The application of low pressure storage to maintain the quality of zucchinis [PDF]
Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo var. cylindrica) were stored at low pressure (4 kPa) at 10°C at 100% relative humidity for 11 days. Fruit quality was examined upon removal and after being transferred to normal atmosphere (101 kPa) at 20°C for three days ...
Bowyer, Michael C. +5 more
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Pasta-making properties of the new durum wheat variety biensur suitable for the northern mediterranean environment [PDF]
Industrial pasta is commonly made from mixtures of semolina from different durum wheat varieties, and there is a very low market presence of mono-varietal pasta from local, short supply chains. In this work, dough rheological properties and pasta quality
Cortivo, C. Dal +5 more
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Strawberry is an allo-octoploid crop with high genome heterozygosity and complexity, which hinders the sequencing and the assembly of the genome. However, in the present study, we have generated a chromosome level assembly of octoploid strawberry sourced
Hye-Eun Lee +11 more
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The incorporation gene of tomato fruit firmness (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) [PDF]
Tomato fruit firmness is a polygenetic trait and depends on firmness components pericarp thickness, firmness of epidermis and firmness of flash. The accumulation of favourable traits ratio for each component (towards the increase of expression) the fruit
Zdravković Jasmina +3 more
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Mechanical resonance method for evaluation of peach fruit firmness
An investigation was carried out to establish the basic relationship between mechanical resonance, firmness, chemical composition and ethylene production during the maturity time and the ripening time of peach fruit.
J. Goliáš +3 more
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Fruit quality attributes of ten Colombian blackberry (Rubus glaucus Benth.) genotypes
Colombia requires blackberry genotypes with remarkable traits that improve the competitiveness of this product in the country. The objective of this work was to evaluate the characteristics of the quality attributes in fruits of ten Colombian ...
Erika Sánchez-Betancourt +4 more
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Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action [PDF]
The inhibition of ethylene action by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) extends shelf and storage life of many climacteric fruits. However, 1-MCP appears to have limited effects on stone fruit depending on specie and cultivar.
Luiz Carlos Argenta +4 more
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High resolution mapping of QTLs for fruit color and firmness in Amrapali/Sensation mango hybrids
IntroductionMango (Mangifera indica L.), acclaimed as the ‘king of fruits’ in the tropical world, has historical, religious, and economic values. It is grown commercially in more than 100 countries, and fresh mango world trade accounts for ~3,200 million
Manish Srivastav +23 more
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Imperfect Competition in Firm-to-Firm Trade [PDF]
Abstract This paper studies the implications of imperfect competition in firm-to-firm trade. Exploiting data on the universe of sales relationships between Belgian firms, we document that firms’ markups increase in the average input shares among their buyers.
Dhyne, Emmanuel +2 more
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Fruit quality changes during marketing of new plum cultivars (Prunus domestica L.)
Registrations of crop, fruit size and fruit flavour in the plum cultivar testing programmes in Norway indicated that Souffriau, Avalon, Reeves, Excalibur and Jubileum could be valuable cultivars in commercial plum production in Norway.
E. Vangdal, S. Flatland, R. NORDBØ
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