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Evaluation of Fruit Quality during Shelf-life at High Temperature Environment in 'Wonhwang' and 'Whasan' Pears  

Lee, Ug-Yong (Dept. of Horticulture, Chungnam National University)
Oh, Kyoung-Young (Dept. of Horticulture, Chungnam National University)
Choi, Jin-Ho (Pear Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Hwang, Yong-Soo (Dept. of Horticulture, Chungnam National University)
Choi, Jong-Myung (Dept. of Horticulture, Chungnam National University)
Chun, Jong-Pil (Dept. of Horticulture, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.20, no.3, 2011 , pp. 233-240 More about this Journal
Abstract
We evaluated the changes of fruit quality factors and the incidence of physiological disorders during the periods of high temperature environment in 'Wonhwang' and 'Whasan' pears to determine appropriate harvest time for exportation. In 'Wonhwang' pears, the fruits harvested at 130 days after full bloom (DAFB) showed 31.3 and 17.6N of flesh firmness after 5 and 10 days after simulated marketing at $30^{\circ}C$, respectively, while those of the fruits harvested at 135 DAFB lowered to 16.7 or 6.9N, respectively. Whereas, 'Whasan' pear showed higher firmness during 14 days of high marketing condition than 'Wonhwang' pears which represented 30.4, 26.5 and 21.6N in the fruits harvested 145, 150 and 155 DAFB, respectively. Higher soluble solid contents and lower acidity values observed in the late harvested fruits in both cultivar along with increased marketing period at $30^{\circ}C$. Late harvested 'Wonhwang' pears showed higher respiration rate and ethylene production than early harvested ones, while those of 'Whasan' pears showed lower values regardless of fruit maturity which represented less than 50% of 'Wonhwang' pears. The incidence of physiological disorders such as internal browning, water soaking, flesh spot decay, core breakdown and pithiness appeared more severely in the fruits of 'Wonhwang' in accordance with the progress of high temperature marketing and fruit maturity. Whereas, those symptoms were occurred only after 14 days of prolonged marketing time in 'Whasan' pears. Consequently, it was needed to pay more attention to determine the ripeness when the fruits exported to the country with high temperature environment, especially in the fruits of 'Wonhwang' pears showing rapid quality loss and severe physiological disorders.
Keywords
high temperature environment; pear; physiological disorders; quality; skin color;
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