Dried fruit

Citrus is the general term for plants belonging to the family Rutaceae (Fejzic and Cavar, 2014). Citrus fruits are one of the important horticultural crops, with worldwide agricultural production of over 80 million tons per year. Brazil, China, United States, Mexico, India and Spain are the leading producers (Karoui, I. J and Marzouk, B, 2013, Marti et al., 2009). The most common citrus fruits are sweet orange (C. sinensis Osbeck), mandarin (C. reticulata Blanco), lime (C. aurantifolia Christm),…

Do you dream of a lush green vegetable garden in your backyard that is less strenuous to maintain? An elevated plot of land with quality topsoil will help you cultivate carrots, potatoes, lettuces, tomatoes, onions, salad crops, and much more. Raised bed gardening is one such idea to bring green plants, leaves, and shrubs close to your home! With tools like raised wooden rectangular boxes, you can now grow your preferred vegetables. How? To get the answers, keep reading this article. Choose a…

The idea of starting the Community Church Garden came from the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Conference in North Florida. Here, the conference's main focus is to encourage you to figure out what your personal talents are, find a need in your community, and then use your talents to address this need and make a difference in your community. So, as I began to think about my background with agriculture and the National FFA Organization I was thinking on how I could improve on canned food drives…

Believe it or not, some plants can feel just like us, but even better, thanks to thigmotropism. Thigmotropism is a plant’s way of touching, or feeling. Thigmotropism is one of the tropisms, in which plants use to react with their environments. “Scientifically defined, it is the directional response of a plant organ to touch or physical contact with a solid object (1).” When a plant comes into contact with an object of a solid state, the response is to curl around it. “A Morning Glorie’s sense of…

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Did you known it takes about 2-3 weeks for the lungs first defense, the cellular lining walls, to regenerate. And about a year for the lungs deeper tissue, the alveoli, to regenerate. To help your lungs function properly you should be detoxing them. Regular breathing exercise is the most advised method for detoxing the lungs. Just breathing deeply for a minute or two will help improve the health and maintain lung strength and wellness. Keep in mind the air you are breathing does make a…

spread of the pest from Fraser Valley (BC Ministry of Agriculture, 2016b). After females insert their eggs (Fig 3), apple is damaged by tunnelling of larvae through the flesh of fruit (Fig 4, 5). As the growth of larvae, the tunnels will become larger inside the fruit, which would eventually drop prematurely or mushy. Rotted fruit will appear during storage even with a slight infestation (BC Ministry of Agriculture, 2017). This pest would cause up to 100% yield loss (Agriculture and Agri-Food…

Understanding what are Nasal Polyps? What are Nasal Polyps? Nasal polyps, also known as Nasal Polyposis are the fleshy outgrowths that develop in the lining of the nose and para-nasal sinuses which are the air-filled spaces, linked to the nasal cavity. Nasal Polyps differs in their size and can be of various colors such as yellowish-brown or pink. Generally, the nasal polyps are teardrops shaped in the beginning and takes the shape of the matured grapes grown on a stem. Nasal Polyps are…

“You must be tired,” he said. “Being a warrior is an awfully fine and noble profession, but I’m sure it’s wearisome. Now boys, go straight down the hall, grab a chair, and put your feet up. Relax.” Two seconds later, we were wedged deep in a lumpy sofa in his sitting room. The only light was a roaring hearth fire that threw our quivering shadows against the wall. Tattered tales were piled high in corners. There was a clock hanging over the mantel, boxes of knickknacks stacked on shelves, and…

The people ate the Avocado with salad and like fruits. First they ate wild Avocadoes. And some people eat the Avocado and wrote the book about avocado. It is not a vegetable, it is a fruit. Someone is wondering what it is. When I didn’t know that I think that is a kind of vegetable at that time. But it is actually a member of the berry family. We should know that the ingredients are what those are. The word “avocado” is believed to be derived from the Nahuatl word ahuacatl, which means…