Claim · model-written summary
GB reduced stem bowl cracking incidence and severity at harvest versus water, with greater effectiveness.
- Taxon
- Apples
Malus domesticat0 - Material
- ‘Picnic’t0
- Treatment
- GBe0
- Outcome
- incidence and severity of stem bowl crackinge0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- GB exhibiting greater effectivenesse0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Both CaCl 2 and GB treatments significantly reduced the incidence and severity of stem bowl cracking at harvest compared to the control, with GB exhibiting greater effectiveness”
t0“‘Picnic’ Apples”
Title
Hong Kyoo Kim; Jung-Geun Kwon; Nay Myo Win; et al. Horticultural Science and Technology 2025. doi:10.7235/hort.20250039
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect CaCl2 reduced stem bowl cracking incidence and severity at harvest versus water.
- Intervention effect Foliar applications enhanced cuticle area, weight, and thickness.
- Intervention effect Preharvest treatments did not affect fruit weight, size, or firmness at harvest.
- Intervention effect Preharvest treatments did not affect TA, IEC, or SPI at harvest.
- Intervention effect Preharvest treatments increased SSC at harvest.
- Intervention effect CaCl2 and GB did not affect IEC, firmness, or SPI during storage.
- Intervention effect CaCl2 and GB slowed TA loss during cold storage.
- Intervention effect CaCl2 and GB moderated fruit color changes during cold storage, increasing a* and decreasing L*.
- Intervention effect GB-treated apples had higher SSC during storage.