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ADVANCES in HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE Formerly Rivista Dell’Ortoflorofrutticoltura Italiana Founded in 1876 and Issued by University of Florence, Italy ADVANCES IN HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE Formerly Rivista dell’Ortoflorofrutticoltura Italiana founded in 1876 and issued by University of Florence, Italy EDITORS­IN­CHIEF Stefano Mancuso University of Florence Florence, Italy ASSOCIATE EDITORS Elisa Azzarello Mauro Centritto Luis Gurovich University of Florence National Research Council Universidad Católica de Chile Florence, Italy Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy Santiago, Chile Giulia Atzori Vadzim Dzemidchyk Yoichiro Hoshino University of Florence University of Minsk Hokkaido University Florence, Italy Minsk, Belorus Sapporo, Japan Frantisek Baluska Rudolf Eibach Lin Jinxing University of Bonn Institute for Grapevine Breeding Beijing Forestry University Bonn, Germany Siebeldinge, Germany Beijing, P.R. China Karim Ben Hamed E.P. Eleftheriou Maurizio Lambardi Laboratoire des Plantes Extrêmophiles Aristotle University of Thessaloniki National Research Council Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria Thessaloniki, Greece Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy Hammam, Tunisie Andrea Fabbri Francesco Loreto Carla Benelli University of Parma National Research Council National Research Council Parma, Italy Rome, Italy Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy Silvano Fares Andrea Luvisi Stefano Biricolti Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimenta­ University of Salento University of Florence zione in Agricoltura Lecce, Italy Rome, Italy Florence, Italy George Manganaris Francois Bouteau Martin Fellner Cyprus University of Technology Université Paris Diderot­Paris 7, Sor­ Palacky University and Institute of Lemesos, Cyprus Experimental Botany bonne Paris Cité Elisa Masi ASCR Orsay Cedex, France University of Florence Olomouc­Holice Elena­Cocuta Buciumeanu Florence, Italy Czech Republic National Research and Development In­ Christian Mazars Vassilis Fotopoulos stitute for Biotechnology in Paul Sabatier University ­ Toulouse III Cyprus University of Technology Horticulture Toulose, France Bucarest, Romania Limassol, Cyprus Alessio Mengoni Monica Gagliano Cecilia Brunetti University of Florence The University of Western Australia National Research Council Florence, Italy Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy Crawley, Australia Franco Miglietta Edgardo Giordani Stefania Caparrotta National Research Council University of Florence University of Florence S. Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy Florence, Italy Florence, Italy Axel Mithoefer Diego Comparini Guidi Nissim Werther Max Planck Institute University of Florence University of Florence Jena, Germany Florence, Italy Florence, Italy i Susan J. Murch Hava F. Rapoport Narendra Tuteia University of British Columbia Instituto de Agricultura Sostenibible, CSIC ICGEB Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Cordoba, Spain New delhi, India Stefania Nin Tapani Repo Kawano Tomonori CREA Finnish Forest Research Institute The University of Kitakyushu Pescia (PT), Italy Joensuu, Finland Kitakyushu, Japan Peter M. Neumann Teofilo Vamerali Sergey Shabala Faculty of Civil and Environmental University of Padua, University of Tasmania Engineering Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Padua, Italy Haifa, Israel Johan Van Huylenbroeck Hans Schultz Velemir Ninkovic Institute for Agricultural and Geisenheim Research Center Department of Ecology Fisheries Research Geseinheim, Germany Uppsala, Sve Melle, Belgium Camilla Pandolfi Jorge Soria Marie­Christine Van Labeke University of Florence INIA Ghent University Florence, Italy Las Brujas, Uruguay Ghent, Belgium Alberto Pardossi Vicente Sotés Ruiz Liz Van Volkenburgh University of Pisa Università Politecnica di Madrid University of Washington Pisa, Italy Madrid, Spain Seattle, Washington, USA Igor Pottosin A.K. Srivastava Universidad de Colima Carlo Viti National Research Center for Citrus Colima, Mexico University of Florence Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Florence, Italy Silvia Radice Facultad de Agronomía y Ciencias Agroa­ Cosimo Taiti Yinglang Wan limetarias University of Florence Beijing Forestry University Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina Florence, Italy Beijing, P.R. China MANAGEMENT EDITOR Cinzia Silori University of Florence Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy Advances in Horticultural Science is covered in the following indexing and abstracting services: ACNP Catalogo Italiano dei Periodici ­ AGRICOLA ­ AGRICULTURE Journals ­ AGRIS ­APE Journal ­ BASE Bielefeld Academic Search Engine ­ BIOBASE ­ Biological Abstracts ­ Biological Science Journals PQ ­ BIOSIS Preview THOMSON REUTERS ­ CAB Abstracts ­ EBSCO ­ EZB Elektronische Zeitschriften Bibliothek ­ Universitäts bibliothek Regensburg ­ Google Scholar ­ HORTICULTURAL Abstracts ­Journal Seek. A Searchable Database of Online Scholarly Journals ­ JURN ­ Natural Science Journals PQ ­ NewJour. Electronic Journals & Newsletters, University of Georgetown ­ OAISTER oclc ­ Ornamental Horticulture CABI ­ Plant Breeding Abstract CABI ­ Proquest ­ Scirus ELSEVIER ­ SciTech Journals ­ SciVerse SCOPUS ELSEVIER ­ Searchteam ­ Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory ­ WoS Web of Science THOMSON REUTERS ­ WorldCat Advances in Horticultural Science is published by the Department of Agri­Food Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee, 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy Phone +39­055­4574021­22, Fax +39­055­4574910, E­mail: [email protected] ii CONTENTS NDEREYIMANA A., NYALALA S., MURERWA P., GAIDASHOVA S. Growth, yield and fruit quality of tomato under different integrated management options against Tuta absoluta Meyrick 123 RASHIDIANI N., NAZARI F., JAVADI T., SAMADI S. Comparative postharvest responses of carnation and chrysanthemum to synthesized silver nanopar­ ticles (AgNPs) 133 AMUJI C.F., BEAUMONT L.J., RODRIGUEZ M.E. Simulating the impact of projected West African heatwaves and water stress on the physiology and yield of three tomato varieties 147 MENEGATTI R.D., SOUZA A.G., BIANCHI V.J. Different environments and doses of controlled­release fertilizer in peach rootstocks production 157 ROSTAMI TOBNAG G., FATTAHI S., KHODABAKHSHZADEH A. Effects of putrescine application in culture medium in improving chamomile [Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert.] tolerance to osmotic stress under in vitro conditions 167 RAEI Y., SAYYADI AHMADABAD M., GHASSEMI­GOLEZANI K., GHASSEMI S. Pinto bean and black mustard responses to bio­fertilizers under intercroppping system 175 DE PAULA V.F.S., VILVERT J.C., DE ARÁUJO N.O., DO NASCIMENTO I.B., DE MEDEIROS J.F., AROUCHA E.M.M. Influence of plant biostimulant and spacing on production and postharvest conservation of water­ melons cv. Quetzali 183 ABBASIFAR A., VALIZADEHKAJI B., KARIMI M., BAGHERI H. The first report: The effect of garlic extract on rooting of cuttings of some ornamental plants and fruit trees 191 MIRSHEKARI A., MADANI B., WALL M., BIGGS A.R. Aloe vera coatings maintain antioxidants of fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit during storage 205 TADAYON M.S., HOSSEINI S.M. Effect of spread and shallow irrigation wetted area and application of organic mulch on citrus decline amelioration 213 STEIDLE NETO A.J., LOPES D.C., SILVA W.A. Feasibility of Vis/NIR spectroscopy to detect and estimate fungicide residues on intact lettuces 223 SHORT NOTE FERNANDES V.N.A., MANGOLIN C.A., NEVES A.F., SOUSA NOGUEIRA F.C., ZENI NETO H., MACHADO M.F.P.S. Extraction of total protein from shoots of Cereus morphologicak variants (Cactaceae) for proteomic analysis 233 Adv. Hort. Sci., 2020 34(2): 123­132 DOI: 10.13128/ahsc­7835 Growth, yield and fruit quality of tomato AHS under different integrated management Advances in Horticultural Science options againstTuta absoluta Meyrick A. Ndereyimana 1, 2 (*), S. Nyalala 1, P. Murerwa 1, S. Gaidashova 2 1 Department of Crops, Horticulture and Soils, Egerton University, PO Box 536, 20155 Egerton, Kenya. 2 Department of Agriculture Research and Technology Transfer, Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board, PO Box 5016, Kigali, Rwanda. Key words: azadirachtin, Beauveria bassiana, integrated pest management, Metarhizium anisopliae, Phytolacca dodecandra, Solanum lycoper‐ sicum L., Steinernema, Tephrosia vogelii. Abstract: This study evaluated the effect of entomopathogens and plant (*) Corresponding author: extracts, used against Tuta absoluta, on growth, yield, and fruit quality of [email protected] tomato. Two field trials were carried out in a randomised compled block design, replicated thrice. The treatments were Steinernema sp. RW14­M­C2a­3, Citation: NDEREYIMANA A., NYALALA S., MURERWA P., Steinernema sp. RW14­M­C2a­3, Metatech®WP (Metarhizium anisopliae, Strain GAIDASHOVA S., 2020 ­ Growth, yield and fruit FCM Ar 23B3), Beauvitech®WP (Beauveria bassiana, Strain J25) as ento­ quality of tomato under different integrated mopathogens, Tephrosia vogelii and Phytolacca dodecandra as plant extracts, management options against Tuta absoluta and azadirachtin 0.03% EC. Imidacloprid and water also were included as posi­ Meyrick. ­ Adv. Hort. Sci., 34(2): 123­132 tive and negative controls, respectively. The best growth and yield parameters were recorded with the entomopathogens and azadirachtin, which were Copyright: insignificantly different in most cases. The increase in yied of healthy fruit per © 2020 Ndereyimana A., Nyalala S., Murerwa P., plant (average of two trials) compared to the negative control (water spray) Gaidashova S. This is an open access, peer reviewed article published by Firenze University was 11.4, 10.8,10.1, 9.6, 3.96, 2.2, 11.7 and 2.4 folds for Steinernema sp. RW14­ Press (http://www.fupress.net/index.php/ahs/) M­C2a­3, Steinernema sp. RW14­M­C2a­3, Metatech®WP, Beauvitech WP, T. and distributed under the terms of the
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