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Evaluating the Streif index against commercial subjective predictions to determine the harvest date of apples in South Africa [PDF]

South African Journal of Plant and Soil, 2012
For the local deciduous fruit industry, which mainly exports fruit, determination of the optimum physiological harvest maturity for apples to ensure high fruit quality after long-term storage is still an important goal. This is performed by a subjective determination based on a weekly rate of change of all or some of the ripening parameters such as ...
Lötze, Elmi, Bergh, Oloff
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Determination of the Optimum Harvest Window for Apples Using the Non-Destructive Biospeckle Method. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2016
Determination of the optimum harvest window plays a key role in the agro-food chain as the quality of fruit depends on the right harvesting time and appropriate storage conditions during the postharvest period.
Skic A, Szymańska-Chargot M, Kruk B, Chylińska M, Pieczywek PM, Kurenda A, Zdunek A, Rutkowski KP.   +7 more
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Using the Streif Index as a Final Harvest Window for Controlled-atmosphere Storage of Apples [PDF]

HortScience, 1999
A final harvest window (FHW), expressed as Streif Index coefficients [firmness/(percentage soluble solids concentration × starch index)], was developed for identifying maximum fruit quality for strains of `McIntosh', `Cortland', and `Jonagold' apples (Malus ×domestica Borkh.) following 8 months of controlled-atmosphere (CA) storage.
John M. DeLong, Robert K. Prange, Peter A. Harrison, R. Andrew Schofield, Jennifer R. DeEll   +4 more
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Evaluation of Streif’s Index Values During Maturation of Two Apple Cultivars

Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture, IX International Scientific Symposium, 2017
The paper presents the results of Streif’s Index (SI) expression by new method of harvest date optimization, based on calculation one of its components - starch index (S), by image analysis. Harvest date prediction is a crucial factor in apple storage and subsequent shelf life, making it the main factor of product optimization.
Guz, Tomasz, Kobus, Zbigniew, Nadulski, Rafał, Rydzak, Leszek   +3 more
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Apple Fruit Growth and Quality Depend on the Position in Tree Canopy. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2022
Modern apple orchard systems should guarantee homogeneity of fruit internal and external qualities and fruit maturity parameters. However, when orchards reach productive age, a variation of these parameters takes place and mostly it is related to uneven ...
Kviklys D, Viškelis J, Liaudanskas M, Janulis V, Laužikė K, Samuolienė G, Uselis N, Lanauskas J.   +7 more
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The influence of harvest maturity and basic macroelement content in fruit on the incidence of diseases and disorders after storage of the ‘Ligol’ apple cultivar

Folia Horticulturae, 2013
Research was carried out during the 1999-2007 growing and storage season using ‘Ligol’ apples from trees grafted on M.26, and fertilised in accordance with recommendations for commercial orchards.
Łysiak Grzegorz
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Comparison between IAD and other maturity indices in nine commercially grown apple cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae
To maintain storage potential as long as possible, it is important to harvest fruit at optimal maturity. Different maturity indices have been developed, including flesh firmness, soluble solids content, starch degradation, ethylene production, and ...
Joakim Sjöstrand, Ibrahim Tahir, Helena Persson Hovmalm, L. Garkava-Gustavsson, Henrik Stridh, Marie E. Olsson   +5 more
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Review on postharvest quality and handling of apple

International Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology, 2022
Apple is a climacteric temperate fruit with high market demand providing essential components to the body. Nowadays, apple production is increasing every year especially in EU member countries are the highest producer.
Shewa Anbesse Girma, Gobena Daniel Alemu, Ali Mikiyas Kebede   +2 more
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Improving and predicting storability of Swedish apples with IAD and improved storage conditions

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, 2023
Only around 30% of the apples consumed in Sweden are produced within the country, even though many customers prefer locally produced fruit. One way to increase the availability of Swedish fruit is to reduce post-harvest losses to pathogens and disorders,
Joakim Sjöstrand
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The Effects of Preharvest 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) Treatment on the Fruit Quality Parameters of Cold-Stored ‘Szampion’ Cultivar Apples

Agriculture, 2020
Postharvest treatment by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) for ‘Szampion’ cultivar apples inhibits ripening of climacteric fruit by blocking ethylene receptors, preventing ethylene from binding and eliciting its action.
Kazimierz Tomala, Marek Grzęda, Dominika Guzek, Dominika Głąbska, Krystyna Gutkowska   +4 more
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