Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture

Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture (ISSN 0248-1294 print and ISSN 1625-967X electronic), a leading scientific journal published by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) in collaboration with CIRAD. The journal includes original articles and reviews dealing with such crops as vegetables, fruits, spices, ornamentals and medicinal plants growing in the tropical and subtropical environment.
The extended scope covers issues on crop production and cropping systems, breeding, genetics and the release of genetic material adapted to tropical and subtropical environments, management, storage and market supply of underutilized crops, integrated management of pests and diseases, clinical relevant effect of tropical and subtropical horticultural species, peri-urban and urban tropical crop production, sustainable water and input use, capacity building in horticulture, value chain development in developing countries, seed science and agricultural engineering. See www.ishs.org/fruits for information.

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/009 Original article *Characteristics of cut and pickled luffas using local Okinawan varieties of Luffa cylindrica* M. Roem.: Towards registration as Foods with Functional Claims for containing free amino acid** T. Hanagasaki^a Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, Miyako Branch, Okinawa, Japan Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/010 Original article Effect of boiling time on the physicochemical and phytochemical properties of orange seed oil E.E. Emojorho^1,a, K. Emumejaye², T.M. Okonkwo³, C.C. Udeh¹, P.I. Akubor⁴ and T.O. Ochimana³ ¹ Delta State University of Science and Technology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State, Nigeria ² Delta State University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Ozoro, Delta State, Nigeria ³ University of Nigeria, Department of Food Science and Technology, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria ⁴Federal University, Department of Food Science and Technology, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/011 Original article *Postharvest changes of commercial and non-commercial mango (Mangifera indica) germplasm cultivated in Mexico* E. Rivas-Robles¹, E.A. Quintana-Obregón², U.R. Marín-Castro³, J.R. Ramos-Enríquez⁴, M. Vargas-Ortiz^7,a and A. Servent^5,6,b ¹ Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Nutrición y Alimentos, Calle Central Norte S/N, Col. San Valentín, C.P. 30580, Acapetahua, Chiapas, México ² CONAHCYT – Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD), Coordinación de Tecnología de Alimentos de Origen Vegetal, Sonora, México ³ Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Prolongación Oriente 6, C.P. 94340, Orizaba, Veracruz, México ⁴ Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Rosales y Luis Encinas s/n, C.P. 8300, Hermosillo, Sonora, México ⁵ Qualisud, Université Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université d’Avignon, Université de La Réunion, Montpellier, France ⁶ CIRAD, UMR Qualisud, F-34398 Montpellier, France ⁷ CONAHCYT – Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD), Coordinación de Tecnología de Alimentos de Origen Animal, Sonora, México Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/012 Original article *Elements relocation in salt-exposed guava (Psidium guajava* L.)** R. Esfandiari Ghalati¹, M. Shamili^2,a and A. Homaei³ ¹ Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran ² Hormoz Research Institute, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran ³ Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/005 Original article Jackfruit in Mexico: Characterization of four genotypes from the south of Nayarit D.A. Morelos-Flores¹, A.M. Chacón-López¹, A. Santacruz-Varela², V.M. Zamora Gasga¹, E. Montalvo-González¹, L.M. Hernández-Fuentes^3,a and M. de L. García-Magaña^1,b ¹Tecnológico Nacional de México; Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic; Laboratorio Integral de Investigación en Alimentos; Av. Tecnológico #2595 Col. Fracc. Lagos del Country, C.P. 63175, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico ²Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Programa de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad, Montecillo, Km 36.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, C.P. 56230, Texcoco, Estado de México, Mexico ³Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit 63300, Mexico Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/006 Original article Evaluation of some morphological characters and fire blight susceptibility of F₁ pear progenies Y.S.G. Abd Elaziz¹, O. Ismail^2,a, A.F. Abd El-Rahman³, Shuling Jiang⁴, Chunqing Ou⁴, Fei Wang⁴ and Yanjie Zhang⁴ ¹ Breeding Research Department for Fruit Tree, Ornamental and Woody Plants, Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt ² Department of Horticultural Crops Technology, National Research Centre, Egypt ³Bacterial Diseases Research Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt ⁴Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Germplasm Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng 125100, China Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/007 Original article *Investigation of the preservative effect of chitosan and Froriepia subpinnata* hydro-alcoholic extracts coating on limequat** M. Lotfi, R. Hosseinzadeh^a and R. Moghimi^b Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2024/008 Original article Optimization of an on-farm multiplication and sanitation technique for plantain banana M. Bezard^1,a, D. Hammouya¹, M. Umber², T. Bajazet², S. Guyader², M. Villard¹, S. Pourrat¹, J.-L. Diman¹ and H. Ozier-Lafontaine² ¹INRAE, UE PEYI, 97170 Petit Bourg, France ²INRAE, UR ASTRO, 97170 Petit Bourg, France Summary and Fulltext