Claim · model-written summary
High temperatures, low humidities and air movement aggravate grape desiccation.
- Taxon
- Table grapet0
- Outcome
- Desiccatione0
- Direction
- aggravatede0
- Setting
- high temperatures, low humidities and air movemente0
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Verbatim
e0“Desiccation is aggravated by high temperatures, low humidities and air movement”
t0“Table grape”
Title
Table grape quality: After harvest
K. E. Nelson DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 1960
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Table grapes deteriorate after harvest by desiccation and decay.
- Observation Desiccation browns and brittles stems before berries are affected.
- Mechanism Breakage of dry stems during handling causes shatter.
- Intervention effect Prompt pre-cooling followed by cool humid storage largely prevents shatter.
- Intervention effect Careful handling further reduces postharvest loss.
- Observation Severe desiccation makes berries dull, lifeless and soft.