Abstract
Abstract The incidence of bitter pit in ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin' apples was halved when the apples were dipped after harvest in solutions containing 2.5% CaCl 2 or Ca(NO 3 ) 2 . Addition of egg lecithin to the dips further reduced the incidence of the disorder (to less than one quarter of that in water‐dipped controls). Lecithin addition also alleviated the damage often associated with calcium dips and improved control of two other physiological disorders, breakdown and water core. A dip containing lecithin alone was relatively ineffective. It is suggested that lecithin may assist the movement of applied calcium into apples.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
A postharvest 2.5% CaCl 2 dip halved bitter pit incidence in Cox’s Orange Pippin apples.
- Taxon
- apples
Malus domesticae0 - Material
- ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin'e0
- Organ / stage
- after harveste0
- Treatment
- 2.5% CaCl 2e0
- Outcome
- incidence of bitter pite0
- Direction
- halvede0
- Value
- halvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The incidence of bitter pit in ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin' apples was halved when the apples were dipped after harvest in solutions containing 2.5% CaCl 2 or Ca(NO 3 ) 2 .”
Claim · model-written summary
A postharvest Ca(NO 3 ) 2 dip halved bitter pit incidence in Cox’s Orange Pippin apples.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticae0
- Material
- ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin'e0
- Organ / stage
- after harveste0
- Treatment
- Ca(NO 3 ) 2e0
- Outcome
- incidence of bitter pite0
- Direction
- halvede0
- Value
- halvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The incidence of bitter pit in ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin' apples was halved when the apples were dipped after harvest in solutions containing 2.5% CaCl 2 or Ca(NO 3 ) 2 .”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding egg lecithin to calcium dips further reduced bitter pit incidence to less than a quarter of water-dipped controls.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Addition of egg lecithin to the dipse0
- Outcome
- incidence of the disordere0
- Direction
- further reducede0
- Value
- less than one quartere0
- Comparator
- water‐dipped controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Addition of egg lecithin to the dips further reduced the incidence of the disorder (to less than one quarter of that in water‐dipped controls).”
t0“Control of bitter pit in apples with lecithin and calcium”
Claim · model-written summary
Lecithin addition alleviated damage associated with calcium dips.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Lecithin additione0
- Outcome
- damage often associated with calcium dipse0
- Direction
- alleviatede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Lecithin addition also alleviated the damage often associated with calcium dips and improved control of two other physiological disorders, breakdown and water core.”
t0“Control of bitter pit in apples with lecithin and calcium”
Claim · model-written summary
Lecithin addition improved control of breakdown and water core.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Lecithin additione0
- Outcome
- breakdown and water coree0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Lecithin addition also alleviated the damage often associated with calcium dips and improved control of two other physiological disorders, breakdown and water core.”
t0“Control of bitter pit in apples with lecithin and calcium”
Claim · model-written summary
A lecithin-only dip was relatively ineffective for disorder control.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- A dip containing lecithin alonee0
- Outcome
- relatively ineffectivee0
- Direction
- relatively ineffectivee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A dip containing lecithin alone was relatively ineffective.”
t0“Control of bitter pit in apples with lecithin and calcium”
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