CAPPELLINI, R. A. and M. J. CEPONIS. 1977. Vulnerability of stem-end scars of blueberry fruits to postharvest decays. Phytopathology 67:118-119. The principal locus of infection in harvested blueberry occurred at stem scars. The incidence of stem-end decay in fruits was the stem scar. Ninety percent of all decays that stemless berries was 10-fold greater than in berries with their developed in blueberries held for 2, 4, and 6 days at 21 C stems attached.
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Raymond A. Cappellini (1977) studied this question.
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