Tomato fruits are usually characterized by a short postharvest life. Their quality decreases during storage due to losses in nutritional and decay. Salicylic acid (SA) has an important role plant development response environmental stress. This research aimed at evaluating the effects of preharvest salicylic application on extending life, ripening tomatoes ( Solanum lycopersicum cv. Baraka). As ...

To avoid marketing fish with environment-related off-flavors, fish must be screened for flavor quality before harvesting. Quantitative chemical analysis is inadequate for flavor quality control because of time constraints, costs involved, and the limited number of odorous compounds that can be detected with available methods. Sensory analysis (taste-testing), which treats trained “tasters” as a...

Alstroemeria (Alstroemeria hybrida) is one of the most important cut flowers in the world. The aim of this study is investigating on the effect of dill and cumin essential oils on physiological and microbiological traits of alstroemeria cut flowers. Hydro-distillation method and GC isolated the essential oils of seed and GC/MS examined the chemical compositions of the samples. This exp...

The use of resistance inducers is a novel strategy to elicit defense responses in strawberry fruit to protect against preharvest and postharvest decay. However, the mechanisms behind the specific resistance inducers are not completely understood. Here, global transcriptional changes in strawberry fruit were investigated using RNA-Seq technology. Preharvest, benzothiadiazole (BTH) and chitosan w...

Abstraci-Chemi& and mechanical site preparation methods were studied for establishing loblolly (%WS tee& L) rind S&h (p. 8l&O16? Mf. 8&O&! fingelm.) pi118 f~hding both i&gmted fUehVOOdpulpwood harvesting and conventiil who&tree harvesting of pines and hardwoods In southem Alabama’s Middle Coastal Plain. Revegetation was assessed in year 1, planted pines were measured afler years 2 and 5, and so...

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...

3. DECAY PREDICTION. Unfortunately, decay prediction models for stone fruit have not been developed yet. A possible method of disease prediction might consist of prior to commercial harvest placing fruit of more advanced maturity into a plastic bag with wet paper to induce decay development. If decay develops rapidly, this may suggest that some lots of fruit receive additional preharvest fungic...