The plants were watered daily for 52 days, then the plants were harvested and submitted to the LSU soil testing lab where an inductively coupled plasma  device was used to measure the leaf tissue quantity. The procedure consisted of harvesting plant tops at the termination of the project and dried at 60˚C for 48 hours.…

These novel flavonoids flavones and flavonols-increased threefold, mostly in the Q12 peel, which had higher total antioxidant capacity. These findings add further support to the potential of engineering tomato fruit for accumulation of high levels of beneficial nutrients. Similarly, the poliphenol resveratrol—a stilbenoid—shows cancer chemo-preventative activity and may prevent coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. Liu, et…

Bottle gourd Standl. is one of the most important, widely cultivated popular winter vegetables in Bangladesh. But it is cultivated around the tear due to its taste and demand to the consumers. It occupies an area of about 7217 ha with a total production of 85,267 tons. The average yield is only 11.81 tons per hectare,…

Increased pigmentation was apparent in stems, petioles, main leaf veins,and sepals. lc-containing lines had 10 to 20 times higher levels of total anthocyanins than controls. In addition,antioxidant activity of lc-containing lines was 1.5 times higher than that of controls .The unique flavor and odor of alliums is derived from the hydrolysis of organosulfur compounds, which produces pyruvate,…

High value vegetables preferentially receive more inputs than other vegetable crops to help them cope with unfavorable weather and nutritional deficiencies, but extremes of heat, drought, salinity, and flooding will be unavoidable in a warming world. Some vegetable cultural practices to cope with these stressors already exist, but the development of well adapted cultivars will…

Indeed supermarkets may contribute to a higher demand of horticultural products and increase expectations for quality, safety, and presentation, while simultaneously excluding small growers from participating in procurement and contracts. The importance of supermarkets is growing especially fast in the southeast Asia region. Supermarkets are expanding in China 30% 40% per year, 2 3 times…

However, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute  has released varieties that are higher yielder, but some varieties are prone to several pests and diseases. Beside this growers’ demand is good quality hybrid varieties having tolerance to different major insects and diseases.In this context, BARI needs to be developed tomato varieties possess traits of virus and wilt resistance. In 2020, The World…

An F ratio is calculatedto represent the variance between the groups, divided by the variance within thegroups. A large F ratio indicates that there is more variability between thegroups caused by the independent variable than there is within each group, referredto as the error term . Therefore, this is an indication of abetter predictor model.…

The elders’ agricultural productivity level cannot meet the speedily growing population’s food and fibre needs. Additionally, the new ideas and techniques used to improve agricultural production are not user-friendly for most older people and illiterate. Subsequently, fostering youth involvement in agriculture remains vital to economic development in most developing countries. Therefore, youth remains an important…

The reverse was seen with fruit crops where 23% of the commercial farmers produced fruits while 67% non-commercial farmers produced fruits. Livestock contributed the least as an agro-ecological product in the entire region. Interestingly, there was a difference in the age of individuals operating commercial farm households versus those in the non-commercial farming households .…