POSTHARVEST RESPONSES OF < SPARTAN > APPLES TO PREHARVEST PACLOBUTRAZOL TREATMENT.

Author(s) : WANG C. Y., STEFFENS G. L.

Type of article: Article

Summary

FRUIT OF < SPARTAN > APPLE TREES TREATED IN APRIL WITH PACLOBUTRAZOL MAINTAINED GREATER FIRMNESS AND HAD LESS INTERNAL BREAKDOWN THAN CONTROL FRUIT AFTER 7 MONTHS IN STORAGE AT 273 K (0 DEG C). ACC (1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID) LEVEL, ETHYLENE PRODUCTION, RESPIRATION, SOLUBLE SOLIDS, SORBITOL, FRUCTOSE, GLUCOSE, SUCROSE, AND MALIC ACID CONTENT OF THE FRUIT AFTER 273 K (0 DEG C) STORAGE AND DURING RIPENING AT 293 K (20 DEG C) WERE NOT AFFECTED.

Details

  • Original title: POSTHARVEST RESPONSES OF < SPARTAN > APPLES TO PREHARVEST PACLOBUTRAZOL TREATMENT.
  • Record ID : 1988-1022
  • Languages: English
  • Source: HortScience - vol. 22 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 1987
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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