an investigation was carried out to study the effect of sole heat treatment and sole 1- methyl cyclo propine (1- mcp) as well as in combination on storage quality of strawberries. the factorial experiment was conducted using a completely randomized design of three replications. treatments included heat treatment at two levels (room teperature, 45°c for 3h) and 1- mcp at two levels (0, 1µl l-1)....

3. DECAY PREDICTION. Unfortunately, decay prediction models for stone fruit have not been developed yet. A possible method of disease prediction might consist of prior to commercial harvest placing fruit of more advanced maturity into a plastic bag with wet paper to induce decay development. If decay develops rapidly, this may suggest that some lots of fruit receive additional preharvest fungic...

the use of natural compounds to control plant pathogens lead to reduction in using fungicides. chitosan with duble effects, control pathogenic microorganisms and activate inducing defence responses, has been shown to be a reliable nontoxic material in the plant-pathogen interaction. the aim of this research was to consider the effects of chitosan and calcium chloride on decay and quality attrib...

native population of raspberry fruits (rubus spp) were treated with methyl jasmonate (mj) fumigation and were assayed for the antioxidant capacity, total anthocyanins and postharvest quality after 7 days storage at 4?c. the result of experiment revealed that berries treated with methyl jasmonate (mj) showed higher antioxidant capacity and total anthocyanins compared to the controled ones (non...

the role of manure and urea on yield and some fruit characteristics of strawberry cv. kurdistan were studied during 2002-2004 growing season. the experiment was a factorial one based on a randomized complete block design including four levels of urea(0, 50, 100, 150 kg/ha) and three levels of manure (0, 20, 40 t/ha) in three replications. the results showed that application of manure along with...

in order to maintain the quality and increase the shelf life of fruits, many studies have been carried out in terms of the packaging specially applications of the nano-composite packages in the packaging. because of the low storage ability of the plum fruit, in this study, the effects of the four nano-composite packages and common polyethylene (as a control) were analyzed on maintaining quality...

The effect of pre-harvest sprays of chitosan on post-harvest decay and quality of strawberries stored at 3 and 13°C was investigated. Strawberry plants were sprayed with 2, 4 and 6 g l, chitosan solutions as the fruit were turning red. A second spray was performed after 10 days. Fruit were picked 5 and 10 days after each spray. Harvested fruit from chitosan sprayed plants were challenged with B...

Detailed Accomplishments in 2008-09: Processors are concerned about peel integrity of CMNP-treated fruit. We conducted 2 trials in March and April with Valencia oranges to determine the postharvest effect of CMNP applied to canopies for the purpose of loosening fruit on fruit crush force, peel puncture resistance, and peel puncture depth. Fruit were collected during our harvesting trial studies...