Abstract
Abstract Mature ‘Valencia’ oranges when sprayed 2 months prior to harvest in the spring of 1969 with a 1 or 3% solution of Pinolene, a liquid polyterpene plastic film former, were greener at harvest, lost less wt, and had better appearance than control fruit after 9 weeks of storage. Fresh and fixed sections of peel from control and plastic-treated ‘Hamlin’ orange fruit from trees sprayed 2 months before harvest with a 1% solution of Pinolene were observed with a scanning-electron microscope after harvest. The surfaces of control fruit showed considerable variation with some areas having essentially no epicuticular wax platelets while other areas were completely covered. On sprayed fruit, plastic often partially masked the wax platelet edges. On control fruit, the openings to the outer stomatal chambers were usually unobstructed although the stomatal pores between the guard cells were often plugged. In most cases, the openings to the outer stomatal chambers of sprayed fruit were partially or completely obstructed with plastic.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Sprayed Valencia oranges were greener at harvest.
Verbatim
e0“Mature ‘Valencia’ oranges when sprayed 2 months prior to harvest in the spring of 1969 with a 1 or 3% solution of Pinolene, a liquid polyterpene plastic film former, were greener at harvest, lost less wt, and had better appearance than control fruit after 9 weeks of storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sprayed Valencia oranges lost less weight in storage.
Verbatim
e0“Mature ‘Valencia’ oranges when sprayed 2 months prior to harvest in the spring of 1969 with a 1 or 3% solution of Pinolene, a liquid polyterpene plastic film former, were greener at harvest, lost less wt, and had better appearance than control fruit after 9 weeks of storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sprayed Valencia oranges looked better after storage.
Verbatim
e0“Mature ‘Valencia’ oranges when sprayed 2 months prior to harvest in the spring of 1969 with a 1 or 3% solution of Pinolene, a liquid polyterpene plastic film former, were greener at harvest, lost less wt, and had better appearance than control fruit after 9 weeks of storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Control fruit varied in wax platelet coverage.
Verbatim
e0“The surfaces of control fruit showed considerable variation with some areas having essentially no epicuticular wax platelets while other areas were completely covered.”
t0“Orange”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic partly masked wax edges on sprayed fruit.
Verbatim
e0“On sprayed fruit, plastic often partially masked the wax platelet edges.”
t0“Orange”
Claim · model-written summary
Control fruit outer stomatal chamber openings were usually unobstructed.
Verbatim
e0“On control fruit, the openings to the outer stomatal chambers were usually unobstructed although the stomatal pores between the guard cells were often plugged.”
t0“Orange”
Claim · model-written summary
Control fruit stomatal pores were often plugged.
Verbatim
e0“On control fruit, the openings to the outer stomatal chambers were usually unobstructed although the stomatal pores between the guard cells were often plugged.”
t0“Orange”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic partly or fully obstructed outer chamber openings in most sprayed fruit.
Verbatim
e0“In most cases, the openings to the outer stomatal chambers of sprayed fruit were partially or completely obstructed with plastic.”
t0“Orange”