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siliqua

a type of dry fruit in which the seeds are contained in a long, somewhat cylindrical structure that splits open (dehisces) to allow the seeds to escape. An example is the fruit of the wallflower.
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Gokijalik, "Some compositional properties and mineral contents of carob (Ceratonia siliqua) fruit, flour and syrup," International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, vol.
Development and Characterization of Carob Flour Based Functional Spread for Increasing Use as Nutritious Snack for Children
To assess self-compatibility of Ceratonia Siliqua pollen grains and to evaluate the role of insect pollinators in pod and seed set, the following treatments were conducted on Ceratonia Siliqua trees producing hermaphrodite flowers:
Pollination requirement of carob trees Ceratonia Siliqua grown under semiarid conditions
Before harvest, plant heights (cm) were measured and after each harvest the number of branches, peduncle length (mm), number of siliqua, siliqua width (mm), siliqua length (cm), seed width (mm), seed length (cm), seed yield (g/plant), yield of fruit in siliqua (number/siliqua), thousand seed weight (g) and ratio of fatty acid were determined.
Fatty Acid Composition of Matthiola longipetala ssp. Bicornis from Turkey
khinjuk, Crataegus aronia, Juniperus phoenicea, Amygdalus korschinskii, Ceratonia siliqua, Olea europaea, Arbutus andrachne, Rhamnus punctata, R.
Desert rocks as plant refugia in the Near East
In the Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula), however, taurine is the dominant substance followed by glycine, alanine, and then betaine.
Stimulants of feeding behavior in fish: analyses of tissues of diverse marine organisms
2008), the clams, Ruditapes decussatus, and Ensis siliqua (Ojea et al.
Fatty acid composition of adult and larval sunray venus clams Macrocallista nimbosa: Environmental and gametogenic impacts
As a result, higher siliqua [plant.sup.-1] was obtained with increasing levels of urine application up to highest level (900 l [ha.sup.-1]).
Effect of fertility levels and cow urine application on the performance of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & Cosson]
El entorno se caracteriza por presentar rodales de matorral noble (Asparago albi-Rhamnetum oleoidis) donde predominan lentiscos (Pistacia lentiscus L.), cornicabras (Pistacia terebinthus L.) y coscojas (Quercus coccifera L.) y matorral serial donde prevalece el jaral de jara blanca (Phlomido purpureae-Cistetum albidi), que junto con los algarrobos (Ceratonia siliqua L.) de los alrededores, indica el caracter basofilo de la zona.
Primera cita de Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. (Convolvulaceae) para la provincia de Cordoba (Andalucia, Espana)
INCI: Aqua, glycerin, hydrolyzed ceratonia siliqua seed extract, zea mays starch, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, polyquaternium-7
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Ceratonia siliqua fruits have been used as food sweetener and thickener [38].
The effects of hydro alcoholic extract of Ceratonia siliqua L. seeds on pituitary--testis hormones and spermatogenesis in rat
+ Companeras: Rumex induratus y Hyparrhenia hirta + en 1; Pinus pinaster + en 2; Chaetopogon fasciculatus + 4; Arbutus unedo + en 6; Daphne gnidium y Ceratonia siliqua + en 10; Digitalis purpurea en 11; Rubus ulmifolius 1 en 13; Ulex eriocladus y Cistuspopulifolius + en 14; Juncus maritimus +, Phragmites australis y Imperata cylindrical 1 en 15.
Vegetacion herbacea vivaz de la cuenca del rio Tinto (Huelva, Espana)
Seasonal biomass and nutrient allocation patterns in carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.).
Nutritional diagnosis in carob-tree: relationships between yield and leaf mineral concentration. (Crop Ecology, Management & Quality)

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