Showing papers in "Scientia Horticulturae in 2017"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a discourse on the relative significance of various factors configuring quality in fruits and vegetables, with emphasis on intrinsic factors pertaining to the preharvest period, and also on extrinsic factors shaping quality for supply chain stakeholders and consumers.

TL;DR: A greenhouse experiment was performed to assess the yield performance, leaf net assimilation of CO 2, mineral composition of leaves and fruits, and fruit physicochemical quality attributes of two tomato cultivars (Akyra and Sir Elyan) in relation to biostimulant treatments as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a survey on the genetic factors influencing grape quality focusing on diversity in different compositional traits (sugar, organic acid, pH, phenolics and aromas) relating to cultivars and clones is presented.

TL;DR: A greenhouse experiment was conducted over two consecutive growing seasons to investigate the effects of biochar amendment (BA) in combination with deficit irrigation (DI) on tomato growth, physiology, yield, fruit quality, and irrigation water use efficiency as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Gene expression analyses showed that exogenous melatonin substantially promoted expression of cold-responsive genes, including SlICE, SlCBF and SlP5CS, under cold condition, and analyses of metabolites revealed that levels of polyamines, sucrose, and proline were significantly enhanced following cold treatment in melatonin-pretreated plants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of chitosan coating on the storage life and quality of "Santa Rosa" plums was investigated, and it was shown that chitosa had a significant effect in maintaining fruit firmness, retarding weight loss, respiration and ethylene evolution rates.

TL;DR: It is suggested that chitosan could be a promising material used to reduce the harmful effect of water stress on the growth parameters of basil plants and as a whole, treatment with chitOSan partly could alleviate the effect of drought stress.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of various combinations of light intensity (60, 140 and 220μmolm−m−2−s−1) and nitrogen concentration (7, 15 and 23mmol l− 1) of the solution on the growth, photosynthetic characteristics, vitamin C and nitrate content of lettuce were investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of management practices adopted in fruit tree crops on ecosystem services (ES) is investigated and the effects of field practices (e.g., tillage/no-tillage, cover crops, retention/burning of pruning residues, mineral/organic fertilization) on manageable soil properties and related functions, such as porosity, organic carbon content, composition of microbial community, supply of nutrients, water storage, soil stability, above-ground biodiversity) are examined.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of postharvest factors influencing vitamin C content of citrus fruits is presented, and the effect of low relative humidity (RH) on Vitamin C content has not yet been fully elucidated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of alternating red light (R) and blue light (B) provided by LEDs on the growth and nutritional properties of "Green Oak leaf" were examined, and the results showed that different types of radiation led to obvious morphological changes, plants with simultaneous RB appeared the most sparse while those with RB’ looked the most compact.

TL;DR: Data presented in this study suggest that the three-capsicum species are likely to be more susceptible to the aftermath of drought at the vegetative stage than at either the fruiting or the flowering stage.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of literature provides an overview of empirical studies comparing postharvest quality of organically and conventionally produced fruits, including physicochemical properties, post-harvest storage performance, microbiological, sensory and nutritional quality.

TL;DR: Monochromic R and combination lights 3R1B, could regulate the plant morphology and photosynthesis by the effects on the metabolism of carbohydrate into fructose, glucose, sucrose and starch, mainly through the enhanced activities of AI and NI under the former treatment, while SS and SPS in the latter treatment, respectively.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that exogenous GSH application increases resistance to salt-induced oxidative stress by enhancing the antioxidant defense system, and regulating GSH synthesis and metabolism to maintain cellular redox homeostasis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to discover the best organic management system under field conditions for pigeon pea under various applied organics and bio-organics exhibited notable improvement in growth and yield over untreated control (Uc).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used NIRS to predict mango internal quality, regardless of the conditions encountered by fruits on the tree and after harvest, by considering the pre-and post-harvest factors involved in fruit quality variations.

TL;DR: In this article, a study of postharvest fruit coatings made from relatively inexpensive, easy to dissolve components that are suitable for increasing fruit gloss were studied on Valencia oranges during storage.

TL;DR: Results showed that the combination of candelilla wax edible films and the inoculation with B. subtilis HFC103 is an innovative strategy with the potential to prolong shelf life of strawberry.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of edible carboxyl methylcellulose (CMC) containing moringa leaf and seed extracts as a novel postharvest treatment for maintaining storage quality and controlling diseases in ‘Hass’ and ‘Gem’ avocado fruit was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of post-harvest hexanal treatment in mango fruit on physiochemical traits were quantified and the changes in oxidants, antioxidants, and antioxidant enzymes activity in mango fruits were assessed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the tolerance of young grapevines grown in soil with interaction of high contents of Cu and Zn, and the translocation of these heavy metals from roots to shoots.

TL;DR: In this paper, the variation in physicochemical characteristics, bioactive components and antioxidant capacity of three climacteric fruits, namely banana, mango and papaya, were investigated and the relationship between ripeness and bioactive compounds as well as antioxidant capacity was also studied.

TL;DR: In this article, total phenolic content (TPC), total ferric reducing antioxidant power, individual phenolics and their contributed antioxidant activity were determined by Folin-Ciocalteu, FRAP and HPLC-DAD coupled to FRAP post-column assays in the whole fruit, flesh and peel of six Lithuanian grown apple cultivars.

TL;DR: In this article, the maximum Se content and raise ratio of European and American species was 34.96% and 36.88% respectively, higher than those of Eurasian species 19.46% and 21.40% respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the salt stress in leaves and fruits in tomato using the chlorophyll a fluorescence OJIP transients (OJIPtransients) in various levels of salt stress (25, 50, 75, and 100mM NaCl).

TL;DR: The RRIM600 rubber clone showed an advantage over the FX3864 clone in terms of stability and efficiency in utilizing energy in low rainfall sites and showed a deficiency in photosynthetic electron transport following water deficit.

TL;DR: The research showed that performing a correct classification requires taking two digital images of the examined tomatoes, one of the stem and the front of the tomato, and generating training sets that contain average values for the extracted characteristics.

TL;DR: The optimal N-A ratio of tomato seedling appears to be 75:25 for unstressed plants and 50:50 for plants grown in chilling temperatures, while the concentrations of soluble protein, free amino acids, and total leaf N did not appear to be influenced by the interaction of temperature and N supply.