Abstract
Introduction Fruit quality characteristics are governed by preharvest factors, mainly climate, nutrition and plant bio-regulators, of which the latter two can easily be manipulated in the grower’s interest. Likewise, the postharvest treatments with the best performance can maintain quality during storage and distribution. Therefore, it is important to embrace a holistic approach to combine the pre- and postharvest practices in view of attaining maximum quality and satisfaction at the consumer level. Materials and methods. Various combinations of mineral nutrients (calcium and boron) and bio-regulators (salicylic acid and gibberellic acid) were applied at the pre- and postharvest stages of apple fruits to study their influence on postharvest behavior of these fruits during 60 days of storage under ambient conditions. Results and discussions Among the different treatments tried, fruits treated with either salicylic acid or calcium showed significant improvement with regards to improved physico-chemical characteristics and reduced fruit infection percentage. Integration of pre- and postharvest application of chemicals was verified as the most effective choice for the improvement of shelf life of apple fruits amongst the treatment combinations applied either at the pre- or postharvest stage. The application of salicylic acid in combination with calcium or boron renders an alternative to the use of fungicides to control decay during apple fruit storage.
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Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid significantly improved fruit physico-chemical characteristics.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Material
- ‘Oregon Spur’t0
- Treatment
- salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- physico-chemical characteristicse0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“fruits treated with either salicylic acid or calcium showed significant improvement with regards to improved physico-chemical characteristics and reduced fruit infection percentage.”
t0“‘Oregon Spur’ apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium significantly improved fruit physico-chemical characteristics.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Oregon Spur’t0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Outcome
- physico-chemical characteristicse0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fruits treated with either salicylic acid or calcium showed significant improvement with regards to improved physico-chemical characteristics and reduced fruit infection percentage.”
t0“‘Oregon Spur’ apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid significantly reduced fruit infection percentage.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Oregon Spur’t0
- Treatment
- salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- fruit infection percentagee0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fruits treated with either salicylic acid or calcium showed significant improvement with regards to improved physico-chemical characteristics and reduced fruit infection percentage.”
t0“‘Oregon Spur’ apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium significantly reduced fruit infection percentage.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Oregon Spur’t0
- Treatment
- calciume0
- Outcome
- fruit infection percentagee0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fruits treated with either salicylic acid or calcium showed significant improvement with regards to improved physico-chemical characteristics and reduced fruit infection percentage.”
t0“‘Oregon Spur’ apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Integrated preharvest and postharvest chemical application was most effective for apple shelf life compared with application at either stage alone.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- Integration of pre- and postharvest application of chemicalse0
- Outcome
- shelf lifee0
- Direction
- improvemente0
- Comparator
- treatment combinations applied either at the pre- or postharvest stagee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Integration of pre- and postharvest application of chemicals was verified as the most effective choice for the improvement of shelf life of apple fruits amongst the treatment combinations applied either at the pre- or postharvest stage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid combined with calcium is an alternative to fungicides for apple storage decay control.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- salicylic acid in combination with calciume0
- Outcome
- control decaye0
- Comparator
- fungicidese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of salicylic acid in combination with calcium or boron renders an alternative to the use of fungicides to control decay during apple fruit storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid combined with boron is an alternative to fungicides for apple storage decay control.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- borone0
- Outcome
- control decaye0
- Qualifier
- salicylic acide0
- Comparator
- fungicidese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of salicylic acid in combination with calcium or boron renders an alternative to the use of fungicides to control decay during apple fruit storage.”
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