Traditional cheeses harbour complex microbial consortia that play an important role in shaping typical sensorial properties. However, the microbial metabolism is considered difficult to control. Microbial community succession and the related gene expression were analysed during ripening of a traditional Italian cheese, identifying parameters that could be modified to accelerate ripening. Afterw...

The ripening of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) fruit slices was inhibited whether they were floated in water or in buffered aqueous 0.3 m mannitol, 0.25 m KCl, and sucrose. There was no evidence to support the contention that ripening occurred when the tonicity of the bathing medium was increased. Decreased gaseous exchange is considered to be a major cause of this inhibition because by utili...

determination of the accurate time of egg stripping after ovulation has been regarded as one of the most important factors in the successful reproduction of caspian brown trout(salmo trutta caspius). to determine the best time for egg stripping after ovulation and over- ripening of the oocyte in the caspian brown trout , the eggs of fish were retained in the coelomic cavity of females at 7 ± 6°...

In the Republic of Uzbekistan, experts in field vegetable cultivation are faced with task satisfying population's need for products by not only growing their variety and number but also enhancing quality. The fact that over 80% farmed space was occupied just ten crops, however, highlights lack production. This is mostly because early-ripening, high-yielding, vitamin-rich types appropriate local...

The maturation and ripening of fleshy fruits contributes a major component of human diets, nutrition and agricultural activity. While ripening brings about highly desirable changes in fruit character and chemistry in terms of flavor, appearance, texture and nutrition, the advanced stages of ripening lead to sub-optimal fruit quality and eventually post-harvest loss. Fruit biologists have studie...

to study seed dormancy and the after-ripening period in barley genotypes (57 dutch genotypes and two iranian cultivars (gorgan and valfair)), an experiment of randomized complete block design (two replications) was conducted at the research farm of collage of agriculture and natural resources, university of tehran in 2004-2005. in the growing stage of zgs92, panicle was collected. the percentag...

Background: An increasing success in induction of labor and subsequent termination of pregnancy in presence of unfavorable cervix requires cervical ripening in order to reduce complications and to diminish the rate of cesarean sections as well as the duration of labor.  However, there is no consensus on the efficiency of conventional methods for cervical ripening. Objective: To determine and co...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the addition of commercial lipase in various forms on the acceleration of the ripening of uf-feta cheese. commercial lipase from aspergillus niger was encapsulated by using silica composition based on sol-gel method. lipase was then added to cheeses in three forms, namely, free lipase, encapsulated lipase, and encapsulated lipase with arabi...

The traditional definition of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits has been put into question. A significant example of this paradox is the climacteric fig fruit. Surprisingly, ripening-related ethylene production increases following pre- or postharvest 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) application in an unexpected auto-inhibitory manner. In this study, ethylene production and the expression of po...