Effects of cluster exposure and winemaking treatments on freeand potential-volatile terpenes (FVT. P VT), total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), phenols pH, color and potassium were studied. Canopies of Golden Muscat grape vines were manipulated by shoot positioning and basal leaf removal at fruit set to create shaded and exposed cluster conditions. Winemaking treatments included:...

OBJECTIVE Dietary patterns capture the overall diet and thereby provide information on how nutrients are consumed in combinations, and have been suggested to be a better method than studying single nutrients. The present study explored the relationship between dietary patterns at baseline and incidence of obesity at 10-year follow-up in women. DESIGN A longitudinal study using baseline measur...

Background and Aims: Grapevine shoot growth light utilization are typically adjusted through the use of canopy management strategies that adapted to local climate. In this study, we analyze effects a pergola (PER) single-curtain training system (SCT) on microclimate, interception, photosynthetic capacity, assimilate distribution ‘Miguang’ grape in rainy region China. Methods Results: We measure...

AIMS To estimate the impact of school fruit tuck shops on children's consumption of fruit and sweet and savoury snacks. DESIGN Cluster randomised effectiveness trial with school as the unit of randomisation. SETTING 43 primary schools in deprived areas in south Wales and south-west England with a range of school food policies. INTERVENTION Schools operated fruit tuck shops throughout one ...

In this study the effects of plant growth regulators including; GA3 (0 and 50 mg/l) and ethephon (0 and 500 mg/l) were studied on the quality properties of two grape cultivars (Perlette and Yaghuti). At the harvest time, some physicochemical characteristics such as fruit cluster weight, fruit diameter, length, volume and L/D ratio, flesh firmness, fresh weight, TA, pH, TSS and fruit color were ...

The low fruit set is one of the main factors leading to poor yield of pear orchards in Brazil. The exogenous application of thidiazuron (TDZ) and aminoethoxyvinilglycine (AVG) has shown promising results in some pear cultivars and other temperate fruit trees. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of TDZ and AVG on fruit set, yield, and fruit quality of 'Hosui' and 'Packham's Tr...

Pollination services of pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo L., provided by the European honey bee, Apis mellifera L., were compared with two native bee species, the common eastern bumble bee, Bombus impatiens (Cresson), and Peponapis pruinosa Say, in New York from 2008 to 2010. Performance of each species was determined by comparing single-visit pollen deposition, percentage of visits that contacted the s...

variability in morphological traits, phenolic content, and antioxidant activity of 15 populations of iranian ferula species collected from natural habitats in different regions of iran were investigated. total phenolic content (tpc) of fruit extracts varied from 12.77 to 120.72 mg tannic acid per 1g dry weight. total flavonoid of fruits extract varied from 5.45 mg quercetin per 1 g dry weight i...