Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Auxin-induced parthenocarpy as an alternative to pollination of trellised sweet acorn squash grown under protection in fall and early winter

Sweet-fruited acorn squash are a premium-priced vegetable in Israel and are produced under field conditions in the spring and summer. They are also produced from plants grown trellised in screenhouses in the fall, for marketing after storage during the winter months. Ordinarily,...

Native Perennial Vegetation Buffer Strips Improve Structural Indicators of Riparian Protection in Mediterranean Agroecosystems

ABSTRACT Riparian zones in Mediterranean agroecosystems are highly vulnerable to degradation because cultivation often reaches stream edges and annual vegetation senesces during the late‐summer dry period, leaving soils exposed when the first erosive autumn rains occur. Vegetatio...