Mitochondria from avocado (Persea americana Mill, var. Fuerte and Hass) can be rapidly prepared at every stage of ripening using differential centrifugation and self-generated Percoll gradients. The procedure results in improved oxidative and phosphorylative properties, especially for mitochondria isolated from preclimacteric fruits.A gradual change in the buoyant density of avocado mitochondri...

We investigated the feedback regulation of ethylene biosynthesis in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit with respect to the transition from system 1 to system 2 ethylene production. The abundance of LE-ACS2, LE-ACS4, and NR mRNAs increased in the ripening fruit concomitant with a burst in ethylene production. These increases in mRNAs with ripening were prevented to a large extent by treatmen...

agricultural practices always need accurate information about occurrence of particular developmental stages. data from planting dates trials conducted over the kabotar-abad agricultural research station, isfahan during 2003-2009 were used to develop models for estimating developmental stages duration of sofea safflower variety. to model duration of each developmental stage, duration of each dev...

Fleshy fruits develop from an unripe organ that needs to be protected from damage to a ripe organ that attracts frugivores for seed dispersal through production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Thus, different responses to wounding damage are predicted. The aim of this study was to discover whether wound-induced changes in the transcriptome and VOC production alter as tomato transitions fr...

Transcript abundance of the gene encoding -galactosidase II, a -galactosidase/exo-galactanase (EC 3.2.1.23) present during tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruit ripening, was suppressed by expression of an antisense tomato -galactosidase 4 (TBG4) cDNA driven by the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. RNA gel-blot analysis was used to evaluate TBG4 mRNA levels in transgenic fruit. All of the...

Assessment of dormancy inception, maintenance and release was studied for artificially dried immature seeds harvested throughout seed development in the barley cv. Triumph and its mutant line TL43. Each was grown in Spain and Scotland under low and high dormancy inducing conditions, respectively. Both TL43 and Triumph followed a similar pattern of release from dormancy across the seasons, altho...

The application of edible coatings carrying antifungal compounds on cheese was studied to reduce mass losses and control the fungal growth surface during ripening. effectiveness 8 biopolymers Aloe vera gel (AV) at controlling loss analysed early stage maturation, with without lipids (Oleic acid oleic acid-beeswax blend) (potassium sorbate (PS)), gallic tannin (GT) gel. gellan gum both PS GT exh...

Viral transport in deep-bed sand filters was studied by a new method that enables rapid and simple quantitation of labeled viruses. The residence time distribution (RTD) of viruses in the bed was compared to the RTD of a fluorescein dye under conditions that simulate a filter run. The characteristics of the RTD curves for the free dye and the labeled bacteriophages followed very different trend...

As a part of the study to explore the possible strategy for enhancing the shelf life of mango fruits, we investigated the changes in biochemical parameters and activities of ripening associated enzymes of Ashwina hybrid mangoes at 4-day regular intervals during storage at -10°C, 4°C, and 30 ± 1°C. Titratable acidity, vitamin C, starch content, and reducing sugar were higher at unripe state and ...