Date grading is an important process for producers and affects the fruit quality evaluation and export market. However, the high costs, low speed and variation associated with manual sorting have been forcing the post harvest industry to apply mechanization and automation in sorting operations. As a step toward mechanized grading, in this research Mamdani fuzzy inference system was applied as a...

limited information is available on water and nitrogen (n) management of sugarcane (saccharum officinarum l.) in khuzestan, southwestern iran, where this crop is currently and extensively grown under heavy irrigation and n fertilization. therefore, a field experiment was conducted from september 2000 to march 2002 at the research department of karoon agro-industry in khuzestan to determine the ...

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BACKGROUND A high intake of dietary flavonoids, which are abundant in fruits, vegetables, tea, and wine, is known to reduce cardiovascular mortality. The effects of flavonoids on cardiac electrophysiology, which theoretically may have both antiarrhythmic and proarrhythmic consequences, have not been studied systematically to date. METHODS AND RESULTS We screened a broad spectrum of flavonoids...

introduction: citrus fruits, which belong to the family of rutaceae are one of the main fruit tree crops grown throughout the world. although sweet orange (citrus sinensis) is the major fruit in this group accounting for about 70% of citrus output.citrus fruits are well – appreciated fortheir refreshing juice and health benefits.the health benefits of citrus fruits are linked to the high amount...

4. Rouse, A. H., C. D. Atkins and R. L. Huggart. 1954. Effect of pulp quantity on chemical and physi cal properties of citrus juices and concentrates. Food Technol. 8: 431-435. 5. U. S. Dept. Agriculture. U. S. standards for grades of canned citrus juices and concentrates. Agricultural Marketing Service, Washington, D. C: (a) Frozen concentrated grapefruit juice, Dec. 1951; (b) Frozen concentra...

The study was designed to evaluate the use of low concentrations of separan flocculent (Less than 3 ppm) on physicochemical properties of sugar cane juice. Colour, pH, purity, turbidity, pol, brix, reducing sugars tannins and polyphenols of crushed cane (green and burned) juice, mixed juice and clarified juice were studied. The results showed that pol, brix, reducing sugar and turbidity are hig...

of a large amount of date palms cultivated and harvested in iran, only about 11 – 12 annual percent is used in food processing and packaging industries. due to the poorq uality of produced dates, it is regarded as waste and is mainly used as feed stocks. thus, through producing syrup and liquid sugar from date palm of low quality could be regarded as a new opportunity to convert waste dates to ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the absorption of carbohydrate in particular from a lower (10 mL/kg(-1)) quantity than that previously tested, of white grape juice and pear juice after a single feeding and after ingestion twice daily for 2 weeks, and determine their respective effects on stool water content, in healthy infants. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Twelve healthy, well-nourished infants, 5 to 9 months of ...