Apple maturity

In these changes, polyphenol oxidase plays an important role, its activity falling significantly during apple maturation, but remaining quite constant during cold storage [156]. 

Lactidichlor-ethyl has been used to increase yields, reduce fmit drop in apples, and increase maturity in grapes. It causes fmit drop in peaches which decreases actual number of peaches per tree while increasing yields due to larger fmit size. The mode of action is attributed to inhibition of ethylene... 

Sampling Golden delicious apples were sampled in intervals of three weeks over a hole season. Sampling started at the so-called June-drop , which corresponds to the end of the cell division phase (= week 0). After harvest (week 14), the mature apples were stored over a period of 20 weeks at 4°C and 95% relative humidity. 

Compound A to Compound B were made to a mature wheat canopy while six sequential applications of a formulation with a 1 1 ratio of Compound A to Compound B were applied to mature apple trees. These studies closely mimicked actual agrochemical use patterns in terms of application rate and timing, application volume, irrigation, and other key agricultural practices. 

In the eastern United States apples of the Delicious variety treated 10 days prior to harvest with pure gamma isomer showed no trace of off-flavor at harvest time. Dusts and sprays applied to carrot seedlings produced no traces of off-flavor in the mature vegetables. Several tasters could not differentiate between peaches sprayed within a few days of harvest and check fruit. Celery in Florida sprayed twice, once within 6 weeks of harvest and once within 30 days of harvest, was canned and put through a severe series of tests. 

Figure 11.3 Chromatograms of linseed oil mature films some of which contain pigments, obtained after (a) pyrolysis/methylation and (b) pyrolysis/silylation, at 600°C with a resistively heated filament pyrolyser. Reprinted from j. Anal. Appl. Pyrol., 74, Chiavari et at., 6, Copyright 2005 with permission from Elsevier...

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Thurmond, T.S., et. al., The aryl hydrocarbon receptor has a role in the in vivo maturation of murine bone marrow B lymphocytes and their response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol., 165, 227, 2000. 

Tomero-Velez R, Mirfazaelian A, Kim KB, Anand SS, Kim HJ, Haines WT, Bruckner JV, Fisher JW (2010) Evaluation of deltamethrin kinetics and dosimetry in the maturing rat using a PBPK model. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 244 208-217... 

Steger K, Sjogren AM, Jarvis A, Jansson JK, Sndh I (2007) Development of compost maturity and Actinobacteria populations during full-scale composting of organic household waste. J Appl... 

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Bogusz MJ. 2000. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry as a routine method in forensic sciences a proof of maturity. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 748 3. 

Huh JH, Kan BC, Nahm SH, Kim S, Ha KS, Lee MH, Kim BD (2001) A candidate gene approach identified phytoene synthase as the locus for mature fruit color in red pepper Capsicum spp.). Theor Appl Genet 102 524-530... 

Mehinagic, F. Royer, G. Symoneaux, R. Jourjon, F. Frost, C. Characterization of Cdor-Active Volatiles in Apples Influence of Cultivars and Maturity Stage. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2006, 54, 2678-2687. 

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