The period between fruit set and full ripening of arazá fruit grown in the Colombian
Amazonia was 55±5 days. Three stages of a sigmoidal growth were identified and …

The estimation of pre-harvest fruit quality and maturity is essential for growers to determine
the harvest timing, storage requirements and profitability of the crop yield. In-field fruit …

This paper presents noninvasive assessment of mango ripening using fluorescence
spectroscopy. Fluorescence spectra have been recorded from the peel of Dusehri mango …

The kinetics and thermodynamics of pectin hydrolysis in cashew apple juice by
polygalacturonase (PG) from Aspergillus aculeatus URM4953 covalently-immobilized on …

The effects of controlled atmospheres (CAs) containing different levels of oxygen (air, 21, 15,
10, 5, and 1 kPa) were investigated during cold storage of 'Pedro Sato'guava at 12.5° C for …

Processing of horticultural crops is important to add value to the products that are unsuitable
for the fresh market, because of their size, shape, and superficial imperfections. A thorough …

The use of quality indicators is crucial in selling plums in more distant markets and the
evaluation of freshness through multiple index is fundamental to evaluate the goodness of …

During the milling process of palm oil, the degree of palm fruit ripeness is a critical factor that
affects the quality and quantity of the oil. As the palm fruit matures, its chlorophyll level …

Chlorophyll fluorescence was studied as a rapid technique to detect weight loss of table
grape cultivars" Thompson and Flame seedless" under air storage conditions (20 C) and in …

To achieve nondestructive evaluation of the quality of vegetable soybeans, we have applied
chlorophyll fluorescence imaging, which has been used as a non-invasive technology to …