Browsing by Author "Coneva, Elina"

Global demand and increased adaptability of banana cultures has led to the development of a potential niche market for non-Cavendish bananas. This present work was conducted to determine the feasibility of producing banana ...

This research focused on the effects of fruit size and cultivar on fruit quality and postharvest storage life of three cultivars of Actinidia chinensis. In the first experiment, the fruit quality attributes of ‘AU Golden ...

Rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum) predominantly makes up blueberry production in Alabama. These blueberries typically ripen later in the season toward the end of May and June when market prices are low. Production ...

In the southeastern United States, Pierce’s Disease (PD) is the major limiting factor for production of Vitis vinifera L, European wine grapes. Recently bred, PD resistant 87.5% V. vinifera selections (‘U0501-12’, ‘U0502-01’, ...

In response to the surging global demand for nutritious foods, blueberry production has doubled in the last decade. However, sustainability of blueberry production is challenged by diseases such as Botryosphaeria stem ...

Fruit thinning and the application of the natural biostimulant Benefit®Kiwi are expensive cultural practices, and the effectiveness of these practices on increasing fruit size of Actinidia chinensis cultivars grown in ...

Although the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) has been confirmed to cause economic losses to numerous fruit crop species in the southeastern U.S. since 1933, no science-based information is available on the occurrence of ...

Phenological changes have been observed in peaches during the last decades caused by the seasonal variability in climate conditions mainly experienced during dormancy, consequently affecting crop management practices, ...