Abstract
Postharvest decay causes losses to commercial pear industries. The incidence of decay in air and controlled-atmosphere (CA)-stored 'd'Anjou' pear fruit was investigated, and the effect of a prestorage thiabendazole drench on decay in CA-stored fruit was determined. In air storage, bull's-eye rot (31.37%) was most prevalent in 1996, whereas incidence of gray and blue mold (1996 and 1997) and bull's-eye rot (1997) were similar. Mucor, Alternaria, and Coprinus rot levels were low. Incidence of stem-end gray mold (2.58%) was significantly higher than calyx-end (0.73%) and puncture gray mold (0.61%). Incidence of gray mold (2.26%) was higher than all other decay in nondrenched CA-storage, and incidence of other decay types were similar. Incidence of puncture gray mold (1.13%) was higher than stem-end gray mold (0.84%), which in turn was higher than calyx-end gray mold (0.36%) in nondrenched CA-storage. Incidence of gray mold (1.04%) in CA-stored fruit was reduced by a prestorage thiabendazole drench. Drenching reduced stem-end (0.34%) and puncture gray mold (0.40%) but had no effect on all other decay or the total decay incidence. These results support the current recommendations of a single postharvest application of thiabendazole to control gray mold in 'd'Anjou' pear fruit.
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Claim · model-written summary
Bull's-eye rot was the most prevalent decay in air storage in 1996.
- Taxon
- Pear
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Pyrus communist0 - Outcome
- bull's-eye rote0
- Direction
- most prevalente0
- Value
- 31.37%e0
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Verbatim
e0“bull's-eye rot (31.37%) was most prevalent in 1996”
t0“Pear”
Claim · model-written summary
Stem-end gray mold incidence exceeded calyx-end gray mold incidence.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Outcome
- stem-end gray molde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2.58%e0
- Qualifier
- 0.73%e0
- Comparator
- calyx-ende0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Incidence of stem-end gray mold (2.58%) was significantly higher than calyx-end (0.73%)”
t0“Pear”
Claim · model-written summary
Gray mold was the most common decay in nondrenched controlled-atmosphere storage.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Outcome
- gray molde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2.26%e0
- Setting
- nondrenched CA-storagee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Incidence of gray mold (2.26%) was higher than all other decay in nondrenched CA-storage”
t0“Pear”
Claim · model-written summary
Prestorage thiabendazole drenching reduced gray mold incidence in controlled-atmosphere fruit.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- prestorage thiabendazole drenche0
- Outcome
- gray molde0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 1.04%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Incidence of gray mold (1.04%) in CA-stored fruit was reduced by a prestorage thiabendazole drench”
t0“Pear”
Claim · model-written summary
Drenching reduced stem-end gray mold.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Drenching reduced stem-end (0.34%) and puncture gray mold (0.40%)”
t0“Pear”
Claim · model-written summary
Drenching reduced puncture gray mold.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- Drenchinge0
- Outcome
- puncture gray molde0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 0.40%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Drenching reduced stem-end (0.34%) and puncture gray mold (0.40%)”
t0“Pear”
Claim · model-written summary
Drenching did not change total decay incidence.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- Drenchinge0
- Outcome
- total decay incidencee0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Drenching reduced stem-end (0.34%) and puncture gray mold (0.40%) but had no effect on all other decay or the total decay incidence”
t0“Pear”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors support a single postharvest thiabendazole application to control gray mold.
Verbatim
e0“These results support the current recommendations of a single postharvest application of thiabendazole to control gray mold in 'd'Anjou' pear fruit”
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