Harvest conditions

Effect of harvest conditions and post-harvest handling on mycotoxin contamination levels... 

The motive for developing commercial NMR sensors of horticultural products hardly needs to be laboured. Consumers expect their fruit and vegetables to be of consistent high quality, at optimum ripeness, juiciness and texture and, of course, free from bruises, disease, infestation and other internal quality defects. Unfortunately for the fruit or vegetable grower, many of these quality factors are outside their control. Factors such as the weather, harvesting conditions and natural biological diversity mean that the quality of... 

Tests for mycotoxins may be required if harvesting conditions or clinical signs are indicative of possible mycotoxin contamination. Regular tannin analyses are advised in countries that use high-tannin sorghums. 

The oriental crude drug Mao (Epedrae Herba) is contained in various oriental pharmaceutical preparations (255). Since the content of ephedrine alkaloids in this drug may vary with the Ephedra species used for its preparation and with, e.g., harvest conditions, it has been important to develop quantitative analytical methods in order to evaluate the quality. 

Effect of Growing and Harvesting Conditions on Subsequent Wine Protein Levels. .. 216... 

A limited amount of work has been done on optimization of cultivation, harvesting conditions, and plant variety development for borage and is reviewed by Clough (12) and Janik et al. (9) Because of the semiperennial nature of the crop and the seed drop, swathing and combining is the preferred harvest method. Simpson... 

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