[EN] Ants can act simultaneously as predators and as protectors of honeydew producing pests. As a result, their impact on plants can be both positive and negative. By guarding honeydew producers against their natural ...

The pepino (Solanum muricatum Aiton) is a neglected Andean crop that has elicited an increasing interest from exotic fruit markets. The pepino is highly diverse and, by using appropriate breeding strategies, it has been ...

[EN] Celiac disease is an immune response to ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. As gluten is present in white sauces, the aim of this paper was to obtain new formulations of gluten- and lactose-free ...

[ES] España cuenta con una amplia diversidad de variedades tradicionales de melón. Su introducción se asocia en parte a los romanos, aunque los tipos dulces llegaron posiblemente más tarde, con la entrada en la Península ...

[EN] Organic-solvent nanofiltration (OSN) has been applied to purify and fractionate the phenolic compounds present in wet olive pomace, which is the main by-product of olive mills. Nine commercial OSN membranes have been ...

[EN] BACKGROUND: Tomato taste is defined by the accumulation of sugars and organic acids. Individual analyses of these compounds using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) ...

[EN] Fruits are generally regarded as photosynthate sinks as they rely on energy provided by sugars transported from leaves to carry out the highly demanding processes of development and ripening; eventually these imported ...

[EN] Fruit quality is an essential criterion used to select new cultivars in peach breeding programs and is determined based on a combination of organoleptic and nutritional traits. The aim of this study was to identify ...

[ES] El objetivo del presente trabajo ha sido caracterizar, desde el punto de vista de sus propiedades fisicoquímicas, las principales mieles monoflorales: romero, azahar, cantueso, girasol, castaño, brezo, mielada de ...

[EN] Texture-modified pumpkin was developed by using vacuum enzyme impregnation to soften texture to tolerable limits for the elderly population with swallowing and chewing difficulties. The impregnation process and ...