![]() ![]() Japanese and European plums also develop similar chilling induced disorders, manifested as translucency, bleeding, flesh browning, and/or failure to ripen. Apricots are highly susceptible to fruit disorders, evident as gel breakdown (translucent, gelatinous mass) or internal breakdown (flesh browning), postharvest diseases and high rate of softening. In general, CI disorders on peach and nectarine fruits are expressed as dry fruit with a mealy or woolly texture, firm-texture with lack of juice (leatheriness), fruit with flesh or pit cavity browning (internal browning), or flesh bleeding (internal reddening), and development of “off flavor,” and/or “lack of flavor” that may occur well in advance to visual symptoms. Besides CI symptoms, fast ripening and development of postharvest diseases lead to significant losses throughout the supply chain. Storage temperature and duration trigger the onset and intensity of these genetically controlled disorders. ![]() Physiological disorders due to extended low-temperature storage, evident as chilling injury (CI) symptoms, are among the main deterioration problems of stone fruits. ![]()
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