Claim · model-written summary
The largest seasonal loss of staining occurred in primary bundles.
- Taxon
- Apple
Malus domesticat0 - Organ / stage
- primary bundlese0
- Outcome
- most marked changee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Fruit”
e0“the most marked change occurring in the primary bundles”
Title
Causes and Effects of Changes in Xylem Functionality in Apple Fruit
L. DRAZETA Annals of Botany 2004. doi:10.1093/aob/mch040
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation An increasing share of apple fruit vascular bundles failed to stain as the season progressed.
- Association Bundle failure increased with distance from the stalk end of apple fruit.
- Observation Primary bundle conductance decreased earlier in Braeburn than Granny Smith apples.
- Observation Apple fruit vascular bundle xylem showed substantial damage.
- Mechanism The authors attribute xylem dysfunction to physical disruption caused by flesh expansion.
- Mechanism The authors attribute relative apple fruit calcium deficiency to progressive xylem conductance breakdown caused by growth damage.
- Mechanism Earlier xylem dysfunction in the cultivar more prone to bitter pit suggests fruit growth dynamics may control calcium-related disorders.