OBJECTIVES To describe the contribution of whole fruit, including discrete types of fruit, to total fruit consumption and to investigate differences in consumption by sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS We analyzed data from 3129 youth aged 2 to 19 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011 to 2012. Using the Food Patterns Equivalents Database and the What We ...

Pitahaya (Hylocereus spp.) has been placed successfully in the global fruit market due to its exotic appearance and pleasant flavor; however, short postharvest life limited marketing national international markets. The final quality of fruits depend on state maturity which is harvested, as well storage conditions. aim this study was assess behavior pitahaya (H. ocamponis) harvested during two s...

Noise pollution is often overlooked and invisible, but it significantly impacts the quality of human life. One most straightforward solutions to mitigate noise by using sound-absorbing materials. Recently, research trends develop sound absorbing green materials, typically derived from agricultural by-products, have witnessed an uptick. This paper summarizes properties various materials found in...

Cactus plants include the stems of dragon fruit (Hylocereus sp.), which have nutrients that may be good for human health. These can also used to make flour because they ability replace wheat by up 25% and been in a variety processed goods, including noodles, yoghurt, cakes, puddings, cookies, jelly drinks Abundant plant will come waste if not utilized optimally, so it is necessary process proce...

Citation: Bellingeri M, Quilot-Turion B, Oliveira Lino L and Bevacqua D (2018) The Crop Load Affects Brown Rot Progression in Fruit Orchards: High Fruit Densities Facilitate Fruit Exposure to Spores but Reduce the Infection Rate by Decreasing Fruit Growth and Cuticle Cracking. Front. Ecol. Evol. 5:170. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00170 The Crop Load Affects Brown Rot Progression in Fruit Orchards: H...

Compositional changes that occur during fruit development affect both the organoleptic and nutritional quality of small fruit. Compositional changes in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L) and cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) fruit were determined at 3 maturities (white, turning and fully colored) during 2 seasons by analyzing sugar, acid, total phenolic, and total anthocyanin composition,...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In most fruit crops, storage quality varies greatly between regions and seasons, causing significant commercial loss. Understanding the sources of this variability will contribute to the knowledge of fruit developmental physiology and may also benefit commercial fruit production via altered managements that reduce it or forecasts that predict it. A causal-chain relationship ...

Fruit physiology is strongly affected by both fruit temperature and water losses through transpiration. Fruit temperature and its transpiration vary with environmental factors and fruit characteristics. In line with previous studies, measurements of physical and thermal fruit properties were found to significantly vary between fruit tissues and maturity stages. To study the impact of these vari...

We studied the influence of branch autonomy on the growth of reproductive and vegetative organs by establishing different patterns of fruit distribution within and between large branch units (scaffolds) in mature peach trees (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch cv. 'Elegant Lady'). Different patterns of fruit distribution were established by defruiting either whole scaffolds (uneven fruit distribution b...

‘Pink Lady’ apple fruit were evaluated for anti-oxidative stress at various stages of fruit maturity and ripening. Fruit were harvested at weekly intervals starting 7 days before anticipated commercial harvest up to 42 days after commercial harvest (DACH), and then fruit harvested at commercial maturity were allowed to ripen at 22 ± 0.5C for 20 days. Ethylene production and respiration rate inc...