Abstract
This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of CaCl2 dipping and beeswax (BW) coating on the shelf life and quality of nectarine fruits. The experiment was conducted under Holeta condition during the off-season of 2018. Fruits of ‘89-16N’ nectarine variety were harvested from HARC orchard. The treatment consisted of a combination of four levels of CaCl2 (0%, 1.5%, 3.0% and 4.5%) and three levels of BW application (0%, 3% and 6%). The experiment was arranged in completely randomized design with factorial arrangement in three replications. Nectarine fruits were stored at ambient condition after being treated with the different treatment combinations of BW and CaCl2. Various physico-chemical parameters were assessed. The result revealed that the PLW of nectarine fruits was significantly reduced. The TSS and pH values as well as TA and AA contents were better maintained in CaCl2 dipping with BW coatings compared with the control. The highest percentage of marketable fruits with the lowest decay percentage were also retained by CaCl2 dipping and BW coatings. Overall, the best result was consistently obtained at 3.0% BW with 4.5% CaCl2 treated fruits for most of the parameters assessed. Hence, CaCl2 dipping and BW coatings, particularly 3% BW with 4.5% CaCl2 treatment, could be considered for extending the shelf life and better quality of nectarine fruits.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Treatments significantly reduced nectarine fruit physiological weight loss.
- Taxon
- Nectarine
Prunus persica var. nucipersicat0 - Organ / stage
- fruitse0
- Outcome
- PLW of nectarine fruitse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The result revealed that the PLW of nectarine fruits was significantly reduced.”
t0“Nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nucipersica) Fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride dipping with beeswax coating better maintained nectarine TSS, pH, TA and AA than the control.
- Taxon
- NectarinePrunus persica var. nucipersicat0
- Treatment
- CaCl2 dipping with BW coatingse0
- Outcome
- TSS and pH values as well as TA and AA contentse0
- Direction
- better maintainede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The TSS and pH values as well as TA and AA contents were better maintained in CaCl2 dipping with BW coatings compared with the control.”
t0“Nectarine”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride and beeswax treatments retained the highest percentage of marketable fruits.
- Taxon
- NectarinePrunus persica var. nucipersicat0
- Treatment
- CaCl2 dipping and BW coatingse0
- Outcome
- percentage of marketable fruitse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest percentage of marketable fruits with the lowest decay percentage were also retained by CaCl2 dipping and BW coatings.”
t0“Nectarine”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride and beeswax treatments retained the lowest fruit decay percentage.
- Taxon
- NectarinePrunus persica var. nucipersicat0
- Treatment
- CaCl2 dipping and BW coatingse0
- Outcome
- decay percentagee0
- Direction
- loweste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The highest percentage of marketable fruits with the lowest decay percentage were also retained by CaCl2 dipping and BW coatings.”
t0“Nectarine”
Claim · model-written summary
The 3.0% beeswax plus 4.5% calcium chloride treatment gave the best overall result for most parameters.
- Taxon
- NectarinePrunus persica var. nucipersicat0
- Treatment
- 3.0% BW with 4.5% CaCl2e0
- Outcome
- best resulte0
- Direction
- beste0
- Qualifier
- for most of the parameters assessede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Overall, the best result was consistently obtained at 3.0% BW with 4.5% CaCl2 treated fruits for most of the parameters assessed.”
t0“Nectarine”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 3% beeswax with 4.5% calcium chloride to extend nectarine shelf life and quality.
- Taxon
- NectarinePrunus persica var. nucipersicat0
- Treatment
- 3% BW with 4.5% CaCl2 treatmente0
- Outcome
- extending the shelf life and better quality of nectarine fruitse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Hence, CaCl2 dipping and BW coatings, particularly 3% BW with 4.5% CaCl2 treatment, could be considered for extending the shelf life and better quality of nectarine fruits.”
t0“Nectarine”
The same questions in other papers
calcium chloride dihydrate · quality: postharvest · Prunus persica (peach)Results differ
19 papers in the same direction as this paper · 1 in the opposite direction
- positive
- no effect
- positive
17 papers more in this group
See all 21 papers →calcium chloride dihydrate · disease · Prunus persica (peach)Results agree
9 papers in the same direction as this paper
- positive
- positive
- positive
6 papers more in this group
See all 10 papers →calcium chloride dihydrate · quality: sugar starch · Prunus persica (peach)Results agree
13 papers in the same direction as this paper
- positive
- positive
- positive
10 papers more in this group
See all 14 papers →application · quality: sugar starch · Prunus persica (peach)Positive and negative results
17 papers in the same direction as this paper · 2 in the opposite direction
- negative
- no effect
- positive
16 papers more in this group
See all 20 papers →application · disease · Prunus persica (peach)Positive and negative results
10 papers in the same direction as this paper · 7 in the opposite direction · 2 reporting no difference from an alternative
- negative
- no effect
- no effect
16 papers more in this group
See all 20 papers →application · quality: postharvest · Prunus persica (peach)Positive and negative results
21 papers in the same direction as this paper · 1 in the opposite direction
- negative
- positive
- positive
19 papers more in this group
See all 23 papers →Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.