Chemical constituents of 16 tropical fruits (avocado, guava, carambolas, sapodilla, Java plum (Syzygium cumini), Spondias cytherea [S. dulcis], durian, passion fruit, pawpaws, breadfruit, custard apple (Annona squamosa), mango, mangosteen, langsat (Lansium domesticum), longan and Litchi), are...
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Bulletin of the National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, 1999, No. 32, pp 1-13
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Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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Research for Tropical Agriculture, 2012, 5, 1, pp 1-14
Qualitative and quantitative analyses of fruit sugars were made for 25 cvs and 13 cvs of several temperate and sub-tropical species, and tropical species, respectively. Cherry, apricot, plum, nectarine and peach all contained glucose as the main component, fructose, sucrose and sorbitol (the last...
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Bulletin of the Tokyo-to Agricultural Experiment Station, 1977, No. 10, pp 53-67
Brief descriptions of the plants and the conditions needed for their cultivation in California are given for Annona cherimola, Cyphomandra betacea, Carica pentagona, Litchi chinensis, Euphoria longan [Dimocarpus longan], Mangifera indica, Pouteria sapota, Averrhoa carambola, Diospyros digyna [D....
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Meyer, R.; Motohashi, N.
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Agriculture and Horticulture, 1989, 64, 10, pp 1147-1152
About 80% of Kenyan land is arid and semiarid, and the introduction of tree-planting techniques is needed for improving the land. Soil productivity in Kenya has been attributed to a low content of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizas (VAM), minerals (especially N and P). When soil samples were...
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Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan
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Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University, Human Environment and Agriculture, 2000, No. 52, pp 21-37
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Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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Research for Tropical Agriculture, 2011, 4, 2, pp 67-82
In this brief overview, 2 topics are discussed over growing tropical fruit trees in temperate zone. The first topic is 'introducing high-quality cultivars of tropical fruit trees and development of areas as local specialty producing areas' and the background of introducing mango, avocado and...
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Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 2006, 50, 5, pp 304-306
In Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, the lowest daily temperatures of -1.2°C and -6.3° C were recorded on December 18, 2015 and January 25, 2016, respectively. Some tropical and subtropical fruit trees suffered from the cold weather. In avocado 'Pinkerton', after the tree encountered a low...
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Uchino, K.; Hamashima, A.; Iwata, K.; Kukita, H.; Kumamoto, O.
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Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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Research for Tropical Agriculture, 2019, 12, 1, pp 31-35
Extracts from 66 species of fruits and vegetables cultivated in Okinawa, Japan, were prepared by sequential extraction with acetone at 30°C and 80% ethanol solution at 80°C, and their polyphenol contents and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging activities were evaluated. The...
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Suda, I.; Oki, T.; Nishiba, Y.; Masuda, M.; Kobayashi, M.; Nagai, S.; Hiyane, R.; Miyashige, T.
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Japanese Society of Food Science and Technology (Nihon Shokuhin Kogyo Gakkai), Tsukubagan, Japan
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Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi = Journal of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology, 2005, 52, 10, pp 462-471
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Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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Research for Tropical Agriculture, 2011, 4, 1, pp 1-21