Haskap maturity stages and their influence on postharvest berry quality

Limited information is available regarding haskap berry maturity and corresponding postharvest characteristics. We assessed detached quality, respiration rate, ethylene production at five stages of compared storage influence on berries harvested half-blue softening stages. Ethylene’s increase successive suggests its involvement with maturation, but concomitant does not support classifying ripening as climacteric. Results indicate harvesting the less mature stage recommended, had lower fresh weight inferior quality relative to those stage, both harvest following 14 days storage.