As predicted, plants homozygous for the G194D mutation presented an increased duration between the pollination and the fruit ripening, a better fruit firmness and a delayed fruit yellowing without any changes in fruit shape, peduncle abscission layer, soluble sugar content and flesh color.
During the past few years several reports on improving transgenic strawberry production methods have been published [ 4- 6], and plants e.g. with better fruit firmness [ 7], freezing tolerance [ 8] and enhanced resistance to gray mold fungus [ 9, 10] have been achieved.
In kiwifruit, 80% HRW treatment exhibits the most significant effect, displaying reduced rot incidence and better-preserved firmness, and HRW treatment also increases the activities of antioxidants and maintains radical-scavenging activity in kiwifruit (Hu et al. 2014).
The overall benefits were reduced weight loss, reduced physiological deterioration (e.g., flesh softening and surface blackening) and better retention of firmness and ascorbic acid during the chilled storage and/or the display conditions.
Pigs fed BV2 diet evidenced better meat color and firmness (p < 0.05) than other groups.
Breast size, they note, tends to change with age and the number of babies a woman has had, so it could very well be shape -- and thereby firmness -- that is the better indicator of fertility.
Yet the country, while saying that the miners should be better paid, has also been saying that it wants firmness against further inflationary wage claims.
This research developed new, improved methods for processing and analyzing multispectral scattering profiles in order to design and build a better multispectral imaging system for real-time measurement of apple fruit firmness and soluble solids content.
In terms of fruit parameters, simplified hydroponic system was better with significant increase in fruit length, fruit fresh weight and fruit firmness than that of non-circulating liquid hydroponic system supplied with either NF or Albert's nutrient solution.
More firmness, or loft, suits side sleepers while less loft is better for back or stomach sleeping positions.
