ROLE OF SPRAYING AGAZONE AND ATONIK IN IMPROVING THE STORAGE ABILITY OF EGG PLANT (SOLANUM MELONGEN L.) HYBRIDS JAWAHER AND BARCELONA
Journal Title: ISB-INMA TEH AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 8
Abstract
The experiment was conducted in one of the greenhouses of the Agricultural Research Station, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, during the growing season 2017-2018 in order to improve the storage behavior of eggplant fruits hybrids Jawaher and Barcelona. Agazone at three concentrations (zero, 1.5, 3 ml. L-1) and atonik at three concentrations (zero, 0.5, 1 ml. L-1) were prepared and the plants were sprayed in the early morning four times starting from 29/11/2017 with a two-week interval. Fruits were harvested before maturity stage in the early morning and brought to the laboratory of storage technology, then cleaned and packed in perforated polyethylene bags (16 hole with a diameter of 5 mm per bag and weighed 2 kg per bag). Then the samples were stored at a temperature of 13°C for four weeks. Results indicated that the percentage of weight loss and the percentage of total soluble solids increased while the fruit firmness and the amount of vitamin C decreased with an increment of storage periods. The lowest percentages of the weight loss and the highest percentage of total soluble solids were in fruits treated with 3 ml. L-1 agazone. Barcelona fruits gave the highest fruit firmness, vitamin C, total soluble solids and lowest percentage of weight loss compared to Jawaher fruits.
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A. Taain Dhia, J. Salman Iman
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