IMPORTANCE Fruit consumption is believed to have beneficial health effects, and some claim, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between eating an apple a day and keeping the doctor away. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of the noninstitutionalized US adult population. A total of 8728 adu...

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Abstract Jams are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar. Due to this, health concerns consumers have resulted in a sugar reduction, and its replacement using alternative sweeteners introducing new ingredients enhancing nutritional properties. In this study, four types jams (plum, strawberry, apple, peach), with or without sugar, were prepared two microalgae biomass, Arthro...

Introduction: Tooth discoloration is a change in color that occurs on the enamel and dentin surfaces of tooth due to habit drinking tea. Some fruits are used as natural teeth whitening ingredients, such Manalagi Apple (Malus sylvestris), which contains malic acid. Method: This study was an experimental with pre-and post-test control group design involving 27 samples divided into three groups, C...

Apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a pest of major concern to apple, Malus x domestica (Borkh.) production in eastern North America. Host plant resistance to apple maggot among apple germplasm has been previously evaluated among a small number of exotic Malus accessions and domestic hybrid selections. However, a large number of exotic accessions housed in USDA...

Apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) is a major pest causing considerable economic losses of fruits in North America. During the development of international trade, apple maggot fly has become a threat to Chinese agriculture. In this study, CLIMEX and ArcGIS were used to predict the potential geographical distribution of apple maggot fly in China. The parameters used in CLIMEX for app...

Apple is a fruit crop cultivated worldwide. Apple orchards are exposed to a diverse set of environmental and biological factors that affect the productivity and sustainability of the culture. Many of the efforts and costs for apple production rely on reducing the incidence of fungal diseases, and one of the main diseases is apple scab caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis. The economic impac...