Guidelines for Pomegranate Nutrient Management in Florida by Shinsuke Agehara, Weining Wang, Ali Sarkhosh

“… Many Florida growers are interested in the potential of pomegranate as an alternative fruit crop. The first flush of flowers produces the best quality fruit, and climatic conditions have a great impact on the timing of flowering. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide: Citrus Scab by Megan M. Dewdney

“…There is no need to control citrus scab on processing fruit, except possibly on Temples, where severe early infection reduces fruit size. …”
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Vitamin Analysis, Trace Elements Content, and Their Extractabilities in Tetrapleura tetraptera by Prince Oteng, John K. Otchere, Stephen Adusei, Richard Q. Mensah, Emmanuel Tei-Mensah

“…The mineral extractabilities (%) in the pulp, seeds, and whole fruit of T. tetraptera were established to be in the order Co > Zn > Fe > Cu > Se > Mn. …”
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Development of functional beverage with rice bran protein (Hom mali 105) by Saveboworn Wanticha, Rittisak Sriwiang, Schoenlechner Regine, Wangtueai Sutee, Charoen Ratchanee

“…In this research, rice bran protein extracted was added into food model such as fruit juices, and fruit-flavored beverages that are consumed for refreshment, quenching thirst, and nutritional value to make consumers refreshed, quench and provide nutritional value based on important substances added to functional beverages. …”
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Management Options for Improving Flowering in Citrus Production by Leigh Archer, Miurel Brewer, Bikash Adhikari, Eduardo Esteves, Christopher Vincent, Tripti Vashisth

“… The final fruit yield and, ultimately, returns a grower receives from any given harvest is directly related to the number of viable flowers that are generated and the proportion of those flowers that produce fruit. …”
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A Seed-Based Plant Propagation Algorithm: The Feeding Station Model by Muhammad Sulaiman, Abdellah Salhi

“…The seasonal production of fruit and seeds is akin to opening a feeding station, such as a restaurant. …”
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Japanese Persimmon Cultivars in Florida by Ali Sarkhosh, Peter C. Andersen, Dustin M. Huff

“… Japanese persimmons were first grown in Florida in the 1870s, but as of 2017, most US plantings are on a small scale; however, even as the overall acreage has decreased, the number of farms in Florida growing the fruit increased from 2012 to 2017. Trees grow and fruit best in central and northern Florida and can produce high yields of good-quality fruit. …”
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Japanese Persimmon Cultivars in Florida by Ali Sarkhosh, Peter C. Andersen, Dustin M. Huff

“… Japanese persimmons were first grown in Florida in the 1870s, but as of 2017, most US plantings are on a small scale; however, even as the overall acreage has decreased, the number of farms in Florida growing the fruit increased from 2012 to 2017. Trees grow and fruit best in central and northern Florida and can produce high yields of good-quality fruit. …”
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Simulation and Modeling Application in Agricultural Mechanization by R. M. Hudzari, M. A. H. A. Ssomad, R. Syazili, M. Z. M. Fauzan

“…This experiment was conducted to determine the equations relating the Hue digital values of the fruits surface of the oil palm with maturity stage of the fruit in plantation. …”
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Foliar application of Ascophyllum nodosum-derived biostimulant affects the cultivation of Cucurbita pepo by Venâncio Wendell Ramos Martins, Vinícius Wendell Ramos Martins, Lucas Marquezam Nascimento, Eduardo Pradi Vendruscolo, Tassila Aparecida do Nascimento de Araujo

“…The treatments demonstrated significant increases in fruit diameter (9.41%), fruit length (8.80%), fruit fresh weight (30.44%), plant height (15.21%), and plant diameter (16.83%) at the maximum dose of 300 mL ha⁻¹. …”
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Crystal Guava (Psidium guajava L. “Crystal”): Evaluation of In Vitro Antioxidant Capacities and Phytochemical Content by Rika Hartati, Hashifah I. Nadifan, Irda Fidrianny

“…The Antioxidant activity of leaves and fruit extracts of crystal guava was linear by the three methods.…”
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Physiological Response and Comprehensive Evaluation of Cold-Resistant Peach Varieties to Low-Temperature Stress by Ruxuan Niu, Juanjuan Huang, Yiwen Zhang, Falin Wang, Chenbing Wang

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Functional study on the regulation of adventitious root formation by PpSAT4 gene in peach rootstock ‘GF 677’ by HAO Lanlan, WANG Hong, ZHANG Fan, ZHANG Xuebing, YANG Yang

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Deep Learning Based Dual Channel Banana Grading System Using Convolution Neural Network by Raghavendra S, Souvik Ganguli, P. Thirumarai Selvan, Mitali Madhusmita Nayak, Sushovan Chaudhury, Randell U. Espina, Isaac Ofori

“…Fruit ripeness is critical in agriculture since it impacts the quality of the fruit. …”
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Establishment of Tissue Culture System of Actinidia deliciosa Cultivar “Guichang” by Weimin Zhong, Junliang Zhou, Dongmei Tang, Yaxin Huang, Futao Liu, Min Zhang, Guoli Wang, Sufang Wu, Yue He, Jingwen Tang

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Chitosan based coating enriched with Spirulina platensis and moringa leaf extracts preserved the postharvest quality of Mexican Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) by Soheila Aghaei Dargiri, Somayeh Rastegar, Mahbobeh Mohammadi

“…Purpose: The limited shelf life of Mexican lime fruits when stored under ambient conditions is a significant challenge. …”
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Analysis of Chinese adult residents receiving healthy lifestyle advice from medical institutions by Huiyan SUN, Limin WANG, Chun LI, Xiao ZHANG, Zhenping ZHAO, Mei ZHANG

“…Significant differences (all P < 0.01) were observed among different education levels regarding advice on no smoking, adequate fruit and vegetable intake, fat reduction, adequate exercise, and healthy weight. …”
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Biomass and Yield in Solanum lycopersicum Expressing a Synthetic Photorespiration Pathway by Laura Dougherty, Bret Cooper, James Bunce, Bryan Vinyard, John Stommel

“…Among transformed lines, larger fruited lines had the lowest biomass, while the smaller fruited lines had the highest biomass. …”
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Effects of Harvest Maturity on Chilling Injury and Storage Quality of Apricots by Yuanyuan Jing, Xuan Ma, Peng Jin, Xuan Zhu

“…Determination of the appropriate maturity is vital for fruit storage. The effects of harvest maturity on chilling injury and storage quality were investigated in this study. …”
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Effects of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium formula fertilization on the yield and berry quality of blueberry. by Xinyu Zhang, Shuangshuang Li, Xiaoli An, Zejun Song, Yunzheng Zhu, Yi Tan, Xiaolan Guo, Delu Wang

“…The results showed that N, P and K fertilizer had different effects on fruit yield and quality, among which K fertilizer was the most important factor. …”
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