The study was conducted to determine genetic variability and correlation involving 21 watermelon genotypes in a randomized block design with three replications. A considerable amount of observed for qualitative quantitative traits. Maximum phenotypic genotypic recorded the seediness, followed by pericarp thickness fruit weight. Most characters except cotyledon size, leaf blade ratio, emergence ...

Mature-green tomato fruits were soaked in hot water for 10 minutes at 35, 40, 45 or 50°C and then stored at 13°C for 20 days. Untreated fruits were soaking with tap water (22°C). The study showed that exposing fruit to hot water influenced peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) activities. Activity of the two enzymes increased with the increasing of soaking temperature, except for the 50°C treatme...

Fruits are rich in minerals, which are essential for a wide variety of metabolic and physiologic processes in the human body. The use of frozen fruits has greatly spread in the last years not only in the preparation of juices, but also as raw material for yogurts, candies, cookies, cakes, ice creams, and children's food. However, up to now there is no data about the mineral profile of frozen fr...

Little is known about limits to reproduction in plants, especially as how their other life history functions (growth and defense) may constrain reproductive investment. Understanding these constraints can help researchers refine best practices for cultivating species like Rubus (Family: Rosaceae) that produce nutritious fruits well controlling invasive species. Here, we sought elucidate potenti...

The fruits of four wild plants, namely, Capparis decidua, Ficus carica, Syzygium cumini, and Ziziphus jujuba, are separately used as traditional dietary and remedial agents in remote areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The results of our study on these four plants revealed that the examined fruits were a valuable source of nutraceuticals and exhibited good level of antimicrobial activity. Th...

The aim of this study was to characterise sweet cherry regarding nutritional composition of the fruits, and individual phytochemicals and bioactive properties of fruits and stems. The chromatographic profiles in sugars, organic acids, fatty acids, tocopherols and phenolic compounds were established. All the preparations (extracts, infusions and decoctions) obtained using stems revealed higher a...

Organic acid accumulation in the vacuole of juice cells of citrus fruits is a developmentally regulated process, the degree and timing of which varies greatly among species and varieties and is highly susceptible to environmental conditions (Clements, 1963; Ting and Vines, 1966; Vandercook, 1977). Total titratable acidity of the fruit juice of the acidless pummelo 2240 (Citrus maxima [Burm.] Me...

eight strawberry cultivars (paros, queen elisa, pajaro, camarosa, gaviota, selva, mrak and kurdistan as local cultivar) were evaluated to select the best cultivar based on quantitative yield production in kurdistan province condition. an experiment was performed in a randomized complete block design with three replications during 2008- 2010 in grizeh research station (sanandaj). eleven morpholo...