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By harvest time, small amounts of acetaldehyde were accumulated in the flesh of plums, such as 0.31 mg/l for the cv. Stanley and 1.03 mg/l for the cv. Valjevka.
J. Goliáš, P. Hic, J. Kaňová
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Retention of fruit firmness, as an important component of fruit quality during cold storage, is one of three primary targets of Washington State University's apple breeding program.
Soon Li Teh +5 more
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Indeed, in the last decade a large number of new sour cherry cultivars with new notable flavor characteristics have been released. There is no enough information related to qualitative characteristics which consistently segregated based on their ...
H. G. Davarynejad +6 more
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A First approach of using ultrasound as an alternative for blanching in vacuum-packaged potato strips [PDF]
The effect of ultrasound (US) (40 kHz, 200 W, 3 min), blanching (85 °C, 3.5 min), and the combination of both methods was evaluated on the quality of vacuum-packaged potato strips stored at 3 ± 1 °C for up to 10 days.
Achaerandio Puente, María Isabel +4 more
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This study aimed to assess the influence of taro mucilage (TM) and black seed oil (BSO) as an edible coating to extend guava fruits’ shelf-life and quality attributes. Four different edible coatings were applied, namely, T1 (1% TM + 0.75% glycerol + 0.5%
Sumaiya Sultana Shanta +7 more
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Sensory quality of scab-resistant apple cultivars [PDF]
Twenty-two scab-resistant apple cultivars were harvested in autumn 1999 and evaluated for sensory quality the following October, November and December. Multivariate analysis was effective in describing the comblex relationships and variabillity among the
Kühn, Senior Scientist Birka Falk +1 more
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Why are there such pronounced differences in patterns of ownership and control of corporations across countries? This paper proposes that these, together with many of the stylized facts of corporate finance, can be explained by private benefits. Private benefits create waste and inefficiency but they can also act as powerful commitment devices that ...
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Firm Acquisitions by Family Firms: A Mixed Gamble Approach [PDF]
This study elucidates the mixed gamble confronting family firms when considering a related firm acquisition. The socioemotional and financial wealth trade-off associated with related firm acquisitions as well as their long-term horizon turns family firms more likely to undertake a related acquisition than nonfamily firms, especially when they are ...
Katrin Hussinger, Abdul-Basit Issah
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A starch edible surface coating delays banana fruit ripening [PDF]
A rice starch edible coating blended with sucrose esters was developed for controlling the postharvest physiological activity of Cavendish banana to extend postharvest quality during ripening at 20 ± 2 °C.
Bowyer, Michael +6 more
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Agglomeration and firm performance: One firm’s medicine is another firm’s poison
In this paper, we aim to reduce the ambiguity surrounding the agglomeration–performance relationship. We do so by taking firm-level and agglomeration-level heterogeneity into account simultaneously and focusing on the interactions between these two levels of analysis in explaining the effect of agglomeration on firm performance.
Knoben, J. +3 more
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