Abstract
AbstractThe effect of increasing fruit maturity on fruit base mineral composition, phenolic content and the resultant influence on postharvest fruit quality and ripening physiology of 'Fuerte' avocado was investigated. Late harvested fruit with increasing maturity had reduced calcium and magnesium concentrations. A reduction in ripening time was associated with a decrease in fruit calcium concentration. The relationship, if any, between fruit potassium concentration and relative maturity was less clear. Total fruit phenolics increased with increasing fruit maturity and this was associated with an increased incidence of the cold storage browning disorder, mesocarp discoloration. Cold storage had no effect on total fruit phenolic concentration.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Late-harvested, more mature fruit had reduced calcium concentration.
- Taxon
- avocado
Persea americanat0 - Organ / stage
- fruite0
- Outcome
- calciume0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- increasing maturitye0
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Verbatim
e0“Late harvested fruit with increasing maturity had reduced calcium and magnesium concentrations”
t0“avocado”
Claim · model-written summary
Late-harvested, more mature fruit had reduced magnesium concentration.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanat0
- Organ / stage
- fruite0
- Outcome
- magnesiume0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- increasing maturitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Late harvested fruit with increasing maturity had reduced calcium and magnesium concentrations”
t0“avocado”
Claim · model-written summary
Shorter ripening time was associated with lower fruit calcium.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanat0
- Organ / stage
- fruite0
- Compound
- calciume0
- Outcome
- ripening timee0
- Direction
- reductione0
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Verbatim
e0“A reduction in ripening time was associated with a decrease in fruit calcium concentration”
t0“avocado”
Claim · model-written summary
The relation of fruit potassium concentration to maturity was unclear.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanat0
- Organ / stage
- fruite0
- Outcome
- fruit potassium concentratione0
- Qualifier
- relative maturitye0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“The relationship, if any, between fruit potassium concentration and relative maturity was less clear”
t0“avocado”
Claim · model-written summary
Total fruit phenolics increased with maturity.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanat0
- Organ / stage
- fruite0
- Outcome
- Total fruit phenolicse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- increasing fruit maturitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total fruit phenolics increased with increasing fruit maturity”
t0“avocado”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher phenolics were associated with increased cold-storage mesocarp discoloration.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanat0
- Organ / stage
- mesocarpe0
- Outcome
- incidence of the cold storage browning disorder, mesocarp discoloratione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- cold storagee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“this was associated with an increased incidence of the cold storage browning disorder, mesocarp discoloration”
t0“avocado”
Claim · model-written summary
Cold storage did not change total fruit phenolic concentration.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanat0
- Treatment
- Cold storagee0
- Outcome
- total fruit phenolic concentratione0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cold storage had no effect on total fruit phenolic concentration”
t0“avocado”
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