Abstract
A convenient and reliable method that used a specially designed tool to apply a uniform bruising force in situ was developed to assess the relative susceptibility to fruit surface pitting in sweet cherry. Assessment of pitting with a visual scale after 2 weeks of 1 °C storage was found to be in close agreement with measurements of pit diameter. Using this method `Bing' showed the greatest susceptibility to pitting in both years of the study and `Bing', `Lapins', and `Sweetheart' cherries showed a decline in susceptibility as fruit matured. The predictive value of fruit firmness at harvest, fruit respiration at harvest, and weight loss in storage was assessed in relation to the severity of pitting. The model to best describe pitting was found to include all three physiological variables (firmness, respiration, and weight loss). While an acceptable model was obtained when combining all three cultivars, the best models were achieved when each cultivar was considered separately. It was concluded that there are likely unmeasured variables involved in determining susceptibility to pitting. Hence the best approach to predicting pitting susceptibility is the application of the pit-induction method described in this work.
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Claim · model-written summary
Bing showed the greatest susceptibility to surface pitting in both years of the study.
- Taxon
- sweet cherry
Prunus aviume0 - Material
- Binge1
- Outcome
- susceptibilitye1
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- greateste1
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Verbatim
e0“susceptibility to fruit surface pitting in sweet cherry”
e1“`Bing' showed the greatest susceptibility to pitting in both years of the study”
Claim · model-written summary
Bing, Lapins and Sweetheart cherries showed a decline in pitting susceptibility as fruit matured.
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e2“`Bing', `Lapins', and `Sweetheart' cherries showed a decline in susceptibility as fruit matured”
Claim · model-written summary
A visual pitting scale after 2 weeks of 1 °C storage closely agreed with pit diameter measurements.
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e3“Assessment of pitting with a visual scale after 2 weeks of 1 °C storage was found to be in close agreement with measurements of pit diameter”
Claim · model-written summary
The best model for pitting included firmness, respiration and weight loss.
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t0“Cherries in Relation to Fruit Maturity”
e4“The model to best describe pitting was found to include all three physiological variables (firmness, respiration, and weight loss)”
Claim · model-written summary
The pit-induction method is the best approach to predicting pitting susceptibility.
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t0“Cherries in Relation to Fruit Maturity”
e5“the best approach to predicting pitting susceptibility is the application of the pit-induction method described in this work”
Claim · model-written summary
An acceptable model was obtained for combined cultivars, and the best models were obtained for each cultivar separately.
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t0“Cherries in Relation to Fruit Maturity”
e6“While an acceptable model was obtained when combining all three cultivars, the best models were achieved when each cultivar was considered separately”