Olives for Your Florida Landscape by Mack Thetford, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Michael J. Mulvaney

“… Olives have great potential as a landscape ornamental and may also provide opportunities for home fruit production. However, as a relatively new commercial crop to Florida, the cultural requirements of these trees are not completely known and research is ongoing to understand how to manage them for plant health and fruit yield as well as to make recommendations on varietal selections best suited to the southeastern region of the United States. …”
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Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Costs of Citrus Nutritional Programs by Mongi Zekri, Thomas Obreza, Arnold Schumann

“… To maintain a viable citrus industry, Florida growers must consistently produce large, high quality, economic fruit crops from year to year. Efficiently producing maximum yields of high quality fruit is difficult without an understanding of soils and nutrient requirements of bearing citrus trees. …”
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Effects of Water and Nutrients on the Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life of Citrus by Mark A. Ritenour, Wilfred F. Wardowski, David P. Tucker

“…These include effects on fruit color, texture, disease susceptibility, juice composition, and the development of physiological disorders. 1. …”
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Transcriptome responses to Ralstonia solanacearum infection in tetraploid potato by Zhuo Chen, Shunwei Shao, Xi Zhu, Yu Zhang, Zhendong Lan, Hui Jin

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Valorization of Rosehip (<i>Rosa canina</i> L.) Pomace Using Unconventional Carbohydrate Carriers for Beverage Obtainment by Anna Michalska-Ciechanowska, Jessica Brzezowska, Nancy Nicolet, Kamil Haładyn, Wolfram Manuel Brück, Aleksandra Hendrysiak, Wilfried Andlauer

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Urban and rural residence: their influence on food group consumption in Iran by Susan Darroudi, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Farzam Kamrani, Zahra Khorasanchi, Zahra Abdollahi, Nasrin Talkhi, Maryam Allahyari, Seyyed Reza Sobhani, Maryam Mohammadi-Bajgiran, Amirmohammad Naderkhmseh, Maliheh Aghasizadeh, Habibollah Esmaily, Gordon Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…Moreover, both suburban females and males were found to consume significantly less fruit compared to urban individuals, with suburban females consuming − 47.41 g/day (p < 0.001) less fruit and suburban males consuming − 60.42 g/day (p = 0.001) less fruit. …”
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Fade into you: genetic control of pigmentation patterns in red-flesh apple (Malus domestica) by Pierre Bouillon, Pierre Bouillon, Etienne Belin, Anne-Laure Fanciullino, Sandrine Balzergue, Sandrine Balzergue, Sylvain Hanteville, Yao Letekoma, Maryline Cournol, Fatima Faris, Andréa Bouanich, Dimitri Bréard, Frédéric Bernard, Jean-Marc Celton

“…Interestingly, type 1 red-flesh apples are fully red after fruit set, but anthocyanin pigmentation in apple fruit cortex may decrease during fruit growth and maturation, leading to variable red patterning and intensities in the mature cortical flesh. …”
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Ecological and biological features and prospects of the introduction of <i>Cornus mas</i> in Central Russia by O. Yu. Emelyanova, M. P. Tsoy

“…Annually, the degree of flowering was high (4.8–5.0 points), and the vigor of fruiting was good (3.8–4.1 points). Peaks of C. mas ornamentality were observed in April, during the early abundant flowering of plants, and in August, during the ripening of fruits. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Differentiation of the Causal Agent of Citrus Black Spot in Brazil by Ester Wickert, Antonio de Goes, Andressa de Souza, Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos

“…This disease causes irreparable losses due to the premature falling of fruit, as well as its severe effects on the epidermis of ripe fruit that renders them unacceptable at the fresh fruit markets. …”
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Assessment of changes in vitamin content and morphological characteristics in strawberries modified with a pulsed electric field using chromatography and optical coherence tomograp... by Ewa Korzeniewska, Ilona Gałązka-Czarnecka, Joanna Sekulska-Nalewajko, Jarosław Gocławski, Tomasz Dróźdż, Paweł Kiełbasa

“…Moreover, the use of the PEF method can be important for producers of fruit products (including strawberries), as it enables them to improve the nutritional value of their products.…”
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Impact of a Carvacrol Treatment on Post-Harvest Ripening Quality and Cell Wall Metabolism in the Kiwifruit by Donglan Luo, Xiaogang Wang, Tingting Mi, Jianye Chen, Liangjie Ba, Sen Cao

“…The storage quality and cell wall metabolism of the fruit are then evaluated under ambient conditions (20 ± 1 °C). …”
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Progress towards an eco-friendly insect pest management approach in subtropical agro-ecosystems (South Africa) by Tertia Grové

“…Abstract South Africa is a known exporter of subtropical fruit (avocado, litchi and mango). The main production areas for subtropical fruit in South Africa are parts of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. …”
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Improve Growth and Productivity of Fig Trees (Ficus carica L.) by Using Natural Compounds by Zulaikha Ramadhan Ibrahim, Shaymaa Mahfodh Abdulqader, Azad Ahmed Mayi

“…Foliar spraying of Prosopis Farcta at 300 mg L-1 led to a significant increase in all studied characters (total chlorophyll content, leaf area, leaves carbohydrate, TSS, fruit weight and total yield) except total acidity.Foliar spraying of humic acid at 300 mg L-1 led to a significant increase in some studied characters (leaf area, leaves carbohydrate, TSS, fruit weight). …”
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Direct Application of Coffee Pulp Vermicompost Produced from Epigeic Earthworms and Its Residual Effect on Vegetative and Reproductive Growth of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) by Yohannes Zergaw, Temesgen Kebede, Dargie Tsegay Berhe

“…Reproductive and vegetative growth parameters (number of leaves, number of fruits, single fruit length, total biomass weight, days to 50% flowering, and yield per hectare) were collected in two consecutive cropping seasons. …”
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The Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia Michx) by Peter C. Andersen, Ali Sarkhosh, Dustin Huff, Jacque Breman

“…Muscadine grapes are late in breaking bud in the spring and require 100-120 days to mature fruit. Typically, muscadine grapes in the wild bear dark fruit with usually 4 to 10 fruit per cluster. …”
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A Comparative Study on Drought Stress Response In Vitro and In Vivo Propagated <i>Fragaria vesca</i> Plants by Marta Rokosa, Małgorzata Mikiciuk, Danuta Kulpa, Piotr Ptak

“…The research encompassed measurements of gas exchange parameters, chlorophyll “a” fluorescence, photosynthetic pigment and proline content in leaves, leaf relative water content index, total fruit yield, single fruit weight, fresh and dry mass of the root system, as well as the concentrations of K, Ca, Mg, Na, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Mo. …”
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CitGATA7 interact with histone acetyltransferase CitHAG28 to promote citric acid degradation by regulating the glutamine synthetase pathway in citrus by Xiahui Lin, Shaojia Li, Yanna Shi, Yuchen Ma, Yinchun Li, Haohan Tan, Bo Zhang, Changjie Xu, Kunsong Chen

“…Abstract Organic acid is a crucial indicator of fruit quality traits. Citric acid, the predominant organic acid in citrus fruit, directly influences its edible quality and economic value. …”
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Effect of Foliar Spraying with Boron and Ascorbic Acid on Growth and Yield Traits of Chili Pepper Grown in Plastic House by Adnan Ghazi Salman Al-nussirawi, Wasam Habeib Altamimi, Jamal Nathir Naji

“…The treatment spraying boron at a rate of 100 mg L-1 had significantly better results in terms of relative chlorophyll content in leaves, main stem diameter, plant height, branch count, leaf count, fruit count, fruit weight, and plant yield (48.23 Spad, 21.02 mm, 70.02 cm, 4.500 branches, 156.81 leaves, 74.88 fruits, 19.00 g, and 1492.5 g plant-1 respectively). …”
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The Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia Michx) by Peter C. Andersen, Ali Sarkhosh, Dustin Huff, Jacque Breman

“…Muscadine grapes are late in breaking bud in the spring and require 100-120 days to mature fruit. Typically, muscadine grapes in the wild bear dark fruit with usually 4 to 10 fruit per cluster. …”
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'Micro-Gold' Miniature Dwarf Tomato by John W. Scott, Brent K. Harbaugh

“… 'Micro-Gold' is a miniature dwarf tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) with gold-colored fruit. It is a comparison to 'Micro-Tom' (Scott and Harbaugh, 1989), which has been the smallest tomato cultivar released to date. …”
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