For a long time, lenticel breakdown and similar heat-related disorders were confined to the sunny climate of the Pacific Northwest, but growers in the warming Eastern apple states are starting to notice it in their own fruit.And they’re wondering what to do about it.A skin disorder of apples, lenticel breakdown presents as sunken brown circles around small natural openings in the cuticle, called lenticels. The disorder begins in the orchard but mostly appears after the fruit has been packed, making it an expensive problem for growers.
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