scholarly journals PRELIMINAR STUDIES ON `CIMARRON' WILD PLUM AS A NEW FRUIT CROP FOR ARID LANDS

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 639e-639
Author(s):  
José Luis León ◽  
Enrique Troyo-Diéguez
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Average Density ◽  
Arid Lands ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Dried Fruits ◽  
Fruit Crop ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Fruit Harvest ◽  
Plum Tree

The high cost of inputs and water deficit in arid lands demand the use of more drought tolerant species into the agricultue. The flora of the deserts offer a variety of fruits and vegetables that may diversify horticulture. `Cimarrón' wild plum tree or “ciruelo cimarrón” (Cyrtocarpa edulis Brand.:Anacardiaceae) is one of the species with potential importance in arid lands. C. edulis is an endemic tree of the meridional portion of the Baja California peninsula, occurring along arroyos and on gentle slopes in sandy soils. The flesh of the fruits is edible, with a slight acid tang, and is used locally. Actual exploitation is based on the fruit harvest in natural dry forest and xerophilous shrubs, where average density is near 100 trees/Ha. There is a growing interest in marketing the dried fruits, especially for the snack industry, hence, the need to develop a breeding program in order to establish it as a reliable fruit crop.

scholarly journals Naturalization and spread of the alien species Ozognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Ernobiinae) in Italy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliano Cerasa ◽  
Gabriella Lo Verde
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Role ◽  
Dried Fruits ◽  
Wood Shavings ◽  
Potential Pest ◽  
Small Wood ◽  
Natural Barrier

AbstractOzognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Ernobiinae), species native to North America, is a saproxylophagous species and is known to feed on decaying tissues within conspicuous galls and on vegetal decaying organic material such as dried fruits or small wood shavings and insect excrements in galleries made by other woodboring species. A few years after the first record in 2011, its naturalization in Italy is here reported. The insect was found as successor in galls of Psectrosema tamaricis (Diptera Cecidomyiidae), Plagiotrochus gallaeramulorum, Andricus multiplicatus and Synophrus politus (Hymenoptera Cynipidae). The galls seem to have played an important ecological role in speeding up the naturalization process. The lowest proportion of galls used by O. cornutus was recorded for P. tamaricis (23%), the only host belonging to Cecidomyiidae, while the percentages recorded for the other host species, all Cynipidae forming galls on oaks, were higher: 43.6%, 61.1% and 76.9% in A multiplicatus, S. politus and P. gallaeramulorum, respectively. Although O. cornutus is able to exploit other substrates like dried fruits and vegetables, for which it could represent a potential pest, it prefers to live as a successor in woody and conspicuous galls, which thus can represent a sort of natural barrier limiting the possible damages to other substrates.

scholarly journals A phytosociological analysis and synopsis of the dry woodlands and succulent vegetation of the Peruvian Andes

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 689-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTONIO GALÁN-DE-MERA ◽  
ISIDORO SÁNCHEZ-VEGA ◽  
ELIANA LINARES-PEREA ◽  
JOSÉ CAMPOS ◽  
JUAN MONTOYA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
The Other ◽  
Humboldt Current ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
New Associations ◽  
Coastal Desert

ABSTRACT A phytosociological approach to dry forest and cactus communities on the occidental slopes of the Peruvian Andes is presented in base of 164 plots carried out following the Braun-Blanquet method. From them, 52 have been made recently, and the other 112 were taken from the literature. After a multivariate analysis, using a hierarchical clustering and a detendred correspondence analysis, the Acacio-Prosopidetea class (dry forest and cactus communities, developed on soils with some edaphic humidity or precipitations derived from El Niño Current), the Opuntietea sphaericae class (cactus communities of central and southern Peru, on few stabilized rocky or sandy soils) and the Carico-Caesalpinietea class (dry forests of the Peruvian coastal desert, influenced by the maritime humidity of the cold Humboldt Current), are differentiated. Within the Acacio-Prosopidetea class, two alliances are commented: the Bursero-Prosopidion pallidae (with two new associations Loxopterygio huasanginis-Neoraimondietum arequipensis and Crotono ruiziani-Acacietum macracanthae), and the new alliance Baccharido-Jacarandion acutifoliae (with the new associations Armatocereo balsasensis-Cercidietum praecocis and Diplopterydo leiocarpae-Acacietum macracanthae). For the Opuntietea sphaericae class, the association Haageocereo versicoloris-Armatocereetum proceri (Espostoo-Neoraimondion) is described on the basis of plots from hyperarid localities of central Peru. Finally, a typological classification of the studied plant communities is given.

scholarly journals The physiology of drought stress in grapevine: towards an integrative definition of drought tolerance

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (16) ◽  
pp. 4658-4676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A Gambetta ◽  
Jose Carlos Herrera ◽  
Silvina Dayer ◽  
Quishuo Feng ◽  
Uri Hochberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Fruit Crop ◽  
Crop Varieties ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Water availability is arguably the most important environmental factor limiting crop growth and productivity. Erratic precipitation patterns and increased temperatures resulting from climate change will likely make drought events more frequent in many regions, increasing the demand on freshwater resources and creating major challenges for agriculture. Addressing these challenges through increased irrigation is not always a sustainable solution so there is a growing need to identify and/or breed drought-tolerant crop varieties in order to maintain sustainability in the context of climate change. Grapevine (Vitis vinifera), a major fruit crop of economic importance, has emerged as a model perennial fruit crop for the study of drought tolerance. This review synthesizes the most recent results on grapevine drought responses, the impact of water deficit on fruit yield and composition, and the identification of drought-tolerant varieties. Given the existing gaps in our knowledge of the mechanisms underlying grapevine drought responses, we aim to answer the following question: how can we move towards a more integrative definition of grapevine drought tolerance?

scholarly journals Microbiological quality of selected dried fruits and vegetables in Maseru, Lesotho

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 185-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Ntuli ◽  
Peter Chatanga ◽  
Raphael Kwiri ◽  
Henry Tendekayi Gadaga ◽  
Jephris Gere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Dried Fruits

scholarly journals How much do process parameters affect the residual quality attributes of dried fruits and vegetables for convective drying?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel I. Onwude ◽  
Kamran Iranshahi ◽  
Donato Rubinetti ◽  
Seraina Schudel ◽  
Jörg Schemminger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Process Parameters ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Quality Attributes ◽  
Convective Drying ◽  
Dried Fruits

scholarly journals Recent Trends in Climate/Weather Impacts on Midwestern Fruit and Vegetable Production

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Kistner-Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Specialty Crops ◽  
Dried Fruits ◽  
Soybean Production ◽  
Tree Nuts ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Nursery Crops ◽  
Weather Impacts

While the Midwest is famous for being the world’s leader in corn and soybean production, this region is also home to a variety of high value specialty crops. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and nursery crops including floriculture.

Monitoring, exposure and risk assessment of sulfur dioxide residues in fresh or dried fruits and vegetables in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 918-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiantian Lou ◽  
Weisu Huang ◽  
Xiaodan Wu ◽  
Mengmeng Wang ◽  
Liying Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sulfur Dioxide ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Dried Fruits
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