Optimum harvest date of some apple varieties in the 'Rhineland' from 1989 to 1992.
Baumann, H.;
COST 94. The postharvest treatment of fruit and vegetables. Determination and prediction of optimum harvest date of apples and pears. Proceedings of a meeting, Lofthus, Norway, 9-10 June 1994. Year: 1996 Pages: 33-38 Ref: 3 ref.
1996
บทคัดย่อ
The determination of optimum harvest date (OHD) by firmness (F), starch degradation (S) and soluble solids content (R) was studied in 1989-92 in the apple cultivars Gloster, Jonagold and Elstar. Starch degradation and the index F/(R x S) fitted best, but did not compensate for extreme weather conditions and single orchards. A new concept of earliest harvest date is suggested, which may be described by the effects 'end of regreening' after test picking and by 'fluorescence response to flash light'; these characteristics will be included in subsequent trials.