Osmotic distillation technique was used for the total dealcoholization of a red wine (Aglianico grape variety) up to 0.19 vol.%. The dealcoholization process was performed in subsequent cycles which gave rise wine samples at different alcoholic degrees. The effect of processing on the main chemical and physical properties of Aglianico wine was evaluated. Among wine samples, no significant diffe...

Complete mortality of one-day old codling moth eggs infesting Red Delicious apples was achieved by fumigation with methyl bromide at 24 g/m3 for 2h at 12.0 ± 0.5°C, followed by 18 d coolstorage at mean fruit pulp temperatures in the range 0.52 1.77°C. Non-fumigated coolstored eggs required a period of 33 d exposure at the same temperatures to achieve complete kill. Fumigation followed by coolst...

This study examines the tradeoffs consumers are willing to make relative to food safety attributes and other product attributes, such as quality and price, and develops implications for both the government and private sector firms. Conjoint analysis was used to elicit consumers’ preferences for fresh Red Delicious apples. The attributes studied include price, product quality as depicted by the ...

Various empirical prefreezing protocols have been used to facilitate cryopreservation of dormant buds from woody plants. The objective of this research was to determine the quantity of water remaining in liquid phase, under different prefreezing conditions using pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of dormant apple (Malus domestica Mill.) buds from three cultivars. During prefreezing,...

The free-form tags available from social bookmarking sites such as Delicious have been shown to be useful for a number of purposes and could serve as a cheap source of metadata about URLs on the web. Unfortunately recent years have seen a reduction in the popularity of such sites, however at the same time microblogging sites such as Twitter have exploded in popularity. On these sites users subm...

Prevention of browning of apples slices has been difficult to achieve because of the rapidity of the enzymatic oxidation of phenolic substrates even under reduced atmospheric pressure storage. Combinations of enzymatic inhibitors, reducing agents, and antimicrobial compounds containing calcium to extend storage life were tested to decrease the browning of Red Delicious apple slices stored at 5 ...

Animal feces are a suspected source of contamination of apples by disease-causing organisms such as Echerichia coli O157. Laser-induced fluorescence was used to detect different amounts of feces from dairy cows, deer, and a dairy pasture applied to Red Delicious apples. One day after application, detection for 1:2 and 1:20 dilutions was nearly 100%, and for 1:200 dilutions (<15 ng of dry matter...

Bu çal??mada, konvektif kurutman?n iki farkl? elma çe?idinin (Granny Smith ve Red Delicious) kurutulmas?nda, kurutma s?cakl??? (50, 55 60°C), numune kal?nl??? (5, 7 9 mm) kuruma süresi (8, 10 saat) gibi ba??ms?z de?i?kenlerin özgül enerji tüketimi, nem çekme oran?, verimlili?i, termal etkinlik efektif difüzyonu özelliklerine etkisi incelenmi?tir. Bulgulara göre, ikinci derece polinom denklemler...

Carbohydrates play a key role in apple fruit growth and development. are needed for cell division/expansion, regulate fruitlet abscission, influence maturation quality. Current methods to quantify carbohydrates labor intensive expensive. We quantified throughout growing season two cultivars evaluated the use of near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) predict carbohydrate content changes were with high...