A forward estimate of mango (Mangifera indica L.) harvest timing is required for farm management (e.g., organization labour and marketing). This can be based on accumulated growing degree days (GDD) from an early stage flowering to fruit maturity, with maturity judged a destructive assessment flesh colour dry matter content. The current study was undertaken improve GDD targets Australian cultiv...

Morinda citrifolia L., commonly known as noni, is a growing global commodity. As such , there is a need for rapid and inexpensive identity tests of noni fruit and leaf products. Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) methods w ere developed for the identification of deacetylasperulosidic acid in noni fruit and leaf products. TLC methods were also developed for the identification of scopoletin in noni ...

Since an investigation of the various sugars present in winter pears was in progress at this station, it was thought desirable to determine in a preliminary way the variation in the sugar content of the various portions of the fruit, and from this information to decide as to the best method of taking samples of the pear. The effort was made to divide the fruit into natural regions on the basis ...

Endocarp lignifi cation is important fruit growth phenophase since aft er its completion fruit starts with oil accumulation. Th e information about duration of endocarp lignifi cation is important for timing of management practices, irrigation and pest control in oil cultivars, and fruit thinning in table cultivars to obtain uniform fruit weight and size. In this study, fruit length, width and ...

Heat-tolerant and -sensitive Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. and L. pimpinellifolium (Jusl.) Mill. genotypes were grown in the greenhouse under optimum(27/23C, day/night) and high-temperature (35/23C) stress regimes. Heat tolerance levels in the genotypes were established by determining percent fruit set at high and optimum temperatures. Under optimum temperature, fruit set ranged from 41% to 84%...

Walnut (Juglans regia L.) were evaluated for some physical properties and chemical composition. Ripe fruits were determined for moisture (2.71 %), crude protein (14.6 %) crude fibre (1.8%) ash (1.57%), crude energy (576Cal) ether soluble extract (24.71%), nut (10.5g) and kernel (5.09g) veights. Relative density, refractive index...

Olive growing is mainly based on traditional varieties selected by the growers across the centuries. The few attempts so far reported to obtain new varieties by systematic breeding have been mainly focused on improving the olive adaptation to different growing systems, the productivity and the oil content. However, the improvement of oil quality has rarely been considered as selection criterion...