In the present work, we investigate how the degree of ripeness (low, low-medium, medium and medium-high) affects the physical and compositional changes, as well as antioxidant properties of pomegranate fruit (cv. Mollar de Elche). The skin, pellicle, seed and juice were analysed. The fruit mass increased and the fruit skin became reddish (higher a* and lower h*) as the fruit ripening progressed...

Fruit and vegetable intake as well as physical activity participation in Mississippi is consistently lower than recommendations. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine fruit and vegetables consumption, fat intake, and moderate-intensity physical activity participation and how these variables relate to socio-demographic factors among medically underserved adults in south Mississippi. Fr...

Various physical and chemical properties of host plants influence insect larval performance and subsequent adult fitness. Tomato plants are relatively new hosts to the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), with the fruit being its preferred feeding site. However, it is unclear how the biochemical and physical properties of tomato fruits relate to potato tuber moth performance. Si...

Türkiye’de Antalya ilinde yetiştirilen kırmızı ejder meyvesinin (H.polyrhizus), fiziksel ve kimyasal özellikleri çalışma kapsamında belirlenmiştir. Beyaz meyvesi cinsleri yetiştirilmekle birlikte özellikle et kısmında şeker içeriği düşük betasiyanin renk maddesi yüksektir. Renk maddesinin yanı sıra yapısında yer alan fenolik maddeler ile yüksek antioksidan kapasitesine de sahiptir. Taze meyvesi...

Aging and imperfections provide important visual cues for realism. We present a novel physically-based approach for simulating the biological aging and decay process in fruits. This method simulates interactions between multiple processes. Our biologically-derived, reaction-diffusion model generates growth patterns for areas of fungal and bacterial infection. Fungal colony spread and propagatio...