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Quality of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) fruit in relation to ripening time, CaCl2 pre-harvest sprays and storage conditions.

Schirra, M.; Inglese, P.; Mantia, T. la;

Scientia Horticulturae Year: 1999 Vol: 81 Issue: 4 Pages: 425-436 Ref: 17 ref.

1999

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Quality of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) fruit in relation to ripening time, CaCl2 pre-harvest sprays and storage conditions.

Postharvest behaviour of summer and autumn ripening cactus pear fruit cv. Gialla was investigated in relation to pre-harvest growing conditions, and CaCl2 applications. Summer ripening cactus pear fruits were stored for 5 weeks at 6 deg C and 90-95% relative humidity (RH), and 3 days at 20 deg C, 75% RH to simulate a marketing period (SMP). Autumn ripening fruits were kept under the same conditions for 7 weeks plus a SMP. Summer ripening cactus pear fruits were more susceptible to chilling injury and to weight loss, but less sensitive to decay than autumn fruits. CaCl2 delayed rind colour development and increased fruit resistance to decay but promoted susceptibility to chilling injury.