Botrytis cinerea decay in apples is inhibited by postharvest heat and calcium treatments.
Author(s) : KLEIN J. D., CONWAY W. S., WHITAKER B. D., SAMS C. E.
Type of article: Article
Summary
Golden Delicious apples were treated and stored at 0 deg C for less than or equal to 6 months. Decay caused by B. cinerea after inoculation to a depth of 2 millimeters with a conidial suspension was virtually eliminated in stored fruits heated at 38 deg C, regardless of calcium treatment. Apples punctured to a depth of 0.5 millimeters (but not 2 millimeters) and inoculated with B. cinerea on removal from storage were almost completely protected from poststorage decay if they had pressure infiltrated with 2% calcium chloride, regardless of the heat regime. Heating fruits at 42 deg C and dipping in 2% calcium chloride was only partially effective in preventing decay from either pre- or poststorage inoculations. Fruit firmness was not related to resistance to decay.
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- Original title: Botrytis cinerea decay in apples is inhibited by postharvest heat and calcium treatments.
- Record ID : 1998-3625
- Languages: English
- Source: J. am. Soc. hortic. Sci. - vol. 122 - n. 1
- Publication date: 1997
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