Expression Analyses in the Rachis Hint towards Major Cell Wall Modifications in Grape Clusters Showing Berry Shrivel Symptoms.

Berry shrivel (BS) is one of the prominent and still unresolved ripening physiological disorders in grapevine. The causes of BS are unclear, and previous studies focused on the berry metabolism or histological studies, including cell viability staining in the rachis and berries of BS clusters. Herein, we studied the transcriptional modulation induced by BS in the rachis of pre-symptomatic and symptomatic clusters with a custom-made microarray qPCR in relation to a previous RNASeq study of BS berries.

Application of ultrasonic incorporated with calcium gluconate maintains physicochemical quality of pink guavas during short-term storage at room temperature.

The effectiveness of simultaneous calcium gluconate (0.5% w/v) (Ca-G) and ultrasonication (Ca-G + US) on physicochemical quality of pink guavas under room temperature (27 ± 1 °C) was monitored. The fruits were sonicated for 2, 4, 6 and 8 min and the untreated fruits were defined as control.

Impact of steaming pretreatment process on characteristics and antioxidant activities of black garlic ( L.).

Impact of steaming pretreatment processes on physical properties, bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities, of black garlics ( L.) was studied. Steaming pretreatment at different times (0, 4 and 6 min) was conducted before incubating in 60 °C-incubator at different incubation times (0, 9 and 18 days).

Ultraviolet-C irradiation maintaining texture and total sugars content of ready to cook baby corn during commercial storage.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ultraviolet-C (UV-C) irradiation on the changes in total sugars concentration and texture of ready to cook baby corn during cold storage. The baby corns were irradiated with UV-C at the dose of 0 (control), 2.2, 4.

Browning inhibition on fresh-cut apple by the immersion of liquid endosperm from mature coconuts.

The application of natural antibrowning agents for fresh-cut products has been recently considered. This study manifested the efficiency of coconut liquid endosperm, coconut water (CW), from mature tall (cooking) coconut (C-CW) and yellow dwarf coconut (Y-CW) on browning inhibition of 'Gala' apple wedges during storage at 4 ± 1 °C for 9 days. The apple wedges were immersed in water (control), C-CW or Y-CW for 1 min.

Phytohormone profiles are strongly altered during induction and symptom development of the physiological ripening disorder berry shrivel in grapevine.

The process of grape berry ripening follows three phases with distinct metabolic processes and complex regulations via phytohormones. The physiological ripening disorder berry shrivel (BS) is characterized by reduced sugar accumulation, low anthocyanin contents, and high acidity in affected berries. The processes leading to BS induction are unknown, but recent transcriptional data on reduced expression of switch genes hint towards a disturbed ripening onset.

Efficiency of salicylic acid or methyl jasmonate immersions on internal browning alleviation and physicochemical quality of Queen pineapple cv. "Sawi" fruit during cold storage.

The pineapples were dipped in salicylic acid (SA) (2.5 or 5.0 mM) or methyl jasmonate (MeJA) (0.

Efficiency of combinative salicylic acid and chitosan preharvest-treatment on antioxidant and phytochemicals of ready to eat daikon sprouts during storage.

Effects of salicylic acid (SA), chitosan and combinative SA and chitosan (SA + Chitosan) preharvest-treatments on bioactive compounds improvement of daikon sprouts during cold storage (5 ± 1 °C) were investigated. In preliminary experiment, 2.0 mM SA and 0.

Physicochemical changes in fresh-cut wax apple (Syzygium samarangenese [Blume] Merrill & L.M. Perry) during storage.

Physicochemical changes, such as peel and flesh colours, total anthocyanin content, browning index, firmness, total soluble solid (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), sugar acid ratio (TSS/TA), antioxidant capacity, total phenolic content and ascorbic acid content, in fresh-cut Taaptimjan wax apple fruit stored at 4±2°C and 12±2°C for 7days were investigated. The skin of fresh-cut fruit stored at 4±2°C showed higher a(∗) value, chroma and total anthocyanin content and lower hue angle than those stored at 12±2°C. Lightness (L(∗) value) and whiteness index of the fresh-cut fruit flesh stored at 12±2°C showed significantly lower than those stored at 4±2°C which related to an significant increase in browning index.