Intervention effectmodel-written summary

A water rinse with coating or shrink wrap reduced injury after the higher calcium doses.

A claim from Reducing the Risk of Superficial Injury in `Golden Delicious' Apples Caused by Postharvest Application of CaCl2 Solutions · 1997

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A water rinse with coating or shrink wrap reduced injury after the higher calcium doses.

Treatment
A water rinse in combination with a wax- or shellac-based coating or shrink wrap packaginge0
Outcome
appearance of superficial injurye0
Direction
reducede0
Qualifier
35 or 50 g·L –1 solutions of CaCl 2e0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValue

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“A water rinse in combination with a wax- or shellac-based coating or shrink wrap packaging reduced the appearance of superficial injury in fruit treated with 35 or 50 g·L –1 solutions of CaCl 2”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 346–539
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“Apples”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 62–68

Title

Reducing the Risk of Superficial Injury in `Golden Delicious' Apples Caused by Postharvest Application of CaCl2 Solutions

Robert A. Saftner; William S. Conway; Carl E. Sams HortScience 1997. doi:10.21273/hortsci.32.3.458b

Other claims from this paper (4)

Record rev-65e154e87458277eb2c8e63a1d835f1e0fd5fb96583f81c18036b38f3ab5c502 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 3 in the model’s answer

storage · crop injury · Malus domestica (apple)Positive and negative results

7 papers: 5 positive, 2 negative or no effect

4 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. negative
    LO storage increased low-oxygen injury incidence.

    Effects of Sequential Low-oxygen and Standard Controlled Atmosphere Storage Regimens on Apple Quality · 1987

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Storage in 1.5% O 2 + 1.5% CO 2 did not increase fruit shrivel or skin injury compared with NS plus air storage.

    Retention of Quality of `Golden Delicious' Apples by Controlledand Modified-atmosphere Storage · 1991 · compared with NS plus air storage

    No difference from an alternative

  3. positive
    Following CaCl2 treatments with a water rinse and a wax- or shellac-based coating or shrink-wrap film reduced surface injury in fruits treated with 0.24 or 0.34 mol/L CaCl2.

    Effects of Postharvest Calcium and Fruit Coating Treatments on Postharvest Life, Quality Maintenance, and Fruit-surface Injury in `Golden Delicious' Apples · 1998

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Rapid CA atmosphere did not cause increased fruit injury in apples.

    Storage Procedures, Low Oxygen, and Low Carbon Dioxide Atmospheres on Storage Quality of ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Delicious’ Apples · 1985

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Internal browning injury occurred under continuous 1% O2 + 3% CO2 for 10 months but was completely suppressed by stepwise CA storage.

    Control of internal browning and quality improvement of ‘Fuji’ apples by stepwise increase of CO2 level during controlled atmosphere storage · 2005 · compared with 1% O 2 + 3% CO 2 continuously for 10 months

    Same direction

  6. positive
    In Kokko apples stored for 2 to 3 weeks, mechanical injuries from low-height impact (5-10 cm) or compression seemed alleviated.

    Studies on the Mechanical Injury of Fruit · 1981

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.