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... The root soil interaction affects the fractionation and bioavailability of nutrients in the rhizosphere and, in turn, the uptake and accumulation of nutrients by plants. In this study, a greenhouse experiment using Thomson Navel Orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck.) grafted on three rootstocks [Swingle Citrumelo (SC), Sour Orange (SO), and Troyer Citrange (TC)] was conducted in mildly acidic soil. ...
... Essential oils (EOs) can provide important alternatives to chemical insecticides in the control of pests. In this study, 12 EOs of native plant species from Iran were evaluated for their adulticidal activity against the house fly. In addition, we examined the insecticidal activity of Zataria multiflora and Rosmarinus officinalis EOs on adult female house flies from pyrethroid and organophosphate r ...
... This study evaluates the production of a biological active surface agent (BASA) through its surface tension (ST) and emulsifying activity (E₂₄) for endosulfan degradation (ED) and Escherichia coli growth inhibition (EcGI) in an agricultural saline soil. The fungus, identified as Penicillium crustosum was isolated from the Citrus sinensis peel (CsP), then the surface properties were evaluated in 9 ...
... In present work, the recombinant cytoplasmic 2-Cys peroxiredoxin from Citrus sinensis (CsPrx) was purified and characterized. The peroxidase activity was examined with different substrates using DTT, a non-physiological electron donor. The conformational studies, in oxidized and reduced states, were performed using circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence measurement. The CD analysis showed higher ...
... Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) has posed a great challenge to the citrus production. Timely removal of HLB infected trees was considered as one of the most effective strategies for citrus orchard management. Therefore, rapid detection of HLB disease is urgently needed. The study was aimed to propose an effective method for HLB disease detection by developing a handheld device to capture multicolor flu ...
... The mechanisms underlying plant tolerance to boron (B) excess are far from fully understood. Here we characterized the role of the miR397‐CsiLAC4/CsiLAC17 (from Citrus sinensis) module in regulation of B flow. Live‐cell imaging techniques were used in localization studies. A tobacco transient expression system tested modulations of CsiLAC4 and CsiLAC17 by miR397. Transgenic Arabidopsis were genera ...
... The disordered mining of ion‐type rare soil has caused significant ecological and environmental problems. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can promote soil quality, providing new ideas about the ecological restoration of degraded soil. In this study, the degraded ion‐type rare earth tailing soils in Xinfeng County, southern Jiangxi Province, was used as a research object. The soil was subjected ...
... Beneficial fungi - including difficult - to - culture arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and the culturable endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica - play positive roles in hosts under controlled conditions, whereas information regarding the application of these fungi in field citrus (a mycorrhizal - dependent plant) is scarce. The present study aims to analyze the effects of two AMF species (Dive ...
... Ethylene plays an important role in regulating the development and ripening of fruits, and ACS (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylicacid synthase) is the key rate-limiting enzyme in ethylene biosynthesis pathway. However, identification and functional analysis of ACS gene family in non-climacteric citrus have never been reported. In the present study, we identified eighteen probable CsACS genes from t ...
... Mediterranean basin and other citrus-growing areas, such as Florida or California, are among the most vulnerable regions to the impacts of global warming. Therefore, citrus will be likely subjected to increasing periods of water scarcity combined with high temperatures that will impair plant growth, development and yield. In citrus industry, grafting is used to improve varietal characteristics, su ...
... Citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (X. citri) is a devastating disease of citrus. In a previous experiment, bacterial strain GN223, an endophyte with the potential to serve as a biocontrol agent against citrus canker disease, was screened. In this study, strain GN223 was identified as Kosakonia cowanii by observing its morphological features, determining its physiological and b ...
... The aims of this study were to evaluate the bromatological characterization of isolated and fermented crude orange and grape wastes, and to investigate the presence and activities of phytase, lipase and protease in them. Fermented wastes accounted for better ash (until 49%), crude protein (around 40%) and fiber content (≤ 51%) results than the isolated ones (extracted directly from wastes, without ...
... AIMS: The control of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (X. citri), causal agent of citrus canker, relies heavily on integrated agricultural practices involving the use of copper‐based chemicals. Considering the need for alternatives to control this disease and the potential of fungi from extreme environments as producers of bioactive metabolites, we isolated and identified a bioactive compound from P ...
... Citrus production has been declining in Florida since 2004, mainly because of Huanglongbing (HLB), a deadly disease that is affecting an increasingly large proportion of worldwide citrus production. Nutrients such as nitrogen, calcium, and magnesium play an important role in defense mechanisms and could extend the productive life of HLB-affected citrus trees, but interactions among these nutrients ...
Citrus sinensis; disease resistance; drought; drought tolerance; fruit quality; leaves; mass spectrometry; metabolites; rehydration; rootstocks; scions; soil; water stress
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... Drought is one of the most destructive environmental challenges for agriculture, and citrus trees are cultivated in semiarid areas. The current study used physiological and untarget mass spectrometry analysis to assess the differential response to drought and rehydration in leaves and roots of three scion/rootstock combinations in which the same scion Valencia Orange was grafted onto three differe ...
... Efficient Microorganisms (EM) are commonly used in organic crops; however, there are no studies on their effects on the production of citrus seedlings. The work aimed to evaluate the impact of applying the inoculants Native Efficient Microorganisms (NEM) and the commercial product EM1® in forming the seedling of the rootstock Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf and in the development of young plants of S ...
... In this study, neutral loss scan and high‐resolution MS/MS were used in combination to detect and tentatively identify various flavonoid and limonoid glycosides in navel orange albedo, juice, peel and pulp. These compound classes are of research interest due to their flavour and bioactive properties, and although flavonoid glycosides have been previously studied in other food matrices, to the best ...
... Polyamines (PAs) play an important regulatory role in many basic cellular processes and physiological and biochemical processes. However, there are few studies on the identification of PA biosynthesis and metabolism family members and the role of PAs in the transition of plant embryogenic calli (EC) into globular embryos (GE), especially in perennial woody plants. We identified 20 genes involved i ...
... Blood orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) is a rare commercial citrus fruit containing abundant anthocyanins and has numerous health benefits. Blood orange rootstock determines the fruit yield and quality. This study evaluated the effect of the three most commonly used rootstocks on the fruit features, color index, physicochemical parameters, anthocyanin accumulation, the anthocyanin biosynthetic g ...
Asteraceae; Citrus sinensis; DNA barcoding; Mamestra brassicae; Melia azedarach; Oleaceae; Pinaceae; Rosaceae; entomology; migratory behavior; moths; pollen; spring; China
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... Numerous lepidopteran adults frequently pick up plant pollen when feeding. Identifying plant species visited by Mamestra brassicae moths could further strengthen our knowledge of their migratory trajectory and the interactions of M. brassicae moths with these plant species. Here, with morphological analysis and DNA metabarcoding of pollen carried by the moths, we determined these plant species vis ...
... An alternative and high-yield method to obtain hesperidin, a bitter flavored flavanone glucoside, from orange (Citrus sinensis L. osbeck) peels waste is described. The proposed process, which add high-value to this kind of residue from orange juice processing industry, was based on a successful modification applied to extraction of naringin from grapefruit. This method involves extraction with met ...
... ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas)’, which causes citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) disease, has not been successfully cultured in vitro to date. Here, a rapid multiplication system for CLas was established through in vitro regeneration of axillary buds from CLas-infected ‘Changyecheng’ sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck). Stem segments with a single axillary bud were cultured in vitro to allow ...
... In this study, the rate of absorption and transport of calcium (Ca) in orange fruits (Citrus sinensis cv. Fukumoto) after surface treatment with ⁴⁵Ca was evaluated by supplying treatments at different dates between fruit set and mid-phase II of growth (i.e., 30, 44, 66 and 99 days after full bloom, DAFB). ⁴⁵Ca absorption was always detected, but ⁴⁵Ca application at the fruit set was associated wit ...
... Recent industrial development and research progress in nanotechnology have led to the release of a number of nanomaterials with particle sizes (1–10 nm) which are categorized as quantum dots (QDs) in aquatic system. Disposal away of such QDs will cause potential pollution to the environment. Therefore, removal of disposed QDs from wastewater represents a challenging research subject for scientists ...
... The soil-borne fungus Macrophomina phaseolina causes charcoal rot, which is one of the most damaging threats to the faba bean in Egypt. The goal of this work was to investigate the inhibitory effects of silver nanoparticles AgNPs on Modiolula phaseolina in vitro, as well as their effectiveness in reducing the incidence of charcoal rot in greenhouse settings. AgNPs were synthesized using a chemical ...
... This study evaluated the effects of ice creams produced from blends of orange (Citrus sinensis) and shaddock (Citrus maxima) peels on the blood lipid profile, glycemic index, and antioxidant indices in the liver and heart of rats. Formulated ice cream was produced at a different proportion of citrus (orange and shaddock) blends and fed to rats for 28 days. The result showed that the formulated ice ...
... The response of plant cultivars to infestation by single aphid species has been widely reported, whereas the response of plants to multiple aphid species, and the mechanisms by which various aphids benefit from the induced changes, has been largely ignored. Here we analyzed the symptoms and physiological responses of sweet orange, Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck (Rutaceae), as affected by Aphis spirae ...
... Silicon (Si) can have several beneficial effects when exogenously applied to plants, including increased tolerance against several abiotic and biotic stressors. The current study investigated the role of nanosized, monodisperse silicon particles in alleviating the harmful impact of excess sodium chloride (NaCl) on ‘Valencia’ sweet orange. One-year-old ‘Valencia’ (Citrus x sinensis L. Osbeck) plant ...
... Citrus fruit is one of the most important contributors to the ascorbic acid (AsA) intake in humans. Here, we report a comparative analysis of AsA content and transcriptional changes of genes related to its metabolism during development of petals, leaves and fruits of Valencia Late oranges (Citrus sinensis). Petals of close flowers and at anthesis contained the highest concentration of AsA. In frui ...
... Due to its antifungal effects on a variety of phytopathogenic fungi and growth-stimulating activity, the effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens M73 on the preservation and especially the anthocyanin accumulation in Tarocco blood orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) during cold storage at 4 °C were investigated. Compared with the untreated fruit, B. amyloliquefaciens M73 culture supernatant (BMCS)-t ...
... Current research aimed at studying the effect of benzothiazole (BTH) on the fruit quality and resistance against Penicillium italicum (P. italicum). Recently, a synthetically prepared novel BTH was introduced that elicits the induction of resistance against various diseases of fruits. However, little was reported on the effect of BTH on the disease resistance and fruit quality of postharvest navel ...
... Essential oils (EOs) are promising active ingredients to produce biopesticides, although their physicochemical characteristics are a critical issue to develop commercial formulates. Repellent and toxic activity of EOs against crop and stored product pests has been widely investigated in the last decades; however, no information is available on the occurrence of adverse undesirable behavioral respo ...
... In this study, the third instar larvae of Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 were treated with a lethal concentration of the essential oil (EO) of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck; its nanoemulsion and the EO dissolved in the absolute ethanol were applied. The tested EO induced biochemical and histological changes in the treated larvae. The biochemical changes were presented by an increase in the levels of t ...
... PURPOSE: The fertilizer values of ashes from commonly used woody species in the tropics are not well-known. To determine whether ashes of Theobroma cacao, Persea americana, Cola nitida, Mangifera indica, Citrus sinensis, Prunus dulcis, and Senna siamea are suitable fertilizers, we studied the contents of total and plant-available elements. METHODS: Ashes of dry wood samples burnt at 500 °C were di ...
... The current study was conducted to estimate the carbon (C) storage status of agroforestry systems, via a non-destructive strategy. A total of 75 plots (0.405 ha each) were selected by adopting a lottery method of random sampling for C stock estimations for soil, trees and crops in the Mandi-Bahauddin district, Punjab, Pakistan. Results revealed that the existing number of trees in selected farm pl ...
... In this study, the effectiveness of five different ion exchange resins (Amberlite-IRA96,-FPA51,-FPA53,-FPA54 and Lewatit-S4528) in reducing the acidity of Valencia orange juice and effects on juice quality were determined. The greatest decrease in titratable acidity (65%) and increase (23%) in pH were determined in the juices deacidified using Amberlite-FPA51. The greatest color change (ΔE*=4.89) ...
... Apple (Malus domestica) fruits exhibiting bright stripe symptoms were identified in Weihai City, Shandong Province, China. To investigate the virome in the apple samples, the method of high throughput sequencing (HTS) was used to identify the viruses. It was found that the sequence of citrus concave gum-associated virus (CCGaV) was involved in the apple transcriptome dataset. The full-length genom ...
Citrus sinensis; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; chemical composition; essential oils; food science; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; heat; hydrodistillation; limonene
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... Hydro-distillation assisted by electromagnetic induction heating (H-EMIH) was employed to extract essential oil (EO) from Algerian fresh orange peels (Citrus sinensis). H-EMIH was compared with conventional hydro-distillation (C–H) in terms of hydro-distillation time, yield, chemical composition and, antibacterial and antioxidant activities. It was found that extraction of EO with H-EMIH gave a ma ...
... Aphids are important sucking insects that attack many crops and cause huge economic loss. Essential oils have been proposed to be appropriate alternative to synthetic insecticides due to their low impact on environment and human health. In this work, the chemical compositions of eight essential oils extracted from plants growing in Egypt were determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC– ...
... Green mold decay is considered as the main cause of postharvest loss in citrus fruits. With regard to safety concerns, this study was done to evaluate the efficacy of shellac as an edible coating and cinnamon essential oil (CEO) as alternative to synthetic fungicides to maintain quality of ‘Thomson navel’ oranges (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) inoculated with Penicillium digitatum spores. Fruit treat ...
... Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of epicotyl segment has been used in Citrus transgenic studies. The approach suffers, however, from limitations such as occasionally seed unavailability, the low transformation efficiency of juvenile tissues and the high frequency of chimeric plants. Therefore, a suspension cell culture system was established and used to generate transgenic plants in this stud ...
... KEY MESSAGE: The activation of the antioxidant system under stress combination is a transmissible trait from the rootstock to the scion. Therefore, rootstock selection is key to improve crop performance and a sustainable production under changing climate conditions. Climate change is altering weather conditions such as mean temperatures and precipitation patterns. Rising temperatures, especially i ...
... Water pollution is one of the most threatening problem globally as the freshwater reserves were contaminated with dye and other toxic effluents released from the industries. This study utilizes nanoparticles along with the waste substance to enhance the removal efficiency of crystal violet dye. Peels of orange are generally discarded and considered to be waste, where it is rich of fibers and has g ...
... Citrus Huanglongbing, associated with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las), is the serious disease of citrus worldwide. Here, we compared differences between leaf and root responses in Wanjincheng Orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) to Las infection using leaf-disc grafting. Trees had no obvious symptoms in the first two months after grafting (MAG), but yellowing leaves, thickened midribs and decay ...
Citrus sinensis; biochemistry; chemical composition; cold storage; epicuticular wax; fruits; gene expression; mutants; plant physiology; postharvest diseases; weight loss
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... Previously, we obtained a wax-deficient mutant ‘Ganqi 3’ (MT) from ‘Newhall’ navel orange (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck cv. Newhall, WT). The weight loss and postharvest decay in MT fruit were much higher than those in WT fruit after long-term cold storage. To understand the underlying mechanism, the changes in the morphology, chemical composition and gene expression of cuticular waxes between WT a ...
... The accumulation of heavy metals and dyes in wastewater is a persistent environmental threat with serious hazards consequences affecting all living organisms. Their removal has become a challenging environmental requirement. Adsorption using agricultural waste is one of the cost-effective removal techniques in which the biomass can be valorized. In this study, two adsorbents were prepared and comp ...
... Citrus mosaic virus (CiMV) and navel orange infectious mottling virus (NIMV) are considered strains of satsuma dwarf virus (SDV). To understand the distribution of different isolates of SDV in China, a field survey was conducted, which allowed for the detection of CiMV and NIMV in citrus plants in Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces, respectively. In the present work, two CiMV isolates, including one n ...
... Dryland fruit crops are highly prone to stresses caused by depleting soil moisture coupled with high ambient temperatures, particularly during summers. This is more conspicuous and seldom deleterious during droughts, which recur periodically. However, some of the crops sustain and recover their growth after the drought. Since desiccation of leaf is one of the consequences of depleting soil moistur ...
Citrus limon; Citrus sinensis; Rattus rattus; lemons; orchards; plant protection; population size; rats; regression analysis; rodent control; California
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... Effective rodent monitoring tools are needed to allow agricultural producers and pest control specialists to determine when rodent control strategies are needed, as well as to allow researchers to assess the efficacy of various management options. General indexing tools that utilize continuous response metrics, as well as traditional presence-absence indexing strategies, are commonly used for such ...
... Tristeza is an economically important disease of the citrus caused by Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) of genus Closterovirus and family Closteroviridae. The disease has caused tremendous losses to citrus industry worldwide by killing millions of trees, reducing the productivity and total production. Enormous efforts have been made in many countries to prevent the viral spread and the losses caused by ...
... The effects of dietary essential oils extract from sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) (OEO) and/or lemon (Citrus limon) (LEO) peels on performance and health status of Nile tilapia were investigated. Seven triplicate groups (Control "CG", OEO1‰, OEO3‰, LEO0.75‰, LEO1‰, OEO1‰ × LEO0.75‰ and OEO3‰ × LEO1‰) of fish (16.42 ± 0.059 g, N = 210) were fed basal diet, basal diet contain OEO 1‰, OEO 3‰, LEO 0.7 ...
... Brocade orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) peel, a by-product which is usually discarded in large amounts, is rich in a broad spectrum of phenols. Accordingly, this study investigated the distribution and natural variation of free, esterified, glycosylated and insoluble-bound phenols (FPs, EBPs, GBPs, and IBPs) in the peels. Regardless of phenolic fraction or peel position, the total phenol and fl ...
... Citrus greening or Huanglongbing (HLB) has caused sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) yield in Florida to decrease by 55% since the disease was first discovered in 2005. As a consequence, the profitability and sustainability of citrus (Citrus sp.) production in Florida have been jeopardized, as evidenced by the 62% reduction in the number of citrus growers statewide. Because there is still no effective ...
... Huanglongbing (HLB), a devastating disease for citrus worldwide, is caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). In this study, we employed a novel extractive electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (EESI-MS) method to analyze the metabolites in leaves of uninfected and HLB-infected Newhall navel orange. The results showed that uninfected and HLB-infected leaves could be readily distingui ...
... Since the advent of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease, Florida’s citrus production has dropped by 70%. HLB-affected trees decline rapidly under high pH growing conditions. Limited nutrient availability at high soil pH has been speculated to be the cause of such rapid decline in HLB-affected trees; however, such decline is not observed in healthy citrus trees. Therefore, the objective of this study was t ...
... Citrus trees infected with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, the bacterium associated with huanglongbing (HLB), present asymmetric chlorosis and yellow veins on leaves, nutritional deficiencies due to impaired water and nutrient uptake by a reduced root system, and also premature fruit drop and progressive yield reduction. This motivates growers to adopt additional foliar nutritional and auxin ...
Citrus sinensis; agriculture; antioxidant activity; antioxidants; ascorbic acid; data collection; fructose; fruit quality; fruits; glucose; harvest date; hesperidin; juices; limonin; maturity stage; polyphenols; principal component analysis; sucrose; titratable acidity; total soluble solids
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... The present study investigates the chemical composition and antioxidant capacity of juice from the Gannan navel orange, which is harvested at one- to two-week intervals during the ripening period. The total soluble solid (TSS), total polyphenol content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), sucrose and hesperidin contents gradually increase with the ripening of the fruit, followed by slight decline ...
... The psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) is the vector of the bacterium that causes huanglongbing (HLB), the most serious disease of citrus plants. The range of host species available in the field provides ample food for nymph development and adults support, allowing the psyllids to persist and pose a risk to healthy groves. This study aimed to understand the effects of remaini ...
... In citrus, post-harvest treatment with ethylene or ethephon in an airtight container frequently resulted in fruit calyx drying, browning and abscission, with a consequent reduction in commercial value. To avoid these problems, pre-harvest degreening with ethepnon was performed on ‘CARA CARA’ navel orange fruits. An earlier and deeper orange colour development was obtained after treatment, reflecti ...
... Soluble dietary fibers are widely used in functional food. In this work, the effects of γ-irradiation on molecular weight, structure, physicochemical properties and bioactivities of soluble dietary fiber in navel orange peel (OSDF) were investigated. Γ-irradiation enhanced the extraction yield of OSDF. The molar ratio of glucose and galacturonic acid was increased. The molecular weight profile of ...
Citrus sinensis; anthocyanins; antioxidants; blood; body mass index; cultivars; cyanidin; diet; exercise; hepatotoxicity; hips; oranges; overweight; placebos; subcutaneous fat; waist; weight gain; weight loss
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... This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a blood orange Citrus sinensis standardized extract from “Moro” cultivar, on weight loss in overweight but otherwise healthy individuals. Anthocyanins and particularly cyanidin 3-glucoside, found in a large variety of fruits including Sicilian blood oranges, can help to counteract weight gain and to reduce body fat accumulation through the modulation of a ...
... The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of two commercial phenolic phytogenic feed additives (PFAs) on sows under heat stress conditions of high summer temperatures for seven days before and seven days after the farrowing. The PFA-1 product was a mixture based on the plants Emblica officinalis, Foeniculum vulgare, Citrus sinensis and nut fiber, while the PFA-2 product was a mixture ba ...
... The present study evaluated the effects of 15 μL L‐¹ nitric oxide (NO) on the fruit defence response of ‘Newhall’ navel orange. The decay rate of NO‐treated navel orange fruits was significantly lower than that of control fruits during storage at 20 °C storage (P < 0.05). Treatment with NO suppressed the increase in disease incidence and lesion area in orange fruits inoculated with Penicillium ita ...
... Rootstock affects the performance of the scion on productivity and fruit quality. Scions on trifoliate orange rootstock could produce better quality of fruits than on other commonly used rootstocks. This phenomenon has been well documented, but genetic factors affecting the fruit quality through interaction of scion and rootstock remained unclear. Fruits in different developmental stages from the ...
... In the present study, the effects of postharvest storage time and temperature on the chemical composition and organoleptic quality of Gannan navel orange were investigated for the first time. Our results indicated that titratable acidity (TA) decreased continuously during the whole storage period irrespective of the temperature. However, the contents of TSS (Total Soluble Solids), sugars (sucrose, ...
Citrus sinensis; biotechnology; fruit quality; fruit trees; fruits; horticulture; markets; Tanzania
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... The study objective was to determine the effects of field application of hexanal on pre-harvest market attributes of orange (Citrus sinensis L.) fruits. The first factor was hexanal concentration (0.01, 0.02, 0.04% and controls – untreated fruits), the second factor consisted of time of hexanal application prior to fruit harvest (7, 21, 42 and 60 days to harvest) and the third factor was season (1 ...
... In this study, inhibitory effects of the aqueous and ethanolic leaf extracts obtained from marshmallow (A. officinalis) were evaluated against Alternaria spp., pathogenic on Citrus. The marshmallow leaf extracts were added to potato dextrose agar medium at various concentrations and antifungal effect of the extracts against three species of Alternaria pathogenic on citrus was tested in vitro and i ...
... In the present study, we studied the effects of gibberellic acid (GA) on chlorophyll and carotenoid metabolites and related gene expression during the regreening process in Valencia orange fruits (Citrus sinensis Osbeck). During the regreening, fruits treated with GA turned green much faster than those of the control. Compared with untreated fruits, chlorophyll accumulation was induced and the con ...
Jéssika Angelotti-Mendonça; Perla Novais de Oliveira; Nathália Felipe Ansante; Liliane Cristina Liborio Stipp; Juliana Freitas-Astúa; Fernando Manuel Matias Hurtado; José Belasque; Francisco de Assis Alves Mourão Filho
... Citrus canker is a quarantine bacterial disease, caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc). Preventive control strategies developed to mitigate citrus canker include the production of resistant transgenic trees. As citrus transformation protocol takes a long time to produce transgenic lines, the coding sequence (CDS) of CsEDS5 gene was isolated from Citrus sinensis, cloned and transformed int ...
... BACKGROUND: This in vitro study aimed to compare the hindgut fermentability and digestibility of four different sources of polyphenols, namely orange (Citrus sinensis) peel (ORP), pomegranate (Punica granatum) peel (PMP), Indian blackberry (Syzygium cumini) pulp (IBP), and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) tuber (JAT), and their influence on the viability of a canine‐origin probiotic, Lac ...
... Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) is an important family of predatory mites, with some species being commercialized as biological control agents for the control of phytophagous mites and small insects. In Peru, 65 species of this family have been recorded so far, with Amblyseius being the most diverse genus, with 11 species. The aim of this study is to report for the first time the presence of Am ...
... ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, the putative causal agent of citrus greening, is not available in pure culture yet. In addition to trees of citrus and citrus relatives, ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ can grow in Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus). Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, we compared the phloem sap composition in sweet orange ‘Valencia’ (Citrus sinensis) and periwinkle plants ...
... Pectin methylesterase inhibitors (PMEI) plays crucial roles in cell wall modification by inhibiting the pectin methylesterase (PME) activity in plant growth and development. Although PMEI has been well characterized in model plants, the knowledge of the molecular evolution and biological functions of PMEI gene family in Citrus remains limited. PMEI proteins play key roles in regulating pectin cont ...
Isabel Cristina da Silva Haas; Juliana Santos de Espindola; Gabriela Rodrigues de Liz; Aderval S. Luna; Marilde T. Bordignon-Luiz; Elane Schwinden Prudêncio; Jefferson Santos de Gois; Isabela Maia Toaldo Fedrigo
... A three-stage block freeze concentration process using minimal instrumental apparatus was studied to concentrate minerals and polyphenols in orange juice, obtaining one cryoconcentrate and one ice fraction at each stage. The process parameters were designed, and the cryoconcentrates and ice fractions were analyzed for physicochemical properties, polyphenolic composition, and mineral profile. The t ...
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 ...
... AIMS: The aim of the study is to evaluate hexanoic acid (HA) as an alternative to manage citrus canker. METHODS AND RESULTS: The minimal growth inhibitory concentration of HA against Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri was determined at 2·15 mmol l⁻¹ using a respiratory activity assay. Growth curves at different pH values showed that growth inhibition was not due to media acidification induced by HA. T ...
... Huanglongbing (HLB, associated with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus and transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri) and citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC, caused by Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca and transmitted by sharpshooter species) have been managed by vector control and removal of symptomatic trees. Although vectors and new symptomatic trees can be detected year round, peaks ...
... Two Citrus sinensis (L.) phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) genes, CsPMI1 and CsPMI2, were evaluated as novel selectable markers in mature citrus transformation. Transgenic shoots produced after transformation of Kuharske rootstock with each PMI construct were selected on six treatments of mannose and sucrose. For CsPMI1, there were no significant differences among the various mannose and sucrose trea ...
... Numerous studies have revealed the remarkable health-promoting activities of citrus fruits, all of them related to the accumulation of bioactive compounds, including vitamins and phytonutrients. Anthocyanins are characteristic flavonoids present in blood orange, which require low-temperature for their production. Storage at low-temperature of blood oranges has been proven to be a feasible postharv ...
... Varroa destructor is the most important ectoparasitic mite of honey bees that has a negative impact on bee health and honey production. The control programs are mainly based on the use of synthetic acaricides that are often administered indiscriminately. All this has led to drug resistance that now represent a great concern for honey bee farming. The research for alternative products/methods for m ...
... Citrus sinensis (orange) by-products represent one of the most abundant citric residues from orange juice industrial production, and are a promising source of health-promoting compounds like terpenes. In this work, different extraction solvents have been employed to increase terpene extraction yield and selectivity from this orange juice by-product. A set of bioactivity assays including enzymatic ...
Gloria Itzel Peña-Vázquez; Maria Teresa Dominguez-Fernández; Bianka Dianey Camacho-Zamora; Marcelo Hernandez-Salazar; Vania Urías-Orona; María-Paz De Peña; Ana Laura de la Garza
... Sweet orange (SO) (Citrus sinensis) is a rich source of polyphenols. However, the bioactivity depends directly on the bioaccessibility affected by biological factors during the digestion process. Therefore, this study was performed in lyophilized SO samples before and after an in vitro digestion to obtain total phenolic content (TPC) by Folin-Ciocalteu assay and characterize its phenolic profile b ...
Citrus sinensis; biomass; calcium; carbon dioxide; chlorophyll; copper; electron transport chain; fluorescence; gas exchange; iron; leaves; magnesium; nitrogen; nutrient solutions; pH; phosphorus; potassium; principal component analysis; root growth; sulfur; toxicity; water content; zinc
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... Little is known about pH-mediated alleviation of copper (Cu)-toxicity in plants. ‘Xuegan’ [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] seedlings were irrigated with nutrient solution at a pH 3.0, 4.0 or 4.8 and a concentration of 0.5 (control) and 300 (Cu-toxicity) μM CuCl₂ for 17 weeks. Thereafter, a total of 125 physiological parameters including biomass, nutrient elements in roots, stems and leaves, relative ...
... This is the first study revealing effects of aspartic acid (AA), proline and valine as well as ascorbic acid on individual anthocyanins in pomegranate and orange juice blend (POJB) during heating at 90–150 ℃. Effect of amino acids on colour and anthocyanin stability varied depending on heating temperature. At 90 ℃ (3 h), AA, proline and valine increased (up to 4.7 times) contents of cyanidin-3-glu ...
Citroncirus webberi; Citrus sinensis; agriculture; diploidy; essential oils; flavor; fruit quality; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; oranges; rootstocks; scions; tetraploidy
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... Rootstock is widely used for the cultivation of citrus fruits because it brings resistance or tolerance to diseases or environmental constrains and modulates the fruit quality. Polyploidization is a widespread improvement strategy in citrus. The objective was to evaluate the effect of rootstock and ploidy level on the composition of essential oils. Two trials were conducted, one displaying a ‘Nave ...
... BACKGROUND: Carotenoids and flavonoids are important secondary metabolites in plants, which exert multiple bioactivities and benefits to human health. Although the genes that encode carotenogenesis and flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes are well characterized, the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that are related to the pathway genes remain to be investigated. In this study, ‘Cara cara’ navel ora ...
... Changes in non-traditional indices of maturity, such as flavonoids and volatile compounds, during maturation were studied in Navel orange. Navel oranges were obtained at four stages of maturation, and non-volatile and volatile compounds in the peel and juice were analysed using liquid chromatography coupled with a quadrupole time-of-flight detector (LC-QTOF/MS) and gas chromatography with mass spe ...
... Boron (B) is an essential nutrient for plant development, and its deficiency has been frequently observed in many crops. Corky split vein (CSV) is a typical symptom of B deficiency in citrus, but the mechanism for the formation under B deficiency is unclear. Our work highlighted the role of lignin biosynthesis in the formation of CSV. Two-year-old ‘Newhall’ navel oranges were grown under B-deficie ...
... Limited data are available on the molecular and physiological mechanisms for increased pH-mediated amelioration of copper (Cu) toxicity in plants. Citrus sinensis seedlings were fertilized with a nutrient solution at the Cu concentration of 300 (Cu toxicity) or 0.5 μM (control) and a pH of 3.0, 4.0, or 4.8 for 17 weeks. Subsequently, we examined the interactive effects of low pH and Cu toxicity on ...
... Melatonin can improve postharvest quality and strengthen resistance to oxidative stress-induced senescence of many horticultural products, however, the effects of melatonin on storage quality and physiological senescence of citrus fruit are still unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of 200 μmol•L⁻¹ melatonin on the organoleptic quality and antioxidant system of ‘Newhall ...
... BACKGROUND: A 328-nucleotide variant of citrus bent leaf viroid (CBLVd) was characterized by citrus varieties in Malaysia. After the first report in Malaysia, the emerging CBLVd was detected in five citrus species, namely Citrofortunella microcarpa, Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus hystrix, Citrus maxima, and Citrus sinensis. METHODS AND RESULTS: CBLVd was detected in 23 out of 133 symptomatic samples ...
... Little is known about the effects of pH-aluminum (Al) interactions on gene expression and/or metabolite profiles in plants. Eleven-week-old seedlings of Citrus sinensis were fertilized with nutrient solution at an Al level of 0 or 1 mM and a pH of 3.0 or 4.0 for 18 weeks. Increased pH mitigated Al-toxicity-induced accumulation of callose, an Al-sensitive marker. In this study, we identified more d ...
Marcela Miranda; Xiuxiu Sun; Christopher Ference; Anne Plotto; Jinhe Bai; David Wood; Odílio Benedito Garrido Assis; Marcos David Ferreira; Elizabeth Baldwin
Citrus reticulata; anaerobiosis; aromatic compounds; carbon dioxide; carnauba wax; ethanol; ethanol production; fruit juices; fruit quality; fruits; horticulture; nanoemulsions; off flavors; pH; sensory evaluation; tangerines; tangors; titratable acidity; volatile compounds; weight loss
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... Coatings are generally applied to fruit as microemulsions, but nanoemulsions are still experimental. ‘Nova’ mandarins (Citrus reticulata) were coated with shellac or carnauba (Copernica cerifera) microemulsions or an experimental carnauba nanoemulsion; these were compared with an uncoated control during storage for 7 days at 20 °C. Coatings were also tested on ‘Unique’ tangors (C. reticulata × C. ...
Citrus sinensis; acid phosphatase; fine roots; fruiting; growth and development; nutrient content; plant age; plant growth; rhizosphere; soil depth; soil organic carbon; soil quality; sucrose alpha-glucosidase; total nitrogen; trees; urease; China
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... Root nutrients are required for the growth and development of roots and shoots, which are closely related to soil quality and fruit productivity. In this study, trees of contrasting stand ages, including young, middle-aged, and old trees, were selected in field sites with common management practices in the navel orange (Citrus sinensis) orchards of Southern China. The fine root N decreased with so ...
José David Sánchez-Martínez; Gerardo Alvarez-Rivera; Rocio Gallego; Mariane Bittencourt Fagundes; Alberto Valdés; Jose A. Mendiola; Elena Ibañez; Alejandro Cifuentes
... Pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) conditions were optimized to improve the recovery of orange (Citrus sinensis) by-products terpenoids. The neuroprotective potential of the PLE extracts were tested against a set of in-vitro assay (antioxidant (ABTS), reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS)) as well as enzymatic tests (acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and lipoxygenase ...
... Current study aimed to evaluate the effects of fumigation with 15 μl L⁻¹ nitric oxide (NO) on the quality of ‘Newhall’ navel orange fruit during storage at 5 °C. Fruits quality parameters, decay rate, antioxidant capacity, antioxidant enzymes activities and disease resistance related enzymes activities were evaluated. NO treatment significantly inhibited the increasing weight loss, maintained solu ...
... Although the mitochondria retain all required enzymes for an intact tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, plants might shift the cyclic flux from the TCA cycle to an alternative noncyclic pathway via γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) shunt under specific physiological conditions. We hypothesize that several genes may ease this noncyclic flux and contribute to the citrus response to the phytopathogenic bacteriu ...
... Orange (Citrus sinensis), lemon (Citrus limon), ginger (Zingiber officinale) and honey contain nutrients and phytochemicals that are beneficial to health. Most of the available fruit drinks are artificial and may contain a lot of chemicals which could be unhealthy and detrimental to the health of the consumers. This work was aimed at formulating a healthy fruit drink from the combination (blend) o ...
... Citrus peel essential oils (EOs) have various biological activities such as antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial. Growth location (GL) plays a physiological role in the formation of EO. This research paper aimed to investigate peel EOs and their antimicrobial activities of nine Citrus types growing at Nile valley (NV) and Reclaimed desert (RD) in Egypt. Citrus types that are chosen in this s ...
... Vacuum microwave drying (VMD) technique was applied for drying fresh navel orange peel (NOP) under different vacuum degrees including 0, 25, 45, 65, and 85 kPa. Compared with the traditional hot-air drying (HAD), the drying time of VMD was remarkably reduced by 90.7–94.7%. In addition, the drying time had a negative correlation to the vacuum degree, the drying time at 85 kPa was only 5.3% of HAD. ...