Journal of Horticultural

Also available at: http://www.pshsciences.org/publications/JHST

An Official Quarterly Publication of

Pakistan Society for Horticultural Science

ISSN 2664-9489 (Online)ISSN 2617-3220 (Print)

Science & TechnologyVolume 3, Issue 1 (April 2020)

Editorial Board

Chief Editor

Dr. Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Professor, Department of Horticulture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan (Email: akbaranjum@bzu.edu.pk)

Managing Editor

Dr. Raheel Anwar, Assistant Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan (Email: raheelanwar@uaf.edu.pk)

Subject Editors

▪ Fruit Crops

Dr. Muhammad Jafar Jaskani, Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan (Email: jjaskani@uaf.edu.pk)

▪ Vegetables, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, and Mushroom Production

Dr. Muhammad Amjad, Professor (Retd.), Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan (Email: ma_aulakh@hotmail.com)

▪ Floriculture and Landscape

Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan (Email: iahmad@uaf.edu.pk)

▪ Postharvest Physiology & Supply Chain Management

Dr. Aman Ullah Malik, Professor/Director, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan (Email: malikaman1@uaf.edu.pk)

Advisory Board

▪ Dr. Martín Ernesto Tiznado Hernández, Professor Researcher Level E, Research Center for Food and Development, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico (Email: tiznado@ciad.mx)

▪ Dr. Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi, Professor/Dean, Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (Email: nadeemabbasi65@yahoo.com)

▪ Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmad Rajwana, Professor/Pro-Vice Chancellor, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan (Email: ishtiaq.rajwana@mnsuam.edu.pk)

▪ Dr. Javed Tareen, Director General, Agriculture Research Institute, Seriab, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan (Email: jdtn69@yahoo.com)

▪ Dr. Abdur Rab, Professor/Chairman, Department of Horticulture, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar,

Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Email: abdurrabaup@gmail.com)

▪ Dr. Muhammad Saleem Jillani, Professor/Chairman, Department of Horticulture, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Email: saleemjilani1965@yahoo.com)

▪ Dr. Muhammad Nafees, Assistant Professor, University College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan (Email: muhammad.nafees@iub.edu.pk)

▪ Dr. Zahoor Hussain, Assistant Professor/Incharge, Department of Horticulture, University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan (Email: zahoor.hussain@uos.edu.pk)

▪ Dr. Mehdi Maqbool, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, The University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan (Email: mehdimaqbool@yahoo.com)

Journal Editorial Office Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akbar Anjum Chief Editor JHST Department of Horticulture Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan 60800, Punjab, Pakistan Ph: +92 61 9210386 Email: akbaranjum@bzu.edu.pk

Journal Publisher Pakistan Society for Horticultural Sciences Institute of Horticultural Sciences University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Faisalabad, Punjab 38040, Pakistan Ph: +92-41-9201086 Email: jhst@pshsciences.org

Table of Contents

1. Secondary metabolites of the genus Crotalaria (Rattlepods) and their medicinal importance – A review Muhammad Sarwar Yaqub, Bushra Basher, and Rozina Aslam

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2. Pruning time and fungicide spray affect inflorescence malformation in mango cv. Samar Bahisht Chaunsa Muhammad Azhar Bashir, Ammara Noreen, Muhammad Ikhlaq, Kashif Shabir, Naheed Akhtar and Faheem Altaf

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3. Postharvest respiration rate, physiological weight loss and physico-chemical quality of mango fruit as influenced by different hot water quarantine treatments under simulated shipment conditions Muhammad Amin, Aman Ullah Malik, Ishtiaq Ahmad Rajwana, Kashif Razzaq, Hafiz Nazar Faried, Sami Ullah, Gulzar Akhtar, Ahmad Sattar Khan, Raheel Anwar and Muhammad Shahzad Zafar

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4. Callogenesis and plant regeneration of sweet orange cv. Washington Navel from floral organ cultures Nebiha Metoui, Sabrine Nahdi, Fethia Dhaouadi, Dorsaf Yahiaoui, Malika Meziane

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5. Pesticide use and impact assessment of SKUAST-K spray schedule on the socio-economic conditions of the people of apple growing region of Jammu & Kashmir Arshad Bhat, M. H. Wani, G. M. Bhat, Abid Qadir and Iqra Qureshi

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Guide to Authors 29

Cover Images Regeneration of rooted plantlets from a Washington Navel orange – Metouia et al. / J. Hortic. Sci. Technol. 3(1): 19-23 (2020) Mangoes after hot water quarantine treatments – Amin et al. / J. Hortic. Sci. Technol. 3(1): 12-18 (2020)