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Association of fruit, pericarp, and epidermis traits with surface autofluorescence in green peppers

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We investigated the association of blue fluorescence (excitation at 365 nm) with the traits of the fruit, pericarp, and epidermis in green peppers. The fruits were manually classified into two groups based on fluorescence brightness. The dark fluorescence group showed the accumulation of blue-absorbing pigments and a thicker cuticular structure, suggesting epidermal development.

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  1. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Keiji Konagaya, Ken Abamba Omwange, Dimas Firmanda Al Riza, Alin Khaliduzzaman, Andrea Martínez Oliver & Naoshi Kondoa

  2. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Brawijaya, Jl. Veteran 65145, Malang, Indonesia

    Dimas Firmanda Al Riza

  3. Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh

    Alin Khaliduzzaman

  4. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral research fellow, Japan

    Alin Khaliduzzaman

  5. School of Agricultural Engineering and Environment, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, s/n., València, 46022, Spain

    Andrea Martínez Oliver & Francisco Rovira-Más

  6. SHIBUYA SEIKI CO., Ltd., Sasagase-cho, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 435-0042, Japan

    Hiroki Nagasato & Kazunori Ninomiya

  7. Faculty of Corroborative Innovation, Ehime University, 3, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan

    Keiji Konagaya

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Konagaya, K., Omwange, K.A., Riza, D.F.A. et al. Association of fruit, pericarp, and epidermis traits with surface autofluorescence in green peppers. Photochem Photobiol Sci 19, 1630–1635 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1039/d0pp00236d

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