Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Savros Sotiropoulos Author-Workplace-Name: School of Agriculture and Food, University of Peloponnese, Antikalamos, Kalamata, Greece Author-Name: Christos Chatzissavvidis Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, Greece Author-Name: Ioannis Papadakis Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science of Athens, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DEMETER Institute of Soil and Water Resources, Lykovrisi, Greece Author-Name: Viktor Kavvadias Author-Name: Christos Paschalidis Author-Workplace-Name: School of Agriculture and Food, University of Peloponnese, Antikalamos, Kalamata, Greece Author-Name: Chrysovalantou Antonopoulou Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Development, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, Greece Author-Name: Antonia Koriki Author-Workplace-Name: School of Agriculture and Food, University of Peloponnese, Antikalamos, Kalamata, Greece Title: Inorganic and organic foliar fertilization in olives Abstract: The application of nutrient solutions to the foliage of plants is an alternative means to fertilise crops. Foliar fertilisation is used to overcome the disadvantages of soil applications. Variable plant responses to these foliar fertilisation spray solutions have often been described in the literature. However, knowledge about the penetration mechanisms, the role of a leaf-applied inorganic or organic solution, and the results obtained by its application is still limited. The complex character of the factors determining the effects of sprays hinders the development of suitable foliar fertilisation strategies, applicable under variable local conditions and for various plant types. This review describes some basic factors involved in the penetration process of foliar sprays in olive (Olea europaea L.) trees. Chemistry, leaf penetration, and plant nutrition principles will be merged with the aim of clarifying the constraints, opportunities, and future perspectives of sprays to cure olive tree nutrient deficiencies and, hence, both increase the yield and improve the fruit quality. Keywords: deficiency, fertilization, nutrient, olive, penetration, sprays Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 1-11 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/69/2022-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/69/2022-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/hor-202301-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:69-2022-HORTSCI Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Soniya Dhanda Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Author-Name: Surender Singh Yadav Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Author-Name: Anil Jakhar Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Author-Name: Sonu Kumari Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Title: A review on seasonal succession and management of key insect- pest infesting tomato Abstract: Tomatoes have become one of the most significant and profitable vegetable crops farmed for fresh market and processing in tropical and subtropical parts of the globe and they are an important element of our human nutrition. Tomatoes, like other vegetables, are more susceptible to insect pests and illnesses than other crops, owing to their sensitivity and softness. Insect pests are among the many causes that cause low tomato yields includes fruit borer, jassid, white fly, aphid and leaf miner. On the other hand, enough understanding about seasonal abundance of insect pests is required for the formulation and implementation of an appropriate, effective, and timely pest management approach. The current demand focuses not only on the use of various eco-friendly chemical groups, but also the employment of unique modes of action to provide sufficient control of insect pest populations. So, this work reviews and presents a pool of research on seasonal succession and management of key insect pests of tomato. Keywords: Vegetable, seasonal abundance, effective, chemical Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 12-24 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/31/2022-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/31/2022-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/hor-202301-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:31-2022-HORTSCI Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Adrian Esteban Ortega-Torres Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Biosystems, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Querétaro, México Author-Name: Tomás Sabino Herrera-Matallana Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Biosystems, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Querétaro, México Author-Name: Enrique Rico-García Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Biosystems, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Querétaro, México Title: Vermiliquer as a biostimulant and antioxidant in hydroponic lettuce (Lactuca sativa) production Abstract: The use of vermiliquers obtained from earthworm in hydroponic crops is well received as alternative for fertilization of leafy vegetables. The vermiliquer boosts growth, defense compounds and increases the uptake of nutrients and minerals by plants. The growth and enzymatic activities related to stress and phenolic compounds were explored in hydroponic lettuce crops treated with different concentrations of vermiliquer. The treatments consisted in three different vermiliquer, a Mesh Vermiwash, a Direct Vermiwash, and the Vermileachate, and its combinations as a complement for complete fertilization. The addition of vermiliquer to hydroponic lettuce affected the leaf and root fresh weight, and reactive oxygen species like superoxide dismutase (SOD) or phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL). Vermileachate (Vl) plus Direct Vermiwash treatment was higher in the first week in leaf and root lettuce, indicating an effect biostimulant. Vl gave the highest enzymatic activity in SOD and PAL, indicating an effect elicitor. In summary, vermiwash proved to improve hydroponic lettuce crop and enzymatic activities related to stress. Keywords: earthworm, organic wastes, greenhouse, agriculture, vermicompost Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 25-31 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/5/2022-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5/2022-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/hor-202301-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:5-2022-HORTSCI Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Seema Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Author-Name: Rita Dahiya Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Physics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Author-Name: Ram Prakash Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Author-Name: Vijay Pal Singh Panghal Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Author-Name: Manoj Kumar Gora Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Title: Effects of saline water and N levels on eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) fruit yield, water productivity, and nitrogen use efficiency by drip and surface flood irrigation Abstract: Due to a scarcity of freshwater resources, agriculture is dependent on the use of poor quality water for irrigation in arid and semi-arid regions. Hence, the effective use of poor quality water requires pioneering water management and nitrogen fertilizer practices for increasing yield and resource efficiency. This study aimed to investigate the effect of saline water levels, nitrogen fertilizer, and irrigation methods on eggplant yield, water productivity, NPK uptake, and nitrogen use efficiency. The experiment was conducted in 2019 and 2020 under drip (IM1) and surface flood irrigation (IM2). The treatments included three saline water levels i.e. canal water (SW1), ECiw=2.5 dS/m (SW2), and ECiw=5.0 dS/m (SW3) along with the three nitrogen levels of 75% (N1), 100% (N2), and 125% (N3) of the recommended dose of nitrogen. Application of saline water using IM1 reduced the ECe by 41.8% (SW2) and 34% (SW3) over IM2. The fruit yield, water productivity (WP), NPK uptake, and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) was increased by 22%, 127.6%, 39.8%, 16.6%, 11.8%, and 23.8% under IM1 over IM2, respectively. A high saline water level under IM2 can cause more reduction in fruit yield, NPK uptake, and water use. Applying saline water through IM1 improves fruit yield, WP, and NUE by 13-32.8%, 104.1-147.3%, and 10.5-35.2% as compared to IM2. We found that saline water and N applied by drip improved eggplant yield, water productivity, and NPK uptake. It is concluded that irrigation water and nitrogen fertilizer consumption are optimized when saline water is applied through drip irrigation. Keywords: fruit weight, nutrient uptake, nitrogen fertilizer, plant height, poor quality water Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 32-44 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/11/2022-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/11/2022-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:11-2022-HORTSCI Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Hanifeh Seyed Hajizadeh Author-Name: Sara Rezaei Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran Author-Name: Fataneh Yari Author-Workplace-Name: Agricultural Research Institute, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Author-Name: Volkan Okatan Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Türkiye Title: In vitro simulation of drought stress in some Iranian Damask rose landraces Abstract: Rosa damascena is one of the oldest valuable rose flower varieties that is almost drough tolerant. However, selecting and identifying landraces that are more tolerant to drought conditions will be effective in developing the cultivation of the plant under stress. The most important step in developing drought-tolerant plants is the evaluation and identification of resistant and susceptible genotypes. In this case, an experiment was performed under in vitro conditions using five levels (0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 g/L) of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on four landraces of the Damask rose (Maragheh, Urmia, Pakdasht, and Kashan). Based on the findings, the resistance of the different landraces to a water deficit was measured by the Design-Expert software using the response level (RSM) method. The results showed that Maragheh, with the highest fresh and dry weight, total chlorophyll, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, proline and an increase in the superoxide dismutase activity, had a high tolerance to drought stress. Moreover, Maragheh with a decreasing leaf number, height, malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide and having a higher membrane stability index, showed a better defence mechanism against oxidative stress than the other landraces. Also, after Maragheh, Pakdasht had the best performance compared to the other two landraces up to 75g/L of PEG, but not as well as Maragheh at the highest level of the tested PEG. Urmia and especially Kashan probably do not have much tolerance to drought stress regarding all the results and levels of desirability. Keywords: Rosa, abiotic stress, proline, water deficit tolerance, micropropagation, biomass, polyethylene glycol Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 45-60 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/107/2021-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/107/2021-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/hor-202301-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:107-2021-HORTSCI Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Yu Liu Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, P.R. China Author-Name: Wenyue Ji Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, P.R. China Author-Name: Xiang Wang Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, P.R. China Author-Name: Bin Xia Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, P.R. China Author-Name: Miao He Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, P.R. China Author-Name: Yunwei Zhou Author-Workplace-Name: College of Landscape Architecture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, P.R. China Title: Identification and functional characterization of a new terpene synthase gene from Chrysanthemum indicum var. aromaticum Abstract: Terpene synthase (TPS) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of terpenoids in plants and plays an important role in the regulation of the synthesis of aromatic substances in plants. In this study, we treated Chrysanthemum indicum var. aromaticum as the experimental material to clone the CiTPS gene. The open reading frame of CiTPS is 1 818 bp, encoding a putative protein of 605 amino acids. There is a monoterpene synthase conserved domain and a highly conserved sequence, DDXXD, (N,D)D(L,I,V)X(S,T)XXXE and RRX8W, respectively, which belong to the monoterpene synthase family. The multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis showed that the CiTPS gene belongs to the TPS-b subfamily. The pBI121-TPS-GFP recombinant plasmid and the pBI121-GFP empty vector plasmid were introduced into Agrobacterium by electroporation and transferred into wild-type tobacco by the Agrobacterium-mediated method. Three transgenic CiTPS lines were screened, and the secretions of wild-type tobacco and transgenic tobacco T1 leaves in the vigorous growth period were analysed. The volatiles of the transgenic lines were similar to those of wild-type tobacco, but their monoterpenes increased significantly, and the sesquiterpenoids and diterpenoids decreased or remained unchanged, indicating that the CiTPS gene is related to the synthesis of the monoterpenes. Keywords: overexpression, CiTPS gene, GC/MS, terpene synthase, monoterpene, gene cloning Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 61-71 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/61/2022-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/61/2022-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/hor-202301-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:61-2022-HORTSCI Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Naděžda Vrchotová Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Metabolomics and Isotopic Analyses, Global Change Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jan Tříska Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Metabolomics and Isotopic Analyses, Global Change Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: Radomíra Střalková Author-Workplace-Name: Research Station for Viticulture Karlštejn, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Štěpán Horník Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jan Sýkora Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Josef Balík Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Ivo Soural Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Lukáš Toupal Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Radek Sotolář Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic Title: Corrigendum: Content of trans-resveratrol, trans-ε-viniferin and trans-δ-viniferin in young spring grapevine canes - the influence of samples drying Abstract: Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 90 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/30/2023-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/30/2023-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:30-2023-HORTSCI Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Editorial Office Title: List of volume 49 reviewers Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: I-II Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/hor-202301-0009_list-of-volume-49-reviewers.php File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:hor-202301-0009 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Venelin Roychev Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Viticulture, Faculty of Holticulture with Viticulture, Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Author-Name: Neli Keranova Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Economics, Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Title: Phenotypic proximity and remoteness of seedless vine varieties depending on their ampelographic characteristics Abstract: The degree of the phenotypic similarity and differences between 61 seedless vine varieties was studied by grouping them according to economically important phenological, agrobiological and technological indicators. A multidimensional statistical approach is applied - a cluster analysis, which provides possibilities of establishing relatively homogeneous groups (clusters), based on a set of certain indicators. As the cluster analysis does not perform any tests for the statistical significance of the results, it is combined with a factor analysis, which provides information on the reasons leading to the distribution of the individual varieties in different clusters and the merging of others into one cluster. The applied factor analysis transformed all the studied indicators into seven main components, explaining 76% of the total variance. The transformation of these traits to the corresponding number of factors and the indicators in them, which explain that the varieties belong to the separate clusters, was established. The limits of the phenotypic similarity and differences between the studied seedless vine varieties and the conditional parameters of the polymorphism with their economically significant ampelographic characteristics were determined. The presented grouping can be used for taxonomic purposes, as well as in the selection to create new seedless vine varieties. By applying targeted agro-technical measures, the desired change in the indicators of the first and second factors in the individual groups of traits can be actively influenced. Keywords: seedless vine varieties, phenological, agrobiological, technological ampelographic indicators Journal: Horticultural Science Pages: 72-89 Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.17221/59/2021-HORTSCI File-URL: http://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/59/2021-HORTSCI.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/hor-202301-0010.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:1:id:59-2021-HORTSCI