544 Produce Degradation: Reaction Pathways and their Prevention
FIGURE 18.10Kiwifruit. Scanning electron micrographs of the skin of kiwifruit. (a) Fresh
fruit showing the long trichomes covering the skin surface. (b) Aged fruit. (c) Fresh fruit
showing the short, twisted trichomes and platelets covering the skin surface; the platelets
might be flat trichomes since they do not appear to be wax and appear to be outgrowths of
the epidermis. (d) Aged fruit showing extensive growth of fungal hyphae and the “lifting” of
the surface platelets. (e) Fresh fruit showing the long and short trichomes. (f) Aged fruit
showing long and short trichomes and the extensive growth of fungi. (g) Fresh fruits showing
the base of a long trichome. (h) Aged fruit showing the base of a long trichome.