snacks play a major role to supply nutritional needs of the armed forces in different operating conditions, because they are considered as a replacement for carbohydrate reserves in muscles after physical activity. the purpose of this study was to formulate and test long-lasting energizing snacks for military on different operations. 6 cereal bars were prepared containing formulations sesame se...

this study investigated the export status of stone fruits in iran during 1997 to 2010.export trends and revealed comparative advantage of indices, namely, revealedcomparative advantage (rca), revealed symmetric comparative advantage (rsca),and relative export advantage (rxa) as well as trade mapping (tm) were investigatedfor cherries, plums, peaches, and apricots. target markets for these produ...

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) is an important fruit tree in East Asia. ‘Nanko’, the primary cultivar of apricots, usually suffers from scab, a disease caused by Venturia carpophila. However, there have been few reports on phenotypic variation scab resistance/susceptibility and underlying genetic factors. In this study, we investigated severity naturally occurring scabs based lesions 108 access...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the fruit development, quality at harvest and shelf-life changes three apricot cultivars—‘Spring Blush’, ‘Robada’, ‘Kioto’—produced in conditions Southwest Iberian Peninsula. Pomological characteristics global (colour, firmness, total soluble solids, acidity) were weekly evaluated during growth ripening. Apricots harvested commercial ripening, six day...