Fresh horticultural produce is highly perishable and global postharvest losses vary from 30 to 44%. Tropical and subtropical fruits are generally more perishable compared to temperate fruit crops. Reduction of postharvest losses will ensure food and nutritional security to the growing world...

To understand the likelihood of any risk of apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae), to domestic and foreign fruit export markets, knowledge of its host plant use is needed. Here, assessments of R. pomonella infestation of temperate, tropical, and subtropical fruit were...

The purpose of the research is studying the species composition and control measures against parasitic nematodes of wild and cultivated subtropical fruit plants of Central Asia. Materials and methods: We studied subtropical fruit crops in 198 farms and 1985 household plots located in various soil...

Litchi fruit is susceptible to pericarp browning, which is largely due to the oxidation of phenols in pericarp. However, the response of cuticular waxes to water loss of litchi after harvest is less mentioned. In this study, litchi fruits were stored under ambient, dry, water-sufficient, and...

The alteration of surface microstructures and chemical composition in cuticle of papaya fruit in response to chilling stress were comparatively studied between cultivars of 'Risheng' and 'Suihuang' after harvest. Fruit surface was covered by fissured wax layers in both cultivars. The presence of...

The whole genome bisulfite sequencing(WGBS)and transcriptome sequencing(RNA-seq)techniques were used to sequence papaya fruit samples at four stages, namely green stage, color break stage, half yellow stage and full yellow stage. The average methylation level of C locus,CG,CHG, and CHH sequence...

Citron (Citrus. medica L.) fruits are commonly utilized in the production of essential oil, therefore, the fruits residues turn out to be industrial byproducts. In the present study, a crude polysaccharide was extracted from citron fruit residues by hot water extraction and precipitation of ethanol ...

'Yuetong' is a new pineapple cultivar selected by artificial hybrid breeding. The color of leaf is green. There are no spines around the leaf margin. The leaf-tip is soft. There are a few white wax powder stripes on the leaf abaxial surface. The fruit is cylindric. The color of fruit skin is...

Hand pollination is a necessary assisting method for pitaya (Selenicereus spp.) production to achieve a high yield. With the cultivated area increasing at an exponential rate in recent years, a comprehensive study of the pollination process was conducted. We developed an ideal medium for pitaya...

[Objectives] The aim of this study was to identify the interacting proteins of MaMADS2, a key regulator of banana fruit ripening, and reveal the molecular mechanism of MaMADS2 regulating fruit ripening. [Methods] Using MaMADS2 as a "bait", the candidate MaMADS2-interacting proteins were identified...