Claim · model-written summary
Pre-harvest potassium silicate at 4 ml/l reduced degradation of fruit ascorbic acid during 21 days at 8°C and 95 % RH.
- Taxon
- sweet pepper
Capsicum annuume0 - Treatment
- pre-harvest potassium silicate at a concentration of 4 ml/le0
- Outcome
- degradation of ascorbic acid contente0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- during storage at 8°C and 95 % RH for 21 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“sweet pepper fruits received pre-harvest potassium silicate at a concentration of 4 ml/l effectively displayed sweet pepper fruits with glossy and vivid green appearance, maintained TSS%, and reduced the degradation of ascorbic acid content of sweet pepper fruits during storage at 8°C and 95 % RH for 21 days”
Title
AMAL S. ATRESS; ESMAEL A. RASHID Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research 2016. doi:10.21608/ejar.2016.153129
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Potassium silicate spray significantly improved fruit weight, lightness and hue angle at harvest.
- Intervention effect Potassium thiosulphate spray significantly improved fruit weight, lightness and hue angle at harvest.
- Intervention effect Pre-harvest potassium silicate at 4 ml/l produced glossy, vivid green fruit during storage.
- Intervention effect Pre-harvest potassium silicate at 4 ml/l maintained fruit TSS% during storage.