The physicochemical changes occur during artificial ripening of Red banana variety using ethylene was studied for nine days of storage in a ripening chamber at a storage temperature and relative humidity of 22 °C and 85-88% respectively. It was observed that moisture content of pulp increased gradually during the storage time along with gradual increase in TSS till the end of storage period. St...

Millet idli batter was prepared from decorticated little millet and black gram (2:1, 3:1 and 4:1) using wet grinder with adequate amount of water and salt (1-2%). The different blends were allowed for fermentation at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 h, separately. The batter property viz. bulk density, percent volume rise, pH and titrable acidity was studied for different fermentation time. Idl...

Well-authenticated information on pineapple plant response to niitrogen constitutes a valuable criterion in commercial fertilizer practices because the amounts and time of their application are determined by the physical appearance of the plants, designated as plant status, as well as by chemical analyses of their tissues. Besides nutrition, physical factors such as light, temperature, and mois...

quality and flesh colour characteristics of blood oranges following harvest is related to and dependent upon temperature and storage conditions. to investigate the effects of different temperatures (8, 15 and 22ºc) and different storage period (0, 25, 50 and 75 days) on total soluble solids, titrable acidity, ph, ascorbic acid, total phenolic contents, antioxidant capacity, anthocyanin level, a...

In this study, the effectiveness of chitosan coating treatment to control weight loss and maintaining fruit quality of apricot was investigated. Fruits were coated with 0.25%, 0.5% and 0.75% chitosan as well as distilled water (control). Following treatments, fruits were stored at 0?C and 80 ? 2% relative humidity for 25 days. The weight loss, total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA)...

in the present study, the effects of milk supplementation on growth and viability of yogurt (streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus) and probiotic bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobacteria) were studied during yogurt production and 33 days of refrigerated storage. the incubation time to reach ph = 4.5 was greatly affected by the addition of milk ...

This research studied the feasibility of making rapid measurements of the soluble solids contents (SSC) and acidity of ‘Fuji’ apple (Malus domestica Borkh. cv. Fuji) fruit. FT-NIR spectra were recorded in the interactance mode, using fiber optics and a special sample holder. Calibration models related the FT-NIR spectra to SSC, titratable acidity (TA) and available acidity (pH) and were develop...

the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of nacl application on yield and some growth parameters of tomato (lycopersicum esculentum cv. falkato). the study was carried out during september 2005 until may 2006 using soilless culture. the plants were fed with a complete nutrient solution, of electrical conductivity at levels of (a) 1.5 (control) (b) 3.5, (c) 5.5, (d) 6.5 dsm-1 repli...

the use of natural compounds to control plant pathogens lead to reduction in using fungicides. chitosan with duble effects, control pathogenic microorganisms and activate inducing defence responses, has been shown to be a reliable nontoxic material in the plant-pathogen interaction. the aim of this research was to consider the effects of chitosan and calcium chloride on decay and quality attrib...