background and objectives: edible parts of pomegranate fruits are a rich source of bioactive compounds. the present research examines the effect of modified atmosphere packaging on the fruit physico-chemical and microbial properties of two commercial pomegranate cultivars grown in iran. materials and methods: the arils were packaged and stored under four different atmospheres. all of the packag...

Phosphorus (P) is one of the most limiting nutrients for growth and development crops, important soil fertility managements, since it affects quality fruits. With hypothesis that different levels irrigation phosphorus fertilization interfere in physical physicochemical properties tomatoes, objective this experiment was to verify analyze behavior fruits’ responses. The conducted a greenhouse at ...

Strawberry fruits (cv. Benihoppe, Tochiotome, Sachinoka, and Guimeiren) were harvested and evaluated the flavor and nutritional parameters. By principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering analysis, differences were observed based on the volatile compounds composition, sugar and acid concentration, sweetness, and total soluble sugars/total organic acids of the four varieties. A total...

optimal nutrition of grapevine is one of the most important factors that affect the quantity, quality and time of fruit ripening. to increase the quantity and quality of ‘askari’ cultivar, a factorial experiment in a randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted at shahrekord in 2010. treatments consisted of four levels of potassium sulfate fertilizer (zero, 300, 600 an...

in this investigation some chemical and morphological properties of dog rose fruit in 10 regions of north iran were measured. results showed significant difference between traits in studied regions. beta-carotene ranged between 0.05 – 0.323 (mg/g fw). total soluble carbohydrate varied from 5.9 – 23.3%. the highest content of total anthocyanin 23.7 and the lowest was 7.71(mg/l cyanidin-3-glucosi...

Background: Lime juice is a nutritious drink, which is generally consumed for its' refreshing properties, nutritive value, vitamin content, and health benefits. Therefore, the chemical and microbiological quality of the traditional and industrial lime juice produced in Kashan city was assessed. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a total of 106 samples were collected and screene...

in this study, the effectiveness of chitosan coating treatment to control weight loss and maintaining fruit quality of apricot was investigated. fruits were coated with 0.25%, 0.5% and 0.75% chitosan as well as distilled water (control). following treatments, fruits were stored at 0?c and 80 ? 2% relative humidity for 25 days. the weight loss, total soluble solids (tss), titratable acidity (ta)...

to determine the effects of pre-harvest salicylic acid (sa) treatments on postharvest life and quality of apricot fruits, four different concentrations (one, 1.5, three and 4.5 mm) were applied six days before harvesting of apricot fruits cv. ‘shamlou’. fruits harvested at commercial maturity stage and stored at 2ºc with 90 percent rh on the same day for a period of three weeks. the fruit was e...

sunburn damage is a physiological disorder, which reducing pomegranate fruits quality and result to huge loss to the gardeners yearly. in this study, the effects of kaolin on maintaining fruit quality and decreasing sunburn damage of malas-e-torsh-e-saveh pomegranate was investigated. processed kaolin (surround® wp) with 0, 2.5, 5 and 10 % (w/v) was sprayed over the whole canopy and fruits at 4...

This study was to utilize the waste from canned tuna processing (tuna precooking juice) for producing dried tuna flavor powder. Tuna precooking juice was centrifuged and concentrated to 15% total soluble solid (TSS). Maltodextrin (DE 9) was added to increase the TSS of tuna precooking concentrate to 20, 22, 24 and 26%, then dried by spray dryer at 180oC inlet air temperature. The compositions a...