Over the last three decades, a great investment effort has been made in modernization of irrigation Valencian Community (Spain). The initial change from distribution networks to pressurized ones and shift towards drip systems was followed by improvements scheduling, based on agrometeorological data, soil water content sensors, remote sensing. These are considered adequate for increasing use eff...

This paper presents the results of breeding work carried out by Subtropical Scientific Centre Russian Academy Sciences. The purpose research is to improve assortment subtropical and citrus crops. objects were 230 hybrid forms, which - 138 hybrids, persimmons 56, feijoa 36. Currently, breeders FRC SSC RAS are working hard develop new winter-hardy, high yielding, high-quality cultivars resistant ...

Heat treatment of persimmon peel (PP) increased the antioxidative activity of the 70% ethanolic extract (EE) and water extract (WE) from PP. EE and WE both prevented H2O2-induced DNA damage to human peripheral lymphocytes. The antioxidative and antigenotoxic activities of the PP extracts were significantly affected by heating.

A new species of mealybug from Chile, Pseudococcus meridionalis Prado sp. n., is described and illustrated based on the morphological and molecular characterization of adult females. This species belongs to the “Pseudococcus maritimus” complex and displays a wide host plant range, including Japanese pear, persimmon, pomegranate, pear and grape.

Denev, P. and A. YorDAnov, 2013. Total polyphenol, proanthocyanidin and flavonoid content, carbohydrate composition and antioxidant activity of persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) fruit in relation to cultivar and maturity stage. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 981-988 The current study investigates the total polyphenol, proanthocyanidin and flavonoid content, the carbohydrate composition, and antioxidant ...

Persimmon is a climacteric fruit and very perishable. Changes in several physiological attributes greatly affect its quality market value. The current study was designed to assess the effect of chitosan solution (an edible coating material that can improve postharvest performance) on physico-chemical persimmon during storage. fruits were harvested, cleaned then dipped various concentrations (1%...

Enzymatic peeling of ‘Fuyu’ and ‘Tone-wase’ persimmon fruit was conducted for production of fresh-cut slices, and the microbiological and physicochemical quality of enzyme-peeled fresh-cut slices was compared with that of slices manually peeled with a knife. The enzymatic peeling process involved a porous treatment of the peel, heating at 100 8C for 45 s, infusion with 3% protopectinase at 37 8...

High CO2 treatment is a widely used deastringency technology that causes the accumulation of acetaldehyde which precipitates astringent soluble tannins from persimmon fruit, making them more attractive to consumers. The identification DkADH1 and DkPDC2 (the key genes for accumulation) their regulators (e.g., ERFs), has significantly advanced our understanding fruit mechanism, but other TFs are ...