Influence of 1-Methylcyclopropene Treatment on Postharvest Quality of Four Scab (Venturia inaequalis)-Resistant Apple Cultivars

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Firmness of apple fruit at (a) “Golden Delicious,” (b) “GoldRush,” (c) “WineCrisp,” (d) “Pixie Crunch,” and (e) “CrimsonCrisp” apples at harvest and 70 or 140 days of storage at 0°C followed by 7 days at 20°C. Day 0, at harvest; Day 70, 70 days of storage at 0°C followed by 7 days at 20°C; Day 140, 140 days of storage at 0°C followed by 7 days at 20°C. Capital letters and lowercased letters indicate mean separation among storage duration treatment of control and 1-MCP-treated apples, respectively, by Tukey’s HSD at . Asterisks () indicate significant difference between control and 1-MCP treatment in each cultivar at each storage duration using Student’s -test at . Vertical bars represent standard error ().

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