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). For cherries, the visual characteristics of the fruit and stem and absence of defects and injuries are key visual indices of freshness ( Drake et al., 1989 ). However, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) uses firmness along with other
highest perception rating of 5.0 was recorded for cultural control methods, isolation and quarantine of incoming plants, inspection of incoming plant material, scouting for diseases, and removing infected and damaged plants. Although the panel members
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in Colorado. The Fusarium race 1 and race 2 strains were cultured on potato dextrose agar and left to grow at 23 °C for 3 to 4 d. After fungal growth, 10 mL of sterile water was added to the starter culture
. Identification and pathogenicity of both fungal isolates was confirmed using three methods: visual inspection on plants for signs of the fungus (appressoria and acervuli), re-isolation of the pathogen from symptomatic plants, and use of real-time PCR, clade
observations was made on apparent ripeness based on what was considered fully ripe color. Berry sampling was initiated when, through a visual inspection, over half of the fruit on the plant appeared to be at peak ripeness. Before initial measurements, no prior
counting flowers within the template. Pollinator activity counts were measured at least two times per week when pollinating insects were observed to be active within the study site. During a 1-minute visual inspection, pollinators that landed on flowers and
for Year within Site. Normality and variance homogeneity of the linear mixed model were evaluated by visual inspection of plots of residuals. To estimate compositional phenotypes and rankings for individual clones, best linear unbiased predictions were
treated at 600 Gy has been observed ( Drake and Neven, 1998 ). Though the color profiles of the grapes, as measured by the colorimeter, changed during storage, visual differences were not discernible by the naked eye. Furthermore, consumer liking in regard
tipburn symptoms daily. Visual inspection was done by the same person. Tipburn emergence is noted in this study as the number of days from transplant to visible tipburn symptoms [days after transplant (DAT)]. Each plant was considered to have tipburn when
criterion corrected for small sample size (AICC). Visual inspection of residuals ( Kozak and Piepho 2018 ) indicated no violations of the underlying assumptions. Means within a treatment × year × response combination followed by the same letter are not