The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of dipping time and temperature of hot water and type of packaging on qualitative traits of Orlando tangelo variety of tangerine. This study was conducted as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with three repeats. The treatments consisted of dipping in hot water at seven water levels at 53°C and 58°C each for 1, 2 and 4 minutes...

Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis, Sims, cultivar "Sweetheart") were subject to gamma irradiation at levels suitable for phytosanitary purposes (0, 150, 400 and 1000 Gy) then stored at 8 °C and assessed for fruit quality and total ascorbic acid concentration after one and fourteen days. Irradiation at any dose (≤1000 Gy) did not affect passionfruit quality (overall fruit quality, colour, firmness...

Total soluble solid (TSS) content is commercially used as fruit quality index because of its high positive correlation with sugar content. In the present study, The effect of foliar application of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) with different concentrations (0, 25, 50, and 100 mg.L-1) at 4 true leaf and fruit set stages and plant training (pruning and thinning) on TSS and soluble sugar (i.e. suc...

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of dipping time and temperature of hot water and type of packaging on qualitative traits of Orlando tangelo variety of tangerine. This study was conducted as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with three repeats. The treatments consisted of dipping in hot water at seven water levels at 53°C and 58°C each for 1, 2 and 4 minutes...

Ethylene plays an important role in kiwifruit ripening. However, it is unclear whether there are differences ethylene production different parts of during postharvest Kiwifruit were treated with 0.5 μL L−1 1-MCP for 12 h at 20°C and stored 20 ± 1°C. The results showed the firmness, soluble sugar, total solids (TSS), AcACS1 AcETR2 gene expressions highest core, starch, AcACO2, AcACO3 seedless pu...

The ranking of hybrids via genotypic values stands out due to its maximum selective accuracy in relation ordering based on phenotypic values, which incorporate environmental effects, causing changes the final classification. aim this study was pre-select cloned pineapple for higher total soluble solids (TSS) and larger fruit mass without crown (FMWC). It evaluated with 364 propagated vegetative...

The primary objective of this paper is to describe the most common methods used to measure (i.e., sample and analyze) total suspended solids (TSS) and associated metals and phosphorus in urban runoff and to identify issues that may influence the accuracy of the results. This paper also discusses the availability of particle size distribution data from different developed and developing areas of...

Field observations carried out in the Neuse RiverPamlico Sound Estuarine System (NRE-PS), North Carolina, USA were used to develop optical algorithms for assessing inherent optical properties, IOPs (absorption and backscattering) associated with water quality components (WQC). WQCs including chlorophyll a (Chl), volatile (organic) suspended solids (VSS), fixed (inorganic) suspended solids (FSS)...

Total suspended solids (TSS) are a major pollutant that affects waterways all over the world. Predicting the values of TSS is of interest to quality control of wastewater processing. Due to infrequent measurements, time series data for TSS are constructed using influent flow rate and influent carbonaceous bio-chemical oxygen demand (CBOD). We investigated different scenarios of daily average in...

hospital wastewater has special importance since having pathogens, radioactive materials, pharmaceutical wastes and heavy metals. removing them into environment without any treatment may cause serious problems for the public health. membrane biological reactor is the combination of the activated sludge and membrane filters. this research has investigated the performance of the nano-filtration i...