Breeding blueberry cultivars with enhanced fruit quality requires simple, accurate, and cost-effective assays to select individuals from segregating populations. In this study, berry diameter, weight, firmness, pH, total polyphenol, acids, D-glucose, D-fructose, glucose, sugar content were quantified in 188 southern highbush selections over 2 years. Significant variation between years, genotype...

OBJECTIVE The potential role of acidic drinks in the aetiology of dental erosion is well recognized. Whilst the wide-scale consumption of bottled waters is unlikely to contribute significantly to erosion, the role of flavoured sparkling water drinks is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the pH, titratable acidity and in vitro erosive potential of a selection of these drinks drawn f...

In this study a natural culture medium that mimics the synthetic yeast peptone glucose medium used for yeast fermentations was designed to screen and select yeasts capable of producing high levels of diacetyl and acetaldehyde. The presence of whey powder and sodium citrate in the medium along with manganese and magnesium sulfate enhanced both biomass and aroma development. A total of 52 yeasts ...

kaolin-based film as surround wp® was applied to ‘galaxy’ apple trees to evaluate its effects on postharvest fruit quality. following harvest, the surround wp® on the fruit skin was either wiped off, or left unwiped, then, the fruits from these treatments along with fruits from non-surround wp®-treated trees as the control were stored at 6°c for 100 days. surround wp® film application reduced w...

Yoghurt as a milk fermentation product has been popular for several years because of its probiotic properties. Probiotic yoghurt is processed by the heated then added with lactic acid bacteria and allowed to ferment. However, series processes makes some nutritional content lost. Therefore, needs replace this loss improve quality. The addition herbs or natural ingredients could be an effective w...

Plant-associated microbes can shape plant phenotype, performance, and productivity. Cultivation methods influence the microbiome structure differences observed in nutritional quality of differently grown fruits might be due to variations taxonomic functional composition. Here, organic integrated pest management (IPM) cultivation on quality, aroma raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) was evaluated. Diffe...

Suancai is a traditional fermented vegetable widely consumed in Northeast China. In this study, different prebiotics were used to improve the quality of suancai. Four (inulin (INU), xylooligosaccharide (XOS), galactooligosaccharide (GOS), and stachyose (STA)) shown reduce pH value increase content of total titratable acidity (TTA) suancai, while contents most organic acids also increased. ...