The Relationship between the Morphology and Structure and the Quality of Fruits of Two Pear Cultivars (Pyrus communis L.) during Their Development and Maturation
Table 1
Characteristics of “Clapp’s Favourite” and “Conference” fruits.
Parameters [µm]
Fruit set stage (May)
Harvest maturity stage (September)
Clapp’s Favourite
Conference
Clapp’s Favourite
Conference
Number of stomata (May) and lenticels (September) [in mm2]
700 ± 245a
900 ± 316b
26 ± 7a
24 ± 9b
Thickness of cuticle
9.28 ± 0.62
7.03 ± 0.83
11.48 ± 1.06
8.86 ± 0.94
Hight of epidermis cells
23.18 ± 1.4c
19.03 ± 1.6d
13.44 ± 0.93c
10.9 ± 1.37d
Thickness of hypodermis
78.64 ± 7.56e
65.77 ± 6.22f
61.32 ± 7.58eg
46.75 ± 7.32fg
Number of hypodermis layers
5 ± 2
4 ± 2
5 ± 2
6 ± 2
Diameter of stone cells
38.5 ± 2.5
38.1 ± 1.8
37.8 ± 2.2
38.2 ± 2.1
Thickness of the three parenchyma layers
73.05 ± 6.36
66.75 ± 3.72
75.24 ± 8.27
79.69 ± 3.1
a, b, c, d, e, f, g: indicate pairs of traits that differ significantly at .
