Jamal-Ali Olfati; Gholamali Peyvast; Habibolhah Samizadeh; Babak Rabie; Seyyed Akbar Khodaparast
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Partial diallel design can be used to investigate the general and specific combining ability, and heterosis. Combining ability and heterosis were studied in a 6×6 partial diallel cross to see the nature of gene action for fruit quality indices in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) during 2007 to 2009. Analysis ...
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Partial diallel design can be used to investigate the general and specific combining ability, and heterosis. Combining ability and heterosis were studied in a 6×6 partial diallel cross to see the nature of gene action for fruit quality indices in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) during 2007 to 2009. Analysis of variance revealed highly significant differences among all the F1 hybrid means and their respective six parental values for all the traits examined. The mean squares of general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) were also highly significant. SCA genetic variances were greater than GCA and more important for the seedcell size, showing the additive and non-additive gene action. Fruit color was controlled by additive type of gene action due to high GCA variances. Fruit shape and overall performance were controlled additively and non-additively due to high general combining ability. Line 605 and 118 were found to be the best general combiner and its utilization produced valuable hybrids with desirable SCA F1 hybrids.
Yaghub Mami; Gholamali Peyvast; Davoud Bakhshi; Habibollah Samizadeh
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This study was performed in order to determine a suitable alternative substrate for peat in soilless culture in 2007. Different plant wastes including carbonized rice hull, saw dust and dry pine leaves (Pinus eldarica) were examined. Treatments were 100% peat as control, peat plus dry pine ...
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This study was performed in order to determine a suitable alternative substrate for peat in soilless culture in 2007. Different plant wastes including carbonized rice hull, saw dust and dry pine leaves (Pinus eldarica) were examined. Treatments were 100% peat as control, peat plus dry pine leaves (1:1 v/v), peat plus carbonized rice hull (1:1 v/v) and peat plus saw dust (1:1 v/v). The study was conducted in the pot and tube culture system in the research Greenhouse of the College OF Agriculture, Guilan University. The results showed that the peat plus carbonized rice hull was the best one as FOLLOWS: the average total yield of Was 8.7 kg m-2; the marketable yield was 7.3 kg m-2; AND the most fruit set WAS 6.1 per plant and 70.6 of fruit per m-2. The highest total soluble solids (TSS) content WAS 4.2o Brix; also, Potassium content 400, Phosphorous 21.6, Calcium 13.3 and Magnesium 16.6 mg kg-1 were obtained from this substrate. Fruits and THE NUMBER OF LEAVES and magnesium content were higher at 1% and the other differences were obtained at 5%. Peat with the average of 38.6 cm had the most distance of the first inflorescence from substrate surface level, which was significantly higher than peat plus saw dust at level of 5%. There was no significant difference among the other characteristics. According to these results, mixed carbonized rice hull and peat (1:1 v/v) can be used as peat substitution in soilless culture substrates for tomato production.
Key word: Tomato, Peat, plant waste, soilless culture
Nasim Fakharian; Moazzam Hassanpour Asil; Habibollah Samizadeh
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Leafy vegetables such as lettuce are more susceptible to post harvest losses, thus application desirable treatments can be recommendable. Generally, type of packaging, such as modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and wrapping can considerably suppress post harvest loss of horticultural products. ...
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Leafy vegetables such as lettuce are more susceptible to post harvest losses, thus application desirable treatments can be recommendable. Generally, type of packaging, such as modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and wrapping can considerably suppress post harvest loss of horticultural products. In this study, the effects of polypropylene film (thickness 30 and 40 micron) wrapping and modified atmosphere packaging on two different types of lettuce ‘Cos’ and ‘Crisphead’ that stored in 1 and 4˚C for 4 weeks were investigated. The results showed that type ‘Cos’ had better storability than ‘Crispheadhead’. polypropylene film applied in this experiment significantly increase storage life of lettuce as compared with untreated lettuce. Overall, lettuce that packed into passive MAP with 40 micron polypropylene thickness and active MAP with 30 micron, in 1˚C, considered as the best treatment for preserving qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
Key words:Lettuce,modified atmosphere packaging, polypropylene and shrink wrapping
