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Citrus maxima; atomic force microscopy; calcium; crosslinking; food chemistry; fruit quality; fruits; gelation; juices; lignification; metabolism; pectinesterase; pectins; polygalacturonase; pummelos; sodium; water solubility
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... Postharvest granulation is a severe physiological disorder in citrus fruit that may be related to pectin metabolism. This study was designed to analyze the changes in fruit quality and pectin metabolism of pomelo fruit during granulation from expansion, gelation to lignification. Fruit quality showed a decrease starting from the gelation stage. Contents of water-soluble pectin, chelate-soluble pec ...
... Electrocatalysis of bioflavonoids in carbon nanomaterials plays an important role in electrochemical sensors for the detection of their content in fruits. In this study, three types of carbon nanomaterials with 1D, 2D, and 3D structures, namely carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene oxide (GO), and Ketjen black (KB), were modified onto glassy carbon electrodes for the electrocatalysis of hesperidin and ...
... The incidence of colorectal cancer is rapidly growing in Korea, due to increasingly westernized dietary. We investigated the inhibitory effects of Citrus grandis extracts rich in polymethoxylated flavones in colorectal cancer. CGDF treatment changed the ratio of pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins and generated ROS. CGDF treatment could promote the release of cytochrome c into t ...
Citrus maxima; acidity; alluvial soils; biochar; calcium; composts; field experimentation; fruit yield; mineral fertilizers; pummelos; river deltas; soil density; soil fertility; soil organic matter; soil pH; subsoil; topsoil
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... Soil acidity is an important factor affecting crop productivity in the tropics. The soil of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta has high acidity, deficient levels of exchangeable bases, and low fertility. This study aimed to evaluate soil amendments’ role in improving soil fertility, soil acidity, and pomelo yield cultivated in raised beds. The field trial was carried out in Hau Giang Province consecutive ...
Arabidopsis; Citrus maxima; biosynthesis; flowering; fruit juices; fruit texture; gene expression; genes; lignin; luciferase; mesocarp; postharvest storage; pummelos; taste; transcription (genetics); transcription factors; transcriptional activation; two hybrid system techniques; yeasts
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... Overaccumulation of lignin (a physiological disorder known as granulation) often occurs during fruit ripening and postharvest storage in pomelo (Citrus grandis). It causes an unpleasant fruit texture and taste. Previous studies have shown that lignin metabolism is closely associated with the process of juice sacs granulation. At present, the underlying transcriptional regulatory mechanisms remain ...
... This work is focused on the modification of insoluble dietary fiber from pomelo (Citrus grandis) peel (PP‐IDF) by ball milling. Ball milling intensified water and oil holding capacity and water swelling capacity by 43.7%, 65.1%, and 107.5%, respectively. Besides, 97.1% of taurocholic acid, 45.3% of glucose, and 9.3 μg/mg of NO₂⁻ were bound by milled insoluble dietary fibers (IDFs). The oil‐in‐wate ...
... The Citrus genus is a good source of dietary flavonoids, which have many health benefits. As a representative citrus fruit, the flavonoids composition in Shatianyu (Citrus grandis L. Osbeck) pulp remains to be investigated. In the present study, 11 flavonoids were isolated and identified from Shatianyu pulp flavonoid extracts (SPFEs). Among them, 4 flavonoids were previously undescribed and 2 flav ...
... BACKGROUND: Many citrus orchards of south China suffer from soil acidification, which induces aluminum (Al) toxicity. The Al-immobilization in vivo is crucial for Al detoxification. However, the distribution and translocation of excess Al in citrus species are not well understood. RESULTS: The seedlings of ‘Xuegan’ [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] and ‘Shatianyou’ [Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck], that d ...
... Carotenoids are indispensable for human health, and citrus fruit are a crucial source of dietary carotenoids. Bagging, an important orchard practice to enhance fruit economic value, is widely used in many horticultural crops, including citrus fruit. The bagged ‘Majiayou’ pomelo (Citrus grandis) produces vivid deeper red pulp, a fantastic agronomic trait, but the underlying molecular regulatory mec ...
... Citrus peels are a rich source of nutrients, essential oil, and phenolic acid compounds. As they are produced in large amounts during fruit processing, these residues can be used as a potential nutraceutical resource instead of disposal as the wastes in the environment. Regarding the beneficial uses of citrus peels, essential oil composition taken from peels of Citrus maxima and Citrus sinensis cu ...
... The characteristic parameters of Citrus grandis var. Longanyou canopies are important when measuring yield and spraying pesticides. However, the feasibility of the canopy reconstruction method based on point clouds has not been confirmed with these canopies. Therefore, LiDAR point cloud data for C. grandis var. Longanyou were obtained to facilitate the management of groves of this species. Then, a ...
... Caspase-3 is the crucial executor caspase of apoptosis in mammalian cells, which is essential for chromatin condensation and DNA fragmentation. Although plants have no caspase-3 homologs, PBA1 acts as a plant caspase-3-like enzyme in plant programmed cell death (PCD). PCD occurs during the formation of secretory cavities in Citrus fruits; hence, secretory cavities could be utilized as a new cell b ...
... Citrus grandis “Tomentosa” (“Huajuhong”) is a famous Traditional Chinese Medicine. In this study, a total of 18 jumonji C (JMJC) domain-containing proteins were identified from C. grandis. The 18 CgJMJCs were unevenly located on six chromosomes of C. grandis. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that they could be classified into five groups, namely KDM3, KDM4, KDM5, JMJC, and JMJD6. The domain structur ...
... Cuticular wax covers the surface of fleshy fruit and plays a protective role in fruit development and postharvest storage, including reducing fruit water loss, resisting biotic and abiotic stress and affecting fruit glossiness. The β-ketoacyl-CoA synthase (KCS) is the rate-limiting enzyme of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) synthesis, which provides precursors for the synthesis of cuticular wa ...
... Quality of fruit and the subsequent eating attribute is closely linked factors that have a significant effect on marketability and have always been correlated with harvest maturity. In the present investigation, the main focus was given on the development of an inexpensive and rapid tool for identification of appropriate plucking time in the field through colour chart and ANN modeling. The effect ...
... Rare earth elements (REEs) can affect the growth and development of plants. However, few studies have been carried out on the effects of REEs on citrus seedlings. In this study, the growth parameters, toxicity symptoms, chlorophyll content, and La content of three citrus rootstocks are analyzed under different concentrations of La, a representative REE. The results show that the growth of citrus r ...
... Huyou (Citrus grandis (L.) Changshan‐huyou) from ChangShan in Zhejiang, China, is one of the most popular fruits cultivated and consumed worldwide. However, there are no reports on improvement of the edible value through fermentation processing using lactic acid bacteria (LAB). In this study, effects of pretreatment of Huyou juice with dimethyl dicarbonate (DMDC) on quality attributes of the produ ...
Citrus sinensis; Poncirus trifoliata; canopy; cultivars; diploidy; fruit quality; greening disease; highlands; horticulture; industry; leaves; mortality; nutrient content; oranges; pest resistance; rootstocks; scions; tetraploidy; tree height; vigor; Florida
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... Most of the commercially important citrus scion cultivars are susceptible to Huanglongbing (HLB), which is the most devastating disease the citrus industry has ever faced. Because the rootstock can influence the performance of the scion in various ways, including disease and pest tolerance, use of superior rootstocks can assist citrus growers with minimizing the negative effects of HLB. The object ...
... In the present study, the fruit physiology and sugar-acid ratio of 24 pomelo cultivars grown in ten different locations of the subtropical region of China were measured. The contents of soluble sugars and organic acids were quantified using high-performance (HPLC-MS) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS), respectively. The results revealed that the physiological a ...
Citrus maxima; Citrus sinensis; agronomy; biomass; biosynthesis; carbon dioxide; electron transport chain; homeostasis; nitrogen; nitrogen content; nutrient balance; nutrient solutions; nutrient use efficiency; photosynthetic electron transport; plant growth; thylakoids
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... Limited data are available on the physiological responses of Citrus to nitrogen (N) deficiency. ‘Xuegan’ (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) and ‘Shantian pummelo’ (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck) seedlings were fertilized with nutrient solution at a N concentration of 0, 5, 10, 15 or 20 mM for 10 weeks. N deficiency decreased N uptake and N concentration in leaves, stems and roots and disturbed nutrient ba ...
... This study aims to determine carotenoids in pomelo leaves (Citrus grandis Osbeck), a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and prepare carotenoid nanoemulsions for the study of its inhibitory mechanism on melanoma cells A375. Fourteen carotenoids were separated within 27 min by using a YMC-C30 column and a gradient mobile phase of ...
... Root system plays a crucial role in plant growth and development by uptake of soil nutrients, which is affected by intensive use of NPK fertilizer. However, it is unknown how integrated nutrient management (INM) could affect the root growth and its nutrient uptake in the red soils of southern China. For this, the impacts of different INM practices on root morphological traits and root nutrient upt ...
... The naringinase enzyme was isolated from Citrus macroptera peel and pomace using Aspergillus niger for immobilization and debittering of juice. A comparative study of the effect of debittering using immobilized enzyme and resin on the physicochemical and phytochemical properties of the juice were carried out. The optimum hydrolytic conditions and Michaelis constant for an immobilized enzyme were o ...
... Granulation is a physiological disorder of juice sacs in citrus fruits, which develops through secondary cell wall formation. However, the synergistic changes in the cytoplasm of juice sac cells remain largely unknown. This study investigated the dynamic ultrastructure of juice sacs of “Guanxi” pummelo fruits by transmission electron microscopy and determined their cell wall material, soluble suga ...
Citrus maxima; Citrus paradisi; adsorption; arabinose; chemical structure; cholesterol; cultivars; dietary fiber; galactose; glucose; grapefruits; nitrites; oils; pulp; pummelos; water
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... The contents and chemical structure of dietary fiber (DF), along with the physicochemical (water retention, water swelling and oil adsorption capacity) and functional properties (glucose adsorption, cholesterol adsorption and nitrite ion adsorption capacity) of insoluble and soluble dietary fiber (IDF, SDF) from the pulp of 5 pummelo (Citrus grandis L. Osbeck) and one grapefruit (Citrus paradisi M ...
... Pomelo peel oil (PPO) [Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. (Rutaceae)] is reported to possess antioxidant and antimelanogenic activities. To investigate the effect of PPO [Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. cv. Shatian Yu] on tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced necroptosis in cerebral ischaemia–reperfusion injury (CIRI) after cardiac arrest (CA). Male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to six groups ...
... Pomelo (Citrus grandis), an important fruit crop grown in tropical and subtropical areas, is cultivated mainly in Asian countries. The dominant pigment in pomelo leaves, chlorophyll, has been reported to possess many biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammation and anticancer. The objectives of this study were to determine chlorophylls in Pomelo leaves by high-performance liquid ch ...
... 1,2-Rhamnosyltransferase (1,2RhaT) catalyzes the final step of production of flavanone neohesperidoside (FNH) that is responsible for the primary bitter taste of citrus fruits. In this study, species-specific flavonoid profiles were determined in 87 Citrus accessions by identifying eight main flavanone glycosides (FGs). Accumulation of FNHs was completely correlated to the presence of the 1,2RhaT ...
Citrus maxima; citrus fruits; equipment; fruit quality; models; postharvest storage; support vector machines; wavelengths
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... Citrus fruit granulation is a major physical disorder during late maturity and post-harvest storage, and it greatly undermines the quality of fruit. Currently, there is still a lack of rapid and nondestructive methods to detect citrus granulation. This study proposes a nondestructive granulation detecting method based on deep learning. Different models were established with the input of preprocess ...
... Limonoids, a group of highly oxygenated bioactive triterpenoid components, are abundant in citrus. In the present study, a comprehensive metabolomic analysis of limonoids was performed among the flavedo, albedo, segment membrane, juice vesicles, and seeds of pummelo by using Quadrupole-Orbitrap UHPLC-MS/MS. As a result, 21 limonoids were identified in the five tissues and their MS/MS fragmentation ...
... Deposition of both lignin and cellulose accompanied by juice sac granulation is widespread in harvested citrus fruit. Hence, measures to suppress postharvest granulation of ‘Majiayou’ pummelo is of great importance. The fruit was treated with 1.5% chitosan and then stored at room temperature (20 ± 2 °C) for 150 d. As compared to the control fruits, chitosan coating significantly suppressed granula ...
Citrus maxima; cDNA libraries; cultivars; disease resistance; drought; fluorescence; fruit growing; gibberellins; greening disease; indole acetic acid; industry; pummelos; resistance genes; salicylic acid; two hybrid system techniques
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... Huanglongbing (HLB) disease, also known as citrus greening, is a severe threat for citrus fruit cultivation industry. Till date, neither any effective radical method to control HLB nor HLB resistant cultivar is developed. The aim of this study was to provide clues for unraveling the molecular regulatory mechanism of citrus in response to HLB, and to provide reference gene for breeding of HLB resis ...
Citrus maxima; air; chlorophyll; cultivars; flowering; flowers; fruits; gene expression; genes; leaves; loci; pummelos; stomatal conductance; total nitrogen; water stress
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... One of the major problems in the fruit production of citrus, including pummelo (Citrus grandis) is controlling flowering induction. Water stress is known to be related to flowering induction via physiological responses related to the flowering gene. However, reports on the mechanisms underlying floral induction by water stress in pummelo are limited. Thus, this study aimed to determine the physiol ...
... The antioxidant activity (1,1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)) values varied between 9.71 (methanol:water, 60:40 v/v) and 13.30% (methanol:water, 50:50 v/v) and total phenol contents ranged between 12.43 (ethanol:water, 60:40 v/v) and 22.91 mg GAE/kg (methanol:water, 50:50 v/v). In general, pomelo fruit carpels (PFCs or the carpels with juicy vesicles) extracts obtained using methanol:water solut ...
... Citrus fruits exhibit a high level of different phytoconstituents, of which the changes in the different parts of the fruit during ripening have not been thoroughly studied yet. Thus, in this study, we have investigated how different parts of pomelo fruit (Citrus grandis L.) are modified throughout the development of two consecutive growing seasons. In detail, the main phytochemical compounds, suc ...
Citrus maxima; Oriental traditional medicine; Western blotting; antitussive agents; cultivars; drug development; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; immunomodulators; inducible nitric oxide synthase; interleukin-6; macrophages; mitogen-activated protein kinase; nitric oxide; polysaccharides; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; secretion; signal transduction; transcription factor NF-kappa B; tumor necrosis factor-alpha
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... Citrus grandis ‘Tomentosa’ which is a special Citrus cultivar, has been employed as cough suppressant and expectorant in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. The aim of this study is to investigate the immunomodulatory role of an acidic polysaccharide (designated as CGTP-AP) purified from C. grandis ‘Tomentosa’. CGTP-AP showed effective immune activation in RAW264.7 macrophages at ...
... The indiscriminate use of synthetic insecticides for the control of harmful mosquitoes has been fostering menaces like resistance development, toxic hazards to non-target organisms etc. Here, studies are made to prepare a synergistic mixture comprising of low concentration of essential oils of Allium sativum (bulbs), Ocimum sanctum (leaves), Citrus grandis (leaves and peels) against Culex quinquef ...
... Juice sac granulation is a serious problem in pummelo (Citrus grandis L. Osbeck) fruits during postharvest storage owing to various abiotic stress conditions, which greatly reduces their attractiveness and commercial value. Hence, measures to alleviate the postharvest juice sac granulation of pummelo are of great importance. The current study was designed to investigate the effects of 1.5 % chitos ...
Betaflexiviridae; Citrus maxima; Cytorhabdovirus; RNA; Trifolium pratense; amino acid sequences; coat proteins; genome; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; new genus; nucleotides; open reading frames; phylogeny; polyproteins; pummelos; tail; trees; virology; viruses; China
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... A novel plant virus with a positive single-stranded (+ss) RNA genome was detected in Taibei pomelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck cv. Taibeiyou) in China by high-throughput sequencing (HTS). Tentatively named “citrus yellow spot virus” (CiYSV), it has 8,061 nucleotides (nt) excluding the poly(A) tail and contains three open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 is predicted to encode a replicase polyprotein (R ...
... Pomelo fruit juice is concentrated using two different techniques, i.e. block freeze concentration (BFC) and thermal concentration (TC), and both concentrates were spray dried separately to observe the effects of two different concentration techniques on the physicochemical properties of the spray dried powder. BFC juice had comparatively better values of retention of acidity, colour, vitamin C, D ...
... In modern fruit breeding, to reduce the breeding cycle, induction of haploid plants through irradiated pollen technique is of paramount importance. However, the major drawback is the sensitivity of pollen to higher irradiation doses as it induces abnormality in double fertilization process. Hence, optimization of irradiation doses for maximum recovery of healthy seed is very important. Present wor ...
Citrus maxima; Citrus sinensis; carbohydrates; carbon dioxide; catalysts; copper; electron transport chain; gas exchange; leaves; mass spectrometry; photosynthetic electron transport; protein composition; protein folding; proteins; roots; seedling growth; seedlings; signal transduction; two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
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... This present study examined excess copper (Cu) effects on seedling growth, leaf Cu concentration, gas exchange, and protein profiles identified by a two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) based mass spectrometry (MS) approach after Citrus sinensis and Citrus grandis seedlings were treated for six months with 0.5 (control), 200, 300, or 400 μM CuCl2. Forty-one and 37 dif ...
... Citrus chlorotic dwarf disease (CCDD) was first reported in Turkey in the mid-1990s (Korkmaz et al. 1995) and subsequently in China (Guo et al. 2015). Symptoms included various chlorotic patterns, leaf crinkling, and other types of leaf distortion. Currently, CCDD is the most serious citrus disease in Turkey, where severe losses on different species are reported (Loconsole et al. 2012). Citrus chl ...
... In October 2017, a new disease was reported to the National Agricultural Research Center by a citrus farmer in Northern Shoneh, Irbid, Jordan. Symptoms were noticed on different citrus trees grafted on two rootstocks (sour orange [SO] and Citrus volkameriana [V]). The trees were clementine (C. clementina), grapefruit (C. paradisi), and pummelo (shaddock) (C. maxima); 300 trees were affected and we ...
... Kumquat (Fortunella margarita [Lour.] Swingle) is widely cultivated in southern China. In June 2016, trunk cankers and gummosis were observed in four kumquat orchards in Yangshuo County, Guangxi Province, China, with an average of 10% disease incidence (DI) and a maximum of 30% DI in nearby locations. Initially, small brown circular lesions (1 to 2 cm) were observed above graft unions, which then ...
ascorbic acid; cultivars; embryo sac; endosperm; flavor; fruit quality; fruit weight; fruiting; fruits; irradiation; lycopene; pollen; pollen viability; pollination; pulp; pummelos; seed abortion; shrinkage; sugar content; titratable acidity; total soluble solids; China
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... The 'Majia' pomelo (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr., Rutaceae) is a distinctive local cultivar of Jiangxi province, China, that is famous for its good flavour and abundant lycopene content; however, each 'Majia' pomelo fruit usually contains approximately 120–200 large seeds. To obtain seedless 'Majia' pomelo fruit, we used pollen from sour pomelo (a local variety generally used for pollination) irrad ...
... BACKGROUND: Pomelo is one of the three major species of citrus. The fruit accumulates a variety of abundant secondary metabolites that affect the flavor. UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are involved in the glycosylation of secondary metabolites. RESULTS: In the present study, we performed a genome-wide analysis of pomelo UGT family, a total of 145 UGTs was identified based on the conserved plant s ...
... Phased small interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) are 21- or 24-nucleotide small non-coding RNAs that play important regulatory roles in various biological processes of plant growth and development. Biogenesis of phasiRNAs is typically triggered by miRNAs and involves dicer-processing. In our previous study, we constructed high-throughput sRNA and degradome sequencing libraries out of developing flower of ...
... In the present work, the effect of thermal (pasteurization) and nonthermal (thermosonication) treatments on the variations in physico-chemical, antioxidant activity, total phenols, total flavonoids, microbial populations, and sensory attributes of pomelo juice was studied. In thermosonication, processing parameters like treatment temperatures (30, 40, and 50 ± 2°C), treatment time (15, 30, 45, and ...
... Changes in human life style have increased the incidence of obesity which has become a risk factor to human health. In Taiwan, the annual production of Citrus grandis [L.] reaches 75 000 tons, while the amount of waste fruits could reach 5%. We propose that abundant phytochemicals present in the wastes can be beneficial to attenuate obesity with hyperlipidemia. An animal Wistar rat model showed th ...
... The effects of bagging-induced light reductions on lycopene synthesis and the expression of related genes, antioxidant activity, and sugar composition of ‘Tubtim Siam’ pummelo (Citrus maxima) were investigated. Glucose, ascorbic acid, and flavonoid concentrations and 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picryhydrazyl scavenging activity were decreased in fruit covered with bags while still on the tree [0.01 μmol·m⁻²·s ...
Citrus maxima; amino acids; bitterness; fatty acid composition; fruits; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; metabolites; myrcene; odor compounds; odors; orchards; pulp; pummelos; sourness; sugars; sweetness; tandem mass spectrometry; taste; unsaturated fatty acids; China
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... Pummelo (Citrus grandis Osbeck.) is a major commercial fruit in the world. In this study, samples of three popular varieties, namely “Huangjin”, “Sanhong” and “Dongshizao”, were collected from three commercial orchards located in China. A total of 153 metabolites in the pulp were annotated and analyzed using UPLC-QTRAP-MS/MS and GC-MS, and PCA of these metabolites could clearly distinguish the thr ...
... Surveys were conducted in some citrus-growing parts of Manipur, Northeast India for recording the incidence of “Huanglongbing” (HLB) symptoms. The purpose of this study was to confirm the presence of HLB in citrus orchards in different geographical locations of Manipur and to correlate the disease incidence with variation in elevation of the region. The presence of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiatic ...
Citrus limon; Citrus maxima; Citrus sinensis; chemical constituents of plants; food industry; fruit crops; fruiting; fruits; hesperidin; juices; lemons; monitoring; oranges; pummelos; ripening; tissues; vanillic acid; violaxanthin; Italy; Sicily
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... Citrus are fruit crops that are widely cultivated in Southern Italy. The phytochemical profile of citrus depends on the species, the tissue and the ripening stage. This study aimed to perform a comprehensive analysis of the phenolic compounds and carotenoids from four citrus species cultivated in the region of Sicily, Southern Italy, between and within the different tissues and the ripening stages ...
... Fruit and leaf possess distinctly different metabolites. Here, metabolites and transcriptome were compared between mature leaves (ML) and juice sacs (JS) of Citrus grandis “Hirado Buntan” to investigate the possible reasons. Results indicated that the remarkable difference in starch, total flavonoids and carotenoids, l-ascorbate, and jasmonic acid between ML and JS was tightly related to the expre ...
... The objective of the study was to prepare noodles using Citrus maxima fruit segments suiting diabetic populations. The texture value decreased from 138 to 116 g force (fresh segments) and it increased for dry segments supplemented noodles (122 to 162 g force). Noodles supplemented with 30% fresh and 5% dry fruit segments were sensorial acceptable. Naringin and other bioactive compounds such as phe ...
... Pectin is a biodegradable polysaccharide, and it has been recently applied as a gene delivery, drug delivery, wound healing and tissue engineering agent. In this study, pectin was extracted from pomelo (Citrus maxima) peel and characterized. The extraction recovery of pectin form pomelo peel was 14.5%, and it had 72.56% degree of esterification, 1,245.56 equivalent weight, 7.82% methoxyl and 68.27 ...
... Soil acidification and boron (B) starvation are two dominant abiotic stress factors impacting citrus production in the red soil region of southern China. To evaluate the combined effects of low pH and B deficiency on plant growth, gas exchange parameters, and the concentrations of B and other mineral nutrients, ‘HB’ pummelo seedlings were treated under B deficiency (0 μM H₃BO₃) or adequate B (23 μ ...
... Huanglongbing (HLB) is a disease that has devastated the Florida citrus industry, threatens the entire U.S. citrus industry, and globally is rapidly spreading. Florida’s citrus production is 90% sweet orange, which is quite sensitive to HLB. The heavy reliance on sweet orange for Florida citrus production makes the industry especially vulnerable to diseases that are damaging to this type of citrus ...
... Red-fleshed pummelo (Citrus grandis), a mutant of ‘Guanxi’, is an important economic plant rich in carotenoids. The transcriptome of ‘Guanxi’ pummelo was compared with red-fleshed pummelo, with the aim of identifying the key genes responsible for red flesh through RNA sequencing. In total, 44.11 and 47.71 Gb clean reads were respectively obtained after filtering in red and white flesh. Altogether ...
... The objective of this study was to characterize chemical composition and functional properties of essential oils extracted from leaves of Citrus sinensis Osbeck, Citrus grandis Osbeck and Citrus aurantifolia Swingle. The essential oil of the C. sinensis and C. grandis leaves contained 44 compounds, accounted for total percentages of 94.17% and 93.78% of the oils, respectively, whereas the essentia ...
Citrus maxima; antioxidants; carotenoids; citrus peels; coumarins; dietary supplements; feeds; flavonoids; food industry; food safety; fruit weight; health promotion; pectins; pummelos; sustainable agriculture; therapeutics; value added; wastes
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... Citrus grandis Osbeck, commonly known as “pomelo” or “shaddock,” is the largest citrus fruit, the peel of which is a well‐known agricultural residual waste. Pomelo peel offers a wide range of components such as essential oils, polysaccharides, and phytochemicals with potential food applications. Utilization of pomelo peel to recover these components is an important step toward agricultural sustain ...
... Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck is a popular fruit cultivated around the world, and its peels are sometimes used for the treatment of cough, abdominal pain, and indigestion in China. However, the peel is discarded after fruit consumption in most cases, and its chemical constituents and biological activities have not been validated before. The present study focused on evaluation of the chemical and phar ...
... Heavy metal pollution may affect plant growth. The focus of this study was to explore remediation agents that alleviate cadmium toxicity in plants. The Citrus maxima (grapefruit) seedlings were cultivated for 10 days under hydroponic conditions amended with different concentrations of Cd²⁺ (50 and 200 mg/L) and CDs (600 and 900 mg/L). Our observations on roots and leaves showed that, the plant exp ...
... Huanglongbing (HLB), associated with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las), is the most devastating disease of citrus worldwide. Tolerance to HLB has been observed in some citrus varieties, but its molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Methyl salicylate (MeSA), involved in salicylic acid (SA) signaling, is a critical mobile signal for plant systematic acquired resistance (SAR). This stud ...
... The total phenolic, flavonoid, coumarin, and volatile contents and antioxidant activities in three tissues of six Citrus grandis ‘Tomentosa’ (CGT) fruit varieties were investigated. Two flavones, 3 coumarins and 147 volatiles were identified. The exocarp contained 3 coumarins, however, no coumarins were identified in the mesocarp, and only isoimperatorin was found in the pulp. In the exocarp, meso ...
... Seven new coumarin analogues (1, 2, and 4–8), together with ten known analogues (3, 9–17), were isolated from the air-dried pericarp of Citrus grandis. The structures of these compounds were determined by HR-ESI-MS, UV/vis, and 1D- and 2D-NMR spectra. Meanwhile, the hepatoprotective activities of all these coumarins were evaluated by MTT assays using the d-galactosamine-induced LO2 cell injury mod ...
... Long intergenic non‐coding RNAs (lincRNAs) play important roles in various biological processes in plants. However, little information is known about the evolutionary characteristics of lincRNAs among closely related plant species. Here, we present a large‐scale comparative study of lincRNA transcription patterns in nine citrus species. By strand‐specific RNA‐sequencing, we identified 18 075 lincR ...
Citrus maxima; Citrus sinensis; carbohydrates; carbon dioxide; chlorophyll; copper; electrolyte leakage; electron transport chain; fibrous roots; fluorescence; gas exchange; hydrogen peroxide; leaves; nutrient solutions; nutrient uptake; nutrients; photochemistry; photosynthetic electron transport; photosystem II; pigments; root growth; roots; seedling growth; seedlings; stems; thylakoids; toxicity; water content
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... Seedlings of ‘Shatian pummelo’ (Citrus grandis) and ‘Xuegan’ (Citrus sinensis) were supplied daily with nutrient solution at a concentration of 0.5 (control), 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500 μM CuCl₂ for 6 months. Thereafter, seedling growth; leaf, root, and stem levels of nutrients; leaf gas exchange; levels of pigments; chlorophyll a fluorescence (OJIP) transients and related parameters; leaf and roo ...
Citrus maxima; Phytoplasma; disease control; greening disease; pathogens; India
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... Association of phytoplasma with Huanglongbing (HLB) disease is reported here for the first time in Citrus grandis from India. Molecular investigation of the pathogen reveals that it belongs to 16SrXIV Group of phytoplasma, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’. The association of phytoplasma with HLB accentuates that there is need to broaden the disease management strategies. ...
Citrus maxima; carbohydrates; fruit drop; fruit set; growth and development; leaves; nitrogen; nutrient content; nutrients; phosphorus; potassium; pummelos; Thailand
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... The research was conducted in the pummelo growing areas of Thailand. The results showed that the dropped fruits had a statistically smaller fruit size (7.25 cm) than the retained fruit (9.35 cm; P < 0.05) at 4 months after fruit set. Moreover, the dropped fruits had an abnormal fruit shape when compared to the retained fruits. Consideration of fruit and leaf carbohydrate concentrations showed that ...
... Citrus maxima “seedless” is originally from Malaysia, and now is widely cultivated in Hainan province, China. The essential features of this cultivar are thin skin, green epicarp and seedless at the ripening stage. Here, using C. maxima “seedless” as experimental material, we investigated the physical and inclusion indicators, and found the accumulation of storage compounds during 120–210 DAF lead ...
... BACKGROUND: Nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) is increasingly known to be involved in many aspects of plant growth and development. To date, the systematic characterization of NF-Y family has never been reported in Citrus grandis. OBJECTIVE: Genome-wide characterization of C. grandis NF-Y (CgNF-Y) family and analysis of their role in sucrose metabolism. METHODS: NF-Y conserved models were employed to identi ...
... Freeze-drying is a method used for valuable and heat-sensitive products, ensuring that the product features are best protected. In this study, the pomelo fruit (Citrus maxima) peel samples were dried in two different thicknesses (5x1x1 cm and 5x1x0.5 cm) by freeze drying (FD) as well as forced convection (FCD) and microwave drying. According to the experimental results, it was observed that the th ...
... Red-fleshed pomelo (Citrus maxima (L.) Osbeck), a spontaneous bud mutant of Guanxi pomelo, attracts consumers because of its distinct flesh color, but the nutritional and medical properties as compared with its parental Guanxi pomelo are not known. This study analyzed and evaluated the conventional fruit quality indexes, composition and content of carotenoids, antioxidant activities, bile-acid-bin ...
... Huanglongbing is known as a destructive disease in citrus production. Investigation on plant response and development of huanglongbing disease against heat treatment on ‘Siam Purworejo’ (Citrus nobilis (Lour)) and ‘Nambangan’ (C. maxima (Burm.) Merr.) was done. High-temperature treatment was applied by covering plants with an enclosed screen. The treatment plant has three types of CLas pathogen in ...
... Social wasps are predators. Two nests of Protopolybia exigua (Saussure) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) were collected on pomelo (Citrus grandis [L.]) (Rutaceae) leaves, 1 active and another abandoned. The colonies of P. exigua were located under pomelo leaves, providing protection against adverse environmental conditions. The active nest had 12 pedicels, 600 brood cells, and 15 adult wasps. The knowledge ...
... The devastating citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB), associated with bacterial pathogens of the genus Candidatus Liberibacter, has spread across many citrus production areas worldwide causing devastating economic losses. In Florida, infection rates in most commercial citrus orchards approach 100 percent by the time trees are 3–4 years old. Most scion cultivars are highly susceptible to Ca. Liberiba ...
... KEY MESSAGE: Rootstock variety influences leaf metabolic profiles in a grafted citrus tree, but influence also depends on the scion. Proper selection of rootstocks in tree fruit crops such as citrus is important for successful production. Despite a large number of commercially available rootstocks, studies have mostly been limited to basic horticultural observations. We used untargeted gas chromat ...
... Citrus grandis ‘Tomentosa’ (CGT) which is a region-famous medicinal and edible plant contains plentiful bioactive polysaccharides, however, its chemical structures and specific bioactivities still need to be further explored. In the present study, an acidic polysaccharide (CGTP-AP) was extracted and purified from the pulps of CGT. The structure elucidation and anti-cancer activity of CGTP-AP were ...
... Several tephritid fruit fly species that are damaging to citrus in China are world-wide quarantine pests. Two field tests were conducted in China to evaluate the effectiveness of fruit bagging (i.e., fruits were grown in bags for at least 1.5 mo until harvest) and culling for risk mitigation of these pests during the fruit harvest season of 2017. The first test was conducted in Pinghe County of Fu ...
... Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful tool for identifying gene functions in plants. Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-mediated VIGS has been reported for silencing of endogenous genes in many plants. In citrus, analysis of gene function is mainly relied on the table genetic transformation, even though this technique is low-efficiency and time-consuming. In this study, a TRV-mediated VIGS was ...
... The northeastern region of India, being one of the mega hot spots of plant biodiversity in the world is considered as one of the richest reservoirs of genetic variability and diversity of various horticultural crops including fruits. This region contains more than one third of the country's total fruit diversity. In addition to commercial fruits, the region is also known for its rich genetic resou ...
... A study was conducted to evaluate genetic relatedness of 27 citrus cultivars and 6 wild citrus accessions using AFLP fingerprinting. The 27 citrus cultivars belonged to Citrus sinensis, C. aurantifolia, C. aurantium, C. paradise, C. reticulata, C. limon, C. latifolia, C. maxima, C. limettoides, C. limetta, C. medica and C. Jambhiri. The wild cultivars were obtained from Oman while the other cultiv ...
Citrus maxima; citric acid; citrus peels; energy conservation; esterification; gelling properties; moieties; pH; pectins; pummelos; solvents; temperature
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... Pectin was extracted from pomelo peel using citric acid. A Box–Behnken design was employed to optimize the yield and the Degree of Esterification (DE) of pectin. The effects of pH, temperature, extraction time and liquid-solid ratio on the yield were investigated. It was found that under optimized conditions at pH 1.80, extraction time of 141min, temperature of 88°C and a liquid-solid ratio of 29: ...
... Citrus are mainly grown in low pH soils with high active aluminum (Al). ‘Xuegan’ (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) and ‘Shatian pummelo’ (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck) seedlings were fertilized for 18 weeks with nutrient solution containing either 0 mM (control) or 1 mM (Al toxicity) AlCl₃·6H₂O. Aluminum induced decreases of biomass, leaf photosynthesis, relative water content and total soluble protein ...
... India is an important diversity center for different types of citrus species including pummelo (Citrus grandis L. Osbeck). The major objective of the present study was to determine variation in polyphenolic compounds, antioxidant activity, sugars and organic acid in 16 pummelo (red, pink and white flesh) genotypes. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in the fruit quality, polyphenolic content and a ...
... The essential oil was isolated using the water steam distillation from the peel of Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. cv. Shatian Yu with a yield of 0.31% (w/w). The essential oil sample were analyzed by GC-MS and total sixty six components were identified. The major compounds were found to be identical namely D-limonene (86.4%) and nootkatone (2.11%). The essential oil displayed broad spectrum antibacte ...
... Background: Citrus comprises the largest fruit sector worldwide, and its fruit peels are the dominant ‘residue’ of the industry. Though not profitable, Citrus peels are industrially used for making some byproducts (cattle feed, molasses, ethanol, fiber) and for the extraction of bioactives (flavonoids, essential oils, d-limonene). Still huge amounts of peels are wasted by Citrus industries, juice ...
... Objective: To investigate effects of oxygen and heating on aromas and volatile components of pummelo essential oil (PEO). Method: The PEOs were analyzed by sensory evaluation, gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS), GC-olfactometry (GC-O) and sensory reconstruction analysis. Results: The PEO co-treated by oxygen and heating exhibited significant differences in both aromas and vo ...
Citrus maxima; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; bioactive compounds; byproducts; chemical constituents of plants; citrus juices; citrus peels; cultivars; food processing wastes; freeze drying; freezing; fruit pulp; fruits; functional foods; human health; in vitro studies; nutrients; ovens; product quality; pummelos
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... Pomelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck) is an important cultivar of the Citrus genus, which contains a number of nutrients advantageous to human health. Non-edible parts of pomelo consist of flavedo, albedo, lamella and waste obtained from juice extraction (pulp waste). The peels are also thought to be part of waste products, which generally being discarded. Therefore, the objective of the present stu ...
Elysiane S. da Silva; Bruno G. Oliveira; Ana Claudia H. Pereira; Elisângela F. Pimentel; John M. Pezzuto; Dominik Lenz; Tamara P. Kondratyuk; Tadeu U. Andrade; Marcio Fronza; Rodrigo Scherer; June F. Maia; Wanderson Romão; Flávio de L. Alves; José A. Ventura; Denise C. Endringer
... Toranja ‘Burarama’, Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. (Citrus grandis), is a new citrus discovered in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. As several varieties of citrus are known to possess antioxidant and cancer chemopreventive properties, the aim of the study was to evaluate in vitro if this Toranja possess these properties. The antioxidant activity, the potential to induce quinone reductase 1, and t ...
... The interactions between α-Fe2O3, γ-Fe2O3, and Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) and Citrus maxima seedlings were examined so as to better understand possible particle applications as an Fe source for crop plants. NPs toxicity to the exposed plant was investigated as well. The α- and γ-Fe2O3 NPs were accumulated by plant root cells through diapirism and endocytosis, respectively, but translocation to the ...
... 'Manee-Esan' is a new promising pummelo cultivar of the northeast of Thailand. This cultivar was locally found in the orchard at Baan Bung 14 Tambon Nonthong, Amphoe Kasetsomboon, Chaiyaphum province in the northeast of Thailand. The flesh of this cultivar has an attractive deep red color. It is believed that it is rich in antioxidants, especially lycopene and β-carotene. The taste of the fruit is ...
... Recently, lithium oxygen battery has become a promising candidate to satisfy the current large-energy-storage devices demand because of its amazing theoretical energy density. However, it still faces problems such as poor reversibility and short cycle life. Here, citrus maxima peel (CMP) was used as a precursor to prepare activated and Fe-loading carbon (CMPACs and CMPACs-Fe, respectively) via pyr ...
... Essential oils (EOs) extracted from six medicinal herbs and food plants [Cinnamomum zeylanicum (CZ), Psiadia arguta (PA), Psiadia terebinthina (PT), Citrus grandis (CGp), Citrus hystrix (CH), and Citrus reticulata (CR)] were studied for any inhibitory potential against key physiological enzymes involved in diabetes (α-glucosidase), skin aging (collagenase and elastase), and neurodegenerative disor ...
Citrus maxima; chitosan; coatings; color; fruit juices; fruits; pH; pummelos; weight loss
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... Magallanes pummelo fruit were treated with various chitosan concentrations (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0%) along with a commercial wax and stored at ambient conditions (26.6-29.0°C and 73.5-88.3% RH). At 9 and 12 weeks after treatment (WAT), waxed fruit showed the least weight loss while this did not vary between the control and the chitosan-treated fruit. Control fruit had higher L* and hue values relat ...
... Low methoxyl (LM) pectin was extracted from pomelo peels using subcritical water in a dynamic mode. The effects of pressure and temperature were analyzed through a face-centred central composite design. Extraction yield and the rate of extraction were found to be predominantly influenced by temperature. Optimization of the subcritical water extraction (SWE) yielded an optimized operating condition ...
... BACKGROUND: Pomelo (Citrus grandis) is the largest citrus fruit, the peel of which is a well‐known agricultural wastes. Disposal of pomelo peel after consumption is a serious environment problem. As a natural, versatile bio‐absorbent, pomelo peel has shown excellent adsorption capacity for several pollutants, attributed to its micro‐pores; however, there is no relevant report on its adsorption cap ...
Citrus maxima; chlorophyll; leaves; nitrogen; pummelos; total nitrogen
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... The chlorophyll meter (SPAD-502) is a simple tool which can expediently estimate the total chlorophyll and nitrogen contents in many species. However, the relationship between the total chlorophyll and leave nitrogen contents, with the SPAD readings in 'Manee-Esan' pummelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck), have not been fully established and may be ideal to predict the nitrogen requirements. The objec ...