The experiments were carried out in two research stations (MARDI Bukit Tangga, Kedah, and MARDI Seberang Perai, Penang) in Malaysia. The crossings were performed using the four inbred lines in complete diallel cross including selfs and reciprocals. We evaluated the yield components and fruit characters such as fruit yield per plant, vine length, days to fruit maturity, fruit weight, total solub...

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) quality traits such as juice soluble solid content (Brix), juice pH, color parameters (Hue and Chroma), firmness and water content, are critical factors for fruit quality assessment. The need for screening very large numbers of fruit has led to the development of a high-throughput method using visible-near infrared (VIS-NIR) spectrometry. We are reporting here a se...

This study investigated the effect of preharvest treatment 0.25 mM methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and 0.5 salicylic acid (SA) on quality parameters, most important secondary metabolites (lycopene, ?-carotene, ascorbic acid, total phenolics, flavonoids), antioxidant activities, amino contents ‘Kumato’ tomato. Treatments with MeJA SA led to an increase yield per plant were effective in maintaining fruit...

Apple is one of the delicious fruit consumed by people. cider vinegar was made through traditional method and changes occurred during 8 week fermentation period were determined in this research. Total titratable acidity, pH, total soluble solids (°brix), phenolic contents, Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant (TEAC) assays, contents determined. substance, ORAC...

summer pruning and calcium spray could improve kiwifruits quality. in this study, effect of summer pruning in two times, 2 and 15 days after petal fall alone or in combination with %1 calcium chloride spray on fruit quality and mineral elements contents of ‘hayward’ kiwifruit was investigated. calcium sprayed four times 90 days after petal fall with 15 days intervals. the results showed that su...

this study was conducted during 2008-2009 to investigate the influence of different organic nutrient combinations on yields and quality of strawberry cv. kurdistan in iran. the experiment comprised of five organic nutrient treatment combinations including the recommended dose of n, p and k through chemical fertilizer as control. treatment n2 (manure+azotobacter+ woodash+phosphorus solubilizing ...

the potential of fourier transform near-infrared (ft-nir) spectroscopy technique was applied to determine moisture and soluble solids content of shahani date fruit. spectral acquisitions were carried out in reflectance mode using a ft-nir spectrophotometer in the range of 12000- 4000cm-1. three different preprocessing methods namely: multiplicative scatter correction (msc), first and second der...

iran is the center of origin as well as variation for pomegranate (punica granatum l.). also, iran is one of the most important countries in the world in terms of pomegranate culture and production. monitoring morphological and physiological changes which occur during fruit growth and development is an important determining in orchard management decisions. the aim of the present research was to...