Fruits volume 72 issue 4

Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture
volume 72 issue 4

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.4.1 Original article Analysis of carotenoids in fruit of different apricot accessions reveals large variability and highlights apricot as a rich source of phytoene and phytofluene K. Shemesh^1,2, M. Zohar¹, I. Bar-Ya’akov¹, K. Hatib¹, D. Holland¹ and T. Isaacson^1,a ¹ Department of Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel ² Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.4.2 Original article *Fruit production and quality evaluation of four litchi cultivars (Litchi chinensis* Sonn.) grown in Mediterranean climate** V. Farina^1,a , G. Gianguzzi¹, A. D’Asaro¹, A. Mazzaglia² and E. Palazzolo¹ ¹ Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy ² Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental, Università degli Studi di Catania, Piazza Università, 295131 Catania, Italy Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.4.3 Original article *Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on fruit yield and quality of cactus pear Opuntia ficus-indica* (L.) Mill.** M. Arba^1,a , A. Falisse^2,3, R. Choukr-Allah¹ and M. Sindic⁴ ¹ Department of Horticulture, Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Horticultural Complex of Agadir, Morocco ² Crop Production Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Belgium ³ Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj, Romania ⁴ Quality and Food Safety Laboratory, Gembloux Agro Bio Tech, Liège University, Belgium Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.4.4 Original article Chemical-physical and nutritional characteristics of mature-green and mature-ripe 'Kensington Pride' mango fruit cultivated in Mediterranean area during cold storage V. Farina¹, , A. D’Asaro¹, A. Mazzaglia², G. Gianguzzi¹ and E. Palazzolo¹ ¹ Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy ² Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.4.5 Original article Volatile compounds in ripe fig receptacle are influenced by environment in the vicinity of the fruit M. Trad^1,a , C. Ginies², B. Gaaliche¹, C.M.G.C. Renard² and M. Mars³ ¹ Laboratory of Horticulture, National Institute for Agricultural Research, INRAT 2049 Rue Hédi Karray, Ariana, Tunisia ² INRA-Université d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, UMR408 SQPOV, F-84000 Avignon, France ³ UR Agrobiodiversity, High Agronomic Institute, IRESA-University of Sousse, 4042 Chott-Mariem, Tunisia Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.4.6 Original article Effects of 1-Methylcyclopropene on postharvest quality traits, antioxidant activity and ascorbic acid content of mature-ripe mango fruits G. Liguori^a , P. Inglese, O. Corona and V. Farina Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Viale delle Scienze ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2017/72.4.7 Original article Production efficiency based land-use planning for almond - A new modus operandi A. Sharma¹, , N. Ahmed¹, S. Kumar¹, D. Kumar¹, O.C. Sharma¹ and S.A. Khan² ¹ ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Old Air Field, KD Farms, Rangreth-190007, Jammu and Kashmir, India ² Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi-110012, India Summary and Fulltext