Harvest date effects on maturity, quality, and storage disorders of 'Honeycrisp' apples

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 164-169

  Watkins, Christopher B ^a   Erkan, Mustafa ^a,e   Nock, Jacqueline F ^a   Iungerman, Kevin A ^b   Beaudry, Randolph M ^c   Moran, Renae E ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Mathematics Specialist Cornell University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Soil and Environ Sci ^*  (United States)

^e AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Malus sylvestris var. domestica; Maturity; Soft scald; Soggy breakdown

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CULTIVATION; ETHYLENE; HARVESTING; LUBRICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STARCH;

FRUIT LOSSES; PATTERN INDEX; SOFT SCALD; STORAGE DISORDERS;

FRUITS;

CATALYSTS; CULTIVATION; ETHYLENE; HARVESTING; LUBRICATION; MALUS; QUALITY CONTROL; STARCH; STORAGE;

MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 13144268640     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.1.164     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Anon. 1948. Ground colorchart for McIntosh apples. Cornell Univ. Ext. Bul. 750.
2. Blanpied, G.D. and C.R. Little. 1991. Relationships among bloom dates, ethylene climacteric initiation dates, and maturity-related storage disorders of Jonathan apples grown in Australia. Postharv. Biol. Technol. 1:3-10.
3. Blanpied, G.D. and K.J. Silsby. 1992. Predicting harvest date windows for apples. Cornell Cooperative Ext. Information Bul. 221.
4. Brooks, C. and C.P Harley. 1934. Soft scald and soggy break-down of apples. J. Agr. Res. 49:55-69.
5. Chu, C.L. 1988. Internal ethylene concentration of 'McIntosh', 'Northern Spy', 'Empire', 'Mutsu', and 'Idared' apples during the harvest season. J. Amer. Soc Hort. Sci. 113:226-229.
6. Ferguson, I.B. and C.B. Watkins. 1989. Bitter pit in apple fruit. Hort. Rev. 11:289-355.
7. Greene, D.W. and W.R. Autio. 1990. Evaluation of ripening and fruit quality of 'Gala' and 'McIntosh' apples at harvest and following air storage. Fruit Var. J. 44:117-123.
8. Greene, D.W. and S.A. Weis. 2001. Evaluation and growing of Honeycrisp in New England. Compact Fruit Tree 34:100-103.
9. Harker, F.R., C.B. Watkins, P.L. Brookfield, M.J. Miller, S.J. Reid, P.J. Jackson, R.L. Bieleski, and T. Bartley. 1999. Maturity and regional influences on watercore development and its postharvest disappearance in 'Fuji' apples. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 124:166-172.
10. Knee, M., S.M. Smith, and D.S. Johnson. 1983. Comparison of methods for estimating the onset of the respiration climacteric in unpicked apples. J. Hort. Sci. 58:521-526.
11. Lau, O.L., Y. Liu, and S.F. Yang. 1986. Effects of fruit detachment on ethylene biosynthesis and loss of flesh firmness, skin color, and starch in ripening 'Golden Delicious' apples. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 111:731-734.
12. Leake, A.L., S.M. Hoggett, and C.B. Watkins. 1989a. Solving the greasiness problem in Granny Smith apple fruit. Orchardist N.Z. 62(4):24-26.
13. Leake, A.L., S.M. Hoggett. and C.B. Watkins. 1989b. Granny Smiths revisited. Orchardist N.Z. 62(6):23.
14. Luby, J.J. and D.S. Bedford. 1992. Honeycrisp apple. Univ. Minn. Agr. Expt. Sta. Rpt. 225-1992 (AD-MR-5877-B).
15. Mansour, R., A. Latche, V. Vaillant, J.-C. Pech, and M.S. Reid. 1986. Metabolism of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid in ripening apple fruits. Physiol. Plant. 66:495-502.
16. Morice, I.M. and F.B. Shorland. 1973. Composition of the surface waxes of apple fruits and changes during storage. J. Sci. Food Agr. 24:1331-1339.
17. Pierson, C.F., M.J. Ceponis, and L.M. McColloch. 1971. Market diseases of apples, pears, and quinces. USDA Hndbk. 376.
18. Plagge, H.H., T.J. Maney, and B.S. and Pickett. 1935. Functional diseases of the apple in storage. Iowa Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 329:37-79.
19. Plagge, H.H. and T.J. Maney. 1937. Factors influencing the development of soggy break-down in apples. J. Agr. Res. 55:739-763.
20. Rosenberger, D., J. Schupp, C. Watkins, K. Iungerman, S. Hoying, D. Straub, and L. Cheng. 2001. Honeycrisp: Promising profit maker or just a problem child? N.Y. Fruit Quartr. 9(3):9-13.
21. Rosenberger, D. A., J.R. Schupp, S.A. Hoying, L. Cheng, and C.B. Watkins. 2004. Controlling bitter pit in 'Honeycrisp' apples. HortTechnology 14:342-349.
22. Sfakiotakis, E.M. and D.R. Dilley. 1973. Internal ethylene concentrations in apple fruits attached to or detached from tree. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 98:501-503.
23. Shewfelt, R.L. 1993. Measuring quality and maturity, p. 100-124. In: R.L.Shewfelt and S.E. Prussia (eds.). Postharvest handling: a systems approach. Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.
24. Smith, R.B., E.C. Lougheed, E.W. Franklin, and I. McMillan. 1979. The starch iodine test for determining stage of maturation in apples. Can. J. Plant Sci. 59:725-735.
25. Smock, R.M. and A.M. Neubert. 1950. Economic crops, vol. 2. Apples and apple products. Interscience Publ., Inc., New York.
26. Snowdon, A.L. 1990. A color atlas of post-harvest diseases and disorders of fruits and vegetables. vol. 1. CRC Press. Inc. Boca Raton, Fla.
27. Tong, C., D. Krueger, Z. Vickers, D. Bedford, J. Luby, A. El-Shiekh, K. Shackel, and H. Ahmadi. 1999. Comparison of softening-related changes during storage of 'Honeycrisp' apples, its parents, and 'Delicious'. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 124:407-415.
28. Tong, C., D.S. Bedford, J.J. Luby, F.M. Propsom, R.M. Beaudry, J.P. Mattheis, C.B. Watkins, and S. A. Weis. 2003. Location and temperature effects on soft scald in 'Honeycrisp' apples. HortScience 38:1153-1155.
29. Wargo, J.M. and C.B. Watkins. Maturity and storage quality of 'Honeycrisp' apples. HortTechnology 14:496-499.
30. Watkins, C.B. and D.A. Rosenberger. 2002. Cornell Fruit Handling and Storage Newsletter. http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/watkins/ extpubs.html.
31. Watkins, C.B., J.H. Bowen, and V.J. Walker. 1989. Assessment of ethylene production by apple cultivars in relation to commercial harvest dates. N.Z. J. Crop Hort. Sci. 17:327-331.
32. Watkins, C.B., J.F. Nock, S.A. Weis, S. Jayanty, and R.M. Beaudry. 2004. Storage temperature, diphenylamine, and pre-storage delay effects on soft scald, soggy breakdown and bitter pit of 'Honeycrisp' apples. Postharv. Biol. Technol. 32:213-221.