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Economic Sustainability of Italian Greenhouse Cherry Tomato [PDF]
Sustainability, 2014 Greenhouse tomato cultivation plays an important role in Sicily, being the primary production area in Italy, due to its favorable pedo-climatic conditions that permit extra-seasonal productions. In Sicily, more than half of greenhouse tomato production is derived from the Province of Ragusa on the southeastern coast, where especially cherry tomato ...
Riccardo Testa +3 more
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Impact of pulsed light treatments and storage time on the texture quality of fresh-cut tomatoes [PDF]
, 2018 The effect of pulsed light (PL) treatments at fluences of 4, 6 or 8 J·cm-2 on microbial growth, weight loss, pectinmethyl esterase (PME) and polygalacturonase (PG) activities of fresh-cut tomatoes was evaluated through 20 days of storage at 5 ºC ...
Martín Belloso, Olga +2 more
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Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2023 The objective of the work was to preserve the quality of minimally processed (MP) cherry tomatoes during storage combining plasma activated water (PAW) washing treatment and sodium caseinate (SC) based edible coating by: 1) optimizing the sodium ...
Stefania Volpe +5 more
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Journal of Food Protection, 2022 A study was conducted to evaluate a new organic produce wash composed of a combination of organic acids and hydrogen peroxide, in the form of a mixed peroxyacid solution, against foodborne pathogens.
J. Gurtler +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Dietary habits play a key role in chronic diseases, and higher annual consumption of fruit and vegetable may lower risk of dementia. Artificial intelligence predicts the lipid‐like compound α‐Amyrin (αA) from plants with edible peels as a drug candidate against Alzheimer's disease.
Shu‐Qin Cao +36 more
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Effects of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) on yield, growth and nutrient contents of organically grown strawberry [PDF]
, 2009 The effects of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) on the fruit yield, growth and nutrient element content of strawberry cv. Fern were investigated under organic growing conditions between 2006 and 2008.
Donmez, M.Figen +5 more
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Dead Matter, Living Machines: Repurposing Crustaceans' Abdomen Exoskeleton for Bio‐Hybrid Robots
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Crustacean exoskeletons, repurposed from food waste, are engineered into sustainable bending actuators combining biotic structure with synthetic control. The augmented exoskeletons achieve rapid and robust motion with lightweight body and can be used as part of robotic manipulators, grippers and swimmers.
Sareum Kim, Kieran Gilday, Josie Hughes
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Efficient Preservation of Perishable Fruits by Erasable Metal‐Organic Frameworks
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study presents an erasable Pickering emulsion‐based coating stabilized by metal‐organic frameworks. This washable coating significantly extends fruit shelf life by scavenging ethylene and inhibiting foodborne pathogens, offering a sustainable solution for postharvest.
Liying Yang +7 more
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HPLC-DAD-APCI-MS as a Tool for Carotenoid Assessment of Wild and Cultivated Cherry Tomatoes
Horticulturae, 2021 Carotenoids are naturally occurring fat-soluble pigments found in many organisms. Because of their extensively conjugated carbon–carbon double bond system, carotenoids are potent antioxidants. Although the most abundant carotenoid and best singlet oxygen
Lina M. Londoño-Giraldo +4 more
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Comparison of the Nutritive Quality of Tomato Fruits from Organic and Conventional Production in Poland [PDF]
, 2007 Organic horticulture is generally accepted as friendly to the environment, good for crop quality and also for the consumer’s health. Recent research data has shown that organic crops under organic farming practices contained more bioactive substances ...
Hallmann, Ewelina, Rembiałkowska, Ewa
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