Abstract
This study assessed the effectiveness of potassium sorbate, citric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and calcium chloride as pre- and postharvest treatments to enhance resistance in Lirica RZ (F1 Hybrid) sweet peppers against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Potassium sorbate was the most effective at inhibiting fungal growth, followed by citric acid, while sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride were less effective. Sweet peppers treated with potassium sorbate or citric acid showed significantly reduced anthracnose incidence, better quality preservation, lower weight loss, and delayed ripening in both the 2021 and 2022 test seasons. These treatments also improved fruit firmness and maintained higher total soluble solids (TSS) compared to untreated controls.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sorbate inhibited fungal growth most effectively.
- Taxon
- Sweet peppers
Capsicum annuumt0 - Treatment
- Potassium sorbatee0
- Outcome
- fungal growthe0
- Direction
- most effectivee0
- Comparator
- citric acide0
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Verbatim
e0“Potassium sorbate was the most effective at inhibiting fungal growth, followed by citric acid, while sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride were less effective”
t0“Sweet Peppers”
Claim · model-written summary
Citric acid ranked behind potassium sorbate for fungal growth inhibition.
- Taxon
- Sweet PeppersCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- citric acide0
- Outcome
- fungal growthe0
- Direction
- followed bye0
- Comparator
- Potassium sorbatee0
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e0“Potassium sorbate was the most effective at inhibiting fungal growth, followed by citric acid”
t0“Sweet Peppers”
Claim · model-written summary
Sodium bicarbonate was less effective at inhibiting fungal growth.
- Taxon
- Sweet PeppersCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- sodium bicarbonatee0
- Outcome
- less effectivee0
- Direction
- less effectivee0
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Verbatim
e0“sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride were less effective”
t0“Sweet Peppers”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride was less effective at inhibiting fungal growth.
- Taxon
- Sweet PeppersCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- calcium chloridee0
- Outcome
- less effectivee0
- Direction
- less effectivee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride were less effective”
t0“Sweet Peppers”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sorbate or citric acid significantly reduced anthracnose incidence in sweet peppers.
- Taxon
- Sweet peppersCapsicum annuume0
- Treatment
- potassium sorbate or citric acide0
- Outcome
- anthracnose incidencee0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Sweet peppers treated with potassium sorbate or citric acid showed significantly reduced anthracnose incidence”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sorbate or citric acid preserved sweet pepper quality better.
- Taxon
- Sweet peppersCapsicum annuume0
- Treatment
- potassium sorbate or citric acide0
- Outcome
- quality preservatione0
- Direction
- bettere0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Sweet peppers treated with potassium sorbate or citric acid showed significantly reduced anthracnose incidence, better quality preservation, lower weight loss, and delayed ripening”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sorbate or citric acid lowered sweet pepper weight loss.
- Taxon
- Sweet peppersCapsicum annuume0
- Treatment
- potassium sorbate or citric acide0
- Outcome
- weight losse0
- Direction
- lowere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Sweet peppers treated with potassium sorbate or citric acid showed significantly reduced anthracnose incidence, better quality preservation, lower weight loss, and delayed ripening”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium sorbate or citric acid delayed sweet pepper ripening.
- Taxon
- Sweet peppersCapsicum annuume0
- Treatment
- potassium sorbate or citric acide0
- Outcome
- ripeninge0
- Direction
- delayede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sweet peppers treated with potassium sorbate or citric acid showed significantly reduced anthracnose incidence, better quality preservation, lower weight loss, and delayed ripening”
Claim · model-written summary
These treatments improved fruit firmness.
- Taxon
- Sweet PeppersCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- These treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit firmnesse0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- untreated controlse0
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Verbatim
e0“These treatments also improved fruit firmness and maintained higher total soluble solids (TSS) compared to untreated controls”
t0“Sweet Peppers”
Claim · model-written summary
These treatments maintained higher total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- Sweet PeppersCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- These treatmentse0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids (TSS)e0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- untreated controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“These treatments also improved fruit firmness and maintained higher total soluble solids (TSS) compared to untreated controls”
t0“Sweet Peppers”
The same questions in other papers
citric acid · quality: general · Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper)Results agree
1 paper in the same direction as this paper
- positive
potassium sorbate · disease · Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper)Results agree
1 paper in the same direction as this paper
- positive
potassium sorbate · quality: postharvest · Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper)Results agree
1 paper in the same direction as this paper
- positive
citric acid · quality: postharvest · Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper)Results agree
1 paper in the same direction as this paper
- positive
citric acid · disease · Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper)Results agree
2 papers in the same direction as this paper
- positive
- positive
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