Plant biomechanics combines the principles of physics, chemistry and engineering to
answer questions about plant growth, development and interaction with the environment …

Cuticular wax plays a major role in the growth and storage of plant fruits. The cuticular wax
coating, which covers the outermost layer of a fruit's epidermal cells, is insoluble in water …

Substantial economic crop losses occur worldwide in tree fruits, nut crops, vines and small
fruits as a result of infection by Botrytis cinerea. Fungicide-based management, once an …

Fruit cracking is a physiological disorder in many plant species that leads to severe
economic losses. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of calcium on fruit …

7 Rain-Induced Cracking of Sweet Cherries Page 1 © CAB International 2017. Cherries:
Botany, Production and Uses 140 (J. Quero-García, A. Iezzoni, J. Puławska and G. Lang) …

[Objective] The main purpose of this paper was to study the effect of mineral nutrition and
enzyme activities on fruit cracking of Jincheng orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck), and propose …

Fruit cracking seriously affects the commercial value of table grapes. To explore whether cell
wall disassembly influences grape berry cracking, first, the differences in the cell wall …

Fruit cracking affects many types of crops and is a major problem since the breakage of the
surface of the fruit produces high economic losses. Numerous studies have looked at …

Rain induced fruit cracking in sweet cherries takes 3 distinct forms: stem end cuticular
fractures, calyx end cuticular fractures, and large cracks usually deep into the pulp on the …

Fruit cracking caused by rainfall prior to harvest is a major problem and a limiting factor in
the sweet cherry production nearly worldwide. The phenomenon has been paid attention to …