Nitrogen and calcium nutrition and fruit quality of commercial apple cultivars grown in Finland

Soil application of calcium and magnesium fertilizer influences the fruit pulp mastication characteristics of Nanfeng tangerine (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Kinokuni)

“…In previous studies, calcium was considered to be an important mineral element that regulates fruit texture quality (Dris et al, 1998;Singh et al, 2007;Aghdam et al, 2012). With the NM citrus cultivar, our results showed that there was no significant relationship between segment shear force and Ca content of fruit pulp, but there were significant negative correlations between fruit pulp Ca content and IDF, TDF.…”

A cross-cultural study of preference for apple juice with different sugar and acid contents

“…This initiative is of increasing importance since in some markets fruit juices are already taking over for some of the more traditional fruit consumption habits (Søndergaard, 2007). Various types of cultivar selection (Eisele & Drake, 2005), change of growing practices (Dris, Niskanen, & Fallahi, 1998), membrane filtration (Girard & Fukumoto, 2000;Jiao, Cassano, & Drioli, 2004), and the use of enzymes (Flother, 1988;Pickering, Heatherbell, & Barnes, 1998) are proposed as possible ways to achieve reduction of sugars in apples and apple juice.…”

Effect of foliar application of amino acid and calcium chelate on some quality and quantity of Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apples

“…Some other factors may influence expression of this peculiarity. The role of balanced nutrition on fruit storability is well known (2,3). Adequate nutrition ensures a balance in fruit mineral composition (3).…”