Terminology for the Description of Developmental Stages of Horticultural Crops

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  • A. E. Watada
    Postharvest Working Group, American Society for Horticultural Science
  • R. C. Herner
    Postharvest Working Group, American Society for Horticultural Science
  • A. A. Kader
    Postharvest Working Group, American Society for Horticultural Science
  • R. J. Romani
    Postharvest Working Group, American Society for Horticultural Science
  • G. L. Staby
    Postharvest Working Group, American Society for Horticultural Science

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Terms describing or identifying developmental stages of horticultural crops are not used consistently, thus the meaning of each term becomes ambiguous. The cause for this discrepancy is speculative; however, the discrepancy could be minimized if a set of widely applicable definitions were available as guides in selecting the appropriate terms. Lott (2) recommended definitions for the terms “mature” and “ripening” and their derivatives. However, his definitions of the term “mature” and its derivatives were restricted to fruit while it is still attached to the plant, and the definitions of the term “ripe” and its derivatives were restricted to physiological changes and conditions which occur in fruit following harvest, which limit the use of terms only to specific fruits and exclude any of those ripening prior to harvest.</jats:p>

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  • HortScience

    HortScience 19 (1), 20-21, 1984-02

    American Society for Horticultural Science

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