Problem
Black basil leaves
Here is what FoodHQ can say about this, with sources.
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How to tell it is this
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Black basil leaves show as leaves losing their stiffness while still green.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
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Black basil leaves show as spotting or browning across the leaf.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
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Black basil leaves show as leaves blackening where the tissue has died.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
What went wrong
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Black basil leaves are caused by oxidative membrane damage.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- medium
- Sources
- Mechanisms and control measures of low temperature storage-induced chilling injury to solanaceous vegetables and fruits (Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1488666) 3.2. Effects of CI on ROS scavenging system authoritative
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Black basil leaves are caused by membrane lipid phase transition.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Mechanisms and control measures of low temperature storage-induced chilling injury to solanaceous vegetables and fruits (Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1488666) 3.1. Effects of CI on cell membranes authoritative
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Black basil leaves are caused by chilling injury.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
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Black basil leaves are caused by loss of membrane permeability control.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources
- Mechanisms and control measures of low temperature storage-induced chilling injury to solanaceous vegetables and fruits (Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1488666) 3.1. Effects of CI on cell membranes authoritative
How to avoid it next time
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To prevent black basil leaves: store above the chilling threshold.
Reasonable evidence
- Evidence type
- textbook statement
- Confidence
- high
- Sources