Apples (Malus domestica, Borkh.) which are not stored at low temperature or in a properly controlled atmosphere (CA) may have a high metabolic rate during the postharvest stage resulting in losses in quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of ‘Royal Gala’ apple fruit stored in accordance with a new method of dynamic controlled atmosphere (DCA).The respiratory quotient (RQ) wa...

Composition of second-grade dates from the potential Tunisian cultivars “Deglet Nour” was similar to that of commercial dates. In fact, date flesh could present a value addition by extraction and use of date flesh fiber concentrate in bread formulation. Date flesh fiber concentrate (DFFC) of Deglet Nour variety was extracted and dried at 40 °C. This concentrate was added to wheat flour bread at...

Calcium preharvest application influences fruit quality. The impact of foliar sprays using several commercial fertilizers with Ca content on the quality and nutritional status kiwi cv. ‘Hayward’ was investigated for a 2-year period. Fruit flesh firmness increased under all compared to control. Total soluble solids acidity were not altered significantly by any studied products. Treatment differe...

Ethylene promotes fruit ripening, including softening. The fruit of melting-flesh peach (Prunus persica (L). Batsch) cultivar 'Akatsuki' produces increasing levels of ethylene, and the flesh firmness softens rapidly during the ripening stage. On the other hand, the fruit of stony hard peach cultivars 'Yumyeong', 'Odoroki', and 'Manami' does not soften and produces little ethylene during fruit r...

in order to study the effects of ga3and cacl2 treatments in resolve the problems of sweet pepper culture in ilam region (including small size fruits with sunscald and blossom end rot disorders), this study was carried out in ilam university in 2012. for that, ga3 (50 mg/l) and cacl2 (0.5%) treatments were sprayed at two (fruit set and 15 days thereafter) and three (fruit set, 10 and 20 days the...

this study was carried out to investigate impacts of myrobalan rootstock and blackthorn interstem on fruit growth, physico-chemical features and bioactive compounds of two apricot cultivars (‘harcot’ and ‘roksana’) in 2010 and 2011. fruits of both cultivars on myrobalan and/or blackthorn grew with a classic double sigmoid curve from full bloom time to harvest. during growth and development peri...

harvesting time of kiwifruit can influence quality characteristics. the current research was carried out according to a completely randomized design with three replications at faculty of agricultural sciences, university of guilan in 2009. weight loss, flesh firmness, total soluble solid (tss), titritable acidity (ta), ascorbic acid, total phenol content and antioxidant capacity of harvested fr...