Abstract
A study was aimed at analyzing the effect of pre-harvest sprays of calcium and putrescine on extending the shelf life and improving the fruit quality attributes of peach cv. Pratap was undertaken at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. Peach fruit is generally characterized by high perishability and short storage potential as fruits ripen quickly, shrivel by losing water and can be destroyed by fruit rotting microorganisms, thus rendering them unmarketable. For this, fifteen-year-old peach trees were sprayed with putrescine and calcium sprays and their combination treatments 10 days before harvesting. Fruit quality assessment such as fruit weight, physiological loss in weight (PLW), fruit shrinkage, fruit firmness, fruit decay, total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), ascorbic acid content and total sugars were analyzed at harvest and after every 6 days up to 30 days of storage at controlled conditions of 4±1?C and 85± 3% relative humidity (RH). All other pre-harvest foliar sprays showed better fruit quality and storage outcomes than the control. The findings of the present investigation revealed that foliar spray of calcium nitrate at the rate of 1.0% along with the application of putrescine at the rate of 100 ppm followed by calcium nitrate at the rate of 1.0% along with the application of putrescine at the rate of 200 ppm improved the quality and storability of peach cv. Pratap. The combined treatment of putrescine and calcium enhanced firmness, TSS and total sugars and reduced weight loss, shrinkage and fruit decay percentage.
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Claim · model-written summary
Preharvest foliar sprays improved fruit quality and storage outcomes relative to control.
- Taxon
- peach
Prunus persicae1 - Treatment
- pre-harvest foliar sprayse0
- Outcome
- fruit quality and storage outcomese0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All other pre-harvest foliar sprays showed better fruit quality and storage outcomes than the control”
e1“peach cv. Pratap was undertaken”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium nitrate 1.0% with putrescine 100 ppm improved peach quality and storability.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Pratape0
- Treatment
- calcium nitrate at the rate of 1.0% along with the application of putrescine at the rate of 100 ppme0
- Outcome
- quality and storabilitye0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar spray of calcium nitrate at the rate of 1.0% along with the application of putrescine at the rate of 100 ppm followed by calcium nitrate at the rate of 1.0% along with the application of putrescine at the rate of 200 ppm improved the quality and storability of peach cv. Pratap”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium nitrate 1.0% with putrescine 200 ppm improved peach quality and storability.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Pratape0
- Treatment
- calcium nitrate at the rate of 1.0% along with the application of putrescine at the rate of 200 ppme0
- Outcome
- quality and storabilitye0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“calcium nitrate at the rate of 1.0% along with the application of putrescine at the rate of 200 ppm improved the quality and storability of peach cv. Pratap”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined putrescine and calcium enhanced fruit firmness, soluble solids, and sugars.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae1
- Treatment
- combined treatment of putrescine and calciume0
- Outcome
- firmness, TSS and total sugarse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combined treatment of putrescine and calcium enhanced firmness, TSS and total sugars”
e1“peach cv. Pratap was undertaken”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined putrescine and calcium reduced fruit weight loss, shrinkage, and decay.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae1
- Treatment
- combined treatment of putrescine and calciume0
- Outcome
- weight loss, shrinkage and fruit decay percentagee0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combined treatment of putrescine and calcium enhanced firmness, TSS and total sugars and reduced weight loss, shrinkage and fruit decay percentage”
e1“peach cv. Pratap was undertaken”
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