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Improvement of harvested strawberry quality by illumination: colour and Botrytis infection

Yolanta Saks, Azika Copel and Rivka Barkai-Golan

Postharvest Biology and Technology Vol: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 19-27.

1996

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Improvement of harvested strawberry quality by illumination: colour and Botrytis infection

Strawberry fruit, cvs. Dorit and Ofra were illuminated at 14.5 and 17.5 Wm-2, respectively, by white fluorescent light at 2°C. A two-hour treatment was sufficient to overcome the genetic limitation of "white shoulders" (WS) in Dorit and the "poor red colour" (PRC) in cv. Ofra. Illumination enhanced both external and internal fruit colour. The fruit-quality attributes, freshness of calyx, fruit firmness and fruit decay, were not impaired by light treatment after storage simulating air or sea transport followed by shelf-life (18°C). The described treatment reduced fruit rot in both cultivars. In fruit inoculated with Botrytis cinerea, the most common storage pathogen of strawberry, the appearance of disease symptoms was delayed.