Global food security for the increasing world population not only requires increased sustainable production of food but a significant reduction in pre- and post-harvest waste. The timing of when a fruit is harvested is critical for reducing waste along the supply chain and increasing fruit quality for consumers. The early in-field assessment of fruit ripeness and prediction of the harvest date ...

Morphological ampelography characteristics, technological, phenolic and tannic maturities were studied over four seasons (from 2009 to 2012) of Ahmeur Bouamer autochtonous Algerian variety. During the harvests, Bouamer's cluster has showed a high quality morphological parameters (weight, size, number seeds/ berries per cluster).The weight was proportional size which moderately compact, thus avo...