Chilling damage under 15ºC in anthurium cut flowers reduces the vase-life, quality and marketability of the product. In the present experiment, GABA postharvest treatment (0, 1 and 5 mM) was studied on the vase-life, total soluble solid (TSS), H2O2 content, proline content, spathe browning, catalase and superoxide dismutase enzymes activity of Anthurium andraeanum...

The antioxidant properties of hot-water extracts from a dried chili pepper were maintained through the postharvest ripening process at 10 degrees C for 18 months. In order to isolate the antioxidant from the ripe pepper, we fractionated hot-water extracts by size-exclusion gel chromatography. A certain fraction showed antioxidative activity via the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-s...

Laboratory screening bioassays and field trapping experiments of spotted wing drosophila flies, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), were conducted to determine the attractiveness of 17 compounds as well as to compare attractant efficiency during peak fruit ripeness and postharvest captures late in the season. Compounds structurally related to each of the fermentation produc...

fruit spoilage of pomegranate is one of the most important problems in postharvest stages and its exports. this decay is mainly due to the influence and spread of saprophytic or parasitic fungi into the pomegranate fruits. in this purpose effects of essential oil from medicinal plants include; caraway (carum carvi) and peppermint (mentha piperetta), and packaging (whit or no polyethylene bags) ...

Salicylic acid (SA) is a natural plant compound that has been proven to enhance the quality of fruits; therefore, its impact on pineapple should be further studied, especially in most marketable hybrids. This study aimed evaluate effect SA treatments MD2 quality. The experiment consisted two parts with applications pre and postharvest following next treatments, control: No use SA, 5, 7 9 mM SA....

In this paper, the main problem and countermeasure of fruit production quality and safety were studied in Yanshan Mountain. The subjective factor was fruit farmer quality and safety consciousness faint, and the objective factors were: severe orchard environmental pollution, faint fruit postharvest handling, lag in process technology, fruit quality determination and market inspection system is n...