Materials and Methods PLANT MATERIAL. Tangerine (Citrus reticulata Blanco) fruit was
purchased from Haines City CGA, Haines City, FL, after commercial washing and waxing …

Laser labeling of fruit and vegetables is an alternative means of labeling produce in which a
low-energy carbon dioxide laser beam etches the surface and reveals a contrasting …

Laser labeling of fruits and vegetables is an efficient alternative to adhesive tags. In general,
the label consists of alphanumerical characters formed by laser-generated pinhole …

Fruit etching is an alterative means to label produce. Laser beam-generated pinhole
depressions form dot-matrix alphanumerical characters that etch in the required price-look …

Method–Measure 25 m l. permanganate solution into 250 ml. Erletmeyer flask, add a few
crystals of sodium bisulfate to make solution acid and titrate from the 10 ml. pipette with the …

Highlights•We marked plants and fruits with encoded patterns using direct laser
marking.•We examined the influence of laser and plant parameters on the marking …

Freshly harvested green plantains held at a room temperature of 85 deg F started to ripen
after 7 days and were fully ripe 2 days later. When stored at 45 or 55 deg and RH 86-88 …

Biological specimens are identified by a printed label detailing their collection and curation
information. Deterioration of specimen labels can render specimens scientifically valueless …

Plantains were picked at the full, full three-quarters or light three-quarters stage of maturity
and transported as bunches wrapped in cardboard, or clusters or fingers packed in boxes …

Waxed and nonwaxed mature green tomato fruits were stored at 12C (nonchilled) or 5C
(chilled) for 5, 10, 15 and 20 days before being transferred to 22C for 3, 6, 9 and 12 days …