Organic farming is rapidly growing due to its perceived potential for producing higher nutritional quality. However, studies of organicallyand conventionally-grown crops have not always shown differences between the systems. The objective of this research was to compare the antioxidant activities of organically-grown tomato to those from a conventional production system during postharvest cold ...

In Mauritius, the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders (Diptera: Tephritidae), and the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), are the major pest of fruits and vegetables, respectively. Fruit growers make use of broad-spectrum insecticides to protect their crops from fruit fly attack. This method of fruit fly control is hazardous to the environment and is a threat to beneficial in...

The use of chemicals in postharvest technology of horticultural crops is highly restricted and it is necessary to introduce safe food preserving methods. Strawberry is very susceptible to postharvest losses and more than 50% of harvested fruit is lost in Iran. Effect of postharvest treatment with methyl jasmonate (at 0, 8, and 16 μmol L(-1)) on some quality attributes of Sabrosa strawberry frui...

Certain varieties of many species of plants develop their fruits parthenocarpically or without fertilization. The apple and pear occasionally produce parthenocarpic fruits but generally under special nutritive conditions (10). In some varieties of grapes, figs, bananas, and oranges, parthenocarpy is of great economic importance (4, 14). Because of this naturally occurring phenomenon, attention ...

Apple and Guava are an important fruit crops grown commercially in different agro climatic conditions of India for its diversified use. These fruits were respectively post harvested affected by Monilinia and Rhizoctonia solani fungi. Investigation was made on histochemical localization of different metabolites, like starch, insoluble polysaccharides, protein, peroxidase, acid phosphatase and po...

grapevine is one of the very important fruit crops in iran the fruit of which is used as table grape and/or raisins. in this study, some genetic parameters (phenotypic and genetic correlation, heritability and repeatability), of some important traits in table grape (date of ripening, weight, length and width of berry as well as attachment to cluster strength) were evaluated. results showed high...