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, Palo Alto, CA). Fruit disorders (scald, watercore, internal browning, bitter pit, fruit rots) were visually assessed by laboratory personnel and expressed as the percentage of each fruit sample showing the disorder. Analyses of variance or regression
, flecking, bitter pit, blotch, lenticel marking, radiation injury, delayed sunscald, superficial scald, and soft scald ( Meheriuk et al., 1994 ; Pierson et al., 1971 ; Porritt et al., 1982 ). Together, these disorders may render unmarketable as much as 20
, localized Ca deficiency such as in leaves or fruit may still become a problem in fruit crops. Calcium-related disorders include bitter pit in apple fruit ( Malus domestica , Borkh.), blossom-end rot in tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit, and tipburn in
yellow–green, and 40% to 60% of the surface is covered by red solid flush and medium wide stripes. Slight sunburn and bitter pit may occur. The cavity is 1.9 cm in depth and 3.3 cm in width. The basin is 0.9 cm in depth and 3.3 cm in width with little or
storage ( Smock, 1977 ). Common examples of these disorders include superficial scald, soft scald, bitter pit, soggy breakdown, water core, and various types of flesh browning. Prestorage treatment, such as diphenylamine (DPA) dips, 1-methylcyclopropene (1
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