introduction: there are two types of japanese persimmon (diospyros kaki thunb.), astringent and non-astringent, based on the degree of astringent taste at maturity state. fruits of either type are strongly astringent when small and immature, but non-astringent type loses its astringency during development on the tree, still with firm flesh. however, the astringent type keeps its astringency and...

The phenolic compounds of 'Green Gage' (GG) plums ( Prunus domestica L.), "Rainha Claudia Verde", from a 'protected designation of origin' (PDO), in Portugal, were quantified in both flesh and skin tissues of plums collected in two different orchards (GG-V and GG-C). Analyzes of phenolic compounds were also performed on another GG European plum obtained in France (GG-F) and two other French plu...

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the anti-oxidant properties in methanolic extract of Leaves and fruit of cucumies melo () The methanol leaf extract noticed significant scavenging activity on DPPH, superoxide, nitric oxide , hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical. The total phenolic compounds were found to be high with leaves rather than the flesh of fruit.

In this study Vitaton (an organic supplement which contains fermentative β-carotene) and synthetic astaxanthin (CAROPHYLL® Pink) were evaluated as pro-growth factors in Rainbow trout diet. An 8 week feeding trial was conducted to determine the effects of Vitaton versus astaxanthin on rearing factors, survival rate and visual flesh color of Rainbow trout (Oncorhnchynchus mykiss) with initial wei...

experiments were carried out in a commercial orchard during 1994, 1995 and 1996 to determine the influence of chemical thinning on characterisics of fruit and alternate bearing of native olive (olea europea l) cvs. dezfoul and fishomi at early fruitlet stage. in 1994, branch sprays of naphthalene acetic acid (100, 150 and 200 mg/l), naphthalene acetamide (200 and 300 mg/l) and urea (0.6 and 1.2...

A large-scale transcriptome analysis has been conducted using microPEACH1.0 microarray on nectarine (Prunus persica L. Batsch) fruit treated with 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP). 1-MCP maintained flesh firmness but did not block ethylene biosynthesis. Compared with samples at harvest, only nine genes appeared to be differentially expressed when fruit were sampled immediately after treatment, while...

Japanese plum (Prunus salicina L.) is a fruit tree of the Rosaceae family, which is an economically important stone fruit around the world. Currently, Japanese plum breeding programs combine traditional breeding and plant physiology strategies with genetic and genomic analysis. In order to understand the flavonoid pathway regulation and to develop molecular markers associated to the fuit skin c...

Consumers continuously report a lack of taste in many apricot cultivars currently available on the market, highlighting necessity renewing varietal landscape grown worldwide. Sugars and acids content largely affect sweetness aroma perception, being an important driving factor consumers’ preferences purchase. In this work, large germplasm collection 164 accessions was evaluated for several fruit...

the fruit of date palm (phoenix dactylifera l.) is an important horticultural product in the middle east and north africa. among more than 400 reported date palm cultivars in iran, around 20 cultivars are more important due to having better eating quality and trading values. in this study, the fruit of nine commercially important date cultivars including ‘barhee’, ‘breim’, ‘deiri’, ‘fersi’, ‘ga...