postharvest 1-MCP treatment at 160 nL·L −1 ( B ), and further 2, chloroethyl phosphonic acid (CEPA) exposure (50 μ m ) for 0, 2, 4, or 6 d in the vase solution. Each point is the average of 10 single-raceme observations (combined data of two experiments). The
and a 13% increase in yield. Sugar application also significantly increases root and leaf yields in radishes ( Smoleń and Sady, 2012 ). The TNCs include starch and soluble sugars (sucrose, glucose, fructose, and sorbitol). These carbohydrates have an
, R. 1988 Salinity stress inhibits bean leaf expansion by reducing turgor, not wall extensibility Plant Physiol. 88 233 237 Sadras, V.O. Milroy, S.P. 1996 Soil water thresholds for the responses of leaf
Lettuce ( L. sativa ) is the second largest vegetable crop produced in the United States with 261,000 acres of head, leaf, and cos (romaine) lettuce harvested in 2014. Slightly more than 75% of the lettuce grown in the United States in 2014 was
decreases, cells will begin to lose turgor, resulting in decreased leaf expansion and root elongation. When cell turgor approaches zero, leaves wilt ( Taiz and Zeiger, 2002 ). When the substrate becomes too dry for a plant to extract water from the substrate
quality losses whenever fruit crops are afflicted with physiological disorders ( Watkins, 2007 ). The objective of this study was to elucidate the symptomatological, morphoanatomical, and osmotic characteristics of berry shrivel. Dissecting such features
suspended and an initial maximum container mass was recorded at 0500 hr for each plant. This allowed time for excess water to drain. Each plant was then allowed to transpire to the point of leaf wilt, at which point it was harvested the next morning within
°C. The next day, six of the 12 plants were moved to a 22 °C growth room with a 12-h day/night cycle. Immediately after transplanting, some visible loss of turgor was observed, but this was not evident 20 h later. Growth rooms contained fluorescent
accumulation of proline contributed to the maintenance of leaf water content; in addition, soluble sugar has been considered to maintain leaf turgor and participate in the scavenging of oxidative damage, partly due to the activation of specific ROS scavenging
damage. The clamshells were inspected weekly for soft and wrinkled fruit, decay, and fungal infection. Once symptoms occurred, healthy and compromised berries were weighed separately to determine the percent fruit loss. Statistical analysis. Student’s t