Lenticel Breakdown: Time in Storage, Fuji and Fungicides
Author: Eugene Kupferman
Published: 2004
Summary: Improve the industry’s ability to pack fruit susceptible to lenticel breakdown by: • Characterizing the role of storage on the propensity of Gala apples to develop lenticel breakdown (LB). • Understanding whether high solution conductivity levels play a role in developing LB in Gala apples. • Determining the effect of fungicides on Gala apples susceptible to LB. • Determining the effect of presizing and length of time between presizing and packing on LB development in Gala apples. • Determining the susceptibility of Fuji apples to known packingline chemicals. • Determining the effect of presizing and length of time between presizing and packing on LB development in Fuji apples.
