Chiang Mai is a subtropical province of Thailand that produces a number of native fruits. This study was conducted to determine the antioxidant potential of 10 kinds of fruits; roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.), myrabolan (Terminalia chebula Retz.), calabura (Muntigla calabura L.), Indian gooseberry ...

Antioxidant activities and antioxidants of the tropical fruit guava (Psidium guajava L.), mango (Mangifera indica L.), banana (Musa spp.), rose apple (Syzygium jambos Alston), and papaya (Carica papaya L.) were investigated. Total phenolics and ascorbic acid (AsA) were analyzed as antioxidants. IC...

Jasmonates, mostly jasmonic acid (JA) and methyl jasmonate (JA-Me), are important signal transducers and greatly stimulate the biosynthesis of a wide range of secondary metabolites in plant cell cultures and in different intact plants. In this review we focused on the role of jasmonates in...

This volume contains 55 papers presented at the conference on the various aspects of postharvest research on fruits and vegetables including: the effects of coatings, modified atmospheres and controlled atmospheres, the effects of postharvest chemical and biological treatments, and the effects of...

Mango is one of the horticultural export commodities in Indonesia. Mango production reached 1.29 million tons in 2010, the fourth largest after the production of bananas, oranges, and pineapple, and 1.84 million tons in 2011, the third largest after bananas, and oranges. This study was to observe...

Research and development of post harvest technology and practices for various tropical fruits and vegetables in Indonesia have been conducted to meet the export market requirement such as food safety and demanded storage and shelf life, and to enhance the product value. Modified atmosphere...

Rambutan fruits were harvested at four maturity stages depending on peel and spintern colors: green, color breaker (orangy yellow), orange red and red with green spintern tip and stored at 25±2°C (60% RH) for 6 days. Changes in sugar content and invertase activity throughout peel color development...

Fruit quality of spinterned and non-spinterned rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum Linn.) 'Rongrien' was compared. Spinterned (intact fruit) and non-spinterned (spinterns cut off) rambutan fruits were stored in ambient relative humidity (60-70%) at 25°C for four days. The changes of weight loss, total...

The isolation of pure genomic DNA from the white and red dragon fruits, Hylocereus undatus and Hylocereus polyrhizus (Cactaceae) for the construction of a genomic library is described. These vine cacti originate from northern South America, Central America and Mexico, and are cultivated as new ...

The efficacy of several surface coatings and lime dip in reducing water loss and browning of rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) fruit was examined. Dipping fruit for 5 min in polyethylene wax (Super size Z) at 2:1, 1:1 and 1:2 dilution with water comparably reduced weight loss and delayed browning...