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Are recommended postharvest treatments really required?

van Doorn W.G.; van den Boogaard G.J. and Boerrigter H.A.

5th International Postharvest Symposium . Volume of Abstract . Verona, Italy 6-11 June 2004, p.132

2004

บทคัดย่อ

Some post-harvest treatments may not generally result in better quality. Other treatments may have some effect but are not cost-effective in terms of quality. A few examples will be given, using results from recent experiments with cut flowers and fruits. The quality of gerbera flowers, for example, is little affected by post-harvest treatments, but mainly determined by the cultivar and the grower, thus by the quality at harvest. This means that some precautions that are now advised in the gerbera trade seem superfluous. Even though treatments such as rapid cooling may not be cost-effective in terms of quality, they may well be required for other reasons. In addition, it would be unwise to generalise the findings as there are many products that do need extensive postharvest care.