In 2004-2005, 349 of 541 eligible, mostly preschool, children in the Inuvik Region in the Northwest Territories of Canada were examined clinically, and the parents or caregivers of 315 of these children were interviewed to measure their oral health status, and its impacts and determinants. Dental caries is a highly prevalent health problem among these preschool children in Inuvik Region: we fou...

The objectives of this study were to characterize and quantify postharvest losses apples under commercial conditions in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Two experiments conducted using ‘Gala’ ‘Fuji’ apples. first experiment was the most important causes loss fruit treated or not with 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) then held controlled atmosphere (CA) storage. This storage facilities from 2007 2010. ...

The effect of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in combination with phytic acid (PA) on blue mold decay and patulin contamination of apples was investigated. Results from this study show that different concentrations of PA were effective in reducing the disease incidence of apples and that PA at concentration of 4 μmol/mL, decreased the incidence of blue mold decay in apples from 86.1 to 62.5%, and show...

Cold storage is considered the most effective method for prolonging fresh produce storage. However, subtropical fruit is sensitive to cold. Symptoms of chilling injury (CI) in mango include red and black spots that start from discolored lenticels and develop into pitting. The response of 'Keitt' mango fruit to chilling stress was monitored by transcriptomic, physiological, and microscopic analy...

Seventeen blackberry cultivars were evaluated for postharvest fruit-rot resistance in June and July, 2003. Fully mature, undamaged berries were harvested on two dates for each genotype at the University of Arkansas Fruit Substation, Clarksville. After transporting in chilled coolers to the Plant Pathology Department in Fayetteville, two replications of 10 berries of each genotype were placed in...