Development of disorders during postharvest ripening and storage of fruit depends on a range of preharvest factors. The most obvious of these is maturity of fruit at harvest. However, a number of other factors may be just as important in ripening-related disorders and in determining how fruit respond to low temperatures or other imposed postharvest conditions. Fruiting position on the tree and ...

The effects of reduced-O2 and elevated-CO2 modified atmospheres (MAs) and abusive temperatures on the growth and survival of E. coli O157:H7, yeast, and molds and on changes in the visual quality of fresh-cut apples were evaluated. High-CO1 and low-O2 (> or = 15% and < 1%, respectively) atmospheres inhibited the growth of the pathogen on apple slices at 15 and 20 degrees C. However, the populat...

Background. Recently, many studies have been oriented towards improving methods and efficiency of antioxidants recovery from different fruit and their wastes. The aim of the study was to evaluate antioxidant potential of apple seeds and peel, which constitute the fruit industry wastes, and compare it to apple flesh. Antioxidant activity of apples at different maturity and storage stage were ana...

The present study investigated the suppression of the disease development of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum in harvested apples using an antagonistic rhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa APEC128 (APEC128). Out of 30 bacterial isolates from apple rhizosphere screened for antagonistic activity, the most effective strain was APEC128 as inferred from the size ...

ABSTRACT The ability of Candida saitoana to induce systemic resistance in apple fruit against Botrytis cinerea was investigated. To separate the antagonistic activity of C. saitoana from its ability to induce resistance, the antagonist and the pathogen were applied in spatially separated wounds. In fresh apples, C. saitoana applied 0 or 24 h before inoculation with B. cinerea showed no effect o...

We present observations in a search for neutral hydrogen associated with the recently detected field dwarf galaxy APPLES 1, performed with the Parkes radiotelescope. The observed radio spectrum shows no evident (> 3σ rms) line emission indicating an upper limit for the H i content of the galaxy of ∼ 10 M⊙ and providing an upper value for the MHI/LB ratio equal to 2.4 M⊙/L⊙. The low value of the...

Conference reports: Second Gravitational Wave Phenomenology Workshop, by Neil Cornish . . . 14 Apples with apples II, by Miguel Alcubierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 Conferences for 30 years of Gravity at UNAM, by Alejandro Corichi . . . 17 Building bridges, by Mario Dı́az . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Strings Meet Loops, by Martin Bojowald . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

BACKGROUND A prospective cohort study of 2512 Welshmen aged 45-59 living in Caerphilly in 1979-1983 was used to investigate associations between diet and lung function. METHODS At baseline (phase I) and at five year follow up (phase II), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)) was measured using a McDermott spirometer and dietary data were obtained using a semi-quantitative food frequ...

Huge losses in apple production are caused by pathogens that cannot be seen shortly after harvest. After-harvest thermotherapy treatments can considerably improve control of storage diseases on apples and become an alternative to chemical pesticides. In the years 2010-2012 carried out research in this area. Apples of ‘Topaz’ cultivar were harvested at optimal maturity time for long storage and ...