Journal ArticleDOI
Physiological and genetic factors influencing fruit cracking
TLDR
The best way to reduce fruit cracking at present would be a suitable orchard management that takes into account and try to minimize stress of the water, nutrition and physiological factors that contribute to fruit cracking.Abstract:
One of the main disorders that widely limit fruit quality and quantity is fruit cracking or splitting that is observed on the fruit skin and flesh in the preharvest phase. Besides, cracking can occur during postharvest in some fruits, mostly attributable to the environmental conditions of storage. Value of cracked fruits is reduced and these fruits are not marketable because of the poor fruit quality. Many fruits such as apple, sweet cherry, grape, plum, pomegranate, grape, persimmon, litchi, avocado, pistachio, citrus, banana as well as tomato can crack or split. There are many factors that influence fruit cracking. In this work, genetic, morphological, environmental and physiological aspects of fruit cracking are reviewed. Under the same environmental conditions, fruits from different cultivars show differences in cracking susceptibility. Some correlations have been observed between susceptibility of fruit cracking and some fruit traits (fruit shape, fruit size, fruit firmness; anatomy and strength of the fruit skin, stomata in fruit skin, cuticular properties, osmotic concentration, water capacity of the fruit pulp and growth stage of the fruit). Also, orchard management (such as irrigation and nutrition) and environmental condition (such as temperature, wind and light) can influence fruit cracking. Besides, fruit cracking is quantitative trait and is controlled by several genes. The best way to reduce fruit cracking at present would be a suitable orchard management that takes into account and try to minimize stress of the water, nutrition and physiological factors that contribute to fruit cracking. Also, the most resistant cultivars to fruit cracking that have desirable fruit quality can be selected for cultivation.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Disassembly of the fruit cell wall by the ripening-associated polygalacturonase and expansin influences tomato cracking.
Fangling Jiang,Fangling Jiang,Alfonso Lopez,Shinjae Jeon,Sérgio Tonetto de Freitas,Qinghui Yu,Zhen Wu,John M. Labavitch,Shengke Tian,Shengke Tian,Ann L. T. Powell,Elizabeth J. Mitcham +11 more
TL;DR: Cell wall structure is a major determinant of cracking and point the way towards reducing skin splitting in tomatoes, according to a team led by Elizabeth Mitcham.
Journal ArticleDOI
Foliar calcium fertilization reduces fruit cracking in pomegranate (Punica granatum cv. Ardestani)
Sohrab Davarpanah,Ali Tehranifar,Javier Abadía,J. Val,Gholam Hossein Davarynejad,Mehdi Aran,Reza Khorassani +6 more
Journal ArticleDOI
Sweet cherry fruit cracking mechanisms and prevention strategies: A review
TL;DR: New approaches to limit cracking are presented, including the development of tolerant cultivars, candidate mineral sprays, biostimulants and technologies for rainwater removal such as orchard air-blast sprayers or creating downwash by helicopters.
Journal ArticleDOI
Biochemical and physiological changes during fruit development and ripening of two sweet cherry varieties with different levels of cracking tolerance
Jordi Giné-Bordonaba,Gemma Echeverría,Dolors Ubach,Ingrid Aguiló-Aguayo,M. Luisa López,Christian Larrigaudière +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that cracking development may be a more complex phenomenon than a mere consequence of altered fruit water absorption or turgor and point out the importance of ethylene on sweet cherry ripening and cracking development.
Journal ArticleDOI
Multi-environment QTL mapping reveals genetic architecture of fruit cracking in a tomato RIL Solanum lycopersicum × S. pimpinellifolium population.
Carmen Capel,Fernando J. Yuste-Lisbona,Gloria López-Casado,Trinidad Angosto,Jesús Cuartero,Rafael Lozano,Juan Capel +6 more
TL;DR: QTL and codominant genetic markers for fruit cracking have been identified in a tomato genetic map derived from a RIL population, providing molecular tools for marker-assisted breeding of this trait, and will enhance molecular breeding for novel cracking resistant varieties.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Introduction to quantitative genetics (4th edn): by Douglas S. Falconer and Trudy F.C. Mackay Longman, 1996. £24.99 pbk (xv and 464 pages) ISBN 0582 24302 5
Journal ArticleDOI
American Society of Agricultural Engineers Status changed from an Associated to an Affiliated Society, AAAS
Journal ArticleDOI
Loosening of plant cell walls by expansins
TL;DR: The recent explosion of gene sequences and expression data has given new hints of additional biological functions for expansin, which unlocks the network of wall polysaccharides, permitting turgor-driven cell enlargement.