Punica

The pomegranate fruits of cvs. Malas Yazdi and Malas Ashkezar were immersed in SA (1 and 2 mM from source of acytyl salicylic acid) for five minutes, in JA (0.3 and 0.4 mM from source of n-propyl dihydrojasmonate) for fifteen minutes, in CaCl 2 (1 and 2%) for five minutes, and in distilled water for five minutes as control. Then, the fruits were stored in cold storage at 1.5±0.5 o C and 85±5% relative humidity for 2 months. Every 21 days, samples were taken out of the cold storage and were kept at 20 o C for 3 days before analysis. The analysis results revealed that treatments with SA, JA, and CaCl 2 significantly reduced the chilling injury of pomegranate fruits. The lowest chilling injury index was observed in 0.4 mM of JA-treated fruits and the highest was for untreated fruits. Electrolyte leakage of fruits increased upon treatments of fruits with 0.3 mM JA and 2 mM SA, but it was not significantly affected by other treatments. Treatments of fruits with SA, JA, and CaCl 2 had no ...

The present experiment was carried out during December 2018 to May 2019 in Central Research Field, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj. it is concluded that treatment T2 (20 cm pruning) was best in terms of vegetative growth parameters like plant height, plant spread, number of branches etc. and treatment T4 (40 cm pruning) was best in terms of earliness and fruit yield parameters, in terms of quality treatment T3 (30 cm pruning) was best. In terms of economics treatment T4 (40 cm pruning) recorded maximum benefit and cost benefit ratio.

Description of the subject. In the Messaad region, in central Algeria, pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the main fruit crops in agricultural systems after apricot. Objectives. To explore cultivar diversity, a study of the morphological variability of pomegranate fruits and seeds was carried out on the fruits of seven pomegranate cultivars; Khadraye KH1, Hamraye HM1, Senin Alouj SL1 from Messaad orchards, AM2 (Amourah) from Amourah orchards, Khadraye KH3, Mezabi MZ3, Senin Alouj SL3 from Zaccar orchards. Method. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), a principal Component Analysis (PCA) followed by an Ascending Hierarchical Classification (AHC) based on quantitative morphological parameters are used. Results. The results show similarities between classes according to which four main classes were grouped. The first class C1 consists of two cultivars (KH1 and SL1 of Messaad), while the second class C2 consists of one cultivar, HM1of Messaad. The third class C3 consists of the very cha...

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of death in developed and developing countries. In Indonesia 26% of death is caused by CHD. Hypercholesterolemia is one of the risk factors for CHD. Simvastatin is a hypolipidemic drug which has a significant number of side effects such as myopathy. While, Pomegranate juice (Punica granatum) contains anthocyanin, cathechins, tanin, vitamin C and vitamine E which have beneficial effects to decrease blood LDL level. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of pomegranate juice (Punica granatum) and simvastatin in lowering blood LDL level of hypercholesterolemic male rats (Rattus novergicus).Methodology: This experimental study was executed following by pre and post control group design. This study used 15 male Wistar rats that were divided into three groups as 2% DMSO, simvastatin and pomegranate juice. Blood LDL level was examined at day-0 and day-15 of trial period. Result: Dependent T-tes...