{"title":"Occurrence of in vitro flowering in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)","authors":"Shareefa M, Thomas R J, Sreelekshmi J S, A. K","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1154","url":null,"abstract":"Immature inflorescence with outer spathe length of 5.5 cm size collected from West Coast Tall cultivar of coconut was used as the explant and rachillae bits were inoculated in Y3 media supplemented with 2, 4-D (1 mg L-1). The cultures were incubated in dark for eight months and sub-cultured into the same media at monthly interval. The white shoot like outgrowths formed were sub cultured to ½ MS media fortified with 1 mg L-1 each of NAA and BAP and subsequently transferred to light condition. After three months, the emerging shoot likestructure was transferred to Y3 media fortified with NAA and BAP. Upon developing 3 - 4 leaves, the cultures were transferred to rooting media and root initiation was observed after two months. The transition of vegetative shoot to reproductive state was accompanied by some morphological changes including rapid emergence of long and thin leaves followed by emergence of pearly white inflorescence. Unlike normal inflorescence, the inflorescence emerged was terminal and was devoid of spathe. Prolonged subculture in the same media might have resulted in pH variation and subsequent reduction in organic and inorganicconstituents of the media. The chemical stress experienced by the plantlet might have induced in vitro flowering.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79114067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Occurrence of algal stem blotch in ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) under coastal Odisha conditions in India","authors":"S. Ganesan, Panda M, K. K.","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.763","url":null,"abstract":"The investigation was carried out during 2017-18 to identify and document the emerging diseases of Indian Jujube or ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) in Odisha state located in Eastern part of India. Periodical visit and subsequent investigations revealed the occurrence of a new kind of stem blotch disease in ber caused by alga. Symptoms were observed on bark of the stem and branches as bright red velvety blotch colonies during July- September 2017. However dull grey blotches were visible throughout the year. Leaves and fruits were left unaffected. The algal stem blotch occurrence was assessed during the year 2018 and disease severity rangedfrom 9.4-14.8 per cent. The green alga was identified and confirmed as Trentepohlia arborum (Agardh) Hariot based on key morphological characters. The stem blotches lead to death of young twigs measured between 3 to 8 mm thickness on primary and secondary branches wherein thickness of branches was more than 10 mm, algal blotches caused cracking of bark. Present study highlights the causal agent of stem blotch of ber, its symptomatology, impact of disease and suggested management practices.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86724061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Krishna H.C., Nasir Ahmad Sahel, B. S, S. Mushrif, Anjaneya Reddy Chagam Reddy, Ahmad Shafiq Foshanji Foshanji
{"title":"Effect of modified atmosphere package on physico-chemical properties of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruits","authors":"Krishna H.C., Nasir Ahmad Sahel, B. S, S. Mushrif, Anjaneya Reddy Chagam Reddy, Ahmad Shafiq Foshanji Foshanji","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1085","url":null,"abstract":"Pomegranate is an important table and processed fruit owing to its nutritional quality. Extending the fruit life of the plant is very much limited owing to its metabolic activities viz., respiration, transpiration and microbial infection. An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different packaging materials on physico-chemical properties of pomegranate fruits during storage. Fruits were harvested with stalk and washed with sodium hypochlorite, air dried and graded. Fruits were stored under modified atmospheric packaging conditions using different packaging materials viz., polyethylene bag, polypropylene bag, Xtend® bag and silver nano bag Hima Fresh®. Fruits without package served as controls. Fruits were stored at low temperature 7±2 °C and 90±5 % RH. MAP treated fruits had higher quality parameters across all packaging treatments. PLW and respiration rate increased while, moisture content, colour, texture and acidity decreased with prolonged storage, but the rate of decrease was highest in unpacked fruits. MAP maintained the quality of pomegranate fruits upto 100 days compared to unpackaged fruits (40 days). Shelf life of stored fruit at ambient condition was 4 to 5 days. Fruit decay was 12 % in polyethylene whereas it was 6 % in Xtend® bag at the end of 100 day of storage.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76250448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Udaya Kumar K P, K. Chaturvedi, S. G. S. K., Anuradha Sane, Pritee Singh, Suresh G J
{"title":"Development and evaluation of ready to serve (RTS) beverage from bael (Aegle marmelose Correa.)","authors":"Udaya Kumar K P, K. Chaturvedi, S. G. S. K., Anuradha Sane, Pritee Singh, Suresh G J","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1297","url":null,"abstract":"A research study was carried out to develop a RTS beverage by exploiting the nutritional and organoleptic properties of bael fruit pulp. Six treatment combinationsof bael RTS with 10, 15 and 20% of pulp concentration and 10 and 15°B of TSS were prepared based on the review of literature. The biochemical and organoleptic properties of the prepared RTS were evaluated during storage. The pH, ascorbic acid and antioxidant activity of the RTS decreased with the storage, while acidity and total sugars increased. Results of the sensory evaluation showed that there was a significant difference between treatments in terms of color, flavor, taste, body and overall acceptability. From the results of quality assessments, the formulated bael RTS beverage with 15% pulp and 15°B TSS was found to be superior and suitable for consumption up to 12 weeks without any significant changes in the quality characteristics.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76181829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ramamoorthy Vellaisamy, S. S, T. M, Samundeeswari S, S. G., R. R.
{"title":"Cropping duration and non-rhizomorphic mycelial phenotype of Pleurotus djamor woody1 co-segregate in the hybrid progenies","authors":"Ramamoorthy Vellaisamy, S. S, T. M, Samundeeswari S, S. G., R. R.","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1129","url":null,"abstract":"Crop duration of the cultivated Pleurotus spp. is 45 to 50 days. P. djamor isolate woody-1 was collected as natural selection and was found to be short cropping duration variety with total cropping duration of 30 days but it is less palatable. It produced very thin, loose and non-rhizomorphic mycelia appearing light white color. Whereas, other commercial Pleurotus varieties such as P. florida and P. djamor MDU1 are long crop duration varieties and palatable producing thick, compact and rhizomorphic mycelia with bright white color. Co-segregation of non-rhizomorphic mycelial phenotype and short cropping duration trait of P. djamor woody- 1 in hybrid progenies was evaluated. Hybrid strains viz., H2W12 and H2W14 have thin, loose and non-rhizomorphic mycelium and they produced primordia in 9-10 days after spawning with total cropping duration of 29-32 days. Whereas, hybrid strain namely Pf1W2 has thick, compact and rhizomorphic mycelial phenotype and it produced primordia in 20 days after spawning with the total cropping duration of 47 days. This study indicated that genes governing short cropping duration and non-rhizomorphic mycelial pattern were tightly linked and co-segregated in the progenies. Thus, non-rhizomorphic mycelial phenotype of P. djamor woody1 can be used as a phenotypic marker for selection of hybrid cultivar having short cropping duration with other desired agronomic traits in future breeding strategy.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83398147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V S Karthik Nayaka, Tiwari R B, Narayana C K, R. K., S. Azeez, Vasugi C, V. R., B. S, Sujayasree O J
{"title":"Comparative effect of different sugars instigating non-enzymatic browning and Maillard reaction products in guava fruit leather","authors":"V S Karthik Nayaka, Tiwari R B, Narayana C K, R. K., S. Azeez, Vasugi C, V. R., B. S, Sujayasree O J","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1387","url":null,"abstract":"Browning is a major quality deterioration process affecting both visual colour and nutritional value of guava leather. The aim of the study was to determine the role of different sugars viz., sucrose, fructose, glucose and sorbitol in non-enzymatic browning and antioxidant activity of guava fruit leather. The total free amino acids, ascorbic acid and antioxidant activities were at significantly lower levels in glucose and fructose treated guava leather, while the sorbitol added samples had all of above parameters at the highest level; while a reverse trend was observed in browning index and non-enzymatic browning. Among the browning intermediate products, Hydroxymethylfurfural was present at higher concentration (12.80-32.32 ng/g) than furfural (0.29-0.95 ng/g) in guava leather samples. Among the treatments, hydroxymethylfurfural was found lowest in sorbitol (12.8 ng/g) and highest in fructose (32.3 ng/g). In brief, this paper describes a novel effort in bringing the in-vitro studies related to sugars and total free amino acids, influencing the biochemical and nutritional attributes which are responsible for browning in guava fruit leather.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85130791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C Yella Swami, S. G, Naik R K, Sanjeeva Reddy B, Rathinakumari C A
{"title":"Constraints in dry chilli cultivation practices and mechanization of harvesting in Southern India","authors":"C Yella Swami, S. G, Naik R K, Sanjeeva Reddy B, Rathinakumari C A","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1089","url":null,"abstract":"Dry chilli production in India condition faces many challenges apart from adverse weather conditions, labor-intensive production practices and higher overall production costs are limiting profitable dry chilli cultivation. Therefore, a study was carried to know the key constraints in current chilli production practices in eight major production districts of three states. A systematic research and development approach is essential to know the range of constraints and farmers preferences over technological options for field operations. The harvesting operation alone demands 43% of labour 360.5 man-days/ha. So, red chilli harvesting mechanization is a definite immediate requirement to reduce labour input. Farmers (47%) prefer small size self-propelled chilli harvester over tractor operated equipment. In the production catchments, farmer also inferred to change the cultivation practices to mechanize chilli production operations, but 18% of farmers hesitant to adopt one-timeharvesting chilli varieties due to suspicion about the yield potentials.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85370148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saidulu Yeluguri, T. P, Upreti K K, S. S, Seetharamu G K, D. V, Mythili J B
{"title":"Biochemical characterization of defense responses in rose genotypes in response to artificial inoculation with black spot pathogen Diplocarpon rosae","authors":"Saidulu Yeluguri, T. P, Upreti K K, S. S, Seetharamu G K, D. V, Mythili J B","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1027","url":null,"abstract":"Resistance responses in the leaves of eight rose genotypes, Knock Out (highly resistant), Arka Nishkant (moderately resistant), R. multiflora (highly susceptible), Arka Swadesh (highly susceptible), IIHRR 13-4 (susceptible), Arka Parimala (susceptible), R. indica (susceptible) and IIHRR 4-15-12 (moderately susceptible), exhibiting varied levels of resistance against black spot were investigated post artificial inoculation with black spot pathogen, Diplocarpon rosae. There was consistent increase in the activities of defense related enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, superoxide dismutase and phenylalanine ammonia lyase and other defense related secondary metabolites like phenols and flavonoids at different phases of black spot progression and increase was high in resistant genotypes Knock Out and Arka Nishkant. The peak activity of defense enzymes and high concentration of other metabolites was witnessed during early stages of infection in the resistant genotypes while it was during later phase in the susceptible genotypes. These results suggested that the faster and stronger activation of defense system is associated with the resistance against black spotin the rose genotypes.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72789019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elicitors induced changes in essential oil constituents of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) rhizome","authors":"S. Rajagopal, John Zachariah Thondiath","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1079","url":null,"abstract":"An experiment was conducted at IISR, Kozhikode to study the effect of foliar application of chemical elicitors, namely, chitosan (100, 200 and 500 ppm), phenylalanine (0.1, 1 and 10 mM) and salicylic acid (0.01, 0.1 and 1 mM) on volatile constituents of turmeric rhizome essential oil (EO). Three genotypes (Pragati, Rajapuri and Acc.849) which vary in growth duration and volatile profile were taken for the study in randomized block design with three replications. The highest EO content in Pragati (6%) and Acc. 849 (5.3%) was found in Phenylalanine (1 mM) treatment. No significant changes in EO content were observed in the genotype Rajapuri. Phenylalanine and salicylic acid were found to have positive influence on ar-turmerone, the major sesquiterpenoid in Pragati. Acc.849 and Rajapuri did not produce any significant changes to ar-turmerone content in elicitor treated samples. Moreover, the treatment related variation in the total monoterpenes and total sesquiterpene content was found significant among the genotypes. Multivariate analysis using partial least square discriminant analysis supported the variation observed among the treatments and variable importance in projection scoreidentified the metabolites responsible for variation among treatments.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76892815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Bayogan, L. Secretaria, Darlyn Lequigan, R. Abad
{"title":"The use of brick-walled evaporative cooler for storage of tomato","authors":"E. Bayogan, L. Secretaria, Darlyn Lequigan, R. Abad","doi":"10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v17i1.1230","url":null,"abstract":"A cost-effective alternative to cold storage is the brick-walled evaporative cooler (BEC). The effects of BEC on mature green and breaker ‘Diamante Max’ tomatoes were assessed. Two trials were carried out at ambient conditions with (i) 27.13±0.78 °C and 80.89±4.47%RH; (ii) 26.93±0.87 °C and 80.05±5.20% RH and with BEC (i) 25.49±0.58 °C and 99.90±0.10% RH; (ii) 25.42±0.90 °C and 97.75±3.25% RH. BEC-stored tomatoes showed 10.36% lesser weight loss, lesser decay incidence, redder color and better visual quality compared to control fruit. The higher L* and hue of around 90 in ambient-stored tomatoes indicated a lighter color as fruit turned to yellow compared to a lower L* and hue in BEC indicating a darker red color. An increased chroma was recorded as fruit turned from green or breaker to yellow, orange, or light red while the values of a* became negative. The BEC maintained the firmness and total soluble solids, especially in mature green tomatoes. After 49 days of storage, 61.8% of the fruit stored in the BEC were marketable compared to 23.3% in ambient conditions. The BEC system showed 27.16% higher annual benefit over cost than the ambient storage conditions. Thus, the BEC system can potentially maintain the quality of ‘Diamante Max’ tomatoes.","PeriodicalId":36766,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Horticultural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84204389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}