Effects of gibberellin pastes on fruit quality attributes and storability of niitaka pear

This study evaluated the effects of four different gibberellin-pastes (GAP) on fruit quality and storability niitaka pear in 2014 2015 consecutive years. Pear stalks were treated with dongbu GA gold, nebaekeo, busa, hyeophwa-pastes at 35 37 days after full bloom, respectively. After harvest time, fruits stored 0°C for up to 180 days. In both years, weight was 6.2-21.3% higher GAP-treated than control harvest. year, flesh firmness (70.6 N) (54.4-64.6 harvest, but it not all treatments year. The titratable acidity (TA) also GAP soluble solids content (SSC) slightly lower During cold storage, decreased treatments, whereas nebaekeo had lowest (39.4 135 storage. TA a (0.19%) (0.14-0.17%) However, SSC gold during Therefore, GAP-treatments increased control, reduced