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T1 Effect of Sustainable Preharvest and Postharvest Techniques on Quality and Storability of High-Acidity ‘Reinette du Canada’ Apple
A1 Guerra Sánchez, Marcos
A1 Sanz, Miguel Ángel
A1 Rodríguez González, Álvaro
A1 Casquero Luelmo, Pedro Antonio
A2 Produccion Vegetal
K1 Hortofruticultura
K1 Ingeniería agrícola
K1 Bitter pit
K1 Fertilisation
K1 Fruit quality
K1 Senescent breakdown
K1 Storage
K1 Sustainable agriculture
AB [EN] Consumers are more disposed towards paying price premiums for sustainable food products.This fact is especially important for products with a PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) label,such as the high-acidity apple cultivar ‘Reinette du Canada’. However, ‘Reinette du Canada’ applefruit is affected by two of the main post-harvest disorders in apple cultivars, bitter pit and senescentbreakdown. As a means to achieve sustainable production of this high-quality apple cultivar, theeffect of a sustainable preharvest technique, summer pruning, in combination with a zero-residuepostharvest treatment allowed in organic farming on calcium-related disorders and quality in globalterms in this PDO-labelled apple cultivar was assessed during storage. The combination of the twosustainable practices was an effective tool in diminishing senescent breakdown from 43% to 17%and to decrease bitter pit incidence by up to 21% (from 36% to 15%) throughout storage, especiallyin fruit with high susceptibility to this disorder during storage. Moreover, the overall acceptabilitywas kept high (values of more than 3 on a 5-point scale) when applying this environment-friendlysustainable horticulture practice, which will not only reduce the synthetic pesticide input in the appleagroecosystem, but also contribute to producing fruit with zero residues
PB MDPI
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/21224
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/21224
NO Guerra, M., Sanz, M. Á., Rodríguez-González, Á., & Casquero, P. A. (2022). Effect of Sustainable Preharvest and Postharvest Techniques on Quality and Storability of High-Acidity ‘Reinette du Canada’ Apple. Horticulturae, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/HORTICULTURAE8020086
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD Jul 6, 2024