European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) is a major species of interest for nutritional use within
the Betulaceae family and its nuts are widely used throughout the world in the chocolate, …

Over decades, the concept of grape quality has evolved emphasizing its multidisciplinary
nature and that the same “desired quality” might correspond to even strikingly different …

Postharvest techniques are widely used for the handling and storage of fresh horticultural
crops. Some of these techniques are interesting for use with wine grapes to improve the quality …

Malvasia (Vitis vinifera L.) grapes were harvested at 17.8% of soluble solids content (SSC)
and placed inside an innovative dehydration room where temperature, relative humidity, and …

Experiments were carried out using an innovative technology for dehydration based on the
passage of air through a tunnel. It was possible to study the postharvest behaviour, at …

Apricots of two varieties, Ceccona with strong aroma and San Castrese with low aroma but
good firmness, were treated with 1 μL L - 1 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) for 12 h at 20 C …

Abstract Effect of yeast inoculation format (F), temperature (T), and “on lees” ageing time (t)
factors were evaluated on the composition of sparkling wines by a quantitative fingerprint …

Clusters of Aleatico winegrape were picked at 18 Brix and placed at 10, 20, or 30 C, 45%
relative humidity (RH) and 1.5 m/s of air flow to dehydrate the berries up to 40% of loss of initial …

Montepulciano grapes were dehydrated at 10 and 20C, 45% RH and 1–1.5m/s of air flow.
Samplings were performed at 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% of weight loss (wl). TSS (total solids …

Pedro Ximénez grapes were sun dried for 0, 2, 4, 6 and 9days and the resulting must was
analysed by gas chromatography and by an electronic nose. In the last stages of the process …