Cultivar and fruit size influence bruise susceptibility and some physical properties of apple fruit

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Department of Horticultural Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, I.R. Iran

Abstract

ABSTRACT- For most fruit types, including apples, bruising is the most common type of postharvest mechanical injury. Bruise susceptibility was investigated in 3 commercial cultivars (‘JazzTM’, ‘Granny Smith’ and ‘Fuji’) and among a range of 4 different fruit sizes (commercial counts of 135, 120, 100, and 88) in each cultivar. Bruising was carried out by dropping a uniform round steel ball (110g) from a height of 30 cm through a vertical hollow PVC pipe onto the apples. Fruit physical properties and bruise assessments were evaluated. The results showed that ‘JazzTM’ and‘Granny Smith’ apples had the lowest and highest bruise susceptibility, respectively, indicating that ‘Granny Smith’ apple would be more likely to be bruised during harvest and post-harvest handling. Results also showed that smaller fruits were less susceptible to bruising. There was a positive significant correlation between fruit bruising and fruit volume; but, there were significant negative correlations between fruit bruising and fruit density, fruit firmness and fruit dry mater. These findings will be very useful to reduce the incidence of fruit damage of studied apple cultivars, which is of interest to both growers and operators of postharvest handling and marketing facilities.

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Article Title [Persian]

اثررقمواندازه میوه بر حساسیت به کوفتگی و برخی خواص فیزیکی میوه سیب

Authors [Persian]

  • علی قرقانی
  • شیرین شاهکومحلی
گروه باغبانی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه شیراز، شیراز، ج. ا. ایران
Abstract [Persian]

چکیده- برای اغلب میوه ها، ازجمله سیب،کوفتگی متداول­ترین آسیب مکانیکی پس ازبرداشت است. حساسیت به کوفتگی ناشی از آسیب‏های مکانیکی درسه رقم تجاری(شامل ’جاز‘،’گرانی اسمیت‘و’فوجی‘) و در هر رقم در چهار درجه تجاری میوه (شامل 135، 120، 100 و 88) اندازه­گیری شد. برای ایجاد کوفتگی یک گلوله فلزی با وزن مشخص (110 گرم) از ارتفاع مشخصی (30 سانتی­متر) و از درون یک لوله پی وی سی بر روی میوه ها رها  شد برخی خواص فیزیکی میوه و همچنین شاخص­های مربوط به کوفتگی اندازه گیری شد. نتایج نشان داد که رقم جاز کمترین و رقم گرانی اسمیت بیشترین حساسیت را در برابر کوفتگی داشتند که می تواند بیانگر این مسئله باشد که رقم گرانی اسمیت در فرایند نقل و انتقال تجاری آسیب بیشتری خواهد دید. ارزیابی اندازه میوه نشان داد که میوه­های کوچکتر در برابر کوفتگی حساسیت کمتری داشتند. بررسی ارتباط بین خواص فیزیکی میوه و میزان کوفتگی نیز نشان داد که به طور کلی حجم میوه همبستگی مثبت بالا و چگالی، سفتی و وزن خشک میوه نیز همبستگی منفی بالایی با حجم کوفتگی داشتند. نتایج این پژوهش می تواند در کاهش میزان صدمات مکانیکی وارده به میوه سیب بسیار مفید واقع شود که مورد توجه هر دو تولید کنندگان میوه و شرکت های فعال در بخش نگهداری و بازاررسانی میوه می باشد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • واژه‏های کلیدی:
  • سیب
  • رقم
  • اندازه میوه
  • حساسیت به کوفتگی
  • خواص فیزیکی میوه

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Iran Agricultural Research
Volume 37, Issue 1
June 2018
Pages 49-56

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