Fruits volume 72 issue 2

Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture
volume 72 issue 2

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.1 Original article Effects of 1-MCP on postharvest quality and internal browning of white-flesh loquat fruit during cold storage G. Liguori, V. Farina, O. Corona, A. Mazzaglia, E. Barone and P. Inglese Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Viale delle Scienze ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.2 Original article *Fruit growth, maturation, and shelf life of two cultivars of tejocote (Crataegus mexicana* Moc. & Sessé)** A. Velasco-Hernández¹, C. Saucedo-Veloz¹, R. Nieto-Ángel², M.E. Ramírez-Guzmán¹, D. Saucedo-Reyes³ and E.H. Nieto-López¹ ¹Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, km 36.5 Carretera México-Texcoco, 56230 Montecillo, Mexico ²Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, km 38.5, Carretera México-Texcoco, 56230 Chapingo, Mexico ³Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Instituto Literario # 100. Col., Centro, 50000 Toluca, Mexico Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.3 Original article Fruit quality and biochemical characterization of recently developed seedless lemon cultivars A.C. Oluk¹, M. Unlu², U. Seday², E. Yazici³ and A. Uzun⁴ ¹Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Eastern Mediterranean Agriculture Research Institute, 01321 Adana, Turkey ²Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Alata Horticultural Research Institute, 33740 Mersin, Turkey ³Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Agricultural Economic and Policy Development Institute, 06060 Ankara, Turkey ⁴Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.4 Original article Physiochemical and antibacterial characterization of fruits of Citronella mucronata (Cardiopteridaceae), Pitavia punctata (Rutaceae) and Beilschmiedia berteroana (Lauraceae), three endemic and threatened Chilean trees F.A. Sáez¹, G.F. Narváez², M.F. Morales³, H.M. Bello³, C. Balbontín⁴ and C.R. Figueroa⁵ ¹Master Program in Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forest Sciences, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile ²Faculty of Forest Sciences, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile ³Research Lab of Antibacterial Agents, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile ⁴Small Fruits and Berry Crops Research, Institute for Agricultural Research (INIA)-Quilamapu, Chillán, Chile ⁵Phytohormone Research Laboratory, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Talca, Talca, Chile Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.5 Original article *Inhibiting effects of neem seed oil on pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms of fresh-cut mango (Mangifera indica* L.)** M. Kassé^1,2, M. Cissé², F. Charles³, M.-N. Ducamp⁴, D. Montet⁴ and A. Guissé^1,5 ¹Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), BP 5005, Dakar, Senegal ²Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP), UCAD, BP 5085, Dakar - Fann, Senegal ³UMR 95 Qualisud, Université d’Avignon, 84018 Avignon, France ⁴CIRAD, UMR 95 Qualisud, TA B-95/16, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France ⁵Unité Mixte Internationale 3189 « Environnement, Santé, Société », CNRS, France Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.6 Original article *Genetic identification of 'Limau Kacang' (Citrus* sp.), a local mandarin cultivated in West Sumatra by sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP)** N. Nasir¹, A. Takakura², A. Kitajima³ and M. Yamamoto² ¹Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Andalas University, Padang 25163, Indonesia ²Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan ³Experimental Farm, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kizu, Kyoto 619-0218, Japan Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.2.7 Original article Effects of different times and intensities of fructification pruning in camu-camu plants C. Abanto Rodríguez¹, E. Alves Chagas², P. Cardoso Chagas³, D. del Castillo Torres¹, R.T. Sakazaki³ and J.P. Mathews Delgado⁴ ¹Researchs Institute of the Peruvian Amazon – IIAP, Programa PROBOSQUES, Carretera Federico Basadre Km 12,400, Yarinacocha, Ucayali, Peru ²Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, BR 174, Km 08, Distrito Industrial, CEP: 69301-970, Boa Vista-Roraima, Brasil. Productivity Research Scholarship - CNPq. ³Federal University of Roraima – UFRR, Avenida Capitão Ene Garcez, 2413 Aeroporto Boa Vista, RR, 69310-000, Roraima, Brazil ⁴National Institute for Amazonian Research – INPA, Av. André Araújo, 2936 Petrópolis, Manaus, AM, 69067-375, Amazonas, Brazil Summary and Fulltext