(1) Background: The aim of the study was to use innovative sensor technology for non-destructive determination and prediction of optimum harvest date (OHD), using sweet cherry as a model fruit, based on different ripening parameters. (2) Methods: Two cherry varieties in two growing systems viz. field and polytunnel in two years were employed. The fruit quality parameters such as fruit weight an...

The maturity of green coffee beans is the most influential determinant of the quality and flavor of the resultant coffee beverage. However, the chemical compounds that can be used to discriminate the maturity of the beans remain uncharacterized. We herein analyzed four distinct stages of maturity (immature, semi-mature, mature and overripe) of nine different varieties of green Coffea arabica be...

Mango fruit (Mangifera indica L.) are highly perishable and have a limited shelf life, due to postharvest desiccation and senescence, which limits their global distribution. Recent studies of tomato fruit suggest that these traits are influenced by the expression of genes that are associated with cuticle metabolism. However, studies of these phenomena in mango fruit are limited by the lack of g...

BACKGROUND Foodborne outbreaks of Shigella infection are uncommon and tomatoes are an unusual vehicle. We describe a large, multiple-restaurant outbreak of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a infection that was associated with tomatoes. METHODS We conducted nationwide surveillance and a case-control study, collected fecal specimens for culture, and measured the survival of the outbreak strain of S....

introduction: educational justice is a process by which all those involved in education are pondering and seeking to establish it in their regulatory environments. this study aimed to investigate effective factors in an ideal educational justice and the current condition of educational justice from the students’ viewpoint and ultimately increase the awareness and understanding of authorities an...

365 Abstract: An experiment retail plastic packaging system was used to compare the atmospheric composition within sealed packs containing tomato fruits. A range of plastic films with different permeability properties were tested to study the effects of these conditions on the changes in postharvest qualities of tomatoes harvested at the pink stage of maturity and stored at 13C for 60 days. The...

The adjustment of feeding behavior in response to hunger and satiety contributes to homeostatic regulation in animals. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster feeds on yeasts growing on overripe fruit, providing nutrients required for adult survival, reproduction and larval growth. Here, we present data on how the nutritional value of food affects subsequent yeast consumption in Drosophila adult ...

laan in (ph.d thesis, tartu. 1999) introduced the principal weak form of condition $(p)$ as condition $(pwp)$ and gave some characterization of monoids by this condition of their acts. in this paper first we introduce condition (g-pwp), a generalization of condition $(pwp)$ of acts over monoids and then will give a characterization of monoids when all right acts satisfy this condition. we also ...

Nicotiana tabacum L. (NTL) is an important agricultural and economical crop. Its maturity one of the key factors affecting its quality. Traditionally, discriminated visually by humans, which subjective empirical. In this study, we concentrated on detecting as many compounds possible in NTL leaves from different grades using ultra-performance liquid chromatography ion trap time-of-flight mass sp...