Multilayer coating can be applied on fresh fruit to protect and enhance its shelf life. This study evaluated the application of a multilayer protein chitosan cherimoya. To determinate effect life fruit, total phenolic content, pH, °Brix, weight loss, hardness values were tested. The ripening process is associated with an increase soluble solids, results showed that presence multilayered maintai...

SPITTLEBUGS may cause a reduction in sugarcane quality, problems with juice clarification and lower the VHP sugar quality by increasing phenol compounds and colour. A randomised complete-block design experiment with three replicates was conducted. The first factor tested was spittlebug injury to cane stalks with a control (0%) and different levels of infested stalks (15, 30 and 60%). The second...

Eighty-two multiparous Holstein cows were fed diets differing in dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) and Ca concentrations in a randomized block design experiment beginning 4 wk prior to anticipated calving to determine the effects on colostrum yield and quality and acid-base balance of their calves. Treatments were arranged as a 2 X 2 factorial to provide two DCAD (-22 mEq/100 g DM [NEG] or...

Kinnow mandarin (Citrus reticulata) peel, an agricultural solid waste of the juice processing industry, was studied to understand mass transfer kinetics during osmotic dehydration and its process optimization. The experiments were conducted in sucrose (40, 50, 60° Brix) at different temperatures 40, 60°C duration 0–240 min. Central Composite Design used for optimization with variables, such as ...