• Container Fumigation of Table Grapes • Ozone and Table Grapes / Stone Fruit • Ozone and Citrus • SO2 Low Emission Rates to Control Botrytis • CO2 Effects on ‘Thompson Seedless’ Table Grapes • CO2 Effects on ‘Redglobe’ Table Grapes • Pomegranate Postharvest Fungicide Update • Postharvest Abstracts • Future Events COOPERATIVE EXTENSION University of California Kearney Agricultural Center 9240 S...

to study the effect of foliar application of humic acid on morpho-physiological traits, nutrients uptake and postharvest vase life of cut marigold, an experiment was conducted with five levels of humic acid (0, 250, 500, 750 and 1000 ppm) based on completely randomized design with three replications. based on the results, in compared with control, leaf number and leaf area, total phenol and aer...

Two experiments were designed to evaluate the addition of essential oils to preservative solution and subsequent effects on postharvest quality and vase life of Gladiolus ‘Sorati’ cut flowers. In first experiment, the solutions of savory (Satureja hortensis.), ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris) were applied at the concentrations of 2, 4, and 6 (mg L−1), distilled water + 2%...

Strawberries have a very thin layer coating that easily disappears and are perishables a lot pre-harvest as such nearly 30 to 40 percent of strawberry fruits will be wasted at interval between harvest and consumption. In this study have been investigated the effect of using psyllium mucilage (Plantago psyllium) in concentrations of 6.25, 12.5 and 25 ml/l as well as Arabic gum and Arjan as edibl...

Pomegranate is a subtropical fruit that is widely consumed as fresh fruit and juice, however, its postharvest life is limited mainly due to storage disorders. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of nitric oxide (NO) on antioxidant activity and quality attributes of pomegranate fruit. The fruits were dipped for two minutes into different NO concentrations (0, 30, 100, 300 or 1000 µ...

abstract antioxidant capacity and quality of fruits usually changed during storage. in the current study, the changes of antioxidant capacity and postharvest quality of two blood (pigmented) orange cultivars (‘tarocco’ and ‘morro’) and ‘thompson navel’ orange, after 60 days storage at 7ºc and 90 rh% was investigated. during fruit storage weight loss, tss, ta, tss/ta, vitamin c, total phenol, an...

Ethephon and calcium carbide are artificial ripening compounds that often used to faster fruit during postharvest. These two were induced in non-ripening (NOR) tomato line MA 131-6-3 because it produced endogenous ethylene lower respiration. This study aimed determine the effect of ethephon on postharvest losses NOR tomatoes for 14 28 days after treatment. Exogenous application 1,500 ppm 15 g k...