0260-8774/$ see front matter Published by Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2011.07.021 ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: USDA/ARS/EMFSL Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA. Tel.: + 301 504 9466. E-mail address: [email protected] (K. Chao) Lycopene is a major carotenoid in tomatoes and detecting changes in its content can be used to monitor the ripening of tomatoes. Raman chemical...

The influences of the relative humidity (RH) and storage temperature on the colonization of tomato surfaces by Salmonella Montevideo were studied. Red, ripe tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) were spot inoculated in three separate trials with 100 pl (approximately 10(6) CFU) of Salmonella Montevideo and stored for 90 min at 22 degrees C under 97% RH to facilitate attachment of cells to the blos...

Tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a devastating pest of tomato originating from South America has been recorded in Serbia on three localities: in tomato main greenhouse and open field production area located in the vicinity of town Leskovac (South Serbia), in surroundings of the village Donji Vrtogoš (near town Vranje, South Serbia) and in a greenhouses...

Phytophthora capsici is a difficult to manage broad host-range oomycete that attacks members of the Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae and Fabaceae. Induced resistance could complement host genetic chemical cultural strategies help mitigate diseases caused by P. capsici. The eicosapolyenoic fatty acids (EP), arachidonic (AA) eicosapentaenoic (EPA) acids, are common in oomycetes released from species dur...

HIGHLIGHTS Pesticide residues in foods can result extremely harmful impacts on human health. its have been identified tomatoes. There was no of chronic dietary exposure risk to pesticides through The tomatoes were safe for consumption.

Postharvest losses (PHL) are incurred in the tomato value chain in Ghana and solar drying of tomato is a promising technology for reducing the loss. However, there are concerns on the usage, functionality and sensory appeal of the dried products to consumers, compounded with the lack of information and research on dried tomato processing in Ghana. A survey was carried out by administering semis...

ozon times, we shall be constrained to acknowledge (and it is an honourable characteristic of modern medicine) that real talent has not only been quickly recognized, but warmly supported in the professional world. Let us look to the writings of Currie, of Hamilton, of Philip, of Abernethy, Pearson, Armstrong, Cooper, 8tc. &c. and see whether these authors were attacked by adversaries sailing on...

Monitoring the growth of crops and estimating their yield allows the farmer to better manage the resources after the harvest. The existing methods for monitoring the growth of crops depend on remote sensing data or soil and weather information, which are prone to error due to adverse climatic conditions or insufficient information. Here we present an alternative approach, where the growth of th...

Carrot, tomato and papaya represent important dietary sources of β-carotene and lycopene. The main objective of the present study was to compare the bioavailability of carotenoids from these food sources in healthy human subjects. A total of sixteen participants were recruited for a randomised cross-over study. Test meals containing raw carrots, tomatoes and papayas were adjusted to deliver an ...

Grafted seedlings have widely been used in fruit vegetables such as tomatoes order to increase productivity by acquiring resistance environmental stress and soil-borne diseases. This study was conducted assess the performance of rootstocks comparatively analyzing growth, yield, photosynthetic efficiency, measuring chlorophyll fluorescence, cherry grown soil cultivation. The tomato variety ‘Nona...