The main postharvest disorder of cut gerbera flowers is the stem bending and break. The cause of stem bending is not completely clear. Although the genetic background seems to play the major role, some plant hormones such as ethylene and cytokinins may enhance or reduce the incidence of stem break during postharvest life. The choice of withstand genotypes seems to be a good strategy. In fact, s...

Brown rot caused by Monilinia spp. is the main disease of stone fruits. Our research aimed to identify an appropriate strategy control plum brown and reduce fungicides residues in fruit through targeted application biocontrol agents (BCAs) Papiliotrema terrestris Bacillus subtilis, alone or combination with synthetic fungicides. The following treatments were evaluated: Biological (BIO1, BIO2), ...

The juicy texture of ‘Honeycrisp’ has exploded in the Northeast apple market. Grower interest and consumer demand has made this cultivar more readily accepted than most and it continues to increase in popularity. ‘Honeycrisp’ is a bi-color apple and the flesh is cream colored with a juicy crisp texture. It has outstanding flavor characteristics and can remain crisp for several months during sto...

Native population of raspberry fruits (Rubus spp) were treated with Methyl Jasmonate (MJ) fumigation and were assayed for the antioxidant capacity, total anthocyanins and postharvest quality after 7 days storage at 4?C. The result of experiment revealed that berries treated with methyl jasmonate (MJ) showed higher antioxidant capacity and total anthocyanins compared to the controled ones (non...

Purpose of review: This review aims at presenting the actual and potential contribution of genomics to the understanding of the fruit ripening process and to the genetic improvement of fruit quality and storability. Findings: The advent of high throughput technologies for the sequencing of mRNAs and genomic DNA has sped up the study of gene expression and the decoding of the genome of fruit spe...

abstract effect of different concentrations of salicylic acid on postharvest life of kiwifruit (actinidia deliciosa) cultivar hayward at 0 ±.5 °c and 90-95% rh was studied. fruits were treated with salicylic acid (0, 1 and 2 mmol/l-1) and stored at 0±.5°c for 16 weeks. fruit quality attributes assessment including firmness, total acidity, soluble solid content, ascorbic acid, antioxidant activi...

we examined the effectiveness of intermittent warming (iw), hot water (hw), salicylic acid (sa), and calcium chloride (cacl2) on the postharvest life of pomegranate fruit cv. ‘shishe-kab’ and extending fruit shelf life during cold storage (3°c). fruit were subjected to cycles of 1 d at 17 ± 1°c every 6 d of storage at 3°c under iw conditions. pre-storage treatments were hw (50°c) for 3 min, sa ...

one of the problems encountering gerbera production is the decreasing flower quality and yield especially when grown in non-standard greenhouse coditions. in this research the effect of weekly humic acid (ha) (500 mg/l) spray was studied and compared with application of 2 solutions containing 3.5 and 7 meq/l of calcium along with the same concentration of ha on gerbera jamesonii l. it was demon...