Abstract Pineapple is widely grown in tropical countries, and the fruits are well-known for their unique flavor. The ideal stage of maturity, optimum storage temperature, congenial relative humidity, adequate type packaging critical factors that determine shelf life quality pineapple fruits. Therefore, this investigation was carried out to effect maturity shrink-wrap packaging, along with ambie...

this study was carried out in order to evaluate the changes of nitrogen, phosphor and potassium uptake by wheat and remaining of them in soil under foliar application of leonardite and foliar application of n and k. the experiment was conducted in gorgan university of agricultural sciences and natural resources during 2013- 2014. the experiment was laid out a using split-plot arrangement based ...

The processing of coffee before it can be drunk goes through a long process, namely harvesting fruits that have matured either by machine or hand, then and drying they become spindle coffee. Before the roasting fruit is chosen first to ripe in order produce last result best process. After selected, next process stripping speed up post-harvest fruit. Harvesting will also affect quality taste cof...

Dehydration of maize grains in the field can reduce costs associated with drying after harvest. A delayed harvest approach physiological maturity, which plants stand to allow stems dry, has been widely adopted production. However, it remains unclear how harvesting at different time points during dehydration stage may affect grain yield and quality. In present study, experiments were conducted N...

this research in order to identify and introduction of  cotton  suitable cultivar  or cultivars for the double cropping of after wheat and canola harvesting  was carried out in the northern region of ardebil province. in this study, eight  varieties  of    imported cotton germplasm resources in recent years were chosen   and   with the iran's cultivars included  mehr  and varamin  were eva...

The Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus , a long-lived decapod crustacean, is fished throughout its geographical range and generates close to 1 billion US dollars annually. Fisheries across this are fully- or over-exploited, spurring management strategies such as closed seasons minimum size limitations. objective of study was determine the legal appropriate season for population Saint Kitts...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit is an important medicinal plant in Iran. The harvesting time is a crucial for jujube fruit quality. Several characteristics of jujube fruit when harvested at four development stages; white mature (light green), crisp mature (white-red), fully mature (red) and fully ripe (dehydrated brown) were evaluated. Fruit weight, diameter, volume, pulp to stone ratio, f...

Air-drying of banana slabs has been investigated and the influence of experimental parameters such as temperature, relative humidity and slab thickness has been studied. This was in part re-investigated because of inconsistencies in previous studies, particularly in relation to derived water diffusion coefficients. In addition, it is shown that harvest season and hence initial moisture content ...