Effect of Preharvest Applications on Storage and Quality Properties of Miho Wase Mandarin

Abstract

In this study, liquid Nutri-Cal, powdered Sulfon and water (control) from leaves were applied to theMiho-Wase mandarin before harvest. The fruits were stored for 3 months under conditions containing 1°Ctemperature and 90% relative humidity. The fruit was kept in the shelf life for 7 days. The weight loss, colorchange, fruit juice amount, titratable acidity (TA) amount, total soluble solids (TSS) amount, pH and decayvalues of the fruits kept store and shelf life were evaluated periodically. When all the data were evaluated, Nutri-Cal liquid fertilizer application, which was applied to fruits for 1 month before 15 days, was found to have apositive effect on quality criteria during storage and shelf life.