risk of decay from holding the fruit at higher temperatures than the preferred storage temperature for mandarins [5 to 8 °C ( Arpaia and Kader 2000 )] that would be most effective at reducing acidity. A variety of interventions have been tested to
FAAs, a type of biologically active compounds present in food and beverages, are important for human nutrition and health ( Efeyan et al., 2015 ; Nagao and Yamakado, 2016 ), and affect the quality of foods including taste, aroma, and color
sweet sensory descriptors and green apples with grassy, acidic, or sour sensory descriptors ( Daillant-Spinnler et al., 1996 ). Upon tasting, internal quality characteristics such as flavor, sweetness, sourness, and texture attributes are also
produce an attractive, sweet-tasting, yellow, and nonmelting flesh fruit intended for the fresh fruit market. It is expected to produce fruit with tree-ripened taste while retaining firmness for longer shelf life than fruit from conventional melting flesh
., 2013 ; Litz et al., 2005 ). However, those types are less rich tasting because of lower oil content, have reduced shelf life, and have limited consumer acceptance compared with Guatemalan/Mexican types ( Litz et al., 2005 ). Therefore, finding a
orange-fleshed sweetpotato clones introduced as in vitro pathogen-tested plantlets (IPTP) from the International Potato Center (CIP, 1998 ) and local landraces from Kenya and Uganda from which SPK004 (Kakamega) and Ejumula were selected during
was tested as a first-year seedling in 1993. In 1997, this genotype was redesignated W-341 for further field testing, and it was released by USDA-ARS/Clemson University as ‘Liberty’ ( Bohac et al., 2003 ). Description Leaves of ‘Liberty’ are medium
, juiciness, sweetness, and aroma correlated positively with higher liking ratings. Manning (2009) conducted a series of consumer sensory taste tests in South Africa and found that appearance and taste were essential factors for consumers’ liking of pears
, aroma, flavor, and overall taste ( Kaplan et al., 2015 ). ‘Dana’, ‘Heidegg 13’, ‘Samdal’, and ‘Weihenstephan’ generally had the highest overall taste ratings among the elderberry cultivars tested. However, with the exception of ‘Samdal’, many of the
Taste promoting the principle of “rediscover, describe, and promote forgotten flavors around the country.” Because of the demand for better flavor, there is a need for flavor to be considered an important quality parameter in pepper breeding ( Eggink et