Table 1. Effects of AVG treatments on fruit quality attributes of ‘Formosa’ plums at harvest
Treatment(mL/L) | Application time(DBH1)) | Fruit weight(g) | Flesh firmness(N/Φ11mm) | Soluble solids content(˚Brix) | Titratable acidity(%) |
Control | - | 109.9±4.932)a3) | 4.17±0.33b | 7.93±0.06a | 1.15±0.01a |
AVG (75) | 10 | 115.6±5.61a | 6.30±0.25a | 8.43±0.26a | 1.16±0.01a |
| 5 | 116.6±5.62a | 6.29±0.63a | 8.63±0.43a | 1.15±0.02a |
| | Ethylene production(μL/kg/h) | Fruit peel color |
Lightness(L*) | Redness(a*) | Yellowness(b*) |
Control | - | 3.68±0.98a | 40.1±1.52a | 15.9±2.28a | 12.9±1.14a |
AVG (75) | 10 | 1.32±0.67b | 37.8±1.87a | 12.6±1.80a | 14.0±0.83a |
| 5 | 1.23±0.63b | 41.6±1.71a | 12.8±1.65a | 15.5±1.15a |
1)DBH: days before harvest date, which was 19 July 2016.
2)All value are expressed as mean±SE of triplicate determinations.
3)Different superscripts within the column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.