TY - JOUR ID - 50517 TI - Effects of Intermittent Warming and Prestorage Treatments (Hot Water, Salicylic Acid, Calcium Chloride) on Postharvest Life of Pomegranate Fruit cv. ‘Shishe-Kab’ During Long-Term Cold Storage JO - International Journal of Horticultural Science and Technology JA - IJHST LA - en SN - 2322-1461 AU - Moradinezhad, Farid AU - Khayyat, Mehdi AD - Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 43 EP - 51 KW - chemical treatment KW - chilling injury KW - postharvest KW - Shelf life DO - 10.22059/ijhst.2014.50517 N2 - We examined the effectiveness of intermittent warming (IW), hot water (HW), salicylic acid (SA), and calcium chloride (CaCl2) on the postharvest life of pomegranate fruit cv. ‘Shishe-Kab’ and extending fruit shelf life during cold storage (3°C). Fruit were subjected to cycles of 1 d at 17 ± 1°C every 6 d of storage at 3°C under IW conditions. Pre-storage treatments were HW (50°C) for 3 min, SA (2mmol L-1), or a combination of SA (2 mmol L-1) and CaCl2 (2%) solutions for 3 min at 20°C. Weight loss was not affected by HW or chemical treatments, but firmness decreased significantly in HW-treated fruit when they were subjected to IW. The lowest quantity of unmarketable fruit was observed in fruit treated with a combination of SA and CaCl2, regardless of whether stored in cold storage (CS) or exposed to IW. Regardless of HW and chemical treatments, IW significantly albeit slightly increased shelf life and reduced fruit decay compared with the control. However, the longest fruit shelf life (19 wk) was obtained with a combination of HW, SA, and CaCl2 compared with the control (11 wk), especially under long-term cold storage. UR - https://ijhst.ut.ac.ir/article_50517.html L1 - https://ijhst.ut.ac.ir/article_50517_a040a73d0bc6581ebafe9474bdda16fd.pdf ER -