The aim of this investigation is studying effect of heat treatment and polyethylene packaging method in storability and quality of lemon fruits' Monachello and Enterdonato'. The experience was carried out in cold store of agriculture college in /Dama
scus university/, lemon fruits were stored at 10°c and 85% humidity for 180 days. laboratory experiences was carried out in laboratory of department of horticultural science in the same college during 2010-2011&2011-2012. Part of fruits were packaged in polyethylene bags with 30 microns, the other part of fruits dipped with hot water (62°c for 3 seconds)+ fungicide then were packed in polyethylene packs in addition to the control which untreated and unpacked.
The obtained results indicated the significant effect of dipping and packaging in perforated and unperforated bags treatments in maintain fruits quality of 'Monachello and Enterdonato' until the end of storage. maintaining of (32.89 and 39.06%( juice rate of Monachello respectively, and(11.05 and10.01%) of Enterdonato respectively. (35.27 and 36.57 mg/100ml (vitamin C of Monachello and (18 and11.07mg/100 ml( of Enterdonato, respectively.
On the other hand, the present investigation showed the positive effect of packaging treatment with 30 microns packs by reducing the weight loss for two sorts which was (51.94 and 68.83%) in dipping and packaging in perforated bags treatment respectively, and the important role to stop fruit decadence, and conserve their marketing specification until end of storage.
The aim of this study was comparing between three potato cultivars: "Afamia,
Loulou and Tadmur" which are planted in two different times (spring time and autumn
time), for the plant old age and some yield properties and some quality properties. Aft
er
ripping and harvesting, result showed superior Loulou to Afamia and Tadmur in most
parameters at the two planting times, so the productivity of Loulou was more than Afamia
by 6 ton/h in the spring and 1.6 ton/h in the autumn. For the starch and dry matter content,
Loulou tubers in the two planting times contained more amount than the other cultivars,
and more than the global average (%14 starch, %22 dry matter).
In this study, the effect of different concentrations of sodium chloride
(NaCl) (0, 50, 100, 150 mM) on some physiological characteristics and some
growth indicators of SO4 grape rootstock propagated in vitro was studied at the
laboratories of Gen
eral Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research
(GCSAR), Damascus/Syria. Results indicated that the increase of NaCl
concentration up to 100 mM in culture medium led to reduce the growth
indicators (survival plants, average of the plant length and average number of
buds) with significant differences when compared with the control plants after
4 weeks from culturing on multiplication media, while treatment with 150 mM
of sodium chloride led to death of all plants. Using the concentrations 50 and
100 mM of NaCl also caused decreasing the total chlorophyll content in the
leaves.
This investigation was conducted on Ru140 grape rootstock at the General
Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Damascus with the
aim of in vitro vegetatively micropropagation using some plant growth
regulators on multiplication
and rooting to determine the best combinations
and concentrations of plant growth regulators that result in the best
multiplication rate, and best rooting crekeria (rate and roots number and
length). Results demonstrated that, the best medium for in vitro
micropropagation of the studied rootstock was the modified MS medium
supplemented with 4.44 μM BA + 0.49 μM IBA with multiplication rate of 7.72
new shoots every 4 weeks, and shoots lengt of 5.54 cm. These shoots were
transferred for 4 weeks to among elongation medium containing the same
medium with the addition of Kinetine at a concentration of 2.22 μM instead of
BA which led to a shoot elongation rate of 7.87 cm, then these shoots were
transferred to rooting medium for rooting, It was shown that using auxin IBA
at a concentration of 4.44 μM resulted at the highest rate of rooting (87%) with
the largest number of roots (7.56) when using the auxin IBA concentration μM
4.44 compared with the rest of other transactions and with the control as well.
However, The highest length of roots (6.29 cm) was observed on medim
contained lower IBA concentration (2.22 μM). Rooted Plants were acclimatized
gradually to ex vitro conditions with 70 % efficiency.
This current study was carried out on B41 grape rootstock
micropropagated in vitro at the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural
Research (GCSAR), Syria to study the effect of different concentrations of
sodium chloride on the multiplicati
on and rooting stages. The results showed
that the highest average of survival plants (98%), the number of new buds
(8.43) and plant length (8.58 cm) were obtained in the control treatment after 4
weeks from multiplication stage. The treatment with 50 mM of sodium chloride
led to reduce the multiplication rates with significant differences, while the
lowest plant multiplication had occurred with 100 mM of sodium chloride and
no survival plants were remained by the treatment with 150 mM of sodium
chloride during multiplication stage. The highest rooting rates (% 85.30), the
number of roots (4.67) and root length (6.28 cm) were also obtained in the
control treatment after 4 weeks from rooting stage. The treatment with 50 mM
of sodium chloride led to reduce the rooting process with significant
differences. The lowest rooting results were observed with 100 mM of sodium
chloride and no rooting rate was observed when plants were treated with 150
mM of sodium chloride.
The experiment was performed at Agricultural Research Center in Jousiyet
Al-Kharab in Al-Qsair district, Homs governorate during the 2010-2011 season
to investigate the effect of planting depth and organic acids on saffron growth
and productivity.
Four treatments including amino acids, amino Humic,
mixture of them in addition to the control were applied. Each treatment was
comprised of three planting depths (10, 15 and 20 cm). Results showed that by
increasing planting depth up to 20 cm a significant reduction had resulted in
the percentage of rooted plants and number of shoots while there were no
significant differences between the two depths 10 vs. 15 cm. The number of
leaves and their length were not affected significantly with the increasing of
planting depths. The number of flower, wet and dry weights of the stigmas
were increased significantly with the increase of planting depth from 10 to
15 cm. The application of the humic acids had significant superiority overall
the other applications in rooted plant percentage, number of shoots, number of
flowers and the dry and wet weights of the stigmas, while the application of the
mixture came in the second rank in number of flowers and the dry and wet
weights of the stigmas. However, no significant differences were occurred
between the control and application of amino acids. The highest percentage of
rooted plants was observed in applying humic acids in all depths and the
percentage of rooted plants reached 100%. The highest number of flowers,
highest stigmas wet and dry weights were observed with the interaction
between applying humic acids at 15 cm depth. The highest number of shoots
and number of leaves appeared with the interaction between 20 cm depth and
humic acids treatment, the longist leaves were appeared with the interaction
between amino acids and 15 cm depth.
The study was conducted on six varieties of cucumber: Napleon, Ampres,
Sendian, Prence, Samara and Baladi. To study the responses of these varieties
to drought stress, on the seed germination and seedling growth under different
Polyethylen glycol
concentrations (0 control, 10 mM, 20 mM and 40 mM PEG).
The results of this research showed a some varieties to its tolerance to drought
stress. The varieties Ampres, Prence and samara showed more resistance to
drought stress. It s indicated with increasing seed germination and growth of
seedlings with the higher concentration of PEG in compared to another
varieties.
This study was conducted on flowering apple shoot of Golden Delicious, in
order to study the effect of application of some chemical substances, α-
Tocopherol (0.25%) and a mixture of α-Tocopherol (0.25%) and Glycerine 5%,
at 24, and 48 hr before f
reezing incidence, and on best time of application on
apple trees to reduce the effect of freezing.
The study was conducted at the Horticulture Department, Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Damascus, during the season of 2002 and 2003, in
order to study the effect of dipping apple fruits for the tow apple sorts for 5
minutes with some chemic
al substances, α-Tocopherol (0.25%) and
Prohexadion-Calcium (1%).
The fruits were stored at AlMaze cold storage unit under the normal
storage condition (0-1ºC, 93% R.H.), to find out some effects of these
treatments on some physical, chemical, and physiological changes of treated
and untreated apple fruits, especially: fruit weight, firmness, starch, and
soluble solids content.
Analysis of variance indicated a significant difference in storage ability of
both fruit apple samples in case of dipped fruits in Procalcium solution 1%
compared with control fruits. The tocopherol treated fruits were sometimes
significant.
The results showed a reduction in fruit weight in case of treated sample
during cold storage time. Fruit firmness was significantly better in both
treatments of procalcium 1% and tocopherol 0.25%compared with control,
and reducing physiological disorders during cold storage period.
هدف هذا البحث إل دراسة تاثير بعض معاملات ما بعد القطاف في القدرة التخزينية وجودة ثمار البرتقال صنف فالنسيا في ظروف التخزين المبرد.
