Article: Seedless Fruits and Vegetables
How Products Are Made;      700+ words ...Seedless Fruits and Vegetables Background The fruits...since its introduction in the 1990s. Seedless fruits and vegetables are produced by meticulous...resulting in characteristic traits. For seedless fruits, it is important to understand more...

Article: Kicking up nutrients in melons and income in growers' pockets: consumers get a better tasting, sweeter melon, and one that can help boost their intake of beta-carotene and vitamin C.
Agricultural Research;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......studied applying potassium as a foliar spray during melon fruit development. The potassium formulation is relatively simple, inexpensive...melon varieties, applying potassium specifically during fruit development greatly increased levels of beta-carotene. A powerful dietary...

Article: gibberellin
A Dictionary of Biology;      80 words ......cabbage plants, and the mobilization of food reserves in germinating seeds, and are influential in inducing flowering and fruit development. Commercially available gibberellins, such as gibberellic acid , are used to manipulate the onset of sexual maturity in...

Article: Napa County. (California) (Special Report: The Nation's Vineyards in 1990)
Wines & Vines;  February 1, 1991 ;     244 words ......significant crop reductions, particularly in Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon blanc. Summer and fall conditions were ideal for fruit development and ripening. The harvest yielded fruit of excellent quality starting with the early harvest of Chardonnay and Pinot noir...

Article: Genetically modified eggplants lead to seedless fruit.
Emerging Food R&D Report;  June 1, 2002 ;     537 words ......Italy have used genetically modified eggplants to produce seedless fruits. The eggplants are made by introducing a gene that increases...strawberries and the like. Consumers have a special liking for seedless fruits for two reasons. Seeds are often hard and unpalatable and...

Article: gibberellins
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      127 words ......excess appears to cause abnormal effects. Gibberellins are used commercially in agriculture and horticulture to break dormancy, to speed up flowering and fruiting, and to stimulate the production of seedless fruits in the absence of pollination.

Article: Herbs for fertility: herbalist Ashley Apple gets down to business with tonifying reproductive herbs.(Women's Health)
New Life Journal;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......diet consists of poor quality fats and genetically modified and highly refined nutrient deficient foods. Our consumption of seedless fruits and veggies is on the rise, trading flavor and fertility for convenience, So many foods are being genetically manipulated...

Article: Cambios en la actividad de [alpha]-amilasa, pectinmetilesterasa y poligalacturonasa durante la maduracion del maracuya amarillo (passiflora edulis var. flavicarpa degener).(REPORTS/COMUNICACIONES/COMUNICACOES)
Interciencia;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......after anthesis (AA). The activity of [alpha]-amylase and PG increased during week 9 AA and that of PG increased again after fruit development. That of PME also had two maxima, at weeks 8 and 11 AA. The results show that the increase in the activity of the enzymes...

Article: Genetic Data from HortResearch and Genesis R&D Promises New Future for Kiwifruit.
Business Wire;  July 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......active genes in the plant; genes that govern such characteristics as flavour, colour, shape, vitamin content and aspects of fruit development such as ripening and storage life. HortResearch and Genesis released a similar number of apple ESTs in March 2006. Those...

Article: Hormones, Plant
Biology;      700+ words ......are important in tropisms, prevent abscission , promote fruit development, and are involved in apical dominance. Synthetic auxins...various tropisms, stimulate the release of ethylene, enhance fruit development Cytokinins Affect cell division, delay senescence, activate...

Article: Engineer firmer tomatoes.
Emerging Food R&D Report;  February 1, 2001 ;     435 words ......essential to tomato firmness. The researchers focused on galactose because it's the sugar that changes most throughout fruit development. The investigators sequenced and removed seven genes for the galactose-removing enzyme beta galactosidase. They inserted...

Article: Purfresh Introduces Crop Yield Enhancement for Solar and Water Stress.
Business Wire;  July 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......prisms, or mirrors, reflecting harmful ultraviolet and infrared solar rays while letting in the rays needed for growth and fruit development. Purshade comes as a wet concentrate that mixes easily with other pre-harvest sprays. Purshade can be applied with traditional...

Article: El Nino's impact requires creativity. (impact on wineries)
Wines & Vines;  June 1, 1998 ;     700 words ......grapes. Persistent rainfall finished off the job, leaving many vineyards with a catalog of ills: Mildew, gray mold, uneven fruit development, stalled sugar accumulation and soggy soils that defy entrance to equipment, he reported. Campbell witnessed a more sanguine...

Article: Tomatoes That Age Gracefully.(Brief Article)
Agricultural Research;  December 1, 2000 ;     460 words ......different component of pectin, says Smith. We're focusing on galactose because it's the sugar that changes most throughout fruit development. The two scientists identified and sequenced seven different genes that code for the galactose-removing enzyme-betagalactosidase...