the Summerland Cherry Breeding Program, Summerland, BC, Canada) of 25 ± 1.5 mm diameter were harvested and placed into cold storage for use as required. Blush sweet cherries were chosen since they are readily visible in the packing line and therefore
poor rooting ( Goode et al., 1982 ; Niven, 1918 ; Whatley, 1974 ). Multiple studies have used cold storage treatments as part of their rooting protocols (e.g., Whatley, 1974 ). However, the only two studies that specifically compared cuttings that
sampling date, after cold acclimation, genotypes differed for storage root and rhizome percent water and fern chlorophyll, storage root proline, glucose and sucrose, and rhizome glucose, sucrose, and high-molecular-weight fructan (HF) concentrations. Crown
Cold storage was used to delay ripening and decay of peaches. However, storage of peaches at low temperature also led to the development of chilling injury (CI), such as flesh meatiness, flesh leatheriness, flesh browning, flesh bleeding, loss of
when they are exposed to low non-freezing temperatures ( Saltveit and Morris, 1990 ). The minimum safe temperature for tomato fruit storage is about 12 °C, and the main visible CI symptoms are uneven ripening and color development, dark sunken lesions
production ( Johnson and Uriu, 1989 ), but little is known about the role of nutrition in cold storage disorders, CI expression in fresh cut fruit, and fruit consumption by consumers. Fruit nutrition research has mainly focused on optimizing tree growth and
sensitive with both peel (soft scald) and cortex (soggy breakdown) tissues at risk of injury development during cold storage ( Watkins et al., 2004 ). Chilling sensitivity is influenced by orchard environment before harvest ( Lachapelle et al., 2013 ; Moran
and fruit ripening, and on the incidence of physiological disorders after harvest and storage of ‘Bartlett’ pears. The relationships among 1-MCP concentration, application timing, and length of cold storage were also characterized. Materials and
10 to 20 °C and those from the summer rainfall region at 15 to 25 °C ( Ascough et al., 2007 ). Fig. 1. ( A–C ) Germination time course curves of A . andrachne seeds as affected by storage period, cold stratification, and temperature at germination
, seeds were removed from storage and tested for their germination response to temperature and light. For cold and warm stratification experiments, only seed stored for 12 months was tested for germination. Effect of irradiance intensity. Opercula