Abstract
Abstract Adding 250 ppm benomyl or 500 ppm thiabendazole (TBZ) to contaminated dump-tank water in apple-packing plants reduced subsequent decay of fruit packed in polyethylene bags. In 9 tests with bagged apples ( Malus domestica ) stored in master containers for 3 months at 0°C plus 2 weeks at 21°C, decay averaged 6.0% in control lots, 3.9% with TBZ, and 1.8% with benomyl. Bags containing at least 1 decayed apple after this holding period averaged 44% for control lots, 27% with TBZ, and 19% with benomyl. However, 3 months at 0°C plus 2 weeks at 21°C was too long to store prepackaged apples in cartons, because of the high percentage of bags with decay. The fungicides also reduced decay during shorter storage of 2 weeks at 4.4°C plus 2 weeks at 21°C. Combination fungicide and scald-inhibitor treatments before bagging were effective. Without scald inhibitors about 33% of the apples scalded, while with scald inhibitors, alone or combined with fungicides, 10% scalded.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Thiabendazole reduced apple decay to 3.9% versus 6.0% in controls after long storage.
- Taxon
- apples
Malus domesticae1 - Treatment
- TBZe0
- Outcome
- decaye0
- Direction
- reducedt0
- Value
- 3.9%e0
- Qualifier
- 6.0%e0
- Comparator
- control lotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“decay averaged 6.0% in control lots, 3.9% with TBZ, and 1.8% with benomyl”
e1“In 9 tests with bagged apples ( Malus domestica ) stored in master containers for 3 months at 0°C plus 2 weeks at 21°C”
t0“Thiabendazole Treatments Reduce Decay of Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Benomyl reduced apple decay to 1.8% versus 6.0% in controls after long storage.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- benomyle0
- Outcome
- decaye0
- Direction
- Reducet0
- Value
- 1.8%e0
- Qualifier
- 6.0%e0
- Comparator
- control lotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“decay averaged 6.0% in control lots, 3.9% with TBZ, and 1.8% with benomyl”
e1“In 9 tests with bagged apples ( Malus domestica ) stored in master containers for 3 months at 0°C plus 2 weeks at 21°C”
t0“Benomyl and Thiabendazole Treatments Reduce Decay of Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Bags with at least one decayed apple were 27% with TBZ versus 44% in controls.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- TBZe0
- Outcome
- Bags containing at least 1 decayed applee0
- Direction
- Reducet0
- Value
- 27%e0
- Qualifier
- 44%e0
- Comparator
- control lotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bags containing at least 1 decayed apple after this holding period averaged 44% for control lots, 27% with TBZ, and 19% with benomyl”
t0“Thiabendazole Treatments Reduce Decay of Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Bags with at least one decayed apple were 19% with benomyl versus 44% in controls.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- benomyle0
- Outcome
- Bags containing at least 1 decayed applee0
- Direction
- Reducet0
- Value
- 19%e0
- Qualifier
- 44%e0
- Comparator
- control lotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bags containing at least 1 decayed apple after this holding period averaged 44% for control lots, 27% with TBZ, and 19% with benomyl”
t0“Benomyl and Thiabendazole Treatments Reduce Decay of Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Three months at 0°C plus two weeks at 21°C was judged too long for prepackaged apples because many bags decayed.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticae0
- Outcome
- too long to store prepackaged apples in cartonse0
- Qualifier
- high percentage of bags with decaye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“3 months at 0°C plus 2 weeks at 21°C was too long to store prepackaged apples in cartons, because of the high percentage of bags with decay”
Claim · model-written summary
Fungicides reduced apple decay during the shorter storage period.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- fungicidese0
- Outcome
- decaye0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- 2 weeks at 4.4°C plus 2 weeks at 21°Ce0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The fungicides also reduced decay during shorter storage of 2 weeks at 4.4°C plus 2 weeks at 21°C”
t0“Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined fungicide and scald inhibitor treatments before bagging were effective.
- Taxon
- ApplesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Combination fungicide and scald-inhibitor treatmentse0
- Outcome
- effectivee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Combination fungicide and scald-inhibitor treatments before bagging were effective”
t0“Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Scald inhibitors reduced apple scalding to 10% from about 33% without inhibitors.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- scald inhibitorse0
- Outcome
- apples scaldede0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 10%e0
- Qualifier
- about 33%e0
- Comparator
- Without scald inhibitorse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Without scald inhibitors about 33% of the apples scalded, while with scald inhibitors, alone or combined with fungicides, 10% scalded”
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