Citrus is one of the most important fruit crops in world. junos Siebold ex Tanaka cv. Pujiang Xiangcheng a new rootstock with good grafting affinity and multiple abiotic stress tolerance. In this study, effects ‘Pujiang Xiangcheng’ two commonly used rootstocks for maxima (Burm.) Merrill Guanxi Miyou, considering their growth, photosynthetic performance, phytohormones quality, were evaluated. Th...

UNLABELLED Some anecdotal reports suggest that infection of citrus trees with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las), the suspected causal agent of huanglongbing (HLB) disease, imparts off flavor to orange juice. It is of interest to the industry to know how Las infection affects juice quality with respect to cultivar, maturity, or processing method. Hamlin, Midsweet, and Valencia oranges were...

OBJECTIVE To understand the available evidence of how children and adults differ in their preferences for flavours that may be used in tobacco products. DATA SOURCES A total of 474 articles published between 1931 and August 2015 were retrieved through searches conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and PsycINFO. STUDY SELECTION AND EXTRACTION A 2-phase relevancy review process resulted...

The aim of present work was to extract pectin from dried orange fruit peels to assess its binding property in tablets using paracetamol as model drug. Initially orange fruit peel powder was subjected to simple water based soxhlet extraction and pectin was isolated using ethyl alcohol as precipitating agent. Thereafter, four batches were formulated using pectin in different proportions. A refere...

Wild Mediterranean fruit fly females, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), from an essentially monophagous population on the island of Hawaii were exposed to natural mock orange (Murraya panieulata) or sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) host fruit hung from branches of potted trees for 3-day periods in field enclosures. Subsequently, when flies were released individually onto potted trees harboring one ...

BACKGROUND Tomatoes provide a significant dietary source of the carotenoids, lycopene and β-carotene. During ripening, carotenoid accumulation determines the fruit colors while chlorophyll degradation. These traits have been, and continue to be, a significant focus for plant breeding efforts. Previous work has found strong evidence for a relationship between CYC-B gene expression and the orange...