Enhancing shelf life and quality of 1-MCP treated sliced pears

Author: Amit Dhingra

Published: 2014

Summary: This projects objectives were: 1. Evaluate the quality and shelf life of sliced pears derived from 1-MCP treated fruit with and without treatment with the ripening compounds and identify the optimal ripening compounds and corresponding concentrations. 2. Evaluate the optimized ripening compound concentrations in partnership with Crunch Pak.

Keywords:

• Post-Harvest
• 1 MCP
• Fresh sliced pears
• Pear conditioning