Abstract
Southern Chile has become a prominent region for sweet cherry production. However, environmental constraints and low P availability can adversely affect fruit quality and conditions in southern Chile. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of foliar phosphorus (P) on fruit quality, condition, and antioxidant content at harvest and postharvest storage in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cv. Regina was cultivated under a plastic cover in Southern Chile. For this, sweet cherry trees were subjected to three treatments: control (no P), 1.5 L ha−1, and 2.2 L ha−1 foliar P. In our study, no significant effects were observed on average fruit weight, size, or total soluble solids among P treatments. However, P applications increased the proportion of large fruit (>32 mm), enhanced dark mahogany coloration, and pulp antioxidant content (total phenols and anthocyanins). Interestingly, the 2.2 L ha−1 treatment reduced postharvest disorders, including pitting (70%), dehydration (31%), orange peel (56%), and internal browning (29%) compared to the control trees. These results suggest that foliar P application could be an agronomic tool to improve fruit quality and condition in sweet cherry production under plastic covers cultivated in soils with low P availability.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar phosphorus had no significant effect on average fruit weight.
- Taxon
- sweet cherry
Prunus aviumt0 - Treatment
- P treatmentse0
- Outcome
- average fruit weighte0
- Direction
- no significant effectse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In our study, no significant effects were observed on average fruit weight, size, or total soluble solids among P treatments.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar phosphorus had no significant effect on size.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- P treatmentse0
- Outcome
- sizee0
- Direction
- no significant effectse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In our study, no significant effects were observed on average fruit weight, size, or total soluble solids among P treatments.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar phosphorus had no significant effect on total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- P treatmentse0
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- no significant effectse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In our study, no significant effects were observed on average fruit weight, size, or total soluble solids among P treatments.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar phosphorus increased proportion of large fruit.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- P applicationse0
- Outcome
- proportion of large fruite0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“However, P applications increased the proportion of large fruit (>32 mm), enhanced dark mahogany coloration, and pulp antioxidant content (total phenols and anthocyanins).”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar phosphorus enhanced dark mahogany coloration.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- P applicationse0
- Outcome
- dark mahogany coloratione0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“However, P applications increased the proportion of large fruit (>32 mm), enhanced dark mahogany coloration, and pulp antioxidant content (total phenols and anthocyanins).”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar phosphorus enhanced pulp antioxidant content.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- P applicationse0
- Outcome
- pulp antioxidant contente0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“However, P applications increased the proportion of large fruit (>32 mm), enhanced dark mahogany coloration, and pulp antioxidant content (total phenols and anthocyanins).”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2.2 L ha−1 foliar phosphorus treatment reduced pitting by 70% relative to controls.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- 2.2 L ha−1 treatmente0
- Outcome
- pittinge0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 70%e0
- Comparator
- control treese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Interestingly, the 2.2 L ha−1 treatment reduced postharvest disorders, including pitting (70%), dehydration (31%), orange peel (56%), and internal browning (29%) compared to the control trees.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2.2 L ha−1 foliar phosphorus treatment reduced dehydration by 31% relative to controls.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- 2.2 L ha−1 treatmente0
- Outcome
- dehydratione0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 31%e0
- Comparator
- control treese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Interestingly, the 2.2 L ha−1 treatment reduced postharvest disorders, including pitting (70%), dehydration (31%), orange peel (56%), and internal browning (29%) compared to the control trees.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2.2 L ha−1 foliar phosphorus treatment reduced orange peel by 56% relative to controls.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- 2.2 L ha−1 treatmente0
- Outcome
- orange peele0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 56%e0
- Comparator
- control treese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Interestingly, the 2.2 L ha−1 treatment reduced postharvest disorders, including pitting (70%), dehydration (31%), orange peel (56%), and internal browning (29%) compared to the control trees.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2.2 L ha−1 foliar phosphorus treatment reduced internal browning by 29% relative to controls.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- 2.2 L ha−1 treatmente0
- Outcome
- internal browninge0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 29%e0
- Comparator
- control treese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Interestingly, the 2.2 L ha−1 treatment reduced postharvest disorders, including pitting (70%), dehydration (31%), orange peel (56%), and internal browning (29%) compared to the control trees.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest foliar phosphorus to improve cherry quality and condition under plastic covers in low-P soils.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviume0
- Treatment
- foliar P applicatione0
- Outcome
- improve fruit quality and conditione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“These results suggest that foliar P application could be an agronomic tool to improve fruit quality and condition in sweet cherry production under plastic covers cultivated in soils with low P availability.”
t0“Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.; cv. Regina)”
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