The involvement of jasmonic acid (JA), different JA-related metabolites, salicylic (SA), indole-3-acetic (IAA) and abscisic (ABA) in the heat-induced cross-adaptation to chilling has been investigated citrus fruit. effects heating ‘Fortune’ mandarins at 37 ºC, storing them a temperature (2 ºC) after being exposed, or not, heat-conditioning treatment (3 d on levels these signalling molecules wer...

Apple scald is a non-parasitic storage disease that causes great losses to growers and distributors of susceptible varieties. It is believed to be caused by volatile products given off by the fruit (1). Partial remedies for the disease have been known for some time. Delayed picking was suggested by POWELL and FULTON (3) oiled paper wrappers by BROOKS, COOLEY, and FISHER (1), and waxing, and air...

objective: traditional methods for storing microbial dna samples use the low-temperatures of 4 °c, -20°c or -80 °c. the dbc card is a new method of storing microbial dna at room temperature. this study evaluates the stability and determine the best storing method of bacterial dna on the dbc card. methods: in this study, we used a pair of primers from the conserved domain of 16srrna designed to...