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FACTORS AFFECTING RIPENING AND QUALITY OF MATURE-GREEN TOMATOES

Article number
116_16
Pages
133 – 138
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Abstract
Effect of postharvest conditions and treatments, including temperatures, ethephon and ethylene treatments as well as maturity of tomatoes M-1 to M-4 were studied in relation to ripening and quality change after harvest.

The lowest concentration of ethylene tested, 0,3 ppm, was effective in reducing time from mature-green to breaker, nearly in half.
Maximum response of mature-green fruits (M-2) to ethylene at concentration of 100 ppm was achieved in 4 days, although this was not significantly different from 2 days.

Each maturity class had a significantly shorter ripening time than the previous class.
Holding for 1 day at 30°C did not significantly affect the response to ethylene.
Ethrel treatments gave ripening results essentially the same as ethylene treatments.

Publication
Symposium on Postharvest Handling of Vegetables
Authors
L.L. Morris, L.L. Strand, F. Adamicki
Keywords
Full text
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1981.116.16
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