pomegranate (punica granatum) is an important fruit crop cultivated for fruit and processing in the iran. delaying fruit harvest of pomegranate may increase fruit losses due to fruit cracking; however, early harvest may influence physical and biochemical indices of fruit. an experiment was carried out in 2011 at ‘baghmalek’ (north west of ahwaz, khuzestan province, iran) to determine the effect...

BACKGROUND The phenolic composition of grapes is key when making decisions about harvest date and ensuring the quality of grapes. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the detailed phenolic composition of grapes and the agronomic parameters and hyperspectral indices, with the latter being measured via field radiometry techniques. RESULTS Good correlations were found ...

Nature and plants create produce many bioactive molecules. When considering such as flower extracts a source of potent molecules, studies attempted to optimize the extraction processes. However, very little this work considers importance timing determining when flowers are at their most peak best time harvest them in order get highest yield molecules for skin benefits. With limited resources ti...

BACKGROUND Qualitative and quantitative analyses of 'Zonouz' and 'Gala' apples phenolic compounds were accomplished by HPLC. MATERIAL AND METHODS Samples for phenolics study were taken at three different growing stages [1 - fruit early growing stage 2 - mid-stage of fruit development (80 days after full bloom) 3 - during commercial harvest time]. RESULTS The results showed qualitative diffe...

in order to improve the quality and the possibility of fresh pistachio exports , the impact of different harvest time on storage of ‘ahmadaghaii’ pistachio was investigated. in 2011, pistachios harvested at three stages of fruit ripening (40, 70 and 100 percent of hulling) in hulling fresh, fresh without hulling and dried pistachio packaged in pulpy bag and held in two-temperature storage (1 ± ...

V. Daux, I. Garcia de Cortazar-Atauri, P. Yiou, I. Chuine, E. Garnier, E. Le Roy Ladurie, O. Mestre, and J. Tardaguila LSCE/IPSL, laboratoire CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, UMR8212, Gif/Yvette, France Université Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France INRA-Agroclim, Avignon, France CEFE, UMR5175, Montpellier, France CRHQ UMR CNRS Université de Caen, Caen, France Institut Universitaire de Franc...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphological and chemical parameters, antioxidant activity (DPPH) of five rose species (Rosa rugosa, R. villosa, R. californica, R. spinosissima, and R. × damascene) and grouping them according to the harvest date. On the basis of the study, rose species grown in eastern Poland were grouped according to their harvest time, and three dates of cumulative...

Introduction: Selaginella species have been used widely for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, diabetes and cancer. In this study, the contents of the total flavonoids and amentoflavone in five Selaginella plant drugs [Selaginella moellendorffii Hieron. (SM), Selaginella delicatula (Desv.) Alston (SD), Selaginella uncinata (Desv.) Spring (SU), Selaginella heterostachys Baker (SH) and Selag...

agricultural products are affected by static and dynamic forces at different stages of harvesting, handling and processing. in most cases, the damages are inflicted upon raw products. in the present study the mechanical properties of tomato fruits were found out for two cultivars (super bta and petoerly ch), during 4 periods of time (1, 5, 10 and 15 days past harvest), and at two levels of frui...