The cuticle of plants, a hydrophobic membrane that covers their aerial organs, is crucial to
their ability to withstand biotic and abiotic stressors. Fruit is the reproductive organ of plants …

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is highly perishable and is greatly affected by orchard
management and environmental conditions, such as excess rainfall before harvest. Rain …

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is an economically important fruit crop of tropical and
subtropical regions of the world. There has been enormous increase in area, production …

To explore the use of L-aspartic acid nano-calcium (nano-Ca) to reduce nectarine fruit-
cracking, we sprayed the crack-susceptible nectarine cultivar 'Huaguang'[Prunus persica (L.) …

BACKGROUND Cherry fruit cracking is a costly problem for cherry growers. The effect of
repeated sprayings (gibberellic acid–GA3; abscisic acid–ABA; salicylic acid–SA; glycine …

7 Rain-Induced Cracking of Sweet Cherries Page 1 © CAB International 2017. Cherries:
Botany, Production and Uses 140 (J. Quero-García, A. Iezzoni, J. Puławska and G. Lang) …

Fruit cracking is a common phenomenon during the growth and development of horticultural
crops that seriously affects fruit yield and quality. However, there are few studies on the …

Grape berry cracking refers to the phenomenon of peel cracking that occurs during berry
growth and development. It is related to be berry structure and the characteristics of the berry …

Fruit cracking seriously affects the commercial value of table grapes. To explore whether cell
wall disassembly influences grape berry cracking, first, the differences in the cell wall …

Rainfall occurring during the developmental stages of sweet cherries on the tree can lead to
significant preharvest losses, primarily due to fruit cracking. Certain cultivars exhibit a higher …