Fruita fresca

Performance, fruit quality, and shelf life of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) grown using charred and uncharred eggshells

- BackgroundDespite its widespread cultivation, challenges persist in producing tomato fruits with high quality and extended shelf life. This study focuses on the potential of eggshells as a...

Substituting fertigation with swine liquid manure maintains tomato performance while enhancing dissolved nutrient pools

- Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilization accounts for ~2.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning to a circular nutrient economy requires replacing synthetic inputs with recycled substrates....

Comparative Quality of Garden Strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa Duch. cv. Albion) Produced in Soil and Soilless Sustainable Urban Systems

- ABSTRACTIntroduction/MaterialsModern agriculture faces the challenge of balancing high crop yields with sustainable resource management and nutritional quality. Here, soil and soilless systems...

Co?Flowering Plant Species in a Glasshouse Boost Both Strawberry Production and Bee Health

- Integrating co?flowering plants into glasshouse strawberry systems creates a “win?win” synergy where floral diversification enhances stingless bee vitality and crop visitation. This approach...

Beneath the Bark: Molecular Determinants of Adaptation and Infection in Bacterial Pathogens of Woody Hosts

- Bacterial pathogens colonise woody hosts by integrating metabolic adaptation, effector?mediated immune suppression, cell wall remodelling and EPS? and toxin?supported persistence.ABSTRACTBacterial...

Urban agriculture in the Philippines: Challenges, opportunities, and its role in food security

- AbstractAs more people worldwide live in cities, food insecurity is increasingly becoming an urban issue. Urban agriculture is often viewed as a way to make city residents more food?secure, among...

Setting of import tolerance for folpet in bananas and modification of the existing maximum residue level in honey

- AbstractIn accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant ADAMA Agriculture BV submitted a request to the competent national authority in Austria to set an import tolerance...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Trichoderma asperellum T34

- AbstractThe conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State...

Economic viability of commercial organic fertilizer use in sustainable apple production: plot-level evidence from China

- Commercial organic fertilizer is widely promoted as a green input for sustainable agricultural production, but its farm-level economic viability remains insufficiently understood. Using a two-period...

Effects of Storage Temperature and Duration on the Volatile Components of Postharvest Plum Fruit Revealed by Widely Targeted Metabolomics

- Volume 26, Issue 1, December 2026.

A high?quality haplotype?resolved genome of Pyrus calleryana provides insights into adaptive gene families

- AbstractCallery pear (Pyrus calleryana) is a deciduous species native to East Asia with notable ornamental and ecological value, but the genomic resources for this species remain limited. Here, we...

Yield Losses and Photosynthetic Damage From Pepper Yellow Mosaic Virus in Sweet Pepper

- Field and greenhouse evaluations revealed severe yield losses caused by a resistance?breaking isolate of pepper yellow mosaic virus on sweet pepper cultivars Heloísa and Dahra R. However, fruit...

Fire Blight: Scientific Progress and Control Strategies

- Erwinia amylovora causes the most devastating bacterial disease in pome fruits worldwide. Despite the absence of curative treatments, advancing research on pathogenicity mechanisms is essential....

Whole?Genome Sequencing of Seven Erwinia amylovora Isolates From Almaty Region of Kazakhstan

- Seven isolates of E. amylovora with confirmed pathogenicity from apple plants in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan were obtained and used for de novo genome assembly. The results contribute to the data...

Multiple barriers maintain species boundaries in sympatric brood?site deceptive Gastrodia orchids

- Societal Impact StatementGastrodia orchids are inconspicuous forest plants that lack chlorophyll and obtain carbon from fungi. Their dull?colored, ground?level flowers are often hidden among leaf...

Grape (Vitis L.) biodiversity: Historical uses, current status, and future potential

- Grapes (Vitis L. ? Vitaceae) are among the most important fruit crops globally, consumed in the form of wine, fresh fruit, raisins, and in many products. Complex and fascinating biocultural processes...

Conservation gap analysis for wild grapevines (Vitis L.) of the Americas

- Wild grapevines (Vitis L.) native to the Americas are ecologically and culturally important plants that are also critical to the global cultivated grape industry as sources of traits for crop...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Trichoderma atroviride 77B

- AbstractThe conclusions of the EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State, the Netherlands, for the pesticide...

Postharvest Responses of Fresh Peaches to Gaseous Ozone Treatments during Cold Storage

- Volume 26, Issue 1, December 2026.

Introgression of thermal tolerance alleles drives adaptation despite risk of mitonuclear conflict

09/07/2026 - Hybridization may offer a form of genetic rescue from warming temperatures through the introgression of heat-adapted alleles from a high-tolerance population into a low-tolerance population. However,...

Resveratrol?Mediated Growth Inhibition and Pattern?Triggered Immunity Activation Against Plant Pathogens

- Resveratrol exhibits dual functionality against plant pathogens by directly inhibiting microbial growth and priming plant basal immunity. Through dose?dependent antimicrobial action and activation of...

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