Mechanical Damage Of Strawberry During Harvest And Postharvest Operations

Strawberry is a non-climacteric fruit with a limited harvesting period. Because of high susceptibility to mechanical damage, strawberry has a small postharvest life. In this research, an experiment was designed to study the mechanical damage phenomena in strawberry during the harvest and postharvest operations together with some physical properties of strawberry. Influences of some other factors such as variety, fruit position in the box as well as box position on the truck were also investigated. Results indicated that the variety, operation stage, fruit position in the box, and box position on the truck, had significant effects on the extent of the fruits‘ mechanical damage. Maximum damage index was related to picking stage. The variety Gaviota showed more susceptibility to mechanical damage than Selva. The maximum damage occurred at the bottom rows in the boxes. Furthermore, it was observed that the higher the position of a box on the truck, the more the susceptibility of fruits would be to mechanical damage

Solid-state induced heterocyclization under microwave irradiation: Synthesis of 2-phenyl-3-hydroxy-quinolin-4(1<i>H</i>)-one

779-781Synthesis of 2-phenyl-3-hydroxy-quinolin-4(1H)-one under microwave irradiation in solventless system has been described. The mechanism of the reaction is also discussed

Direct oxidative deprotection of trimethylsilyl ethers with cerium ammonium nitrate supported onto HZSM-5 zeolite under microwave irradiation in solventless system

813-814Trimethylsilyl ethers are selectively and rapidly oxidized to the corresponding carbonyl compounds by cerium ammonium nitrate (CAN) supported onto HZSM-5 zeolite under microwave irradiation in solvent-free conditions

A rapid method for oxidative deprotection of trimethylsilyl ether with wet alumina supported Dess-Martin periodinane in solventless system under microwave irradiation

2890-2891Primary and secondary trimethylsilyl ethers have been rapidly coverted to the corresponding carbonyl compounds using Dess-Martin periodinance supported on to wet alumina in a solventless system under microwave irradiation