Abstract: A composition for preventing fungal spoilage in post-harvest fruits, vegetables and flowers, method and use thereof is provided. The composition has beta-cyclocitral (?-cyclocitral) as the only active ingredient that inhibits or delay fungal growth on post-harvest fruits, vegetables and flowers and provides excellent results in the preservation and the shelf life of these products. Furthermore, the method for preventing fungal spoilage in post-harvest fruits, vegetables and flowers is carried out by applying the composition through different techniques directly to the products or on the surface of the container or package.

Abstract: A method and use of an enantiomer 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) for enhancing plant attractiveness to beneficial insects by applying at least one time a composition having an effective amount of an enantiomer of DOPA selected from L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and D-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (D-DOPA) or a mixture thereof to the leaves, stem and/or roots of the plant. The method provides an economical control of harmful insect pests and even allows preventive control prior to an infestation. As well as provide increases attraction of beneficial insects which in turn provide for an increased growth and propagation of the plant.

Abstract: A squeezing machine whose actual squeezing element is formed mainly of a cone or rotating head which, apart from the rotating movement, has upward or downward movement depending on the point in the squeezing operation, on which there is a set of blades in the form of fins in such a way that the fruit is deposited on said blades and when these are pushed by the rotating cone in its upward path exert pressure on the fruit, slicing this vertically and guiding it towards the cone for crushing the pulp, as the fruit cannot escape through being trapped in the recess inside a dome that may consist of two parts, one of them moving, in such a way that as it moves it leaves open a hole communicating the squeezing element with a bin containing the fruit to be squeezed, allowing in a fruit previously aligned with said hollow by means of a pulling system.

Abstract: A squeezing machine whose actual squeezing element is formed mainly of a cone or rotating head which, apart from the rotating movement, has upward or downward movement depending on the point in the squeezing operation, on which there is a set of blades in the form of fins in such a way that the fruit is deposited on said blades and when these are pushed by the rotating cone in its upward path exert pressure on the fruit, slicing this vertically and guiding it towards the cone for crushing the pulp, as the fruit cannot escape through being trapped in the recess inside a dome that may consist of two parts, one of them moving, in such a way that as it moves it leaves open a hole communicating the squeezing element with a bin containing the fruit to be squeezed, allowing in a fruit previously aligned with said hollow by means of a pulling system.