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Hormonal and Chemical Preharvest Treatments which Influence Postharvest Quality, Maturity and Storeability of Fruit

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Post-Harvest Physiology and Crop Preservation

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The work of a postharvest physiologist is usually concerned with the quality and durability of a product at harvest and in storage. However, this quality, or potential for quality, is often affected or determined long before that time, and storage may in many respects be regarded as the preservation of predetermined quality. In addition, the way a fruit has to be stored greatly depends on its preharvest life, e.g. the extent of its accumulation of calcium, sugars, acids, on cell size and cell number etc. Growth regulators and phytohormones affect most of these processes and the postharvest physiologist should be aware of the potential as well as the problems related to their use.

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Bangerth, F. (1983). Hormonal and Chemical Preharvest Treatments which Influence Postharvest Quality, Maturity and Storeability of Fruit. In: Lieberman, M. (eds) Post-Harvest Physiology and Crop Preservation. Nato Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 46. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0094-7_15

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