Cropping effects on the loss of apple fruit firmness during storage: The relationship between texture retention and fruit dry matter concentration

2011 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Saei ◽  
D.S. Tustin ◽  
Z. Zamani ◽  
A. Talaie ◽  
A.J. Hall
1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Schechter ◽  
J. T. A. Proctor ◽  
D. C. Elfving

Three apple cultivars (McIntosh, Delicious and Empire) were used in 1989 to study seasonal fruit growth. Fruit fresh weight (FW), dry weight (DW), dry matter concentration (DMC) and relative growth rate (RGR) were regressed against days after full bloom (DAFB) while partitioning the fruit growth curve into either two or three linear phases. Linear phases in fruit DW and FW development were evident throughout most of the growing season. However, cultivars differed in seasonal FW and DW accumulation totals and daily rates. Fruit RGR gradually declined until 75–80 DAFB, when it reached a low and constant rate until harvest. The DMC of fruitlets at about 30–35 DAFB was about half that at full bloom. After an additional 20–30 d during which DMC increased, fruits maintained a relatively stable DMC level to the end of the season. Key words: Malus domestica Borkh., fresh and dry weight, dry matter concentration, relative growth rate


Author(s):  
Dzintra Dēķena ◽  
Jānis Lepsis ◽  
Ina Alsiņa ◽  
Līga Lepse ◽  
Kersti Kahu

Abstract The issue of the influence of rootstock on winter-hardiness of plum (Prunus × rossica Erem.) tree flower buds in the Baltic region is becoming important. The choice of rootstock is the main precondition for obtaining a high yielding and sustainable plum orchard. Freezing of flower buds is one of the most significant damages in winter for stone fruits. The aim of the investigation was to determine the relationship between concentration of dry matter and reducing sugars in annual shoots during winter and wintering ability of trees. The dynamics of reducing sugar concentration in one-year-old shoots during winter was investigated during two successive seasons in two locations. Orchards were planted in 2001 in Latvia and in Estonia. The well-known plum cultivar ‘Kubanskaya Kometa’ (Prunus rossica Erem.) was grafted on eight clonal rootstocks (‘St. Julien A’, ‘Brompton’, ‘Ackermann’, ‘Pixy’, GF8/1, G5/22, GF655/2, and ‘Hamyra’) and eight generative propagated rootstocks (‘St. Julien INRA 2’, ‘St. Julien d’Orleans’, ‘St. Julien Noir’, ‘Brompton’, ‘Wangenheims Zwetsche’, ‘St. Julien Wädenswill’, ‘Myrobalan’ and Prunus cerasifera var. divaricate). Shoot samples were harvested two times during winter — at the end of January and at the end of March. Dry matter concentration (mg·g−1) and the concentration of reducing sugars (mg·g−1 DM) by Fehling’s solution method was determined. Tree flowering intensity was scored using a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 = no flowers and 5 = abundant flowering. Dry matter concentration in plum shoots varied among rootstocks, years and growing location. In Pūre, Latvia, the largest differences in dry matter concentration were found for trees grafted on ‘St. Julien INRA2’ (in 2011–2012) and ‘Brompton’ cuttings (in 2012–2013) but in Polli, Estonia for trees grafted on G5/22 (in 2011–2012) and ‘Myrobalan’ (in 2012–2013). One of the most stable rootstock/graft combinations in the trial when GF655/2 was used as rootstock, where dry matter concentration was between 491 and 525 mg·g−1, and reducing sugars between 37.5–49.2 mg·g−1, and flowering intensity between 2.5 and 4.


2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 115-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Steeby ◽  
John A. Hargreaves ◽  
Craig S. Tucker ◽  
Sue Kingsbury

Author(s):  
N. I. Kashevarov ◽  
A. A. Polishchuk ◽  
A. N. Lebedev ◽  
V. I. Ponamareva ◽  
M. V. Khazov

The authors showed the results of studies of productivity parameters of different early maturing maise hybrids depending on the method of sowing. Experiment included 5 variants: single- seeded hybrids Kubansky 101 and Kubansky 500, Kubansky 101 + Kubansky 500 (50 + 50% of the full seeding rate), Kubansky 101 + Kubansky 500 (25 + 75%) and Kubansky 101 + Kubansky 500 (75 + 25%). The authors carried out a biological yield survey on 10 September. This recording showed that the ultra-early-ripening hybrid Kubansky 101 CB was in the phase of milk-wax maturity of the grain, and the late-ripening Kubansky 500 CB was in the phase of cob formation. In single-species crops, the yields were naturally higher. The late-maturing hybrid yielded 82.0 t/ha, 38.1 t/ha higher than the ultra-maturing hybrid. However, the dry matter yield of the second hybrid was 15.9 % higher, and the cob yield was 29 % higher. The dry matter concentration of the hybrid Kubansky 500 was only 18.8 %. The hybrid Kubansky 101 CB had a dry matter concentration of 34.7 %. Different variations with the ratio of hybrids of different ripeness groups in the sowing showed that in green matter yield, the variants where the proportion of late-ripening hybrid is higher are superior. Thus, the presence of 75% hybrid Kubansky 500 CB allowed obtaining the highest yield of 77.2 t/ha. This yield is almost two times higher than the yield of the single-variety ultra-ripening hybrid (43.9 t/ha). However, the dry matter concentration here was 20.2 %. According to the biochemical analysis of the silage batches harvested, all the forages were benign. No oily acid was detected, and lactic acid predominated over acetic acid. Hay prepared from hybrid Kubansky 101 SV was 33.8% in dry matter content, which compares favourably with silage prepared from hybrid Kubansky 500 SV and mixtures with Kubansky 101 SV. The hybrid Kubansky 500 SV and mixtures with Kubansky 101 SV accounted for 21 % dry matter content. In silage prepared from hybrid Kubansky 101 SV, the percentage of dry matter is 24.2-25 %.


2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 82-82
Author(s):  
J.E. Thompson ◽  
J. Wiseman ◽  
B.P. Gill

There is potential for improving the growth performance of pigs through a better understanding of factors that influence the digestibility of nutrients and energy in liquid feeds. These factors include dry matter content and the size and distribution of particles of the dry feed components within the liquid diet. The objective of the current study was to determine if changing the dry matter concentration of liquid feeds affects the digestibility and retention of nutrients and energy in pigs growing from 35kg to 95kg live weight.


1989 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Ternouth

SUMMARYTwelve sheep were fed semisynthetic roughage diets at three rates to study the effects of intake of dry matter, concentration of phosphorus and the physical form of two low-P barley straws upon the faecal losses of P. The sheep were in negative P balance throughout the experiement. The absorption of dietary P increased with P intake and was unaffected by differences in the physical form of the roughage. For each barley straw diet, endogenous faecal P increased with dry matter intake, and was higher when the roughage was ground than chopped. Over the whole experiment, daily endogenous faecal P ranged from 8·5 to 31·5 mg/kg live weight. Endogenous faecal P was related to P intake or to dry matter intake and plasma inorganic P. The concentration of faecal endogenous P was negatively related to the intake of each diet. It is concluded that the concentration of inorganic plasma P and the rate of salivary secretion are responsible for the endogenous faecal excretion of P and the regulation of P balance in sheep fed low-P diets.


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