Key Lime Growing in the Florida Home Landscape by Jonathan H. Crane

“…FC47, a 12-page fact sheet by Jonathan Crane, provides homeowners with an overview of this small bushy citrus fruit tree introduced to the Americas by Spanish and Portuguese explorers in the sixteenth century — description, propagation, fruit production, placement in the landscape, care, pest management, concerns with lawn care, harvest, ripening, and storage, use and nutrition. …”
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Nitrogen (N) for Citrus Trees by Mongi Zekri, Tom Obreza

“…N has more influence on tree growth, appearance, and fruit production/quality than any other mineral element. …”
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Cranberry Fruitworm Acrobasis vaccinii Riley (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by James T. Brown, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…As larvae, these moths are the primary pest of large fruit cranberries and a significant pest of highbush blueberries (Fitzpatrick 2008).   …”
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Reproductive Growth and Development of Blueberry by Jeffrey G. Williamson, James W. Olmstead, Paul M. Lyrene

“…This revised 7-page fact sheet discusses flower bud initiation and development, pollination and fruit set, fruit development and yield, and the use of plant growth regulators. …”
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Deficit irrigation enhances yield and water productivity of apples by inhibiting excessive vegetative growth and improving photosynthetic performance by Shenglin Wen, Ningbo Cui, Yaosheng Wang, Daozhi Gong, Liwen Xing, Zongjun Wu, Yixuan Zhang, Zhihui Wang

“…A two-year apple irrigation management experiment was carried out with 17 deficit drip irrigation (DDI) treatments, including a control treatment (CK, 100 % ETc) and 4 water deficit degree (W15 %, 85 % ETc; W30 %,70 % ETc; W45 %, 55 % ETc; W60 %, 40 % ETc) during four growth stages: bud burst to leafing stage (I), flowering to fruit set stage (II), fruit expansion stage (III), and fruit maturation stage (IV). …”
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Ameliorating potential effects of natural biological formulations and biostimulants on plant health and quality attributes in coriander-fenugreek intercropped strawberry (Fragaria... by Priya Thakur, Pramod Kumar, CL Sharma, Uday Sharma, Nisha Sharma, Tanzin Ladon

“…The positive influence both on leaf and fruit NPK contents were also recorded when plantlets were supplemented with GJ @100 g/m2 + JV@ 20% + Azolla @ 200 g/plant. …”
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Analysis of the Distribution Pattern and Prophage Types in <i>Candidatus Liberibacter</i> Asiaticus ‘Cuimi’ Kumquat by Wen-Ting Li, Xiao-Feng Teng, Li He, Bin Guan, Cui-Ling He, Jian-Jun Liu, Ke-Ling Chen, Zheng Zheng, Jian He

“…The research focuses on the absolute quantification of the HLB bacterium in seven specific tissues of the ‘Cuimi’ kumquat, including new leaves, upper phloem of branches, fruit peduncle, pith, fruit axis, old leaves, and lower phloem of branches. …”
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Morphological variation of Ficus johannis subsp. afghanistanica (Warb.) Browicz in Sistan-va-Baluchestan province, Iran by Ali Khadivi, Farhad Mirheidari, Abdolvahid Saeidifar, Younes Moradi, Yazgan Tunç

“…Leaf blade lengths ranged from 55.17 to 91.50 mm and leaf areas from 3125.93 to 7434.38 mm². Additionally, fruit length varied from 15.61 to 27.50 mm and fruit width from 13.65 to 25.16 mm. …”
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Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific by Álvarez-Hernández Juan Carlos, Castellanos-Ramos Javier Zaragoza, Aguirre-Mancilla Cesar Leobardo

“…The fruit quality was not influenced by grafting. In the productivity, the grafted plants showed higher fruit production. …”
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Traceback and Testing of Food Epidemiologically Linked to a Norovirus Outbreak at a Wedding Reception by Efstathia Papafragkou, Amanda Kita-Yarbro, Zihui Yang, Preeti Chhabra, Timothy Davis, James Blackmore, Courtney Ziemer, Rachel Klos, Aron J. Hall, Jan Vinjé

“…A retrospective cohort study identified fruit salad as the likely vehicle of infection (risk ratio 3.2, 95% confidence interval 1.1––8.3). …”
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Physiochemical and Phytochemical Properties of Wax Apple (Syzygium samarangense [Blume] Merrill & L. M. Perry var. Jambu Madu) as Affected by Growth Regulator Application by Mohammad Moneruzzaman Khandaker, Amru Nasrulhaq Boyce, Normaniza Osman, ABM Sharif Hossain

“…This study represents the first paper of the effects of growth regulators on the physiochemical and phytochemical properties of the wax apple fruit, a widely cultivated fruit tree in southeast Asia. …”
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Immobilization of Bifidobacterium infantis Cells in Selected Hydrogels as a Method of Increasing Their Survival in Fermented Milkless Beverages by Urszula T. Jasińska, Sylwia Skąpska, Lubomiła Owczarek, Agnieszka Dekowska, Dorota Lewińska

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Naturally russeted and wound russeted skins of mango (cv. ‘Apple’) show no differences in anatomy, chemical composition or gene expression by Jannis Straube, Thomas O. Athoo, Viktoria Zeisler-Diehl, Kiran Suresh, Lukas Schreiber, Moritz Knoche

“…Russeting refers to an area of fruit skin where the primary (epidermal) surface has been replaced by a secondary (peridermal) surface. …”
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Mineral Composition of Four Edible Mushrooms by S. E. Mallikarjuna, A. Ranjini, Devendra J. Haware, M. R. Vijayalakshmi, M. N. Shashirekha, S. Rajarathnam

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Phenolic-Rich Baccaurea angulata Modulates Inflammatory Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis by Muhammad Ibrahim, Maryam Abimbola Mikail, Idris Adewale Ahmed, Radiah Abdul Ghani

“…Baccaurea angulata is an underutilized fruit of the island of Borneo. It was obtained from Bau, Sarawak, Malaysia. …”
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Identification and development of source material for breeding early bushy and short-vined cultivars of <i>Cucurbita moschata</i> Duch. ex Poir. by A. G. Elatskova

“…‘Mariya’) by 26.7–130%, and matched the reference in fruit quality. Hybrids from the crosses of vined accessions with the bushy form KL 745 were studied. …”
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Effects of cattle manure and sludge vermicompost on nutrient dynamics and yield in strawberry cultivation with distinct continuous cropping histories in a greenhouse by Xiaofeng Bai, Wei Lu, Jin Xu, Qingyun Li, Zhanjun Xue, Xin-Xin Wang

“…Both type of vermicompost improved substrate fertility, promoted plant growth and fruit quality. The cattle manure vermicompost had a better improvement effect at peak fruiting stage. …”
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Analysis of Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Chenopodium ambrosioides: An Ethnomedicinal Plant by Muhammad Ajaib, Tanveer Hussain, Saleha Farooq, Mehrban Ashiq

“…Aqueous extracts of bark and fruit exhibited maximum antioxidant potential in all assays except DPPH assay. …”
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Effects of Momordica cochinchinensis Aril Extract on Sterilized Low-Fat Milk, Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities by Thitiporn Anunthawan, Santi Phosri, Jirayus Woraratphoka, Rasapirose Somwatcharajit, Panee Terdsaksri, Prangruethai Prangphet

“…The aril extract (0.4% g/mL) of Gac fruit in milk supplement can inhibit cancer cell lines. …”
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Growth Response of Peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) Stem Cuttings on Several Composition of Planting Media by Rio Ramadhan Butar Butar, Ferry Ezra Sitepu, Yaya Hasanah

“…The research was conducted at the research field of the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan on August to October 2017 using non factorial randomized block design consisted of composition of planting media (top soil ; top soil + biochar (3:1); top soil + chicken manure (3:1); top soil + empty fruit bunches of palm oil compost (3:1); top soil + empty fruit bunches of palm oil compost + chicken manure (2:1:1); top soil + biochar + chicken manure (2:1:1); top soil + biochar + empty fruit bunches of palm oil compost (2:1:1). …”
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