Mature Sweet Cherries Have Low Turgor
Mature Sweet Cherries Have Low Turgor
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DOI:
10.21273/jashs.139.1.3
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发表时间:
2014-01-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Schlegel, Henrik Juergen
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作者:
Knoche, Moritz;Grimm, Eckhard;Schlegel, Henrik Juergen
The pressure inside a mature sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) fruit is thought to be an important factor in rain cracking. However, to our knowledge, this pressure has never been quantified directly. The objectives of this study are to quantify: 1) the cell turgor (Psi(cell)(P)) in fruit using a cell pressure probe (CPP) and a vapor pressure osmometer (VPO); and 2) the tissue pressure in a fruit (Psi(fruit)(P)) using both a fruit pressure probe (FPP) and a compression-plate technique (CP). The value of Psi(cell)(P) in mesocarp cells of mature sweet cherry fruit averaged 28.1 kPa in 'Samba' and 17.5 kPa in 'Sam' at depths below the fruit surface between 200 and 400 mu m. A Psi(cell)(P) (range 38 to 64 kPa for different cultivars) calculated from the tissue water potential (Psi(tissue) = -2968 to -4035 kPa) and the osmotic potential (Psi(fruit)(Pi)) (Psi(fruit)(Pi) = -3020 to -4116 kPa) of excised mesocarp discs as determined by VPO was of the same order of magnitude as that by CPP. Similar low Psi(fruit)(P) values were obtained by FPP (range 8.0 to 11.8 kPa across cultivars). The Psi(fruit)(P) were consistently lower than the Psi(cell)(P) values measured by CPP or by VPO. The Psi(fruit)(P) value in the mesocarp increased slightly with increasing depth below the surface. However, Psi(fruit)(P) was always negligible (e.g., 'Samba' Psi(fruit)(P) = 10 kPa) compared with either Psi(fruit)(Pi) ('Samba' Psi(fruit)(Pi) = -2395 kPa) or calculated water potential (Psi(fruit)) ('Samba' Psi(fruit) = -2385 kPa). When subjecting intact fruit to CP, linear relationships were obtained between the forces applied and the resulting aplanation areas. The Psi(fruit)(P) values obtained by CP (range in sweet cherry 18.4 to 36.1 kPa) were somewhat larger than the Psi(fruit)(P) values obtained by FPP (range in sweet cherry 8.0 to 11.8 kPa). Incubating fruit for up to 7.5 h in deionized water or for up to 96 h in air enclosed above dry silica gel had no measurable effects on Psi(fruit)(P). The low Psi(cell)(P) and the low Psi(fruit)(P) values are not unique to sweet cherry. Values of the same order of magnitude were obtained also in mature sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.), european plum (Prunus domestica L.), grape (Vitis vinifera L.), gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa L.), red currant (Ribes rubrum L.), black currant (Ribes nigrum L.), blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosion L.), and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Possible explanations for the very low values of Psi(cell)(P) and Psi(fruit)(P) are discussed.