Hydroponic Equipment

Where possible, pipe diameters can be increased to reduce pumping energy requirements, but the energy savings due to increased pipe diameters must be balanced with increased costs for piping system components. Increasing pipe diameters will likely only be cost effective during greater pump system retrofit projects. Xenergy estimate typical industrial energy savings in the 5% to…

The two most common methods of blanching involve passing products through an atmosphere of saturated steam or a bath of hot water. Common types of steam blanchers include tunnel-type units, in which products are carried on a meshed conveyor belt through a tunnel containing steam, screw-conveyor units, in which products are transported through a steam…

Sucrose synthase can play important roles in sink strength and it was suggested that CitSUS1 may have a role in supplying UDP-glucose and fructose for cell wall synthesis during the cell division stage while CitSUSA and SUS1 may supply substrates for sucrose synthesis during maturation . Two isozymes of sucrose synthase, each active during different…

We included fruit at the T and OR stages in the validation experiment to capture the gene expression dynamics across fruit ripening and senescence. In Cnr MG fruit, SlACS4 was significantly lower expressed than WT, like the other mutants, but SlACS2 showed no significant difference. Interestingly, Cnr MG fruit had higher gene expression of four…

It is possible that retention of gene copies within metabolic networks increases flux providing selective advantage, or maintains gene balance, according to the gene dosage balance hypothesis. Network analysis pointed out the leading role of plant cell wall metabolism in determining quality attributes. In particular, xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolases emerged as central hubs in the network, being…

The L. monocytogenes population on the wet-inoculated pluots and sundried tomatoes immediately after inoculation were 9.35 ± 1.07 and 9.59 ± 0.25 log CFU/g respectively . On Day 0, higher inoculation levels were seen from sundried tomatoes . Approximately 5.35 log CFU/g of L. monocytogenes were inoculated onto dried pluots. After inoculation and during storage,…

All three treatment levels successfully inactivated all L. monocytogenes regardless of the inoculation levels, while 300 ppm was needed for inactivation of all Salmonella Thompson cells. When E. coli O157:H7 was inoculated at the high level, 300 ppm-h treatment did not inactivate all E. coli O157:H7. Results from Carter et al. showed that the sulfur treatment efficacy…

Four replicates composed of 12 fruits from three separate trees, which were from the same fruits used for physiological measurements, were frozez. Frozen tissues were ground into a fine powder with the Retsch Mixer Mill MM 400 . RNA extractions were performed on samplings from 865-2564 GDD for hull tissues, 865-2139 GDD for shell tissues,…

Genomic selection , first introduced by Meuwissen et al. , has been adopted by alfalfa breeding programs in recent years for improvement of a variety of complex traits . By enabling breeders to perform marker-only selection, a cycle of selection could be completed in less than a year, addressing one of the biggest impediments to…

HLB upregulation was observed for IRE1a , a gene closely involved in the UPR in plants. This gene expression change suggests that UPR may be activated in the infected fruit. Plants employ a network of intertwined mechanisms to counter infection by pathogens and parasites. One line of defense is based on dominant disease resistance genes encoding…