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Evaluation of Natural Oils Impact on Flame Seedless Grape Quality at Harvest and Storage Marketing Process

Research Authors
Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Mansour, Ghada Abd-Elmonsef Mahmoud, Asmaa Ahmed Mohamed
Research Abstract

Back ground and objectives: Excessive use of chemical antifungal agents during the food production becomes a serious issue threatening our health especially in fresh fruits, which passes the applied chemicals into the human body quickly. The research evaluated the effect of different natural oils on flame seedless grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) as delicate fruits affected highly with fungal infection or temperature changes during different storage periods and marketing temperatures by testing the fruits quality and the antifungal properties of oils against post-harvest fungi. Materials and methods: Thirteen years old flames seedless growing on sandy soil were sprayed with clove, black seed and garlic oil during two seasons 2016 and 2017. After harvest, the clusters were sorted in room or cold temperature for different storage periods. Clusters were analyzed for its physical, chemical and microbial prosperities. Results: Spraying natural oils (especially garlic oil) significantly improved the berries quality in terms of increasing berry weight, length, width, TSS% and TSS%/ TA% compared to unsprayed ones. They also reduced the post-harvest fungal counts up to 75% decreasing in garlic oil treated samples. Conclusion: Using natural oils protected the fruits from post-harvest fungi and also generated protective coating layer decreased water loss during storage periods which increased the fruits quality and lifetime.

Research Journal
Asian Journal of Biological Sciences
Research Publisher
NULL
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
11(4)
Research Website
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Research Year
2018
Research Pages
228-235