Lifetime patterns of fruit production, like other features of a plant's reproductive biology, have been molded by natural selection by seed dispersers over thousands of generations. At least, that is what most researchers interested in frugivory and seed dispersal assume. It is daunting to recognize, however, that we make such an assumption in the absence of crucial information on the heritabil...

Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn.) is a tropical tree mainly found in South East Asia and considered as "the queen of fruits". The asexually produced fruit is dark purple or reddish in color, with white flesh which is slightly acidic with sweet flavor and a pleasant aroma. The purple pericarp tissue is rich in xanthones which are useful for medical purposes. We performed the first genome se...

Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn.) is an ultra-tropical tree characterized by its unique dark purple fruits with white flesh. The xanthone-rich purple pericarp tissue contains valuable compounds with medicinal properties. Following previously reported genome sequencing of a common variety of mangosteen [1], we performed another whole genome sequencing of a commercially popular variety of th...

The degree of 137 Cs root uptake into tropical fruits, vegetables and native foliage from coral atoll soils in the Marshall Islands has been quantified using soil-to-plant transfer factors. Transfer factor values for different plants on Bikini Island (Bikini Atoll) range between 0.2 and 144 and, in general, are considerably higher than those observed in continental soils. In this paper we will ...

Otonyctomys hatti Anthony, 1932, is a rodent commonly called the Yucatán vesper mouse. A medium-sized, brightly colored mouse, it is the only species in the genus Otonyctomys. It is endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula. It seems to have arboreal habits and occurs in semideciduous tropical forest and vegetation near water. It feeds on seeds, either on the ground or in shrubs, and soft-bodied fruits....

Polycarpaea corymbosa (L) Lam, is a weed which belongs to Caryophyllaceae family is seen throughout India. It is distributed in tropical Asia and Australia. It is quite common in Gujarat is waste lands and in cultivated fields. It is a small, erect annual herb. Simple or branched woody at base. Stem and branches slender and faintly terete. Pale green in colour and pubescent in younger parts. Le...

Ficus carica grows in tropical and subtropical regions of India, it is used in indigenious system of medicine like ayurveda, siddha, unani and homoeopathy. Different biologically active compounds were isolated form this plant. The barks, leaves,fruits are considered to be very effective in various treatments, such as diabetes, skin diseases, ulcers, dysentry, diarrohoea, stomachache, piles . La...

Emblica (Phyllanthus emblica L.), an euphorbiaceous plant, is widely distributed in subtropical and tropical areas of India, China , Indonesia and Malay Peninsula and used in many traditional medicinal systems, such as Chinese herbal medicine, Tibetan medicine and Ayurvedic medicine [1]. It is a rich dietary source of vitamin C, minerals and amino acids and also contains a wide variety of pheno...

Many processing techniques can be employed to preserve fruits and vegetables. Drying and dehydration is one of the most important operations that are widely practiced because of considerable saving in packaging, storage and transportation. Osmotic dehydration has received greater attention in recent years as an effective method for preservation of fruits and vegetables. Being a simple process, ...

Wastes generated from the processing of some fruits still contain large amounts of chemical components such as polyphenols, which are deemed as very effective antioxidants.This study involves the characterization of wastes generation by pink guava processing and selection of the best solvent that will allow us to extract the excess polyphenols via ultra-filtration membran...