Abstract
Abstract Six textural characteristics, deformation, epicarp strength, locular resistance, firmness, compliance and toughness, were calculated from force/ deformation curves obtained by punch testing tomato friuits ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill cv Vendor) in which sunscald had been induced by radiation stress. Sunscalded portions of unstored fiuits had higher compliance and lower firmness values than the uninjured portions. For the stored fruits, the magnitude of the ripening‐induced decrease in epicarp strength, locular resistance and firmness associated with storage was significantly reduced by ‘incipient’ injury and eliminated by ‘advanced’ injury. Preferential ripening of the uninjured portions increased deformation and toughness beyond expected values. Various sunscald symptoms such as inhibition of fruit softening, the production of tough tissues, the localisation of sunscalded tissues and the differential ripening of uninjured parts relative to the sunscalded portions can be detected by determining force‐deformation characteristics of the sunscalded tomato fruits.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Sunscalded unstored fruit portions had higher compliance than uninjured portions.
- Taxon
- tomato fruits
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Sunscalded portionse0
- Outcome
- compliancee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- uninjured portionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sunscalded portions of unstored fiuits had higher compliance and lower firmness values than the uninjured portions”
t0“tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunscalded unstored fruit portions had lower firmness than uninjured portions.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Sunscalded portionse0
- Outcome
- firmnesse0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- uninjured portionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sunscalded portions of unstored fiuits had higher compliance and lower firmness values than the uninjured portions”
t0“tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Incipient injury significantly reduced the storage-related decrease in epicarp strength, locular resistance and firmness.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- ‘incipient’ injurye0
- Outcome
- ripening‐induced decrease in epicarp strength, locular resistance and firmnesse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For the stored fruits, the magnitude of the ripening‐induced decrease in epicarp strength, locular resistance and firmness associated with storage was significantly reduced by ‘incipient’ injury”
t0“tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Advanced injury eliminated the storage-related decrease in epicarp strength, locular resistance and firmness.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- ‘advanced’ injurye0
- Outcome
- ripening‐induced decrease in epicarp strength, locular resistance and firmnesse0
- Direction
- eliminatede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“For the stored fruits, the magnitude of the ripening‐induced decrease in epicarp strength, locular resistance and firmness associated with storage was significantly reduced by ‘incipient’ injury and eliminated by ‘advanced’ injury”
t0“tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Preferential ripening of uninjured fruit portions increased deformation and toughness.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- uninjured portionse0
- Outcome
- deformation and toughnesse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- Preferential ripeninge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Preferential ripening of the uninjured portions increased deformation and toughness beyond expected values”
t0“tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Force-deformation characteristics detected multiple sunscald symptoms in tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- Various sunscald symptomse0
- Qualifier
- determining force‐deformation characteristicse0
- Comparator
- sunscalded portionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Various sunscald symptoms such as inhibition of fruit softening, the production of tough tissues, the localisation of sunscalded tissues and the differential ripening of uninjured parts relative to the sunscalded portions can be detected by determining force‐deformation characteristics of the sunscalded tomato fruits”