Postharvest application of natural products to control Botrytis storage rot in kiwifruit.
Ward, B. G.; Poole, P. R.; Hill, R. A.; Cutler, H. G.;
Acta Horticulturae Year: 1998 Issue: No. 464 Pages: 225-228 Ref: 9 ref.
1998
บทคัดย่อ
Kiwifruits (cv. Hayward) harvested on 5 dates were inoculated with Botrytis cinerea spores at the picking wound (pedicel removal site), treated 4 or 50 h after inoculation with delta -decalactone, delta -dodecalactone or beta -ionone (5 micro l/fruit) or vinclozolin (70 micro g in 5 micro l water), wrapped in polyethylene film and stored at 0 deg C. After 18 weeks' storage, percentage decay due to B. cinerea was lower in most treated fruits than in control (untreated) fruits. Delayed treatment with delta -dodecalactone gave the best control, which was similar to the control obtained with vinclozolin. Percentage decay varied significantly with harvest date.