Tropical Agriculture and Development 60(3) 155-161 2016
<p>Pre-anthesis night temperatures (1800–0900 h) surrounding cherimoya flowers were sectionally regulated at 4–35ºC, and pollen germination was examined immediately after their anthesis. Developmental changes in pollen starch were also anatomicall...
Tropical Agriculture and Development 60(2) 103-108 2016
<p>Local names and uses of non-indica mangoes in South Thailand were investigated. A total of 49 trees were identified and classified as 35 Mangifera foetida, 12 M. odorata, and 2 trees of other Mangifera species. The majority...
Tropical Agriculture and Development 60(2) 93-102 2016
<p>Mangifera species are fruit trees distributed throughout Thailand, some of which are protected or even cultivated by local people. We explored Mangifera trees, and recorded their local names and uses to understand their current ut...
Pollen of 'Bengal' and 'Chakrapat' lychee was stored under various temperature and humidity conditions supposing the storage conditions can be duplicated easily by private orchads. During the storage under refrigerator temperature (5ºC) with 30% R...
Tropical Agriculture and Development 59(3) 89-100 2015
Mangifera pentandra trees are common in Northeast Thailand, where they are known locally as kalon mango or paa mango. Kalon mango is recognized as being better-tasting than paa mango, but both belong to the same species. The differences between ka...
Tropical Agriculture and Development 59(2) 57-62 2015
Pre-anthesis flowers were detached from cherimoya trees and incubated under various temperature/humidity (15–30ºC/40–90% relative humidity [RH]) combinations. The anthesis time was recorded and collected pollen was then subjected to hourly germina...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 59(1) 28-34 2015
The critical post-pollination temperature that negatively affects cherimoya fertilization and subsequent fruit set was determined by regulating nighttime (1800–0900 h) temperatures from 4 to 35ºC. Fruit set, weight, symmetry, number of seeds, and ...
The leaves, fruits and dry pericarps of Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum pipertum (L.) DC.) have been utilized as foods and Chinese medicines for a long time. We report here that polyphenol components, proanthocyanidins (PANs), from pericarps o...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 58(3) 116-122 2014
Mangoes are the fruits of Mangifera species, most of which are distributed in Southeast Asia. M. caloneura Kurz is a common wild mango in mainland Southeast Asia where it is utilized locally for its edible fruit. This species has bee...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 58(3) 102-108 2014
Durian is known to set fruit poorly or generate uneven-shaped fruits when exposed to temperatures below 20°C at anthesis. However, the effect of temperature on pollen-tube elongation during style or ovule development is not fully understood. In th...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 58(1) 18-25 2014
Insect pollination of cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) was evaluated using artificially propagated Haptoncus ocularis, Mimemodes monstrosus, and Carpophilus marginellus beetles, which are some of the main insect visitors to ...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 58(2) 58-65 2014
Erratic fruit set occurs occasionally during durian cultivation, even when flowers are artificially pollinated. In this study, early reproductive organ development in durian and its relationship with self-incompatibility were observed over a singl...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 58(2) 85-85 2014
We would like to correct mistakes found in a research article, "Pollination of Cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) by the Mass-propagated Beetles Haptoncus ocularis, Mimemodes monstrosus, and Carpophilus marginellus", published...
In the present study, we investigated a simple pollen preservation method that could be used by growers with the objective of achieving a steady supply of pollen for hand pollination of Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC.) in pr...
Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science 82(4) 312-316 2013
The growth and yield of 'Budousanshou' (Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC. f. inerme Makino) trees were compared between grafts on 'Fuyuzanshou' (Z. alatum Roxb. var. planispinum Rehd. et Wils.) seedlings and 'Karasuzanshou...
Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science 82(1) 11-13 2013
This study was conducted in three consecutive years to determine the appropriate timing of fertilizer application to increase the flower number of the Japanese pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) DC. f. inerme Makino (known as 'Budous...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 57(4) 120-125 2013
We determined favorable temperatures for in vitro germination of 'Bengal' and 'Chakrapat' lychee pollen, and quantified effective sucrose, boric acid, and agar concentrations for 'Chakrapat' germination medium. Pollen germination was high a...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 57(4) 109-113 2013
To determine the effects of excess phosphorus (P) application on fruit quality, three-year-old passion fruit plants grown in sand culture with nutrient application of sufficient P at 3.5 mM were subjected to regulated P application treatment of 0,...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 57(1) 31-40 2013
To analyze the growth and yield response to salinity of soybean genotypes with differences in salt tolerance at the vegetative stage, eleven genotypes which were classified into 4 groups, namely AGS313, G00209, G00028 and G00283 in the tolerant gr...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 57(1) 41-48 2013
Our previous studies indicated that soybean genotypes displayed wide genotypic variations in their salt tolerance. The present experiment was initiated to analyze the pattern of changes in accumulation of different mineral ions and water relation ...
Sensory Evaluation for Jackfruit Population in Java
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 56(4) 159-1-159-1 2012
We would like to correct mistakes found in a research article, "Effects of Excess NH4-N or NO3-N Fertilizer Applications on Leaf Injury, Vegetative Growth, and Leaf Mineral Contents in Passion Fruit", published in Tropical Ag...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 56(3) 88-94 2012
Sufficient application of nitrogen (N) is necessary to increase passion fruit production, although excess N is believed to be toxic. However, the impact of toxicity by excess use of N fertilizer is unknown. Three different solutions containing 100...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 56(3) 95-103 2012
Morphogenesis of reproductive organ was correlated with external appearance of flower buds in cherimoya, and then pollen-tube growth in pistils incubated after pollination was observed chronologically to explain low pistil receptivity in early spr...
Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture 56(1) 9-13 2012
We carried out experiments to determine the optimal rate and timing of fertilizer application to macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. To determine the optimal rates of fertilizer application, fer...
Wild mangoes in Northern Thailand: Their Local Names and Uses
*Yumi UEDA, Hirokazu HIGUCHI, Eiji NAWATA
Trop. Agr. Res. 5[2]：31-32. 2012
Effects of Soil pH and Aluminum Saturation on Leaf Mineral Nutrition and Incidence of Translucent Fruit Flesh Disorder of Mangosteen in East Thailand
This study was performed to examine seasonal changes in evapotranspiration (ET), soil water content, and crop coefficients (K c ) for sugarcane, cassava, and maize fields in Northeast Thailand. ET rates during the rainy season varied between 2 and...
Japanese journal of tropical agriculture 47(2) 142-148 Jun 2003
Differences in the flowering period, fruit maturity period and fruit qualities were analyzed among mango cultivars which had been introduced into Japan to select suitable cultivars for commercial fruit production in a greenhouse. Flowering period,...
