Testing modulation of storage temperature to improve quality of apples

The Agriculture Horticulture Development Board funded a project conducted by the Produce Quality Centre in the UK over three seasons (2010 - 2012) to test the use of temperature modulation during storage of Cox and Braeburn apples.
Incorporating periods of lower temperature (1.5 - 2C) into the standard 6 month storage period for Cox's Orange Pippin reduced the incidence of Nectria rots. However improvements in fruit quality were limited and modulating the temperature did not reduce the risk of low temperature breakdown (LTB). Modulated low temperature storage (0.5 - 1.0 C) of Braeburn reduced the rate of softening of fruit from some orchard consignments, but failed to control the development of internal disorders.

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Testing modulation of storage temperature to improve quality of apples () The Agriculture Horticulture Development Board funded a project conducted by the Produce Quality Centre in the UK over three seasons (2010 - 2012) to test the use of temperature modulation during storage of Cox and Braeburn apples. Incorporating periods of lower temperature (1.5 - 2C) into the standard 6 month storage period for Cox's Orange Pippin reduced the incidence of Nectria rots. However improvements in fruit quality were limited and modulating the temperature did not reduce the risk of low temperature breakdown (LTB). Modulated low temperature storage (0.5 - 1.0 C) of Braeburn reduced the rate of softening of fruit from some orchard consignments, but failed to control the development of internal disorders.

Details

Activity type

Publication in other stakeholder journal/magazine

Activity work package

Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

Activity number

UOG-WP4-A1

Activity contact

Dr Richard Colgan
Natural Resources Institute, Produce Quality Centre
University of Greenwich, UK
[email protected]

Activity partner

UoG

Activity country

United Kingdom

Last edit

11-11-2018