Physiological and Anatomical Studies of surface Pitting of Sweet Cherry Fruit in Relation to Bruising, Chemical Treatments and Storage Conditions
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
- Vol. 55 (4) , 375-384
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221589.1980.11514949
Abstract
Summary Mechanical injury of sweet cherry fruit causes the disorder ‘surface pitting’, in which skin depressions overlie necrotic lesions in the fleshy mesocarp. Storage at temperatures near 0°C or the transfer of fruit from cool storage to room temperature worsened the disorder. Pretreating the fruit before cool storage with antitranspirant or surface-active agents exacerbated the disorder, but these effects were mitigated by the addition of CaCl2. Low O2, high CO2 and high humidity atmospheres did not affect the disorder, and low pressure storage was beneficial.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fruit Storage at Subatmospheric PressuresScience, 1966
- Histological Study of the Developing Fruit of the Sour CherryBotanical Gazette, 1939