Phyto-nutraceutical promise of Brassica vegetables in post-genomic era: a comprehensive review.

Brassica vegetables are one of the possible solutions to tackle the emerging human diseases and malnutrition due to their rich content of phyto-nutraceutaical compounds. The genomics enabled tools have facilitated the elucidation of molecular regulation, mapping of genes/QTLs governing nutraceutical compounds, and development of nutrient-rich Brassica vegetables. The enriched food products or foods as whole termed as functional foods are intended to provide health benefits.

Effects of regulated deficit irrigation applied at different growth stages of greenhouse grown tomato on substrate moisture, yield, fruit quality, and physiological traits.

Given a critical water scarcity in arid and semi-arid Tunisian areas and aiming to reduce irrigation water request, it is crucial to identify and apply the best water-saving practices in these irrigated areas. Tomato is a high-water-requiring vegetable crop, thus increasing the pressure on water resources and environment. Its sustainable cultivation in such alarming conditions requires an adaptation of on-farm irrigation water-saving strategies preserving also the crop yield and leading to a fruit quality improvement.

Efficacy of Tissue Culture in Virus Elimination from Caprifig and Female Fig Varieties ( L.).

Fig mosaic disease (FMD) is a viral disease that spreads in all Tunisian fig ( L.) orchards. RT-PCR technique was applied to leaf samples of 29 fig accessions of 15 fig varieties from the fig germplasm collection of High Agronomic Institute (I.