Sunburn of apple fruit: Historical background, recent advances and future perspectives

J Racsko, LE Schrader - Critical reviews in plant sciences, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Sunburn is a physiological disorder of apples and other fruit species caused by excess solar
radiation. Damage occurs in practically all growing regions of the world, causing severe crop …

Kaolin, an emerging tool to alleviate the effects of abiotic stresses on crop performance

C Brito, LT Dinis, J Moutinho-Pereira, C Correia - Scientia Horticulturae, 2019 - Elsevier
In the context of climate change, the combination of the drought, salinity, heat and high
irradiance felt in many regions around the world will be intensified, further worsening the …

Comparing kaolin and pinolene to improve sustainable grapevine production during drought

L Brillante, N Belfiore, F Gaiotti, L Lovat, L Sansone… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Viticulture is widely practiced in dry regions, where the grapevine is greatly exposed to water
stress. Optimizing plant water use efficiency (WUE) without affecting crop yield, grape and …

Tackling regional climate change by leaf albedo bio-geoengineering

A Ridgwell, JS Singarayer, AM Hetherington… - Current biology, 2009 - cell.com
The likelihood that continuing greenhouse-gas emissions will lead to an unmanageable
degree of climate change [1] has stimulated the search for planetary-scale technological …

Potential and actual uses of zeolites in crop protection

C De Smedt, E Someus… - Pest management …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, it is demonstrated that zeolites have a potential to be used as crop protection
agents. Similarly to kaolin, zeolites can be applied as particle films against pests and …

The mechanisms of plant stress mitigation by kaolin-based particle films and applications in horticultural and agricultural crops

DM Glenn - HortScience, 2012 - journals.ashs.org
Kaolin-based particle films have use in reducing insect, heat, photosynthetically active
radiation (PAR), and ultraviolet radiation stress in plants resulting from the reflective nature …

Yield and Fruit Quality Response of Pomegranate (Punica granatum) to Foliar Spray of Potassium, Calcium and Kaolin

AM Al-Saif, WFA Mosa, AA Saleh, MM Ali, L Sas-Paszt… - Horticulturae, 2022 - mdpi.com
To study the effect of potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate and kaolin (Aluminum silicate) on
pomegranate cv. Wonderful, this study was conducted during 2020–2021 to investigate the …

Particle films and their applications in horticultural crops

RR Sharma, SVR Reddy, SC Datta - Applied Clay Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Due to rising health concern, the idea of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) has emerged,
especially for growing crops organically. In this context, several innovative technologies …

Kaolin particle film alleviates adverse effects of light and heat stresses and improves nut and kernel quality in Persian walnut

A Gharaghani, AM Javarzari, K Vahdati - Scientia Horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
Spraying with kaolin is becoming a feasible and cheap treatment to alleviate the destructive
effects of light and heat stresses. Here, the effects of spraying with kaolin were investigated …

Particle film mechanisms of action that reduce the effect of environmental stress in 'Empire'apple

DM Glenn - Journal of the American Society for Horticultural …, 2009 - journals.ashs.org
Heat stress is a limiting factor of plant productivity throughout the world and kaolin-based
particle films (PF) have demonstrated that the reflective nature of the resulting plant surface …