Maturity Indexing and Postharvest Performance of Newly Developed ‘Lamb Hass’ Avocado Fruit

Autor: Sbulelo Mwelase, Asanda Mditshwa, Lembe Samukelo Magwaza, Samson Zeray Tesfay
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of Fruit Science, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 453-470 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 15538362
1553-8621
1553-8362
DOI: 10.1080/15538362.2022.2054906
Popis: This study was conducted to identify reliable science-based maturity indices for ‘Lamb Hass’ avocado fruit and evaluate the effect of harvest maturity on the fruit postharvest performance. Fruits were harvested from outside and inside canopy positions at early and mid-season for quality assessment. The results showed that the canopy position had a highly significant effect (p .05) between the early and mid-season fruit, whilst significant differences in OC were found between the two harvesting stages. In both harvesting stages, the canopy positions did not affect the rate of fruit mass loss. Nonetheless, the overall analysis showed that early season fruit had a significantly (p .05) on the fruit softening rate as insignificant differences between the two harvesting stages were observed. In both the harvesting stages, inside canopy fruit were characterized by a higher concentration of mannoheptulose and perseitol than the outside canopy fruit. The early and mid-season fruit also differed significantly (p
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