HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2019, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (18): 74-77.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2019.18.018

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Mechanism of fruit cracking in Qingcui plum

SUN Guo-chao, QIU Xia, XIONG Bo, WANG Zhi-hui   

  1. College of Horticulture,Sichuan Agricultural University,Chengdu 611130,China
  • Received:2019-02-20 Online:2019-09-25 Published:2019-11-08

Abstract: By detecting the changes law of K, P, Ca, pectin and cellulose in plum(Prunus salicina Lindl.) continuously, and observing the growth rate of pulp cells, skin cells and the cells nearby rifts, the Qingcui plum was used as material to study the mechanism of fruit cracking. The results showed that the Ca had the greatest effect on fruit cracking among three elements, K ranked second place, and P had no obvious effect. The cellulose and pectin had obvious relevance to dehiscent fruit. The anatomical observations and micro-measurements showed that, uncoordinatedly growing of epidermal cell, parenchyma cells and pulp cells caused fruit cracking.

Key words: Prunus salicina Lindl., fruit cracking, mineral element, pectin and cellulose, growing rate of cell

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