INFLUENCE OF PRE- AND POST-HARVEST APPLICATIONS OF SOME ANTIOXIDANTS AND BIOCHEMICALS ON PROLONGING MARKETABLE LIFE OF WILLIAMS BANANA FRUITS | ||||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2015, Page 423-446 PDF (746.54 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2018.49342 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. S. El-Boray1; M. F. Mostafa1; A. S. Hosam El-Deen2; Maha F. Emam2 | ||||
| 1Pomology Dept., Fac. of Agric., Mansoura Univ. | ||||
| 2Hort. Res. Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Giza(ARC) | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study was conducted during two successive seasons (2012 and 2013) on Williams banana plants in a private banana orchard located at Badaway village, near Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate. This study was performed on the first and second ratoons. Mother plants planted at (3*3.5) m apart, three suckers per hole. During storage period under room conditions of temperature 33+2 and (R.H)63+2%,theresponse of pre-harvest treatments and chitosan 1.5% after harvest significantly reduced weight loss percentage (WLP) %, and decay %of banana fruits. As for, chemical characteristics measured, exhibited significant positive effects on fruits during storage periods in terms of reducing degradation of total chlorophyll contents (a+b), starch % ,accumulation of soluble solid contents (SSC%) and total soluble sugars (TSS) %.In this respect, it was indicated that the applications of gibberellic acid and salicylic acid at pre-harvest combined with Chitosan 1.5% after harvest were the best performance treatments to prolong the marketing life and maintaining the quality attributes of Williams banana fruits. | ||||
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