Pre-harvest rind-spotting in 'Clementine' mandarin

dc.contributor.author	Assimakopoulou, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsougrianis, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Elena, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Fasseas, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Karabourniotis, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:49:30Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:49:30Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	01904167	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01904160903092689	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/4633
dc.subject	Citrus ultrastructure	en
dc.subject	Nutritional disorder	en
dc.subject	Peel blemish	en
dc.subject.other	Citrus	en
dc.subject.other	Citrus reticulata	en
dc.title	Pre-harvest rind-spotting in 'Clementine' mandarin	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1080/01904160903092689	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	A severe physiological disorder of 'Clementine' mandarins in the Assini area of Argolis, Southestern Greece, was investigated for two successive years. Irregular-shaped necrotic spots were observed on the rinds of mandarins, mainly at the fruit stylar-ends, from the color break till harvest time. In order to investigate the possible correlation between the disorder and the inorganic nutrition of the fruit, spotted and symptom less mandarin rinds, in four commercial orchards were chemically analyzed. The relationship between fruit inorganic nutrition and the disorder symptoms were not consistent. Using Electron Scanning Microscopy, invisible cracks were observed at the cuticle and the external strata of the spotted rind whereas oil glands remained intact. Considering the results of chemical analyses, microscopic observations, as well as, the information given by the growers, this physiological disorder should be attributed to sudden changes of climatic conditions and not to nutritional imbalance. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Plant Nutrition	en
dc.identifier.issue	9	en
dc.identifier.volume	32	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/01904160903092689	en
dc.identifier.spage	1486	en
dc.identifier.epage	1497	en