This review covers developments in the field of noninvasive techniques for quality analysis
of fresh fruit and vegetables over the past decade up to the year 2005. A chapter on the …

Fruit production and quality depend on adequate source-sink relationships. Carbohydrates
(CH) translocated from leaves or reserve organs are the most important for the growth and …

In a literature review of the ecophysiology of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) it was
found that in Colombia this typical Andean plant adapts to a wide altitudinal range of the …

The increased concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other greenhouse effect gases
has led to global warming, which has resulted in climate change, increased levels of …

In the Boyacá region (5ºN 73ºW) of Colombia, cape gooseberry ecotypes 'Kenya','South
Africa'and 'Colombia'were grown at 2,300 and 2,690 m altitude above sea level during 10 …

Profuse flowering and fruiting create high demand for a limited source of carbohydrates,
which affects fruit set and development. These plenty number of flowers and fruits must be …

Demand for large fruit of uniform size is increasing in the market; thinning is a means to
achieve consistently large fruit and to overcome possible alternate (biennial) bearing for the …

Seeds are known to have significant biological importance in nature, and they have high
economic value in agriculture. This review discusses the physiological, biochemical, and …

Climate change, with its consequent increase in temperatures and precipitation, has
significant impacts on soil surface horizons, affecting the establishment, development, and …

This chapter covers the main aspects of tree light relations, beginning with a definition of the
main physical properties of light, followed by an examination of physiological aspects in …