Pre-Harvest Factors Affecting Postharvest Quality |
University of Florida | Other Universities and Government Sites | Selected Other Sites
Plant Nutrition Impacts on Vegetable Quality - The use of fertilizers is an important component of commercial vegetable production.
Effects of Water and Nutrients on the Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life of Citrus - "Irrigation and fertilization practices can also have significant impacts on fruit quality and shelf life during harvest, packinghouse operations, storage, and distribution. These include effects on fruit color, texture, disease susceptibility, juice composition, and the development of physiological disorders..."
Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide: Preharvest Control of Postharvest Decays - "An application of fungicide up to 3 weeks prior to harvest will protect fruit from these diseases during the degreening process or during delays following harvest."
Hurricane Related Information (esp. for citrus):
Other
Universities and Government Sites
Citrus
Pre-harvest Fruit
Drop Control with 2,4-D
- Treatments on Naval Oranges, Grapefruits, Valencia Oranges, Lemons and
Tangelos by the University of California.
Citrus
Increasing Fruit
Size with 2,4-D
- Treatments on Naval Oranges, Valencia Oranges, and Grapefruit by the
University of California.
Delaying Citrus
Senescence with Gibberellic Acids
- Treatments on Naval Oranges, Valencia Oranges, Minneola Tangelo, Lemons, and
Limes by the University of California.
Selected
Other Sites
See also our General Postharvest
Information Section
Postharvest
Recommendations for Degreening Florida Fresh Citrus Fruits - Ritenour et
al., UF/IFAS
Greater Disease Pressure is Expected. Decay control resources:
Postharvest Decay Control
Recommendations for Florida Citrus Fruit - Ritenour et al., UF/IFAS, FDOC
Brown Rot - G.
E. Brown, FDOC
Anthracnose - G. E. Brown, FDOC
Eldon Brown (Florida Department of Citrus),
1998
Click
here for a format easier to print (print double sided and fold the stack of
printed pages in half to obtain a booklet)
Hurricane Preparedness For Citrus
Groves- Robert Rouse, UF/IFAS
Florida Citrus Pest Management
Guide - UF/IFAS
Climate Forecast and Decision Making in
Agriculture - Fraisse et al., UF/IFAS
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