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English translation: deterioration


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Spanish term or phrase:alteración
English translation:deterioration
Entered by: Rachel Fell
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16:40 May 19, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / cítricos
Spanish term or phrase: alteración
This is text about storing citric fruit

...es posible limitar las alteraciones más comunes en su supervivencia: las fisiológicas, producidas por desequilibrios del metabolismo, las microbiolóicas, producidas básicamente por mohos y, en mucho menor medida, por bacterias, y los daños mecánicos ....

I have thought about using damage, but "daños" comes up a lot as well.
Ian Jones
Spain
Local time: 03:44
deterioration
Explanation:
to limit the most common/commonest forms of deteriration

(or damage, as Muriel says)


As described earlier, post harvest deterioration of fresh horticultural produce is ... Dipping of citrus fruit in TBZ prior to storage highly significantly ...
www.telmedpak.com/agricultures.asp?a=agriculture&b=post_har...

Refrigerated storage retards the following elements of deterioration in ... The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks. ...
attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/postharvest.html

and other forms of injury. Physiological Deterioration. Fruit and ... tons of citrus fruits are stored in common. storage in Taiwan each winter, but ideal ...
www.agnet.org/library/data/eb/eb465b/eb465b.pdf

Post-Harvest Deterioration; Handling Fresh Produce; The Storage Atmosphere ... Fruits from Warm Climates: Melons, Citrus Fruits, Tropical Fruits and Others ...
www.curiouscook.com/cook/on_food_table.php

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Note added at 16 hrs (2006-05-20 09:21:33 GMT)
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woops - deterioraton, above

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Note added at 16 hrs (2006-05-20 09:22:13 GMT)
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deterioration....!
Selected response from:

Rachel Fell
Local time: 02:44
Grading comment
I used this most of the time. Hard one to spell ! :-)
Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1type(s) of damage
Muriel Vasconcellos
4deterioration
Rachel Fell
3 +1alteration
Sol
4blemishxxxmediamatrix
3disfunctions /dwarfcrusher


  

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blemish


Explanation:
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xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 21:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your suggestion

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
alteration


Explanation:
Potential of radiosensitizing agents in cancer chemo-radiotherapy ...... of herbal/plant products for developing effective radiosensitization and ... Evidently, alterations in the lipid membrane due to peroxidative damage ...
www.cancerjournal.net/article.asp?issn=0973-1482; year=2005;volume=1;issue=3;spage=129;epage=131;aulast=Gi... - 51k - May 18, 2006 - Cached - Similar pages


Transgenics: Genetic Engineering of FruitsBoth these crops are products of the latest in plant breeding: transgenics. ... In forests, damage to non- target organisms is a big concern, ...
www.beyondveg.com/kinro-g/transgenic/fruit-1a.shtml - 19k - Cached - Similar pages


mutation: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.comAn alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality. ... In higher animals and many higher plants a mutation may be transmitted to future generations ...
www.answers.com/topic/mutation - 87k - Cached - Similar pages




Sol
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egmont
47 mins
  -> Gracias Egmont :)
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disfunctions /


Explanation:
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dwarfcrusher
Local time: 03:44
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in SpanishSpanish
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deterioration


Explanation:
to limit the most common/commonest forms of deteriration

(or damage, as Muriel says)


As described earlier, post harvest deterioration of fresh horticultural produce is ... Dipping of citrus fruit in TBZ prior to storage highly significantly ...
www.telmedpak.com/agricultures.asp?a=agriculture&b=post_har...

Refrigerated storage retards the following elements of deterioration in ... The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks. ...
attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/postharvest.html

and other forms of injury. Physiological Deterioration. Fruit and ... tons of citrus fruits are stored in common. storage in Taiwan each winter, but ideal ...
www.agnet.org/library/data/eb/eb465b/eb465b.pdf

Post-Harvest Deterioration; Handling Fresh Produce; The Storage Atmosphere ... Fruits from Warm Climates: Melons, Citrus Fruits, Tropical Fruits and Others ...
www.curiouscook.com/cook/on_food_table.php

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Note added at 16 hrs (2006-05-20 09:21:33 GMT)
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woops - deterioraton, above

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Note added at 16 hrs (2006-05-20 09:22:13 GMT)
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deterioration....!

Rachel Fell
Local time: 02:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104
Grading comment
I used this most of the time. Hard one to spell ! :-)
Thanks
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
type(s) of damage


Explanation:
I don't think you can avoid using "damage."

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For the rest: "most common types of damage that affect... "

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 18:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
Notes to answerer
Asker: I tended to agree with you at the beginning. After reading around it didn't seem right. Thanks for your contribution.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  moken: Tempted to suggest "harm" but don't think it fits here and it would be a bit bold of a non-native speaker anyway... :O) :O)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alvaro!
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