Cracking of Sweet Cherries: Past Tense?

Vercammen, J.; Daele, G. van; Vanrykel, T.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2008.795.70

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“…Early reports indicate that the use of an Ascophyllum nodosum seaweedbased product in sweet cherry cv. Simone trees resulted in increased fruit quality, predominantly an increase in fruit weight and a higher number of fruits having larger size [105]; furthermore, fruit cracking was reduced by up to 10% [106]. Further reports indicate that the use of seaweed biostimulants, namely Ascophyllum nodosum, is able to reduce cherry cracking in cvs.…”

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Biostimulants to Improved Tree Physiology and Fruit Quality: A Review with Special Focus on Sweet Cherry

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Due to the increasing global population and the continued need to sustainably increase agricultural production, the agricultural sector requires innovative strategies to increase productivity and efficiency in the use of resources. Biostimulants have emerged as new, promising, and environmentally friendly products to promote the overall sustainability of production systems. Humic and fulvic acids, protein hydrolysates, seaweed extracts, chitosan and other biopolymers, inorganic compounds, beneficial fungi, and bacteria are widely accepted categories of biostimulants, with proven potential in improving plant growth, increasing crop production, and quality of the final product. Some of them also have the capacity to enhance nutrient uptake and improve stress tolerance of the crop. Sweet cherry is a highly appreciated fruit, with a significant economic value, linked to production yield and quality attributes influencing consumer acceptability. However, this fruit presents several undesirable characteristics, such as physiological disorders (e.g., fruit cracking) and a short shelf-life. Several approaches are used to enhance not only sweet cherry production, but also cherry quality, with the latest efforts being placed in biostimulants. The present review focuses on the most recent findings on the use of biostimulants in sweet cherry production.

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“…Despite the significant amount of research carried out on different fruit tree species [ 30 ], scientific evidence supporting the biostimulant activity on sweet cherry is still poorly explored. Vercammen et al [ 31 ] suggested that foliar applications of a commercial product containing seaweed extracts (applied two–four weeks before harvest) induced a decrease in the percentage of cracked fruits of up to around 10%. Recently, foliar applications of Ascophyllum nodosum extract and calcium were reported to increase organic acid concentration in the fruits of two sweet cherry cultivars (Skeena and Sweetheart) [ 7 ].…”

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Plant-Based Biostimulant as Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Growth Regulators in Two Sweet Cherry Cultivars

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Brown²,

Valdés³

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Sweet cherry is a high value crop and the economic success of its cultivation depends not only on yield but also on fruit visual and nutritional quality attributes that influence consumer acceptability, as well as on fruit post-harvest performance and resistance to cracking. During the last few decades, cherry growers have tried to achieve these goals through exogenous applications of synthetic plant hormones and/or nutrients, but there is growing concern about the sustainability of the extensive use of these compounds in agriculture. For this reason, there is increasing interest in the possible adoption of different classes of biostimulants as sustainable alternatives to plant growth regulators. This research aimed to study the impact of foliar application of a novel tropical-plant extract, performed between full bloom and fruit set, on the yield and fruit quality of two important commercial sweet cherry cultivars, Kordia and Regina. The experimental design included a commercial control involving the application of a cytokinin promoter. In both cultivars, the tropical-plant extract induced significant increases in fruit yield. In addition, in the cultivar Kordia, the tropical-plant extract enhanced fruit calcium concentration, soluble solids content, flesh firmness, and skin color by 26.2%, 11.8%, 6.7%, and 12.0% (of fruits with mahogany skin color), respectively. Our results suggest that the tropical-plant extract tested as a biostimulant may be a sustainable and effective alternative to the exogenous application of synthetic hormones for sweet cherry cultivation.

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Preferential water uptake and differences in the anatomical structure of the distal end of grape berry may jointly lead to cracking in vitro soaking

Zhang

Cui

Liu

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Hortic. Environ. Biotechnol.

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Cracking of Sweet Cherries: Past Tense?

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Biostimulants to Improved Tree Physiology and Fruit Quality: A Review with Special Focus on Sweet Cherry

Biostimulants to Improved Tree Physiology and Fruit Quality: A Review with Special Focus on Sweet Cherry

Plant-Based Biostimulant as Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Growth Regulators in Two Sweet Cherry Cultivars

Preferential water uptake and differences in the anatomical structure of the distal end of grape berry may jointly lead to cracking in vitro soaking

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