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Reducing the Risk of Superficial Injury in `Golden Delicious' Apples Caused by Postharvest Application of CaCl2 Solutions

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: `Golden Delicious' apples were pressure-infiltrated (34 kPa) at harvest with 0, 20, 35, or 50 g·L –1 solutions of CaCl 2 followed without and with a water rinse, a wax or shellac emulsion treatment, or a shrink-wrap packaging, and stored at 0°C. The CaCl 2 treatments delayed senescent breakdown, but also caused superficial injury to the fruit. A water rinse in combination with a wax- or shellac-based coating or shrink wrap packaging reduced the appearance of superficial injury in fruit treated with 35 or 50 g·L –1 solutions of CaCl 2 and eliminated it in fruit treated with a 20 g·L –1 solution of CaCl 2 . While reducing the risk of calcium-related injury to the fruit, the coating and film treatments maintained the beneficial effects of calcium on apples and reduced weight loss of the fruit during cold storage.

Source: HortScience

DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.3.458b

Authors: Robert A. Saftner, William S. Conway, Carl E. Sams

Institutions: Agricultural Research Service, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Language: English

Topic: Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2287304884