Sprayable 1-MCP for managing apple postharvest quality
Author: Don C. Elfving
Published: 2007
Summary: The objectives of this project were: 1. Evaluate effects of ethephon applied 4 weeks or 4 and 3 weeks before normal harvest on fruit quality attributes at harvest 2 or 1 week(s) before normal harvest and at normal harvest. 2. Examine effects of postharvest SmartFresh treatment with or without early ethephon on storability and fruit quality attributes for each harvest date after short-term RA and medium-term CA storage. 3. Assess whether combinations of ethephon applied 4 or 3 weeks before normal harvest and SmartFresh postharvest can enable earlier than normal harvest of fruit with comparable quality and storage characteristics to untreated fruit harvested at the normal timing.
