Selecting the superior late-leafing genotypes of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) using morphological and pomological evaluations

S Soveili, A Khadivi - BMC Plant Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Late-spring frost is one of the major factors limiting and reducing yield of
Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) in temperate regions, including Iran. Therefore, in the …

Description of Two Promising Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Selections with Lateral Bud Fruitfulness and Large Nuts

I Manthos, D Rouskas, T Sotiropoulos, M Botu - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Walnut (Juglans regia) populations are considered a valuable genetic resource for genetic
variability conservation and walnut cultivar improvement. In the current study, two walnut …

Construction and verification of spherical thin shell model for revealing walnut shell crack initiation and expansion mechanism

X Bao, B Chen, P Dai, Y Li, J Mao - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Walnut shell breaking is the first step of deep walnut processing. This study aims to
investigate the mechanical properties and fracture state of the Qingxiang walnut shell under …

Walnut genotypes for high density orchards

SR Devin, G Bujdoso - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this review is to check the possibilities and circumstances regarding how to
create a high-density Persian walnut orchard. Increasing yields, decreasing tree size …

FDEM investigation on the crack propagation characteristics of walnut shell under multi-contact loadings

B Han, G Su, Y Zeng, J Yang, X Fan, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Walnut shell breaking is an important aspect of post-harvest processing. However, shell-
breaking results differ significantly from ideal uniaxial compression results. In this paper, the …

Morphological, pomological, and biochemical evaluation of several superior walnut (Juglans regia L.) genotypes

Y Hakimi, Z Taheri, A Rahmani - Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2024 - Springer
Identifying and selecting superior genotypes in different countries and regions is a valuable
breeding method in walnuts. The present study evaluated 31 quantitative and qualitative …

Design and key parameter optimization of conic roller shelling device based on walnut moisture-regulating treatments

J Wang, M Liu, H Wu, J Peng, B Peng, Y Yang, M Cao… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The quality of walnuts deteriorates owing to the poor quality of the shelling equipment. The
improvement of shelling quality is urgently required for walnut processing. In this study …

Introduction of a new interesting walnut cultivar “Leto”

I Manthos, D Rouskas - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ιn an effort to create walnut cultivars (Juglans regia) with high productivity, fruit quality and
lateral bearing, a new cultivar, named “Leto”, was created by the cross “Gustine”דPedro”. Its …

Design and performance evaluation of a multi-point extrusion walnut cracking device

H Zhang, H Liu, Y Zeng, Y Tang, Z Zhang, J Che - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The practical problems of existing methods of walnut cracking under compression loading,
including incomplete walnut-shell crushing, broken walnut kernels, and so on, are …

Kurtulus 100, a new superior walnut cultivar in Turkey; field experimental comparative results with chandler

A Özcan, M Sütyemez, ŞB Bükücü - Erwerbs-Obstbau, 2023 - Springer
Walnut is a fruit species with a high economic value and is cultivated in many different
regions of the world. Walnut crossbreeding studies usually aim at producing walnut cultivars …