Effect of Fitomag postharvest treatment on preservation of quality and shelf life of apple fruits of early ripening cultivars
Abstract
The studies of effect of Fitomag (created on the basis of inhibitor of synthesis of ethylene 1-methylcyclopropene) on maintaining the quality and prolonging the shelf life of fresh fruits of early ripe apple were carried out in 2018–2019 at the Institute for Fruit Growing.
The objects of study were fruits of 7 early ripe apple cultivars (‘Aksamit’, ‘Kovalenkovskoe’, ‘Mechta’, ‘Palanez’, ‘Papirovka’, ‘Ranak’, ‘Slava pobeditelyam’) grown at the Department of Fruit Plants Breeding of the Institute for Fruit Growing.
The use of the preparation Fitomag helps to extend the storage period of fruits up to 32 days and to increase the yield of commercial fruits for all studied apple cultivars with summer ripening period.
The maximum duration of storage (110 days) was noted in the variant with application of Fitomag on cultivars ‘Mechta’ and ‘Kovalenkovskoe’ (the yield of healthy fruits 86.1 and 92.8 %, respectively).
Treatment with Fitomag helps to preserve moisture in fruits and reduces the mass loss by 0.2–2.7 %, depending on the cultivar, and also increases the shelf life for 1–2 days.
Storage of fruits using Fitomag preparation allowed to reduce losses from fungal diseases by 1.2–10.3 %, depending on the cultivar.
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Martsinkevich D.I., Krivorot A.M., Maksimenko M.G., Karanik O.S., Novik G.A. Effect of Fitomag postharvest treatment on preservation of quality and shelf life of apple fruits of early ripening cultivars. Fruit Growing. 2020;32(1):183-189. (In Russ.)
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