Research Paper

Understanding and preventing sweet cherry fruit cracking

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Title
Understanding and preventing sweet cherry fruit cracking
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Lincoln University
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Lincoln University Research Archive
Description

Sweet cherries grown in the Pacific Northwest are vulnerable to cracking, a problem that occurs when the surface of the fruit splits under pressure. Fruit cracking can have severe economic impact. Growers can minimize cracking by understanding its causes and the role cultural practices play. Historically, a cracking rate as low as 20–25 percent would render a crop unmarketable. With advances such as new optical sorters, it is now possible to profitably harvest a crop with a cracking rate of u...

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Date created
2019-02-01
Creator
Kaiser, Clive / Long, Lynn / Brewer, Linda
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10182/14510

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