EDIS, 2012 The showy flowers and manageable height of common pear makes it a favorable ornamental landscape tree. Some find the aromatic flowers and sweet edible fruits to be an additional plus; however, a pollinator specimen must be nearby in order for the female ...
Michael G. Andreu +2 more
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Antioxidant Properties of Pyrus communis and Pyrus pyrifolia Peel Extracts
Borneo Journal of Pharmacy, 2020 With the rise of global health awareness by embracing a healthy lifestyle and natural product consumption, the search for natural antioxidant sources has invited more research performed especially in fruits as a whole product or in its components ...
Vinda Maharani Patricia +3 more
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Antibacterial potential of silver–selenium nanocomposites in mitigating fire blight disease in Pyrus communis L [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant SciencePyrus communis L. is a vital fruit tree known for its nutritional and economic importance. Thus, for humans, it is an essential element for their balanced nutritional diet, as it contains the major dietary fibers, vitamins, and minerals.
Muhammad Imran +8 more
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Integration of volatile and non-volatile metabolites and the transcriptome reveals the formation mechanisms of differential aroma compounds between Pyrus communis and Pyrus pyrifolia cultivars [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionAroma compounds are important flavor components in pear fruit. Among cultivated pears, fruits from Pyrus communis (hereafter referred to as P.
Jiao Wang +11 more
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Microsatellite Genotyping and Genetic Diversity of a Greek Pear (Pyrus communis L.) Germplasm Collection [PDF]
PlantsPear (Pyrus communis L.) is a widely cultivated fruit tree species, valued for its significant economic impact and cultural relevance. The rise in commercial cultivars, characterized by genetic uniformity and high yield, is increasingly displacing ...
Eleftheria Deligiannidou +8 more
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The genome sequence of the pear, Pyrus communis L. [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a specimen of Pyrus communis (the pear; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Rosales; Rosaceae). The genome sequence has a total length of 487.30 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 17 chromosomal pseudomolecules.
Markus Ruhsam
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Self-incompatibility in pears (Pyrus communis L., Pyrus serotina Rehd. and Pyrus ussuriensis) Review
International Journal of Horticultural Science, 2006 Self-incompatibility system and allele pool of three different pear species, European pear (Pyrus communis), Japanese pear (P. serotina) and Chinese pear (P ussuriensis) are displayed. Several inconsistencies and the absence of the harmonization of three
J. Halász, A. Hegedűs
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Науковий вісник Львівського національного університету ветеринарної медицини та біотехнологій імені С.З. Ґжицького: Серія Ветеринарні науки, 2023 The bactericidal effect of medicinal plants (Pyrus communis of Lystopadova variety, Arctostaphylos Adans, rhizomes of Potentills Erecta and Bischofite) on Staphylococcus aureus strain 209 and Escherichia coli strain 1257 was studied.
A. M. Khyl, S. B. Peredera
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Traditional varieties and wild pear from Serbia: a link among antioxidant, antidiabetic and cytotoxic activities of fruit peel and flesh [PDF]
Botanica Serbica, 2021 This study was aimed at evaluating the antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of methanolic extracts of peel, flesh and mixed peel, and flesh, as well as the cytotoxic activity of mixed peel and flesh extracts obtained from fruits of six traditional ...
Mariana Oalđe Pavlović +6 more
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HortScience, 2021 Intergeneric hybridization between Aronia and Pyrus may provide a pathway for developing novel fruit types with larger, sweeter fruits, while maintaining the high levels of biologically health-promoting compounds present in Aronia fruits.
Jonathan D. Mahoney, Mark H. Brand
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