Abstract
SummaryThis study examined the hypothesis that enhancement of peach quality resulting from Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) is caused primarily by changes in fruit physiology during development. Water deficit was applied during either stage II of fruit development (RDI-SII) or during stage II and postharvest (RDI-SII-PH), as compared with non-droughted (control) and postharvest (RDI-PH) treatments. Fruit from the various RDI treatments had significantly higher soluble solids concentrations and red colour at harvest than control fruit. While fruit respiration was not altered by any RDI treatment, ethylene production indicated sooner the onset of climacteric phase for fruit from RDI-SII and RDI-SII-PH than for control or RDI-PH fruit. Accordingly, greater ethylene production in detached fruit was related to their having experienced water stress during development. Ethylene production by RDI-PH fruit did not change, but their quality did in terms of increased soluble solids concentration and improved skin colour similar to the RDI-SII treatment. This observation suggests that water-stress related changes occurring during fruit development are not the only factors involved in enhancing quality in RDI fruit.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from the RDI treatments had significantly higher soluble solids concentrations and red colour at harvest than control fruit.
- Taxon
- peach
Prunus persicat0 - Treatment
- RDI treatmentse0
- Outcome
- soluble solids concentrations and red coloure0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- at harveste0
- Comparator
- control fruite0
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Verbatim
e0“Fruit from the various RDI treatments had significantly higher soluble solids concentrations and red colour at harvest than control fruit”
t0“peach fruit development”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit respiration was not altered by any RDI treatment.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- RDI treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit respiratione0
- Direction
- not alterede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“fruit respiration was not altered by any RDI treatment”
t0“peach fruit development”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethylene production indicated an earlier onset of the climacteric phase for fruit from RDI-SII and RDI-SII-PH than for control or RDI-PH fruit.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- RDI-SII and RDI-SII-PHe0
- Outcome
- onset of climacteric phasee0
- Direction
- soonere0
- Comparator
- control or RDI-PH fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“ethylene production indicated sooner the onset of climacteric phase for fruit from RDI-SII and RDI-SII-PH than for control or RDI-PH fruit”
t0“peach fruit development”
Claim · model-written summary
Greater ethylene production in detached fruit was related to having experienced water stress during development.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Organ / stage
- detached fruite0
- Treatment
- water stress during developmente0
- Outcome
- ethylene productione0
- Direction
- greatere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“greater ethylene production in detached fruit was related to their having experienced water stress during development”
t0“peach fruit development”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethylene production by RDI-PH fruit did not change.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- RDI-PHe0
- Outcome
- Ethylene productione0
- Direction
- did not changee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ethylene production by RDI-PH fruit did not change, but their quality did in terms of increased soluble solids concentration and improved skin colour similar to the RDI-SII treatment”
t0“peach fruit development”
Claim · model-written summary
RDI-PH fruit showed increased soluble solids concentration and improved skin colour, similar to the RDI-SII treatment.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- RDI-PHe0
- Outcome
- soluble solids concentration and improved skin coloure0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- similar to the RDI-SII treatmente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ethylene production by RDI-PH fruit did not change, but their quality did in terms of increased soluble solids concentration and improved skin colour similar to the RDI-SII treatment”
t0“peach fruit development”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that water-stress related changes during fruit development are not the only factors involved in enhancing quality in RDI fruit.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- water-stress related changes occurring during fruit developmente0
- Outcome
- enhancing qualitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“water-stress related changes occurring during fruit development are not the only factors involved in enhancing quality in RDI fruit”
t0“peach fruit development”
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