Claim · model-written summary
Artificial pollination reduced catechin, epicatechin and procyanidin B2 levels.
- Taxon
- kiwifruit
Actinidia deliciosat0 - Outcome
- levels of important polyphenols, particularly catechin, epicatechin and procyanidin B2e0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“It also reduced the levels of important polyphenols, particularly catechin, epicatechin and procyanidin B2”
t0“kiwifruit”
Title
Uncovering the hidden dynamics of pollination in kiwifruit maturity and ripening
Marios Georgios Kollaros; Michail Michailidis; Alexandra Poulouktsi; et al. Postharvest Biology and Technology 2025. doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2025.113763
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination increased fruit set and seed number.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination increased fruit size and weight at harvest relative to open-field pollination.
- Observation Artificially pollinated fruit redirected carbon from sugar synthesis toward organic acid production.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination altered plant growth regulator dynamics.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination induced extensive stress-associated responses.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination accelerated ripening.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination increased ethylene production.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination accelerated fruit softening.
- Observation Genes and proteins involved in ethylene signaling and cell wall structure changed expression.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination reduced key esters.
- Intervention effect Artificial pollination increased aldehydes.
- Association Polyphenol changes aligned with changes in gene expression.