Vacuum steam pulsed blanching (VSPB) was employed as a novel blanching technology on Cornus officinalis to soften the tissue for subsequent coring and dehydration. The current work aims to explore its effect on mass transfer behavior, PPO inactivation, drying characteristics, physicochemical properties, antioxidant capacity, and microstructure of C. officinalis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZygotic embryogenesis is a critical process during seed development in gymnosperms. However, knowledge on the genome-wide transcriptional activation that guides this process in conifers is limited, especially in . This tree species is endemic to semiarid habitats of Inner Mongolia in China.
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