DATE 2/25/2010
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POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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HORTSCIENCE 45(3):1–6. 2010.
leaf firmness.
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models of the portable instrument used to measure
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Materials and Methods
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read air flow (x).
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Fig. 2. Typical curves relating applied leaf compression versus the attenuated or filtrated air flow between a kale leaf and the flattening plate obtained during
a wiltmeter measurement. (A) Applied leaf compression (p) versus read air flow (x). (B) Linearization using the inverse of the applied leaf pressure (1/p) versus
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(10)] is unscrewed; b) ethanol is added
to the flowmeter up to half of the ma-
nometer height; c) the air compressor
[Fig. 1 (9)] is turned on; d) the pressure
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pressure probe capillary replacement followed
by measurements with a pressure probe and
wiltmeter in new leaf samples.
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ately and more accurately with aid of real-time
data acquisition procedures.
The instrument air flow control. When air
passage orifices [Fig. 1 (2)] in the flattening
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Fig. 3. Restrictions that modulate the air flow driven by a controlled inlet air pressure source (6.0 kPa) in
the wiltmeter instrument. R1 = inlet air flow restriction; R2 = flow meter restriction; RL = variable leaf/
flattening plate interface restriction.
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Fig. 4. Relationship between leaf flattening pressure, measured with the wiltmeter instrument, and cell turgor pressure, measured with the pressure probe. (A)
Lettuce, (B) chicory, and (C) kale.
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