Intercellular spaces enhance potato tuber elasticity |
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Authors: | J. Weber |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Potato Research Gross Lüsewitz of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the GDR, 2551 Gross Lüsewitz, Kr. Rostock, German Democratic Republic |
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Abstract: | Summary The intercellular volume within tuber tissue increases with tuber maturation. At the same time, both tuber injury after mechanical load and lentical perforation after water uptake by tubers in wet peat decreases. The degree of tuber injury is correlated with intercellular space (r=−0.667,n=16) and with water saturation of tissue (r=0.697,n=16). The tubers lose water during storage. In wet soil wilted tubers take up significantly higher amounts of water than turgid tubers, and lenticel perforation is much more frequent. Tuber maturation in autumn and low water loss during storage enhance the cushioning effect of the intercellular gas volume of tuber tissue against outside mechanical load and internal tension after water uptake. |
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Keywords: | water saturation tuber injury lenticel perforation tuber maturity Solanum tuberosum L. |
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