Tag: horticulture

As a rule of thumb, when rewinding costs exceed 60% of the costs of a new motor, purchasing the new motor may be a better choice . When rewinding a motor, it is important to choose a motor service center that follows best practice motor rewinding standards in order to minimize potential efficiency losses. An…

In 2002, over $2.3 billion worth of frozen French fried potatoes were produced in the United States, representing roughly one quarter of total sub-sector economic output . Frozen concentrated orange juice represents the next most significant product of this sub-sector with $1.5 billion in product shipments in 2002. The three Pacific Coast states of California, Oregon,…

Phosphorylation of fructose-6-phosphate catalysed by PFK is virtually irreversible while PFP catalyses the reaction in both directions. In citrus juice cells, two PFPs and one PFK were found to be differentially expressed . CitPFP1 and CitPFP2 remained unchanged during the transition from early stage II to stage II. CitPFP1 was down-regulated during the transition from…

To determine the impact of Cnr, nor, and rin mutations on the key fruit traits, we measured external color, firmness, total soluble solids , and titratable acidity at multiple ripening stages. Fruit from the isogenic mutants Cnr, nor, and rin, were harvested alongside WT from an experimental field at selected ripening stages, mature green , turning…

RSV, originating from the volcanic slopes of Vesuvius in the same region, produces small sweet pear-shaped fruits that are suitable for long term storage thanks to their texture. The ability to dissect genomic and metabolic responses to environmental cues is key to understanding the molecular basis of plasticity of fruit quality traits. In spite of the…

This indicated that after exposing to the drying stress during sand inoculum preparation, this pre-storage stress response enhanced the survivability of Salmonella during storage. This also indicated the impact of inoculation carriers on the survival of pathogens. The differences observed between selective and non-selective agar indicate the formation of stressed or injured cells during storage.…

At the fruit-specific level, ABA maintained a higher number of functional xylem vessels at early stages of growth and development, reducing the resistance to Ca2+ movement in the fruit and thus allowing Ca2+ to be translocated towards the blossom-end tissue. Such Ca2+ accumulation in the blossom-end tissue was enhanced in response to whole-plant ABA treatment,…

The gene expression patterns of CNR, NOR, and RIN across ripening stages were decreased or delayed in each of the single ripening mutants.The most substantial variation in gene expression was the downregulation of NOR and RIN expression across all stages in the Cnr mutant . We present for the first time double ripening mutants, homozygous…

They were dried in a forced-air drying oven at 55°C for seven days, reweighed and used to calculate dry matter percentage. All yields were recorded on a dry matter basis , adjusting plot weights by the average dry matter percentage.An experiment was established in April 2018 consisting of four replications laid out in a randomized…

The peduncular section of the hybrid-derived lineage did appear to be where the most successful of the fathers sires its seeds. This is also the section of the fruit were there is a positive effect of seed position and seed weight, in the same lineage in open pollinated fruits. As predicted, pollen donors differ in…