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Lenticels are also present on many fruits, quite noticeably on many apples and pears. On [[European Pear|European pears]], they can serve as an indicator of when to pick the fruit, as light lenticels on the immature fruit darken and become brown and shallow from the formation of cork cells{{ cite web | last1=Krewer | first1=Gerard | last2=Bertrand | first2=Paul | title=Home garden pears | work=CAES Publications | publisher=University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | url=http://www.caes.uga.edu/Publications/pubDetail.cfm?pk_ID=6366 | access-date=18 January 2014 }}{{ cite news|last=Pyzner |first=John |date=19 April 2005 |url=http://www.lsuagcenter.com/news_archive/2004/News+You+Can+Use/Pick+Pears+Before+Completely+Ripe+Advises+LSU+AgCenter+Horticulturist.htm |title=Pick pears before completely ripe, advises LSU AgCenter horticulturist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115191508/http://www.lsuagcenter.com/news_archive/2004/news%2Byou%2Bcan%2Buse/pick%2Bpears%2Bbefore%2Bcompletely%2Bripe%2Badvises%2Blsu%2Bagcenter%2Bhorticulturist.htm |archive-date=15 January 2006 |work=[[Louisiana State University Agricultural Center]] website |url-status=dead }} Certain bacterial and fungal infections can penetrate fruits through their lenticels, with susceptibility sometimes increasing with its age.Irtwange, S. V. (February, 2006.) [http://cigr-ejournal.tamu.edu/submissions/volume8/Invited%20overview%20Irtwange(2)%2027Feb2006.pdf “Application of modified atmosphere packaging and related technology in postharvest handling of fresh fruits and vegetables”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011155443/http://cigr-ejournal.tamu.edu/submissions/volume8/Invited%20overview%20Irtwange(2)%2027Feb2006.pdf |date=2006-10-11 }}. Agricultural Engineering International: the CIGR Ejournal. Invited Overview No. 4. Vol. VIII, page 8. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.