Nitrendipine-Treatment Increases Cork Spot Disorder Incidence in Pear ‘Akituki’ (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai.) by Altering Calcium Distribution Inside the Fruit
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. The Effects of NI Treatment on Cork Spot Incidence and Fruit Quality
2.2. The Effect of NI Treatment on Mineral Elements Content
2.3. The Effect of NI-Treatment on the Expression of Genes Related to Ca2+ Transport
2.4. Comparison of Free Ca2+ Distribution
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plants Material and Nitrendipine Treatment
4.2. Investigation of Cork Spot Incidence
4.3. Analysis of Fruit Quality
4.4. Determination of Ca, K and Mg Contents
4.5. Analysis of Gene Expression
4.6. Localization of Free Ca2+
4.7. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatments | Fresh Weight (g) | Vertical Length (cm) | Horizontal Length (cm) | Total Soluble Solids (%) | Titratable Acidity (%) | Firmness (N) |
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Control | 449.9 ± 28.7 a | 10.5 ± 0.4 a | 11.2 ± 0.5 a | 12.8 ± 0.8 a | 0.3 ± 0.02 a | 9.8 ± 0.9 a |
NI-treated | 465.0 ± 94.4 a | 10.6 ± 0.6 a | 11.6 ± 0.8 a | 13.1 ± 0.4 a | 0.2 ± 0.03 a | 10.7 ± 1.3 a |
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Cui, Z.; Wang, N.; Li, D.; Wang, R.; Ma, C. Nitrendipine-Treatment Increases Cork Spot Disorder Incidence in Pear ‘Akituki’ (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai.) by Altering Calcium Distribution Inside the Fruit. Plants 2021, 10, 994. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050994
Cui Z, Wang N, Li D, Wang R, Ma C. Nitrendipine-Treatment Increases Cork Spot Disorder Incidence in Pear ‘Akituki’ (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai.) by Altering Calcium Distribution Inside the Fruit. Plants. 2021; 10(5):994. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050994
Chicago/Turabian StyleCui, Zhenhua, Nannan Wang, Dingli Li, Ran Wang, and Chunhui Ma. 2021. "Nitrendipine-Treatment Increases Cork Spot Disorder Incidence in Pear ‘Akituki’ (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai.) by Altering Calcium Distribution Inside the Fruit" Plants 10, no. 5: 994. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10050994