The important health benefits of pomegranate fruit is Attributable to its
high concentration of polyphenolic compounds. This compounds concentration
is likely to be affected by cultivar, environment and development stage of fruits.
In this study,
some physic-chemical characteristics along with minerals (K,
Ca, Mg, and Fe) were determined in fruit during maturation stages every 20
day from 30 to 150 day-old fruit of two pomegranate accessions ‘Helo
Erbin’(AE) and ‘Lafan Al-Hesn’ (AH) grown in Syria. The highest percentage
of aril and juice and lowest percentage of peel were observed in 150-day-old
fruit.
This researchwas conducted for the first time in Syria in order to studytheeffect of eyestalk ablation on moulting and ovarian maturation in PenaeusSemisulcatusas on essential step in most shrimp hatcheries . 12 females 15,5-17,5 cm and 6 adult males
with a length of 14-16 cm were colectedat the sublittoal zone of city Jableh during the period from the beginning of the month of April 2012 until the end of June 2013. Eyestalks for 6 females were ablated while other females were left as control, and females were gathered with males by 2 : 1 in 150 L- tank connected to the basin 's filtering, controlled temperature range between 27-29 co and 38 ‰ salinity and oxygen dissolved 4 mg / l , Animals were fed individual once daily at a rate of 12 % of body weight with stuffed squid and shrimp.
the study showed that all femaleswith eyestalk ablation were molted during the period of 2-6 days, the ovaries of five females began activeand one of female died, while females withnon of eyestalk ablation over a period of 8-20 days and ovaries oftwoof them showed development.
