background: stroke is a leading cause of death. current therapeutic strategies have been unsuccessful. several studies have reported benefits on reducing stroke risk and improving the poststroke associated functional declines in patients who ate foods rich in fruits and vegetables. their potential protective effects may be due to their antioxidants, calcium, potassium, riboflavine, peridoxin, r...

the effects of rootstocks such as 'sour orange' (citrus aurantium l. var. ‘yerli’), 'carrizo' and 'troyer citranges' (citrus sinensis osb. x poncirus trifoliata raf), 'smooth flat seville sour orange' (citrus spp. hybrid of uncertain origin), 'brazilian sour orange' (citrus aurantiam l. var. ‘brasilian’), 'volkameriana' (citrus volkameriana tan. and pasq.) and 'calamondin' (possibly citrus reti...

fruit productivity and quality of eight years peach and nectarine cultivars (rich lady, ryan sun, ruby diamond and venus) grafted onto cadaman-avimag, viking, atlas, gxn 15, gf 677, mrs 2/5 and nemaguard (control) rootstocks were evaluated. a split plot experimental design was used, with each rootstock/scion combination as an experimental unit. total yield, fruit size distribution, number of fr...

pomegranate (punica granatum) is an important fruit crop cultivated for fruit and processing in the iran. delaying fruit harvest of pomegranate may increase fruit losses due to fruit cracking; however, early harvest may influence physical and biochemical indices of fruit. an experiment was carried out in 2011 at ‘baghmalek’ (north west of ahwaz, khuzestan province, iran) to determine the effect...

the purpose of this research was to assess the influence of several orchard systems involving trees trained to different leader numbers on growth, cropping, and fruit quality of two apple cultivars. the study was conducted during 1994-2007 at the fruit experimental station in samotwór, next to wrocław (south-western poland). one-year-old trees of ‘elstar’ and ‘jonagold’ cultivars on the m.9 roo...

quince fruit has many benefits to human health and is an excellent source of pectin for jellies and jam industry. the objective of the present research was to study fruit physio-chemical attributes of some quince genotypes at harvest and their changes during cold storage. the fruit of 15 genotypes were harvested at optimum maturity and stored for 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days in cold storage and s...

abstract the assessment of ripeness is a major part of quality evaluation and depends on several factors such as soluble solid content (ssc), acidity and firmness. most of the methods that measure these qualities are destructive. so it is essential to develop an efficient and nondestructive method for measuring internal attributes of fruit. the objective of this study was to investigate visible...

to investigate the effects of regulated deficit irrigation (rdi) on the growth, yield and quality of ‘yali’ pears, field experiments for c (fully watered control), ew [early withholding of irrigation, water stress from pullulation to 25 days after flower bloom (dafb)], mw (mid-growth withholding of irrigation, water stress from 25 dafb to 80 dafb), and lw (late withholding of irrigation, water ...

background: lack of sanitation during storage, transmission, processing and consuming the food can cause early corruption and create economical losses and cause infectious diseases in consumers. in this study, available fruit juices in ilam shopping centres were investigated in 1389 to identify the presence of escherichia coli and the coliform number, aerobic bacteria, staphylococcus aurous, mo...