Carotenoids are a family of natural fat-soluble nutrients important for antioxidant defense (Packer, 1992, 1993; Cadenas and Packer, 2002) found throughout the plant kingdom. They are responsible for the red, orange or yellow color of many fruits and vegetables, such as pineapples, citrus fruits, peaches, nectarines, persimmons, tomatoes, papaya, apricots, carrots, watermelons, pumpkins, squash...

Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen. Here, we present the annotated whole genome of Listeria monocytogenes strains F14M01297-C2 and F14M01297-C4, isolated from nectarines distributed by a packing facility in California during an investigation of listeriosis associated with stone fruit in 2014.

mended during the first season of growth. During subsequent years, summer and dormant pruning requirements are similar to the standard open-vase system grown in California. Because of the uniform and relatively simple tree structure, individual scaffolds, rather than whole trees, can be used as functional units for crop load management. The Kearney Agricultural Center Perpendicular “V” (KAC-V) ...

Relationship between nondestructive firmness measurements and commercially important ripening fruit stages for peaches, nectarines and plums Constantino Valero a, Carlos H. Crisosto b,∗, David Slaughter c a Departamento de Ingenierı́a Rural, Universidad Politécnica Madrid, Av. Complutense, Madrid 28040, Spain b Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Dav...

Fresh peaches and nectarines are very popular for their high nutritional and therapeutic value. Unfortunately, they are prone to rapid deterioration after harvest, especially if the cold chain is not well maintained. The objective of this work is to study the environmental fluctuation and the quality change of fresh peaches and nectarines in cold chain. The temperature, relative humidity, and C...

An increasing world population and the competitive nature of the stone fruit market, particularly nectarines [(Prunus persica var. nectarine)], demand the selection of fruit with high quality attributes, flavor, and a wide range of maturity. Information on this subject is limited at the present time. In search of superior nectarines, a trial was conducted to study growing degree days (GDD), ful...

Bacterial spot and canker of stone fruits is a multifaceted disease caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni. The disease has a more significant economic impact on Japanese plums, peach and nectarines. Estimated crop losses can reach over 10,000 €/ha in epidemic years in modern commercial plum orchards. Disease establishment and pattern of the epidemics are strongly influenced by prevailing c...

ABSTRACT Peaches and nectarines are frequently attacked by the green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer), with significant negative impacts on fruit production. The genetic variability of resistance to this aphid among commercial cultivars of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus persica variety nectarina was evaluated in this study. In total, 16 cultivars of P. persica were selected to evaluat...