An optimum method has been developed for extracting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which contribute to the aroma of different species of citrus fruit (orange, lemon, lime, and mandarin). Headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) combined with gas chromatography (GC) coupled with flame ionization detection (FID) is used as a very simple, efficient and nondestructive extraction method. A...

T paper studies the role of the yield-dependent trading cost structure influencing the optimal choice of the selling price and production quantity for a firm that operates under supply uncertainty in the agricultural industry. The firm initially leases farm space, but its realized amount of fruit supply fluctuates because of weather conditions, diseases, etc. At the end of the growing season, t...

The demand of fruit juices is increasing day by day as a result of increasing health awareness among the people. Most of juice extraction processes are not producing satisfactory quantity and quality of juices. Enzymatic extraction of juices results in higher yield. The enzymes used are mainly pectinase, cellulase, hemicellase etc. Apart from promoting juice extraction, enzyme addition increase...

This reproduces the calculations studied in Cochrane, Longstaff and Santa-Clara (‘Two Trees’, The Review of Financial Studies, vol. 21 no. 1, 2008) and Ian Martin, ‘The Lucas Orchard,’Econometrica, January 2013 (see especially Figure 3). It is an exercise that uses projection as a solution method. Consider an economy with two trees, tree number 1 and tree number 2. The quantity of fruit that fa...

The use of the percent dry matter as a maturity indicator for avocado is widely accepted. During a California Avocado Commission funded study to identify a minimum maturity standard for the Lamb Hass variety, we developed a new process for removing samples from the fruit for dry matter determination. After two years of testing and evaluation we have perfected a technique and designed an efficie...

in order to determinate the self–incompatibility and the most suitable pollinizer for esfahan commercial quince cultivar, the effects of four different pollinizer treatments ((km1, pk2, kvd2, nb4), as self pollination and open pollination) on fruit set and quantitative and qualitative characteristics of commercial quince fruits of isfahan were studied in a randomized complete block design with ...

[Kuantitas dan kualitas buah mentimun dari berbagai metode penyerbukan]. Metode penyerbukan yang berbeda dapat menyebabkan efektivitas dalam pembentukan dan, pada gilirannya, menentukan hasil akhir buah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan pengaruh oleh lebah T. laeviceps serangga penyerbuk lainnya terhadap produksi tanaman mentimun. Perlakuan dilakukan yaitu terbuka dengan bantuan lia...

Whilst most studies reviewing the reliance of global agriculture on insect pollination advocate increasing the 'supply' of pollinators (wild or managed) to improve crop yields, there has been little focus on altering a crop's 'demand' for pollinators.Parthenocarpy (fruit set in the absence of fertilization) is a trait which can increase fruit quantity and quality from pollinator-dependent crops...

– Introduction. Fruit ripening is the process resulting in changes in color, taste and texture, which make the fruit acceptable for consumption. Since a wide spectrum of physiological, biochemical and organoleptic changes are involved in the development of a soft, edible, ripe fruit, we studied theses changes in an underutilized fruit, khirni [Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard]. Materials and m...