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Fruit position within the truss slightly affected fruit composition.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Organ / stage: fruite0
Outcome: fruit compositione0
Qualifier: fruit position within the trusse0

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“The fruit composition was slightly affected by fruit position within the truss.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 716–795

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“tomatoes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 25–33

Title

Composition and taste of tomatoes as affected by increased salinity and different salinity sources

Karen K. Petersen; J. Willumsen; K. Kaack The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 1998. doi:10.1080/14620316.1998.11510966

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Intervention effect Increased root zone salinity raised tomato fruit dry matter, sugars and titratable acid concentrations.
Intervention effect Increased root zone salinity raised tomato fruit vitamin C and total carotene concentrations.
Observation The fruit concentration responses were independent of salinity source in all but one case.
Intervention effect Per fruit glucose and fructose did not differ with increasing salinity.
Intervention effect Per fruit titratable acid content decreased with increasing salinity.
Intervention effect Per fruit dry matter content decreased with increasing salinity.
Intervention effect NaCl improved perceived tomato sweetness more than other salinity sources.
Intervention effect The sensory panel could not distinguish sourness among salinity treatments.
Intervention effect Fruit firmness increased with salinity when measured on fruit with intact skin.

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Fruit composition showed only minor differences among temperature treatments.

Taxon: grapevinesVitist0
Outcome: fruit compositione0
Qualifier: differences in fruit composition were minore0

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“differences in fruit composition were minor”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1004–1047

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“grapevines”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 54–64

Title

Spring temperatures alter reproductive development in grapevines

M. KELLER; J. M. TARARA; L. J. MILLS Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0238.2010.00105.x

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Association Flower number per inflorescence was lower with higher pre-budburst temperature.
Association Flower size increased with higher temperature.
Association Percent fruit set increased with higher temperature.
Association Berry size increased with higher temperature.
Association Fruit set increased with flower size.
Association Fruit set increased with leaf area per flower.
Observation Fruit set was erratic below 4 cm2 leaf area per flower.
Association Berry mass increased with flower size.
Association Sugar content per berry increased with flower size.
Observation Yield per shoot varied threefold among treatments.
Mechanism The authors suggest early-season temperature may substantially alter grapevine yield formation.
Mechanism The authors suggest temperature effects may combine direct floral development and indirect shoot growth effects.

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Water availability significantly affected cherry fruit biochemical composition.

Taxon: cherryt0
Treatment: water availabilitye0
Outcome: biochemical composition of the fruite0

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“water availability significantly impacts the biochemical composition of the fruit”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 495–576

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“cherry fruit”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 26–38

Title

Drip irrigation impact on cherry fruit quality and biochemical composition

N.N. Dubenok; A.V. Gemonov; E.S. Kalmykova Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) 2025. doi:10.1051/bioconf/202519401031/pdf

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Intervention effect At 60–80% MWC, cherry fruit had the highest dry matter and vitamin C concentrations.
Intervention effect Volochaevka yielded up to 32.5 t/ha under 70–90% MWC in 2025.
Intervention effect Molodezhnaya yielded up to 36.6 t/ha under 70–90% MWC in 2025.
Intervention effect The 70–90% MWC regime increased cherry fruit sugar content.
Observation The 70–90% MWC regime produced moderate acidity.
Intervention effect At 80–100% MWC average cherry fruit weight increased.
Intervention effect At 80–100% MWC cherry fruit dry matter concentration decreased.
Observation Unirrigated controls had the lowest cherry yield, 8.3–20.7 t/ha.
Observation Unirrigated cherries had increased acidity.
Recommendation The authors recommend maintaining soil moisture at 70–90% MWC.

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Fruit composition QTLs reflected water accumulation differences.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Outcome: fruit compositione0

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“QTLs for fruit composition reflected differences in water accumulation rather than in sugar accumulation”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1068–1172

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“tomato fruit size”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 56–73

Title

Identification of growth processes involved in QTLs for tomato fruit size and composition

Nadia Bertin; Mathilde Causse; Béatrice Brunel; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 2008. doi:10.1093/jxb/ern281

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Association Fruit size QTLs in L2 and L9 were associated with cell division.
Observation Cell expansion was homogeneous except in Cervil.
Association Cell and fruit sizes correlated with DNA content.
Observation Sucrose unloading, hexose transport or starch synthesis was suggested to be upregulated in L9.
Observation Carbon allocation to cell structures increased in L9.
Observation Effects in Lx were attenuated except for fruit size and cell division.
Observation Chromosome 9 region may control size and composition.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Fruit composition at harvest was similar across training systems.

Taxon: Traminettet0
Organ / stage: fruite0
Treatment: all training systemse0
Outcome: fruit compositione0
Direction: similare0

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“fruit composition at harvest was similar for all training systems”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1202–1267

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“Traminette”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 71–81

Title

Impact of Training System on Vine Performance and Fruit Composition of Traminette

Bruce P. Bordelon; Patricia A. Skinkis; Paul H. Howard American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 2008. doi:10.5344/ajev.2008.59.1.39

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Intervention effect Scott Henry vines had the highest yield and largest vine size.
Observation Scott Henry vines had a five-year mean crop load of 7.8.
Intervention effect Midwire cordon vines yielded 22% less.
Intervention effect Midwire cordon vine size was similar.
Observation Midwire cordon mean crop load was 6.0, below the desired range.
Observation High-cordon vines had moderate yield and vine size.
Observation High-cordon vines had a five-year mean crop load of 8.1.
Observation High-cordon vines had four leaf layers.
Observation High-cordon vines had 2% canopy gaps.
Observation High-cordon vines had less than 20% exposed clusters.
Observation Scott Henry and midwire cordon vines had one to two leaf layers.
Observation Scott Henry and midwire cordon vines had approximately 10% gaps.
Observation Scott Henry and midwire cordon vines had 40% exposed clusters.

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Sap from blotchy tomato fruit is intermediate in composition between normal and waxy fruit.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Outcome: compositione3
Direction: intermediatee3
Comparator: that of normale3

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“The composition of tomato fruit”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–31

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“is found to be intermediate in composition between that of normal and of”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 341–413

Title

The composition of tomato fruit. II.—Sap expressed from fruit showing colourless areas in the walls

G. W. Winsor; D. M. Massey Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 1959. doi:10.1002/jsfa.2740100602

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Sovereign Tiara fruit composition is comparable to Okan-agan Riesling.

Taxon: Grapet0
Material: ‘Sovereign Tiara’t0
Outcome: fruit compositione0
Direction: comparablee0

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“while fruit composition is comparable”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 567–604

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“‘Sovereign Tiara’ Grape”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 0–23

Title

‘Sovereign Tiara’ Grape

A. G. Reynolds; L. G. Denby; M. Bouthillier; et al. HortScience 1989. doi:10.21273/hortsci.24.2.397

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Water type had little effect on fruit composition.

Taxon: TOMATOSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: water typee0
Outcome: fruit compositione0
Direction: little effecte0

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“water type had little effect on fruit composition”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 927–976

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“TOMATO”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 78–84

Title

EFFECT OF WATER COMPOSITION AND FEEDING METHOD ON SOIL NUTRIENT LEVELS AND ON TOMATO FRUIT YIELD AND COMPOSITION

T. R. Gormley Irish journal of agricultural research 1972

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Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered soil pH compared with hose or sprayline feeding.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding increased soil specific conductivity compared with hose or sprayline.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding increased soil K content compared with hose or sprayline.
Intervention effect Hard water increased soil pH compared with moderately soft water.
Intervention effect Hard water increased soil SC compared with moderately soft water.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding produced the tallest autumn crop plants.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding initially produced taller spring crop plants.
Intervention effect Sprayline feeding produced the tallest spring crop plants later.
Intervention effect Hard water decreased plant height in both crops.
Intervention effect Hard water increased marketable fruit yield in spring compared with moderately soft water.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding produced the highest yields in both crops.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding reduced blossom-end rot in the spring crop.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered fruit acidity.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered percentage soluble solids.
Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered fruit K.

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Fruit composition depended significantly on the fruit/leaf ratio.

Taxon: tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
Treatment: fruit/leaf ratioe0
Outcome: Fruit compositione0

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“Fruit composition did not vary among basal and tip fruits, but significantly depended on the fruit/leaf ratio”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 969–1078

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“tomato quality”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 31–45

Title

Insights into the formation of tomato quality during fruit development

N Bertin; M Buret; C Gary The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 2001. doi:10.1080/14620316.2001.11511446

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Association Beta-carotene and lycopene contents were positively correlated.
Association Carotenoid contents were negatively correlated with fruit firmness.
Association Refractive index, dry matter and sugar contents were positively correlated, less so under low cell-division competition.
Association Fruit fresh weight had no correlation with qualitative parameters.
Observation Fruit fresh weight differed within the sixth truss, driven by first versus later fruits.
Observation Fruit composition did not vary between basal and tip fruit.
Intervention effect Low competition throughout fruit development increased sugars, acids and carotenoids.
Intervention effect Low competition did not significantly increase fruit size.
Intervention effect Reduced competition during cell elongation tended to lower dry matter.
Intervention effect Reduced competition during cell elongation tended to raise acid content.
Intervention effect Changing competition only during cell division barely affected fruit composition.
Mechanism Authors suggested drastic fruit removal may inhibit source activity at low sink demand.
Association Source-sink ratio affected fruit firmness and colour only slightly.

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Fruit mineral composition at harvest varied by location.

Taxon: kiwiberryt0
Organ / stage: fruite0
Outcome: mineral fruit compositione0
Setting: locatione0

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“Although the mineral fruit composition at harvest varied significantly depending on the location”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1723–1819

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“kiwiberry”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 18–27

Title

Mineral status of kiwiberry

J. Decorte; D. Vereecke; F. Debersaques Acta Horticulturae 2018. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2018.1218.60

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Method / resource Seasonal sufficiency ranges were established for kiwiberry leaf composition.
Observation Kiwiberry leaves tended toward higher B than green and yellow kiwifruit.
Observation Kiwiberry leaves tended toward higher Cl than green and yellow kiwifruit.
Observation Kiwiberry leaves tended toward lower Zn than green and yellow kiwifruit.
Observation Kiwiberry appeared very sensitive to Mn deficiency.
Observation Leaf Mg differed among varieties.
Observation Leaf P differed among varieties.
Association Calcium was consistently important for berry storability.
Association Mineral ratios involving calcium, potassium, magnesium and nitrogen were also important for berry storability.

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