Spongy tissue and soft nose

Spongy tissue and soft nose
    Spongy tissue
    • Fruit appears normal extremely but contains yellowish, sour spongy tissue inside high temperature, convertive heat and exposing to sunlight after harvest are supposed to be the causes.
    • Remedy lies in sod culture, mulching in the orchard and harvesting fruits at 3/4th mature stage only.

    Soft Nose

    • Physiological disorder caused by Ca deficiency causing breakdown of flesh towards the apex of the fruit before ripening.

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