Introduction. Determination of antioxidant activity using a biological method is important in predicting antioxidant capacity in vivo. The Caco-2 cell-based antioxidant activity (CAA) assay quantifies antioxidant activity in Caco-2 cells and has proved to possess good biological relevance. The aim...

The results of soil fertility and leaf nutrient analysis of thirty orchards in twelve villages of Changtai town, China, were as follows: the soil pH was 4.06-4.96; the average soil organic matter content was 1.54%; average N content was 0.052%, the total number of the orchards in which the average...

Pitaya is a tropical fruit that has creating problems in storage and transportation because of high moisture content. Furthermore, summer is usually the harvesting season of pitaya, so the fruit is easily perished due to serious postharvest diseases and pest damages. This paper summarized the...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females worldwide. Several epidemiological studies suggested the inverse correlation between the intake of vegetables and fruits and the incidence of breast cancer. Substantial experimental studies indicated that many dietary natural products could...

Sugars will eventually be exported transporters (SWEET), a group of relatively novel sugar transporters, that play important roles in phloem loading, seed and fruit development, pollen development, and stress response in plants. Longan (Dimocarpus longan), a subtropic fruit tree with high economic ...

Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression assays are a convenient alternative to stable expression because they are simple, easy to perform, and achieve gene expression rapidly. This study investigated the factors affecting transient gene expression efficiency in citrus by observing the...

Objectives: To clarify the temporal trend in damage to different fruit crops caused by Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in a plum, Prunus salicina Lindl., growing area, and thereby facilitate the development of new strategies and technology to control this pest. Methods: Potential host species,...

To guide the selection of pitaya (Hylocereus undulatus) species and/or cultvars and determine the critical window of population management for Bactrocera dorsalis in the pitaya producing areas, the oviposition preferences of B. dorsalis to 5 cultivars (Meilong 2, Meilong 6, White Cinnamon Zeal,...

The variation in fruit shape index, single fruit weight, edible rate, peel thickness, soluble solid, titratable acidity and fruit chrominance of purple red Hylocereus undulatus during the fruit growth and development period was analyzed to provide a reference for scientific nutrient and water...

Low soil organic matter (SOM) (5-15 g kg^-1) and poor physical and chemical soil properties in most of the citrus orchards in the southern regions of China lead to reduce yield and fruit quality. To investigate the contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizas (AMs) to soil carbon pools and aggregate...