ISHS Acta Horticulturae 293: IX International Symposium on Apricot Culture
PRE-FREEZING, STORAGE AND INDUSTRIAL USE OF APRICOT WITH RELATIONSHIP TO QUALITY |
| Authors: | A. Monzini, F. Gorini |
| Abstract:
The quality of apricots is strickly connected with their maturity stage at picking. Apricots can be picked in a ripe state only if hydro- or air-cooling is used. Cooling just-harvested fruit shows overiping and prevents excessive softening. The necessity of an effcient cold chain until the product reaches the consumer is not to be underestimated. Packaging with films which assure high relative humidity and suitable modified atmosphere can keep better quality and longer shelf life during the marketing phase. Problems due to pathologic diseases, such as infection by Monilia and Rhizopus, and to physiologic disorders (breakdown and overriping) are dealt with reviewing treatments and storage conditions (time, temperature, reklative humidit, modified atmosphere) suitable to prevent them. Since long time apricots were dried or processed to obtain jam. Later they became an important raw material for nectar production. Recently apricots were intensely studies to find new processing techniques and improve the old ones on the evaluate varietal suitability. | |
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