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Research Project:
Develop Postharvest Chemical and Non-Chemical Mb Alternatives for Quality Maintenance of Fresh California Grown Commodities
Location:
Commodity Protection and Quality
Project Number: 5302-43000-028-00
Project Type:
Appropriated
Start Date: Nov 13, 2002
End Date: Nov 12, 2007
Objective:
Develop acceptable physical and chemical alternatives to MB for postharvest quality maintenance of California-grown fresh fruit & vegetable commodities to facilitate domestic marketing and export; evaluate incipient injury and phytotoxicity of fresh commodities to MB alternative treatments; determine the physiological and biochemical basis of phytotoxicity related to various commodity treatments; and develop sensitive microanalytical methods for measurement and assessment of fresh commodities.
Approach:
The quality and phytotoxicity of citrus, stone fruits, other fresh fruits and vegetables to various postharvest treatments will be determined; alternative procedures to increase commodity resistance to environmental stress by proper conditioning/curing, manipulating/selection of maturity stage and use of nonpesticide adjuvants or generally-recognized-as-safe compounds will be evaluated. New alternative fumigants will be tested to ascertain their effectiveness for quarantined pests and without adverse injury to fresh commodities. Determination of endogenous volatiles due to various treatments will be monitored by solid phase microextraction and detected using GC/MS. A number of available chromatographic and analytical techniques will be employed to assess injury and treatment responses. REPLACES: 5302-43000-024-00D (10/02).
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