ELEFANTIASI DELL’ACTINIDIA: CARATTERISTICHE STRUTTURALI E ULTRASTRUTTURALI DEI FRUTTI

This is a study on structural and ultrastructural changes taking place in kiwi fruits from plants affected by elephantiasis syndrome. The techniques used are Drift, FT-Raman, NMR and SEM. The fruits arising from elephantiasis affected plants, assume a round and small shape limiting their marketing. Despite of the etiological studies on this disease, so far few information are available on the structural and ultrastructural characteristics of the fruits, The spectroscopical data, in accord to SEM, showed significant modifications regarding the polysaccharides fraction in kiwifruits form diseased plants.