavandula latifolia Medik.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.Yu. Cherednichenko M.Yu. ◽  
◽  
A.S. Elenchuk A.S.
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Flower Morphology ◽  
Lavandula Latifolia ◽  
Geographical Characteristics

The article presents the characteristics of the geographical distribution of broadleaved lavender, as well as the features of the flower morphology of this species in comparison with other common species of the genus.

Effects of different concentrations of potassium chloride on some growth parameters of Solanum melongena L.

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sher Wali ◽  
Siraj Uddin ◽  
Muhammad Junaid ◽  
Gulzad Ahmad ◽  
Fazli Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Chloride ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Solanum Melongena

scholarly journals Study on browning mechanism of fresh-cut eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) based on metabolomics, enzymatic assays and gene expression

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Liu ◽  
Aidong Zhang ◽  
Jing Shang ◽  
Zongwen Zhu ◽  
Ye Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Solanum Melongena ◽  
Downward Trend ◽  
Glutathione Metabolism ◽  
Phenylpropanoid Metabolism ◽  
Kegg Pathways ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Cut Time ◽  
Fresh Cut

AbstractEnzymatic browning is one of the crucial problems compromising the flavor and texture of fresh-cut fruit and vegetables. In this study, an untargeted metabolomics approach based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC–MS) was used to explore the browning mechanism in fresh-cut eggplant. Metabolomics studies showed that with the increase of fresh-cut time, the contents of 946 metabolites changed dynamically. The metabolites having the same trend share common metabolic pathways. As an important browning substrate, the content of chlorogenic acid increased significantly, suggesting that may be more important to fresh-cut eggplant browning; all 119 common differential metabolites in 5 min/CK and 3 min/CK contrastive groups were mapped onto 31 KEGG pathways including phenylpropanol metabolism, glutathione metabolism pathway, et al. In physiological experiments, results showed that the Phenylpropanoid-Metabolism-Related enzymes (PAL, C4H, 4CL) were changed after fresh-cut treatment, the activities of three enzymes increased first and then decreased, and reached the maximum value at 5 min, indicating the accumulation of phenolic substances. At the same time, ROS were accumulated when plant tissue damaged by cutting, the activities of related antioxidant enzymes (SOD, APX and CAT) changed dynamically after oxidative damage. SOD and APX content increased significantly and reached the maximum value at 10 min after cutting, and then showed a downward trend. However, CAT activity increased sharply and reached the maximum value within 3 min after cutting, then maintained the same activity, and showed a downward trend after 30 min. These data fully demonstrated that the activities of browning related enzymes and gene expression increased with the prolonging of fresh cutting time. We explained the browning mechanism of fresh-cut eggplant by combining metabolomics and physiology, which may lay the foundation for better understanding the mechanism of browning during the fruits and vegetables during processing.

Tannery sludge and urban waste compost in the production of Solanum melongena L. through regression and multivariate analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Sávio da Silva Berilli ◽  
Rebyson Bissaco Guidinelle ◽  
Jaqueline Rodrigues Cindra de Lima Souza ◽  
Ramon Amaro de Sales ◽  
Marcus Vinícius Souza Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Solanum Melongena ◽  
Tannery Sludge ◽  
Urban Waste

scholarly journals Identity of mass-flowering crops moderates functional trait composition of pollinator communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Beyer ◽  
Felix Kirsch ◽  
Doreen Gabriel ◽  
Catrin Westphal
Keyword(s):  
Faba Bean ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Functional Trait ◽  
Flower Morphology ◽  
Landscape Diversity ◽  
Floral Resources ◽  
Wild Bees ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Mass Flowering ◽  
Wild Bee

Abstract Context Pollinator declines and functional homogenization of farmland insect communities have been reported. Mass-flowering crops (MFC) can support pollinators by providing floral resources. Knowledge about how MFC with dissimilar flower morphology affect functional groups and functional trait compositions of wild bee communities is scarce. Objective We investigated how two morphologically different MFC, land cover and local flower cover of semi-natural habitats (SNH) and landscape diversity affect wild bees and their functional traits (body size, tongue length, sociality, foraging preferences). Methods We conducted landscape-level wild bee surveys in SNH of 30 paired study landscapes covering an oilseed rape (OSR) (Brassica napus L.) gradient. In 15 study landscapes faba beans (Vicia faba L.) were grown, paired with respective control landscapes without grain legumes. Results Faba bean cultivation promoted bumblebees (Bombus spp. Latreille), whereas non-Bombus densities were only driven by the local flower cover of SNH. High landscape diversity enhanced wild bee species richness. Faba bean cultivation enhanced the proportions of social wild bees, bees foraging on Fabaceae and slightly of long-tongued bumblebees. Solitary bee proportions increased with high covers of OSR. High local SNH flower covers mitigated changes of mean bee sizes caused by faba bean cultivation. Conclusions Our results show that MFC support specific functional bee groups adapted to their flower morphology and can alter pollinators` functional trait composition. We conclude that management practices need to target the cultivation of functionally diverse crops, combined with high local flower covers of diverse SNH to create heterogeneous landscapes, which sustain diverse pollinator communities.

scholarly journals Vegetative and Reproductive Response to Fruit Load in Two Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) Cultivars

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 889
Author(s):  
Aviad Perry ◽  
Noemi Tel-Zur ◽  
Arnon Dag
Keyword(s):  
Vegetative Growth ◽  
Accumulation Rate ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Simmondsia Chinensis ◽  
Alternate Bearing ◽  
Fruit Removal ◽  
Growing Period ◽  
Fruit Load

Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a wax crop cultivated mainly in arid and semi-arid regions. This crop has been described as an alternate-bearing plant, meaning that it has a high-yield year (“on-year”) followed by a low-yield year (“off-year”). We investigated the effect of fruit load on jojoba’s vegetative and reproductive development. For two consecutive years, we experimented with two high-yielding cultivars—Benzioni and Hazerim—which had opposite fruit loads, i.e., one was under an on-year load, while the other was under an off-year load simultaneously. We found that removing the developing fruit from the shoot during an off-year promotes further vegetative growth in the same year, whereas in an on-year, this action has no effect. Moreover, after fruit removal in an on-year, there was a delay in vegetative growth renewal in the consecutive year, suggesting that the beginning of the growing period is dependent on the previous year’s yield load. We found that seed development in the 2018 season started a month earlier than in the 2017 season in both cultivars, regardless of fruit load. This early development was associated with higher wax content in the seeds. Hence, the wax accumulation rate, as a percentage of dry weight, was affected by year and not by fruit load. However, on-year seeds stopped growing earlier than off-year seeds, resulting in smaller seeds and an overall lower amount of wax per seed.

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