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Sp307-K-Pruning Neglected Fruit Trees, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Home Garden, Lawn, and Landscape

When trees have not been properly pruned and trained, fruit yields and quality may decline. As trees grow taller and more dense, lower limbs and interior limbs lose their ability to produce quality fruit, due to increased shading. Many of these weakened limbs will die. Over time, most fruit will be produced in the outer periphery of the tree, primarily in the top, as this is the only area exposed to adequate sunlight.

These trees often can be pruned back and restored to a point where quality fruit may be obtained once again. It may require several years to restore …

Growing Tree Fruit In The Uintah Basin, Boyd Kitchen

All Current Publications

Many people want to grow their own fruit in the Uintah Basin. Three problems limit successful fruit production; cold winters, a short growing season (late spring frosts and early fall frosts), and soils.

Sp307-D-Fruit Tree Management Timetable, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Home Garden, Lawn, and Landscape

Fruit production is a “year-round” job. For optimum results, each task should be done at a specifi c time of the year. These are shown in the diagram on page 3.

Need For Cognition And Message Complexity In Motivating Fruit And Vegetable Intake Among Callers To The Cancer Information Service, Pamela Williams-Piehota, Judith Pizarro, Stephanie A. Navarro Silvera, Linda Mowad, Peter Salovey

Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works

This field experiment examined the impact of an individual's need for cognition (NFC; the tendency to enjoy thinking deeply about issues), complex versus simple messages, and the interaction of NFC and message type on encouraging fruit and vegetable consumption. Callers to the Cancer Information Service of the National Cancer Institute (N = 517) were asked to participate in the experiment at the end of their call. Individual NFC was assessed, and participants were assigned randomly to receive a telephone message promoting fruit and vegetable consumption that was either complex and multifaceted or simple and straightforward. Similarly constructed brochures were …

Cyanidin-3-Glucoside, A Natural Product Derived From Blackberry, Exhibits Chemopreventive And Chemotherapeutic Activity, Min Ding, Rentian Feng, Shiow Y. Wang, Linda Bowman, Yongju Lu, Yong Qian, Vincent Castranova, Bing-Hua Jiang, Xianglin Shi

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Epidemiological data suggest that consumption of fruits and vegetables has been associated with a lower incidence of cancer. Cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G), a compound found in blackberry and other food products, was shown to possess chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activity in the present study. In cultured JB6 cells, C3G was able to scavenge ultraviolet B-induced *OH and O2-* radicals. In vivo studies indicated that C3G treatment decreased the number of non-malignant and malignant skin tumors per mouse induced by 12-O-tetradecanolyphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-initiated mouse skin. Pretreatment of JB6 cells with C3G inhibited UVB- and TPA-induced transactivation of NF-kappaB and AP-1 and expression of …

Ec06-1779 Windbreaks For Fruit And Vegetable Crops, Laurie Hodges, Jim Brandle

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular 06-1779: Windbreaks for Fruit and Vegetable Crops talks about protecting plants from the wind and the effect that wind has on the crops.