Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that proper food-oil application can control postharvest pitting in Marsh grapefruit.
- Taxon
- grapefruit
_Pompelino_Grapefruit_002.jpg?width=60)
Citrus ×paradisie0 - Material
- 'Marsh'e0
- Outcome
- proper application of food oilse0
Not reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Pompelino_Grapefruit_002.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“proper application of food oils can successfully control postharvest pitting of white 'Marsh' grapefruit”
Title
Food oils reduce postharvest pitting and influence the storage quality of grapefruit
Huating Dou; Robert D. Hagenmaier; Zhiguo Ju; et al. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 2002
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Soybean oil followed by waxing yielded 2.3% postharvest pitting in Marsh grapefruit.
- Intervention effect Petroleum oil followed by waxing yielded 62.5% pitting.
- Intervention effect Shellac wax coating yielded 76.1% pitting.
- Intervention effect Fruit decay showed no obvious difference among the first study treatments.
- Intervention effect Soybean oil followed by shellac wax gave no postharvest pitting in the second study.
- Intervention effect Canola oil followed by shellac wax gave no postharvest pitting.
- Intervention effect Corn oil followed by shellac wax gave no postharvest pitting.
- Intervention effect Petroleum oil significantly increased grapefruit pitting.
- Intervention effect Shellac wax significantly increased grapefruit pitting.
- Intervention effect Shellac wax containing 10% vegetable oil significantly increased grapefruit pitting.
- Intervention effect Fruit weight loss did not differ significantly among second study treatments.
- Intervention effect Fruit decay did not differ significantly among second study treatments.
- Intervention effect All treatments lowered fruit internal oxygen concentration.
- Observation Soybean oil treated fruit had 8.4% internal oxygen.
- Observation Shellac waxed fruit had 5.1% internal oxygen, lower than soybean oil treated fruit.
- Intervention effect Oil-wax emulsions did not improve pitting reduction.