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Enhancing avocado growth and soil sustainability using date palm waste biochar as a climate smart solution for greenhouse gas mitigation

Scientific Reports
Sustainable agriculture demands innovative approaches to enhance plant growth while minimizing environmental footprints. Biochar, a carbon-rich material derived from biomass pyrolysis, has emerged as a promising amendment for improving soil fertility ...
Rania A.E. Abdelzaher, Di Chen, Laila Y. Mostafa, Said A. Nassar, Emad. M. Ashmawy, Huiyu Wu, Qiong Fan   +6 more
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A Handheld low-mass, impact instrument to measure nondestructive firmness of fruit

, 2009
A portable, handheld impact firmness sensor was designed for nondestructive measurement of fruit firmness while the fruit remain attached to the tree or for use in other remote locations where the use of a benchtop instrument would be impractical.
Slaughter, David, Chen, P., Thompson, J.F., Ruiz-Altisent, Margarita, Anderson, M., Sarig, Y.   +5 more
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Variability Assessment of Banana Cultivars and Intercropping with Lemongrass Based on Fruit Quality Indicators

Bananas are one of the most consumed fruits in the world and are essential for food security and in the agricultural economy. Their sustainable production is vital for many communities.
Lucas Felipe dos Ouros, Magali Leonel, Erval Rafael Damatto Junior, Hebert Teixeira Cândido, Edson Shigueaki Nomura, Sarita Leonel, Paulo Ricardo Rodrigues de Jesus   +6 more
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The Development of a Quality Scale to Measure the Impact of Quality on Supermarket Fruit Demand

This research examines how fluctuations in quality affect consumer expenditures for fresh fruit at the retail level. This paper examines how consumersÂ’' purchasing behaviors react to changes in fresh fruit quality by quantifying quality characteristics ...
Johnson, Aaron J., Durham, Catherine A., McFetridge, Marc V.   +2 more
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Non-Destructive Detection of Fruit Quality: Technologies, Applications and Prospects

Fruit quality testing plays a crucial role in the advancement of fruit industry, which is related to market competitiveness, consumer satisfaction and production process optimization.
Jingyi Liu, Yasong Wang, Haijun Fu, Xin Liu, Yingjie Zhang, Jun Sun   +5 more
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Editorial: Rosaceae Fruit Development and Quality [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Chunying Kang, Chunying Kang, Jia-Long Yao, Zhongchi Liu, Yuepeng Han   +4 more
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Analysis of Meiotic Behavior and 2n Pollen Formation Frequency in Triploid Hybrids of Chinese Jujube

Plants
The Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), an economically significant fruit tree native to China, is valued for both fresh and dried uses. In plants, 2n gametes serve as the fundamental basis for creating a sexual polyploid germplasm.
Yunxi Zhong, Lixin Ge, Yinfang Song, Zhi Luo, Jiurui Wang, Mengjun Liu, Fenfen Yan   +6 more
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ABF1-MdNRTs/NIAs module mediates ABA-regulated nitrate utilization in apple

Fruit Research
Apples are a globally prominent fruit, valued for their texture, flavor, and nutritional value. Apple trees rely heavily on nitrogen, a vital nutrient essential their growth and development.
Lin Rui, Xue Wang, Guodong Liu, Hongliang Li, Yuying Yang, Ranxin Liu, Xiaofei Wang, Tingting Zhang   +7 more
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A Bilateral Comparison of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: United States and Canada

Many public programs promote diets rich in fruits and vegetables based on evidence of the derived health benefits. Still, produce consumption in the United States lags behind other nations, even its most culturally similar neighbor--Canada.
Richards, Timothy J., Patterson, Paul M.
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Detection of internal quality in kiwi with time-domain diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

, 2004
Time-domain diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (TRS), a medical sensing technique, was used to evaluate internal kiwi fruit quality. The application of this pulsed laser spectroscopic technique was studied as a new, possible non-destructive, method to ...
Torricelli, Alessandro, M. Ruiz Altisent, Valero Ubierna, Constantino, C. Valero, Pifferi, Antonio, D. S. Johnson, C. J. Dover, Cubeddu, Rinaldo, Valentini, Gianluca, Dover, Colin, PIFFERI, ANTONIO GIOVANNI, Taroni, Paola, Johnson, David, Ruiz-Altisent, Margarita   +13 more
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