The INC Executive Committee in Brussels

In September and October, the INC Executive Committee visited Brussels for a series of meetings with the European Commission, namely the Directorate General for Trade (DG TRADE), Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI).

INC Executive Committee Meeting

The INC Executive Committee met in Brussels, Belgium, on October 8, 2019, to review the Foundation’s financial status and ongoing projects, including the projects of marketing and communication, activities concerning scientific and legal aspects, and the statistics and megatrends on the industry.

Comprehensive analysis of the internal structure and firmness in American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) fruit.

BACKGROUND: Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon L.) fruit quality traits encompass many properties. Although visual appearance and fruit nutritional constitution have usually been the most important attributes, cranberry textural properties such as firmness have recently gained importance in the industry. Fruit firmness has become a quality standard due to the recent demand increase for sweetened and dried […]

Sensory Metabolite Profiling in a Date Pit Based Coffee Substitute and in Response to Roasting as Analyzed via Mass Spectrometry Based Metabolomics.

Interest in developing coffee substitutes is on the rise, to minimizing its health side effects. In the Middle East, date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) pits are often used as a coffee substitute post roasting. In this study, commercially-roasted date pit products, along with unroasted and home-prepared roasted date pits, were subjected to analyses for their metabolite […]

Effect of porosity enhancing agents on the electrochemical performance of high-energy ultracapacitor electrodes derived from peanut shell waste.

In this study, the synthesis of porous activated carbon nanostructures from peanut (Arachis hypogea) shell waste (PSW) was described using different porosity enhancing agents (PEA) at various mass concentrations via a two-step process. The textural properties obtained were depicted with relatively high specific surface area values of 1457 m2 g-1, 1625 m2 g-1 and 2547 m2 g-1 for KHCO3, K2CO3 and KOH respectively at a mass […]

Conserved DNA-derived polymorphism, new markers for genetic diversity analysis of Tunisian Pistacia vera L.

Pistachio trees (Pistacia vera L.) have been cultivated in Tunisia for decades and the plantation was extended mostly in the center of the country contributing to the economic growth of marginalized areas. Herein we used conserved DNA derived polymorphism (CDDP) technique, which target specifically conserved sequences of plant functional genes, to assess the genetic diversity and construct […]

Complete Genome Sequences of Four Salmonella enterica Strains Associated with Pistachios Assembled Using a Combination of Short-and Long-Read Sequencing.

Here, we report the genomes of two Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Montevideo strains (CFSAN005645 and FCC0123) and two Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Senftenberg strains (FSW0104 and CFSAN087304) isolated from pistachios. The genomes were closed using a hybrid assembly method using short- and long-read sequencing technology.

Cold plasma processing effect on cashew nuts composition and allergenicity.

The study investigated the influence of atmospheric plasma processing on cashew nut composition as well as on its allergenicity. The cashew nuts were processed by low-pressure plasma, using glow discharge plasma (80 W and 50 kHz power supply). Anacardic acids and allergens were quantified by HPLC and immunoassay, respectively. Additionally, the overall composition was evaluated by 1H qNMR. […]

Transposons played a major role in the diversification between the closely related almond and peach genomes: Results from the almond genome sequence.

We sequenced the genome of the highly heterozygous almond Prunus dulcis cv. Texas combining short and long-read sequencing. We obtained a genome assembly totaling 227.6 Mb of the estimated 238 Mb almond genome size, of which 91% is anchored to eight pseudomolecules corresponding to its haploid chromosome complement, and annotated 27,969 protein-coding genes and 6,747 non-coding transcripts. […]