Experiments were conducted in 2013 and 2014 to evaluate the effects of training system leaf removal treatments on yield quality for ‘Frontenac’, an interspecific hybrid wine grape, at a research vineyard located near Absaraka, North Dakota. The experiment was structured as randomized complete block design with split-plot arrangement including four (Geneva Double Curtain (GDC), High Cordon (HC),...

The present study reports the characterization of an extracellular polymer produced by a strain Lactobacillus helveticus in potato waste medium and subsequent application biopolymer for protecting farm-bruised pomegranates against fungal infection following harvest. Chemical, thermogravimetric analysis, FTIR scanning electron micrographs purified revealed it to be polysaccharide with good therm...

Abstract Edible coating CMCS/PVA/Cur and films were prepared using γ-irradiation to extend the shelf-life of sweet orange "Valencia" fruits. Water-soluble CMCS was synthesized by carboxymethylation chitosan. Extraction curcumin from turmeric powder conversion Cur-NPs 76–108 nm average size achieved. membranes via casting method gamma-irradiation technique. The chemical properties studied FTIR X...

ethylene affects the ripening of fruits and is naturally produced in most plant tissues. its production and accumulation during storage can cause serious damage to stored fruits such as black sweet cherries (cv: takdaneh mashhad). it affects shelf-life and can cause a marked increase in respiration rates, increasing ripening and senescence. in some commodities, accelerated aging and the initiat...

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was originally described in menstruating women and linked to TSS toxin 1 (TSST-1)-producing Staphylococcus aureus. Using UK national surveillance data, we ascertained clinical, molecular and superantigenic characteristics of TSS cases. Average annual TSS incidence was 0.07/100,000 population. Patients with nonmenstrual TSS were younger than those with m...

Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from 18 patients with toxic shock syndrome (TSS) and from 56 patients with other diagnoses were compared for capacity to interact with various serum and connective tissue proteins. TSS associated isolates showed significantly stronger binding of Type-I collagen (Cn-I) and Cn-II than non-TSS strains, in a p...

Table grape quality is of importance for consumers and thus producers. Its objective usually determined by destructive methods mainly based on sugar content. This study proposed to evaluate the possibility hyperspectral imaging characterize table grapes through its (TSS), total flavonoid (TF), anthocyanin (TA) contents. Different data pre-treatments (WD, SNV, 1st 2nd derivative) different were ...