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Fig. 3 | Plant Methods

Fig. 3

From: Sweet cherry fruit cracking: follow-up testing methods and cultivar-metabolic screening

Fig. 3

Cracking-related features of sweet cherry cultivars in response to Christensen and Waterfall method. Texture properties of the various sweet cherry cultivars expressed as skin penetration force at side, suture, apical, stem and total a. Fruit cracking index tested with Christensen and Waterfall method b. Fruit water absorption (%) as evaluated by Christensen and Waterfall methods c. The observed main cracking classes (none = zero, stem = one, apical = two, and both stem and apical = three) of sweet cherry cultivars subjected to Christensen and Waterfall methods d. Each value represents the mean of 5 replications × 15 fruits. Vertical bars represent SD. Means of cultivars are compared with least significant difference (LSD; P ≤ 0.05). Boxplot and cluster analysis of 17 cultivars was performed on fruit cracking index with Christensen and Waterfall method. Arithmetic data are provided in Additional file 2: Table S2

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