• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.65-70
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• 2014

The aim of this study was to identify the chronological growth characteristics of Gaeryangmeoru grapes, by observation of the developmental process of the axillary bud, fruit quality, and anatomical structure of the pericarp. No necrosis of axillary buds was observed, irrespective of node position of the shoot, from shoot occurrence to leaf fall. Berry weight, cluster weight, soluble solid content and titratable acidity were analyzed to be 1.2 g, 128.8 g, $16.9^{\circ}Brix$, and 1.57%, respectively, at maturity. The sugar was composed of fructose and glucose, with a ratio of 1:1 (fructose: glucose) at maturity. Malic acid was predominant among the organic acids, and conformed to the changes of chronological titratable acidity. Sugar and organic acid content changed dramatically starting a week before veraison. The degraded ovules were observed before and after fertilization, and the pericarp was composed of one epidermis, and seven to ten hypodermis layers at maturity.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.611-616
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• 1993

This study was carried out to investigate change in the polygalacturonase and ${\beta}-galactosidase$ activities, pectins, cell wall structure of persimmon fruit during ripening and softening. Polygalacturonase and ${\beta}-galactosidase$ activities were not detected at turning stage. However polygalacturonase activities of mature and soft persimmon fruits were 55.01 and 206.70units/100g-fresh weight(fr. wt.), respectively. ${\beta}-Galactosidase$ activities of mature and soft persimmon fruits were 21.79 and 380.23unit/100g-fr. wt. respectively. The contents of total and insoluble pectins increased during maturation but decreased during softening. The content of water-soluble pectin increased during maturation and softening. The intercellular space was in larged during ripening, and middle lamella was degraded in mature persimmon fruit, and the cells of soft persimmon fruit were separated each other.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
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• 1995.12a
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• pp.19-20
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• 1995

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.643-648
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• 2006

This study was designed to analyze the election donating ability(EDA), superoxide dismutase(SOD)-like activity, nitrite scavenging ability and xanthine oxidase for food nutritional evaluation and excavation of functional materials in fruits of Elaeagnus multiflora THUNB. The electron donating ability of ethanol extracts in the 1.0 mg/ml concentration of extract was higher in extract of unripe fruits than others. The superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity was increased according to increasing of the extract concentration. The SOD-like activity was highest in the extract of unripe fruits among the extracts. The nitrite scavenging ability of unripe fruits ethanol extracts in 1.0 mg/ml of extraction solution in pH 1.2 was higher than extract of ripe and Ovenipe fruits. The nitrite scavenging ability was decreased according to increasing of pH. Also, inhibition of xanthine oxidase activity were higher in extracts of unripe fruits than those in extract of ripe and over-ripe fruits.

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.517-526
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• 2023

The harvest time of the late-ripening 'Fuji' apple (Malus × domestica) is variable, depending on the coloration of the fruit skin. Ethephon, a plant growth regulator, promotes the ethylene production and induces physiological responses associated with fruit maturation in climacteric fruit crops, such as apples. This study aimed to investigate the effect of ethephon treatment on fruit characteristics after fruit enlargement, with the objective of proposing an economical and stable harvest control method for 'Fuji'/M.26 apples. Fruit characteristics were assessed at 10-days intervals following the application of 100 mg/L ethephon and mixture of 100 mg/L ethephon and 0.5% CaCl₂ at 145 days after full bloom (DAFB). Starch contents of ethephon-treated (ET) and ethephon with CaCl₂-treated (EC) apples began to decrease from 155 DAFB, and the starch contents of ET and EC at 10 days before harvest were similar to those of control at harvest time. Red coloration of fruit skin in EC was lower compared to ET but higher than control. The average fruit firmness was low in ET, while the control and EC exhibited similar levels of firmness. Fruit sugar acid ratios did not show significant differences between treatments. However, the titratable acidity of EC was significantly lower than that of the control at 10 days before harvest. Moreover, fruit sugar acid ratio of ET and EC at 10 days before harvest in 2021 was similar to their sugar acid ratio at harvest time. Therefore, it was thought that fruit maturation and skin coloration could be accelerated by 10 days from the harvest time through the combined treatment of 100 mg/L ethephon and 0.5% CaCl₂ at the end of fruit enlargement in 'Fuji'/M.26.

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.539-546
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• 2016

The aim of this study was to analyze antioxidant activity, total phenolics, and vitamin C content in unripe and ripe jujube cultivar and to investigate correlation between antioxidant and chemical constituents including total phenolics and vitamin C. The antioxidant activity was measured by the DPPH radical scavenging activity, ABTS radical scavenging activity, and reducing power. Although, the weight, diameter and soluble solids of Zyziphus jujuba fruit were increased with the progress of ripening, antioxidant activity and total phenolics were decrease during ripening. The highest free-radical scavenging activity (at 2.5 ㎎/㎖) and reducing power (at 1 ㎎/㎖) in fruit were 81.75% (Bokjo, unripe) and 0.80 (Mudeung, unripe), respectively. The highest total phenolic content in unripe fruit of Mudeung was 62.50 ㎍/g. A linear correlation (r=0.911) was shown between DPPH radical scavenging activity and total phenolic content.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.24 no.7
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• pp.898-907
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• 2017

This study was aimed to test harvest time effect with polyethylene (PE) film liner, 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) treatments on fruit quality attributes in 'Sangjudungsi' persimmon fruit during cold storage. The fruits were harvested 10 days earlier in 2016 than the mature harvest time in 2015. The ethylene production was significantly lower in early harvested fruits than in mature harvested ones. Flesh firmness was maintained higher in 1-MCP treated fruit than in other treatments during cold storage. The rate of fruit weight loss was significantly inhibited by PE film liner treatment during storage, regardless of harvest time. 1-MCP treatment showed less change in fruit peel color variables ($L^*$ and $b^*$) from the calyx-end and equatorial regions during cold storage, compared with those from the control and PE film treatments. The incidence rate of fruit decay and softening was higher in PE film treated fruits than in the other treatments. However, there was no decay detected in AVG treated fruit. The early harvested fruits were maintained higher flesh firmness, compared with mature harvested fruits. Nevertheless, the mature harvested fruits showed much higher soluble solids content, the redness (Hunter a value) of the fruit peel and respiration rate, compared with early harvested fruits. Furthermore, the rate of weight loss in the fruit was remarkably inhibited in the PE film treatment.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 1992

This experiment was conducted to find the effect of gibberellin paste on the growth and maturation of 'Hosui' pear fruit and to develop a cultural technique in the middle area of Korea, where fruit quality is often poor due to the short growing season. The application of $GA_{3+4+7}$ paste on the petioles at the young stage of development resulted in the early increase of fruit diameter and weight. Although fruit firmness was slightly low by the $GA_{3+4+7}$ paste treatment, compared to that of control, there were no differences in other quality actors such as soluble solid content and acidity. However, $GA_3$ alone did not affect the fruit growth and quality. Are increase of ethylene evolution of fruit was not confirmed hut ground color development was hastened, resulting in the stimulation of maturity by 3~5 days. Thus, these results may be applicable to the production of high quality 'Hosui' pears in the area where growing season is relatively short.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.476-479
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• 2007

In order to promote the utilization of Rubus coreanus Miquel as a functional food, its physicochemical properties were examined during maturation. Crude protein, crude ash, and dietary fiber contents were highest in the unripened fruit, but decreased thereafter; whereas as moisture and the soluble solid contents showed a reverse pattern. The free sugar concentration of the middle-ripened fruit (0.7 g/100 g) increased as it became a ripened fruit (4.1 g/100 g). Also, the acidity of R. coreanus Miquel was at its highest concentration in the middle-ripened fruit at 3.38%. Seventeen types of amino acids were analyzed from R. coreanus Miquel during maturation. The highest amino acid components in the unripened fruit were aspartic acid (546.55 mg/100 g) and glutamic acid (452.22 mg/100 g). Among the minerals studied during this research, R. coreanus Miquel contained a high level of potassium. The potassium concentrations of the unripened fruit, middle-ripened fruit, and ripened fruit were 306.0, 191.1, and 164.1 mg/100 g, respectively.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.665-676
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• 2016

As high temperature during citrus growing season has caused a serious problems including inferior coloration in production of mandarins in Korea, we were to investigate the expression pattern of several genes related with coloration during the ripening in high temperature condition of citrus fruits. The expression of genes related with sugar metabolism, cell wall degradation, and flavonoid synthesis in high temperature conditions was investigated in fruits of 'Haryejosaeng' (Citrus unshiu) and 'Shiranuhi' mandarin (C. reticulata). While the expression of beta-amylase (BMY), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), chalcone synthase (CHS), and flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) was differently induced, expression of polygalacturonase (PG) decreased dependently on temperature conditions. In 'Haryejosaeng' mandarin, while the expression of genes related to the skin coloration, such as CHS and F3H genes increased at $25^{\circ}C$, the expression of PAL and stilbene synthase (STS) genes were induced at $30-35^{\circ}C$ in all ripening stages. In 'Shiranuhi' mandarin, the expression of the BMY gene decreased at early time point in all temperature condition and then increased at $30-35^{\circ}C$ than at $25^{\circ}C$ in the ripening stage 2 to 3 of fruits. F3H and STS genes also showed the tendency to decrease at $30-35^{\circ}C$. Although the expression levels of genes in ripening stage 1 and stage 2 of fruits showed similar patterns in both 'Haryejosaeng' and 'Shiranuhi', the expression levels of genes were down-regulated in late ripening stage of 'Shiranuhi' fruits compared to 'Haryejosaeng'. In general, the mRNA levels of seven tested genes were higher in 'Haryejosaeng' than in 'Shiranuhi' mandarin, and expression of genes by high temperature was regulated sensitively in 'Haryejosaeng' compared to 'Shiranuhi' mandarin. Further investigations of expression of various genes based on transcriptome analysis in early ripening stage can provide valuable information about the responses to climatic changes in ripening citrus fruits.