HortScience · 1974 · 14 citations · 0 references
AgricultureAgronomyHorticultural SciencesFruit SciencePomologyPostharvest PhysiologyFruit PhysiologyFruit PreservationFruit QualityFruit Quality EvaluationFruit StorageFruit TextureCalcium Content Of CropsCalcium Physiology In FruitFirmnessFruit Firmness MeasurementFruit Flesh StructureFruit Mineral ContentQuality Loss In FruitsStorage Effects On Fruit Quality
Abstract ‘Spartan’ apples from 29 orchards were dipped in 4% calcium chloride Solution at harvest Senescent breakdown was reduced from an average of 8.3% in the undipped fruit to 2.7% in the dipped fruit Firmness was increased by 0.38 kg (0.84 lb.) and Ca concentration in the fruit flesh by 76 ppm by the dip.