Effect of Harvesting time, Duration of Storage and Maturation of some Characters of Quince Fruits Cydonia oblonga cv. Champion | ||
| Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 55, Volume 29, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 705-712 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bagrs.2016.134249 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Avan A. Fatih; Nameer N. Fadhil | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The research was conducted in Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sulaimani, and consisted of two experiments, the first experiment on quince storage, and the second on quince ripening. Ripening experiment: Effect of two picking dates (19th October and 19th November), two storage periods (2 and 3 months) and ripening treatments (ethylene 150mg.l-1 or 4 and seven days storage at 25°C) were studied on quince fruits cv. "Champion". Fruits were picked on 19th October or 19th November, 2010, transported to Department of Horticulture precooled and stored at 2±10C and 85-90% R.H. for two or three months. After storage the fruits were exposed to ethylene in the ripening rooms or kept in oven chamber at 25°C for 4 or seven days. The experiment were factorial (2*2*3) in C.R.D. with 3 rep. and seven fruits for each treatment. The most important results were as follows: Quince fruits picked in the second date were significantly less than the first date in TSS, firmness and percent acidity, but were higher in, carotenoids. Quince fruits stored for 3 months reduced in TSS, firmness and percent acidity , as compared with quince fruits stored for two months, but were higher in, carotenoids . Quince fruits exposed to 25°C for 4 or seven days were higher from fruits exposed to ethylene in TSS, weight loss, , but fruits exposed to ethylene were higher in firmness, acidity and carotenoids. And Interaction between second date picking, storage for three months plus exposure to 25°C for seven days resulted in higher weight loss whereas, interaction between first date picking, storage for 2 months plus exposure to ethylene were higher in TSS and fruit firmness. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Quince; harvest time; storage period; ripening; Cydonia oblonga | ||
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