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Multiomic studies to improve fruit quality of berry fruits

, 2019
In this study we are going to use different omic-techniques to analyze fruits of three species of berries such as strawberry, raspberry and black currant. Berry fruit are well appreciated for their delicate flavor and nutraceutical properties, with consumer demand increasing over the last years. Furthermore, climate change and market globalization have
Jiménez, Lidia, Pott, Delphine, Duran, Sara, Mott, Daniella, Petit, Aurélie, Celejewska, Karolina, Piecko, Jan, Masny, Agnieszka, Savini, Gianluca, Chartier, Philippe, Krüger, Erika, Sonsteby, Anita, Denoyes, Beatrice, Vallarino Castro, José G., Osorio-Algar, Sonia   +14 more
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Exogenous ALA promotes tomato fruit quality and pigment metabolism: physiological mechanisms. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Chen J, Li R, Wang J, Feng J, He Y, Bai P, Shang X, Wu Y, Yu J, Tang Z, Zhang G, Xie J, Zhang J, Lyu J.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Effects of Biostimulants and Fruit Enlargement Agents on Fruit Quality in Two Kiwifruit Cultivars. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Sun X, Zhang K, Ding H, Li L, Gu H, Cheng D, Li M, Chen J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adenosine triphosphate treatment affects strawberry fruit quality by regulating sugar and organic acid metabolism. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Cai J, Dai X, Fang H, Tian G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Untargeted Metabolomics Unravel the Effect of SlPBB2 on Tomato Fruit Quality and Associated Plant Metabolism. [PDF]

Metabolites
Wang C, Jin L, Fu D, Tian W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source