Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Ultrasound washing increased blueberry firmness.

A claim from Ultrasound as a Physical Elicitor to Improve Texture in Blueberry Fruit: Physiological Indicator and Transcriptomic Analysis · 2024

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Ultrasound washing increased blueberry firmness.

Taxon
blueberriese0
Treatment
US washinge0
Outcome
firmnesse0
Direction
highere0
Comparator
controle0

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Verbatim

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“US washing improved the quality of blueberries, with a higher firmness and lignin content (p < 0.05) than the control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 370–487

Title

Ultrasound as a Physical Elicitor to Improve Texture in Blueberry Fruit: Physiological Indicator and Transcriptomic Analysis

Yuanyuan Hou; Yinggang Ge; Ailikemu Mulati; et al. Foods 2024. doi:10.3390/foods13203246

Other claims from this paper (8)

Record rev-d2b81ae8cbe2995adba7a554b840afe5d1b169c8530505105fd68b4034a4f65d · schema claims-v0.9 · position 1 in the model’s answer

processing · quality: postharvest · VacciniumPositive and negative results

6 papers: 2 positive, 4 negative or no effect

1 paper in the same direction as this claim · 4 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Cooling method did not affect Farthing firmness.

    Effect of Forced-air Cooling, Hydrocooling, or their Combination on Fruit Quality of Two Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars · 2019

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    More handling during CH + OA drying significantly increased later weight loss relative to minimal handling.

    Investigations into Determinants of Blueberry Coating Effectiveness · 2022 · compared with blueberries with minimal handling

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    Microwave pretreatment did not significantly change blueberry texture compared with no pretreatment.

    Improving Dehydration Efficiency and Quality in Highbush Blueberries via Combined Pulsed Microwave Pretreatment and Osmotic Dehydration · 2025 · compared with non-pretreated blueberry samples

    Opposite direction

  4. no effect
    Color change did not differ significantly across drying methods.

    Effect of different drying methods on the quality of blueberry · 2013

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    MWSB drying reduced drying time to 1/19 of tray drying with pretreatment.

    MICROWAVE and SPOUTED BED DRYING of FROZEN BLUEBERRIES: the EFFECT of DRYINGAND PRETREATMENT METHODS ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES and RETENTION of FLAVOR VOLATILES · 1999 · compared with tray drying

    Same direction

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physical treatment · quality: postharvest · VacciniumResults agree

3 papers: 3 positive, 0 negative or no effect

2 papers in the same direction as this claim

  1. positive
    PAA treatment extended the shelf life of blueberries by 10–15 days at ambient conditions.

    Gliding Arc Plasma-Activated Air for Ultra-Microbial Disinfection and Lasting Freshness Persistent of Blueberries · 2024

    Same direction

  2. positive
    Combined hot water and ultrasound treatment reduced firmness loss in blueberries compared with the individual treatments and the control.

    Synergistic use of ultrasound and hot water to extend the postharvest shelf-life of blueberries · 2026 · compared with individual treatments and the control

    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.