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From:Colorado Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature (Vol. 40, Issue 1)Riverside, California, circa 1979 We hurtle down the narrow road in Grandpa's Ford ltd, whistling cleanly through the orange trees, the dark green foliage whipping past. Up ahead, the leaves all seem a jumble, but...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 41, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedWilliam R. Okie and other scientists, working at the Agricultural Research Service's Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory are helping to keep Georgia's peach crop productive and healthy. The government's...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 56, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe heat and humidity are no bother to Ricardo Goenaga as he walks from tree to 9-foot-tall tree in an experimental plot ARS maintains in Isabela, on Puerto Rico's northwest coast. The plant physiologist picks a red,...
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From:Crop Science (Vol. 39, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedQuantitative analyses of the continuous response of components of the biomass of fruits of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai] to variation in plant density could provide insight into the mechanisms...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedIn the pineapple sector of Benin, poor fruit quality prevents pineapple producers to enter the European market. We investigated effects of common cultural practices, flowering and maturity synchronisation, (1) to...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedThe global population is rapidly increasing, the arable land area is losing in a large scale, and the water supply capacity is limited. Meanwhile, China is in a critical period of the transformation of apple industrial...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 55, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedGooseberry enthusiasts may soon have a new, high-quality gooseberry to appreciate. This dark, sweet, dessert gooseberry is highly resistant to both white pine blister rust and powdery mildew, the fruit's biggest disease...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 51, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedMethyl jasmonate (MJ) has many functions. This natural compound derived from plant oils--especially jasmine and honeysuckle oils--helps plants muster pest-defense proteins. Incorporated into cosmetic products, it...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 50, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedRemember the first time you tasted a fig? Maybe you plucked one from a sturdy old tree in your backyard. Or perhaps a friend shared a soft, chewy cookie filled with the sweet fruit. The kinds of figs you've enjoyed...
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From:Business History Review (Vol. 69, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe rise of large-scale organizational society in the wake of the 1896 presidential election prompted California citrus growers to establish the revolution of corporate capitalism in Southern California. Even when a...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 47, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedResearchers at the ARS Subtropical Agricultural Research Center in Weslaco, Texas, and at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, Texas have found a way to use calcium to increase the shelf life of melons...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 56, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedAvocado--derived from the Spanish word "aguacate" and the Aztec word "ahucatl"--is a staple in the Mexican diet and very popular among U.S. households, so much so that 43 percent buy avocados. Avocado is a subtropical...
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From:California Agriculture (Vol. 68, Issue 01) Peer-ReviewedPierce s disease of grapevines, caused by a strain of the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa, threatens an industry with a farm value of production exceeding $3 billion per year. The grape industry incurs substantial costs...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedDieback disease caused by Erwinia mallotivora is a major threat to papaya plantation in Malaysia. The current study was conducted to evaluate the potential of endophytic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from papaya...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 50, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedFruits and vegetables contain a wide array of compounds--phytonutrients--reported to have anticancer activity in cell cultures. And berries are reportedly rich in antioxidant phytonutrients. So researchers have been...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 43, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedThe Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has implemented a nationwide pest control program to aid commercial fruit growers. The program is part of the USDA's plan to place 75% of US acreage under integrated pest...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedOrchard understory represents an important component of the orchards, performing numerous functions related to soil quality, water relations and microclimate, but little attention has been paid on its effect on soil C...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed
An empirical study on spatial-temporal dynamics and influencing factors of apple production in China
In the context of supply-side structural reform, revealing the characteristics of spatial-temporal dynamics and influencing factors of China's apple production layout is of great significance to ensure apple supply and... -
From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 48, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedMore than 6,000 splendid watercolors of apples, blackberries, cherries, grapes, persimmons, and other fruits are preserved at the ARS National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland. Known as the USDA Pomological...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 42, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAn Agricultural Research Service study has shown that drip irrigation is cost-effective when used to grow plantains and bananas in semiarid tropical areas. The study, performed in Puerto Rico, showed that, on a 50-acre...