The nutritional value of the peeled and unpeeled fruit (peel plus flesh tissues) was studied using four peach (Prunus persica L.; Red Heaven, Maria Blanca, Big Top, Queen Giant), two pear (Pyrus communis Santa Maria, Pyrus pyrifolia N.; Nashi), three apple (Malus domestica Borkh.; Gala, Granny Smith, Chief) cultivars. Based on principal components analysis (PCA) models, there a clear differenti...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of protected cultivation on earliness, yield, and fruit quality characteristics some lowchill peach-nectarine cultivars grown in eastern Mediterranean region Turkey. Phenological observations, yield parameters, were investigated. The chilling durations as CH (chilling hours), CU unit), heat accumulations determined. `Astoria? cultivar reached ...

In addition to the optimal use of resources, profitability agriculture is affected by weather anomalies and risk-taking with market. The latter are most critical factors effectiveness over which average producer has no influence. As majority Hungarian producers small medium-sized holdings, it essential examine their market exposure. At beginning agricultural season, professional journals often ...

The development of science and technology, and especially of information technology, has made available many non-destructive methods for analysis of materials, which can also be applied to fruits. The fruit industry needs non-destructive techniques for on-line sorting and certifying high quality fruit. Electronic noses, acoustic methods and optical methods like near infrared spectroscopy are me...

To evaluate potential alternatives to conventional fungicides to control decay, more than 20 food additives and generally regarded as safe compounds were tested at three concentrations in in vivo primary screenings with several cultivars of California peaches, nectarines, and plums that had been artificially inoculated with seven major postharvest pathogens: Monilinia fructicola, Botrytis ciner...

Woolliness is a physiological disorder of peaches and nectarines that becomes apparent when fruit are ripened after prolonged periods of cold storage. This disorder is of commercial importance since shipping of peaches to distant markets and storage before selling require low temperature. However, knowledge about the molecular basis of peach woolliness is still incomplete. To address this issue...