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THE EFFECT OF SEMPERFRESH ON THE STORAGE OF WILLIAMS PEAR AND STARKSPUR GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLE CULTIVARS
Williams pear cv. and Starkspur Golden Delicious apple cv. were used as plant material.
Fruits were dipped in 0 (Control 2: C2), 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 % concentrations of Semperfresh solutions.
No treatment was applied to Control (C1) fruits.
After treatment fruits were stored in 0 ± 0.5 °C and 85 – 90 % relative humidity conditions.
Semperfresh increased the storage period and shelf life of Williams pear by preventing ripening.
Fruit loss because of senescence was above 75 % in control fruits (C1 and C2) but was only 0.7 % in fruits with 1.5% Semperfresh applied.
Semperfresh treatments prolonged the change of peel colour from green to yellow.
Semperfresh treatments especially affected the decrease of weight loss and retarding of peel colour change from green to yellow in Starkspur Golden Delicious apple cv.
Shelf life of fruits applied with Semperfresh were also prolonged.
