Pitaya is one of the most important commercial cactus fruit. Pitaya fruits are easy to get injury during postharvest handling and storage. Pre-harvest and postharvest calcium treatments have been used to maintain flesh firmness and extend shelf life of many fruits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of calcium treatments on maintaining pitaya fruit quality during cold storage. Pi...

In complement to the JDS4 traditional fish survey (TFS, mainly by electrofishing), a eDNA metabarcoding-based has been implemented within framework of monitoring program organized DNAqua-Net and in collaboration with INTERREG "MEASURES" program. Water samples were collected at 29 sites from source mouth Danube River, 18 tributaries. Two water (mean volume L per sample) each site filtered situ. ...

Bioaccumulation of Cu, Zn, Hg in muscles and liver tissues of stellate sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) from the southern Caspian Sea was measured. Effects of condition factor (CF), age and hepatosomatic index (HSI) on metal accumulation were also determined. Some 40 stellate sturgeons were collected using gill nets in winter and spring 2007-2008 from the southern shores of the Caspian Sea. Total...