Pre-harvest field application of enhanced freshness formulation reduces yield loss in orange
| Autor: | Maulid Mwatawala, Jayasankar Subramanian, Jaspa Samwel, Abdul Kudra, J. Alan Sullivan, Anna Baltazari, H.D. Mtui, T. J. Msogoya |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Pre-harvest fruit drop Orange (colour) Significant negative correlation Biology 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Hexanal lcsh:Agriculture 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Late valencia parasitic diseases Early valencia Cultivar 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences lcsh:S food and beverages Factorial experiment Non-marketable fruit Jaffa Horticulture chemistry Plant biochemistry PEST analysis Agronomy and Crop Science Citrus × sinensis 010606 plant biology & botany Food Science Biotechnology Citrus sinensis |
| Zdroj: | Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2196-5641 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40538-020-00191-7 |
| Popis: | Background Orange (Citrus sinensis L.) production in Tanzania is constrained by several pre-harvest factors that include pests. Hexanal, sprayed as Enhanced Freshness Formulation (EFF) is a relatively new technology that has been reported to reduce pre-harvest loss in fruits. However, the effects of hexanal on pre-harvest yield loss of orange are not known. We studied the effects of hexanal as EFF on yield losses of three sweet orange cultivars namely, Early Valencia, Jaffa, and Late Valencia. Factorial experiments tested the effects of EFF concentration, variety, and time of EFF application on number of dropped fruit, percentage of non-marketable fruit and incidence of pest damage. Results Results showed significant negative correlation (p p Conclusion Pre-harvest application of hexanal as EFF can significantly reduce number of dropped fruits, percentage of non-marketable fruit and incidence of pest damage. |
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