In troduct ion The fruit skin (cuticle and epidermis) provides barrier protection against infection by pathogens. Most fungi are unable to penetrate healthy fruit skin and must enter through wounds. Fruit resistance to infection resulting from the biochemical action of tissues is not the result of a single compound or a single mechanism. Multiple systems with complex interactions may be involve...

Abstract The combination of preharvest treatments with calcium chloride and fungicides, storage maturity graded fruit were assessed in five European plum cultivars. At harvest, samples within a commercially suitable range ripening divided into two categories: less-ripe (tree ripe-) more-ripe ripe+). stored for 10–14 days at 4 °C followed by 2–3 20 before the assessment fungal decay. If was appl...

Abstract Storage trials of 4 and 8 months’ duration, using ‘Bartlett’ pear ( Pyrus communis ) fruit treated with without aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) stored ultra low oxygen (ULO) storage (1.5 kPa O 2 versus dynamic controlled atmosphere (DCA) (≈ 0.6–0.7 based on chlorophyll fluorescence were conducted over years. AVG applied preharvest DCA produced pears significantly lower respiration, ethyl...

the effect of ca, zn and b spray application on preharvest fruit drop, sugars, calcium, zinc, and boron concentrations and as well on some physicochemical fruit properties of five commercial asian pear cultivars (‘ks’7, ‘ks’8, ‘ks’11, ‘ks’12 and ‘ks’14) was investigated under tehran province,s environmental conditions. trees were sprayed one month past fruit set until harvest within two week in...

From a ‘farm to fork’ perspective, there are several phases in the production chain of fruits and vegetables which undesired microbial contaminations can attack foodstuff. In managing these diseases, harvest is crucial point for shifting intervention criteria. While preharvest, pest management consists tailored agricultural practices, postharvest, treated using specific (bio)technological appro...