Archive

Volume 21 - 2012

March 2012

• Tribute to F. Gordon Mitchell
• F. Gordon Mitchell - 1924-2012
• 20 Year Milestone Reached for CVPN
• Fruit Freezing Injury
• Field Inking or Black Staining
• Skin Burning

Volume 20 - 2011

February 2011

• Skin burning
• Field inking or black staining

August 2011

• Visit the Fruit and Nut Center website
• Newly Designed Postharvest Technology Center website provides useful information

October 2011

• Information about California fresh fig research at UC Davis
• Most useful Internet sites for postharvest information

Volume 19 - 2010

June 2010

• Instruments for measuring fruit and vegetable environment
• Postharvest abstracts updates
  • Cherry
  • Peach
  • Nectarine
  • Plum

July 2010

• Recommendations to reduce field inking and skin burning development in peach and nectarine fruit
• Assuring proper temperature of California table crapes at arrival in export markets

September 2010

• Evaluation of the effect of different MAP box liners on the quality and shelf life of ‘Friar’ plums
• Evaluation of a kiwifruit non-destructive firmness sensor
• Kiwifruit abstracts –
  • Evaluation of a non-destructive dry matter sensor for kiwifruit
  • Postharvest spplication of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) extends shelf life of "Hayward? kiwifruit
  • Kiwifruit meeting in Faenza

October 2010

• Abstracts from kiwifruit meeting in Italy
  • Cultural management
  • Plant protection
  • Storage and fruit quality

Volume 18 - 2009

April 2009

• Updating peach, nectarine and plum inking (skin discoloration) development information
• Ethephon to eliminate first crop figs
• Reducing losses of preconditioned fruit programs

August 2009

• Update on white flesh peach and nectarine skin burning discoloration

September 2009

• The importance of adjusting your water-chlorine pH during your brush-washing operation for the San Joaquin Valley stone fruit industry

October 2009

• 16th Annual Fruit Ripening & Ethylene Management Workshop
• Ripening guidelines for kiwifruit receivers
• Update on optimum procedures for ripening kiwifruit
• New kiwifruit dry weight protocol

Volume 17 - 2008

February 2008

• Influence of box type on table grape commercial storage quality performance – 2007 Season
• Resistance management – A necessity in fungicide usage
• New kiwifruit dry weight protocol

May 2008

• Establishing a quality control system
• Measurement of pH and titratable acidity
• Measurement of fruit firmness
• Measurement of soluble solids content
• Effects of controlled atmosphere on plums
• Effects of controlled atmosphere on nectarines
• Stone fruit internal breakdown evaluation

September 2008

• Optimum temperature conditions for produce handlers

Volume 16 - 2007

January 2007

• Tree fruit and table grape postharvest technology day – February 15
• Good agricultural practices reduce microbial contamination

May 2007

• Update on mentor 45WP – A “new tool” for postharvest management of sour rot of stone fruit in the 2007 season

July 2007

• Are we bruising our fruit?
• Can we reduce potential abrasion inking damage during the harvesting operation?
• Can we reduce potential abrasion inking damage during transportation to the
  packinghouse?
• Peach and nectarine corking
• Measurement of fruit firmness
• Most useful Internet sites for postharvest information

October 2007

• Preliminary kiwifruit dry weight protocol
• Developing a maturity index for early harvested kiwifruit – 1998, 1999 & 1999-
  2000 research report
• Evaluating dry weight sensors to segregate kiwifruit according to consumer
  acceptance – 2006-2007 research report

Volume 15 - 2006

April 2006

• Peach market life – Should we apply this concept?

June 2006

• Sour rot control
• Hydrocooler water sanitation in the San Joaquin Valley stone fruit
  industry
• The top 10 tips for decay control

July 2006

• Health benefits – Exciting early results for kiwifruit
• New opportunities for kiwifruit in postharvest technologies
• SmartFreshSM workshop
• Evaluation of postharvest table grape storage quality for different cultivars packed in three box types under commercial sonditions – 2005 season
• Table grape packaging influences ‘Flame Seedless’ and ‘Redglobe’ storage quality (1999 Season)

August 2006

• KAC fresh fruit postharvest handling day – February 15, 2007
• Scholar’s mentor gets an emergency registration to help manage sour rot of stone fruit in California
• Fruit blemishes (corking and spotting)

Volume 14 - 2005

April 2005

• Evaluation of Ozone Gas Penetration Through Citrus Commercial Packages and Control of Green and Blue Molds Sporulation During Cold Storage
• Evaluation of the effect of ozone exposure on decay development and fruit physiological behavior
• Abstracts
  • Dr. Crisosto’s ozone publications

May 2005

• Increasing kiwifruit Size! Prestige (CPPU) approved for kiwifruit
• Increasing ‘Blackamber’ plum consumer acceptance
• Olive Oil Facts: An interview with Paul Vossen
• Top 10 factors in producing quality olive oil
• How to handle and store your olive oil

June 2005

• Kiwifruit applied tesearch program at the Kearney Agricultural Center
• Publication summary – Kiwifruit applied research

August 2005

• Handling preripened California plums

Volume 13 - 2004

March 2004

• Poor sanitation of fruit and new handling practices may increase sour rot incidence of peach, plum, and nectarine
• Abstracts (‘Princess’ Berry Browning + four others)
• Establishing a quality control system
• Measurement of pH and titratable acidity
• Measurement of fruit firmness
• Measurement of soluble solids content
• Starch-iodine test

August 2004

• Handling preconditioned tree fruit at the retail distribution centers
• Handling preconditioned tree fruit at retail stores
• Postharvest technological treatments of pomegranate and preparation of derived products
• Biochemical basis of superficial scald on ‘Wonderful’ pomegranates
• Abstracts from the 5th International Postharvest Symposium, Verona, Italy, June 6-11, 2004

October 2004

• Elevate registered on kiwifruit for management of gray mold caused by botrytis cinerea
• Abstracts from the 5th International Postharvest Symposium, Verona, Italy, June 6-11, 2004

Volume 12 - 2003

April 2003

• Strategies for postharvest decay management of sweet cherries in 2003
• Consumer acceptance of ‘Brooks’ and ‘Bing’ cherries is mainly dependent on fruit SSC and visual skin color
• Evaluation of different box liners for the California ‘Bing’ cherry industry
• Testing the reliability of skin color as an indicator of quality for early season ‘Brooks’ (Prunus avium L.) cherry

May 2003

• Decay outbreaks – Sour rot
• Stone fruit decay challenges in the spring season of 2003 - Top 10 tips for decay control
• Handling preconditioned tree fruit at the retail distribution centers
• Handling preconditioned tree fruit at retail stores
• Developing critical pitter thresholds for canning peaches using the nondestructive Sinclair firmness sensor

December 2003

• Elevate to annihilate gray mold of kiwifruit – An emergency registration for a pre- or postharvest application on kiwifruit
• Preconditioning guidelines for kiwifruit shippers
• Optimum procedures for ripening kiwifruit

Volume 11 - 2002

May 2000

• Tips to increase peach consumption
• Overview – preconditioning/pre -ripening
• Update on pre- & postharvest fungicide treatments

June 2001

• Peach and nectarine inking update in California
• Evaluation of different box liners for the California ‘Bing’ cherry industry
• Evaluation of ozone gas penetration
• Through citrus commercial packages

September 2002

• Evaluation of ozone gas penetration through citrus commercial packages and control of green and blue molds sporulation during cold storage
• Table grape cooling

Volume 10 - 2001

June 2001

• Establishing a quality control system
• Preconditioning/pre -ripening tips for peaches, plums and nectarines
• 2001 – inking outbreak evaluations
• Section 18 for the “reduced risk” fungicide scholar 50WP approved again for 2001 for postharvest management of stone fruit decays

September 2001

• Container fumigation of table grapes
• Ozone and table grapes/stone fruit
• Ozone and citrus
• SO2 low emission rates to control botrytis
• CO2 effects on ‘Thompson Seedless’ table grapes
• CO2 effects on ‘Redglobe’ table grapes
• Pomegranate postharvest fungicide update
• Postharvest abstracts

November 2001

• Table grape packaging influences ‘Flame Seedless’ and ‘Redglobe’ storage quality
• Update on Redglobe breakdown project

Volume 9 - 2000

May 2000

• Optimum procedures for ripening stone fruit
• Reducing cherry pitting incidence
• CTFA abstracts:
  • Fundamental studies on stone fruit internal breakdown.
  • Assessment of postharvest and retail handling practices on microbial food safety risk reduction
  • Improving the ripening protocol for warehouses and produce stores
  • Management and epidemiology of pre- and postharvest brown rot and other diseases of fresh market stone fruit crops

June 2000

• Understanding the role of ethylene in the tree fruit industry
• Ability of the OxtomCav ozone generator to reduce ethylene levels in an export container
• Optimum procedures for ripening kiwifruit.
• Abstracts
  • The role of ethylene in development of storage disorders in nectarine and plum
  • Understanding the tole of ethylene in peach cold storage life
  • Thermal postharvest treatments for improving pomegranate quality and shelf life

October 2000

• Reducing ‘Thompson Seedless’ table brape bruising
• Table grape bottom pad rvaluation
• Cluster bag design and position within the box influences table grape quality
• Field box temperature varies according to box material
• Temperature differences between plastic containers when placed in full sun
• Preconditioning guidelines for kiwifruit shippers

Volume 8 - 1999

May 1999

• Preliminary studies on white flesh peach and nectarine cultivars
• Improving ripening for retailers
• Fundamental studies on stone fruit internal breakdown
• Pomology weather services on the WWW
• Prediction of brown rot and evaluation of chemicals to control brown rot
• Tolerances for pesticides
• Apricot produce facts
• Sweet cherry produce facts
• Ways to reduce I.B. incidence
• Influence of temperature on decay

August 1999

• Good news from Taiwan
• Stone fruit decay
• Decay outbreaks - sour rot
• Container SO2 fumigation
• Peach and nectarine produce facts
• Plum produce facts
• Grape produce facts

October 1999

• Kiwifruit postharvest guidelines
• International kiwifruit update

Volume 7 - 1998

July 1998

• New "silver bullet": Medallion
• Precooling before loading
• Export container loading guidelines
• Centerline loading of highway trailers
• High quality stone fruit starts on the tree

August 1998

• Tips to reduce decay incidence for the 1998 stone fruit season

Volume 6 - 1997

September 1997

• Kiwifruit guidelines
• Grape article
• CTFA
• Abstracts

Volume 5 - 1996

April 1996

• Joseph M. Ogawa
• Ripening protocol for stone fruit
• Market life for new stone fruit cultivars
• Peach and nectarine skin discoloration
• Fruit freezing injury
• Fortune plum ripening
• Maturity index for new cherry cultivars
• Developing critical bruising threshold for stone fruit
• Rovral situation update
• Postharvest fungicides for control of brown and rhizopus rots
• Fruit inspection lighting
• Hydrocooler water sanitation

August 1996

• Precooling before loading
• Export of California grapes
• Export of California plum
• Control of postharvest brown rot of stone fruit
• Control of postharvest gray mold on table grapes
• Keep stone fruit cold in tTransport
• Ripening guidelines for kiwifruit handlers
• Future postharvest events

Volume 4 - 1995

March 1994

• Postharvest brown rot control
• Evaluation of skin color as a maturity index for cherry
• Moldy core in 'Fuji'
• What's new with apples?
• Preconditioned kiwifruit retail handling
• 'Fuyu' persimmon storage recommendations
• High nitrogen reduces fruit quality
• Effect of harvesting equipment in bruising
• Fuji tour
• Reducing cherry pitting
• Stonefruit postharvest research update

July 1995

• Reducing inking of peaches and nectarines
• Preconditioning kiwifruit
• Stone fruit internal breakdown
• Internal browning of Fuji
• Pesticide law
• Predicting kiwifruit botrytis
• When to harvest apples
• Troubleshooting hydrocoolers
• Precooling before loading

Volume 3 - 1994

March 1994

• Postharvest brown rot control
• Evaluation of skin color as a maturity index for cherry
• Moldy core in 'Fuji'
• What's new with apples?
• Preconditioned kiwifruit retail handling
• 'Fuyu' persimmon storage recommendations
• High nitrogen reduces fruit quality
• Effect of harvesting equipment in bruising
• Fuji tour
• Reducing cherry pitting
• Stonefruit postharvest research update

August 1994

• Ripening guidelines for kiwifruit handlers
• Tips to reduce internal breakdown incidence in stone fruit
• Delaying harvest to produce a high quality stone fruit
• Maintaining postharvest quality of persimmons
• How to avoid internal browning of and Chinese pears
• Pomegranate storage temperature
• Apple russeting
• Skin discoloration on peach and nectarine fruit
• Market life of stone fruit

Volume 2 - 1993

February 1993

• Small size study results
• Internal breakdown
• Postharvest problems of cherries
• Bitter pit in spples
• Preharvest factors on quality
• Dr. Elizabeth J. Mitcham
• Reducing packinghouse cherry damage
• Precooling before loading

July 1993

• New postharvest research center at Kearney
• Should we use plastic bins?
• Tips to reduce bruising during apple harvesting
• Export of California grapes
• Export of California plums
• Potential postharvest life and ripening period on stone fruit
• Lighting for fruit and vegetable sorting
• The importance of picking apples at the optimum maturity
• Significance of mucor decay on apples

Volume 1 - 1992

May 1992

• Dicloran in the U.S.
• Temperature Management
• Stonefruit field operations

September 1992

• Maturity studies on Asian pear
• Fruit color maturity index for Asian pear
• Tips for long term storage of kiwifruit
• Maturity and storage of new apple cultivars
• Controlling postharvest diseases of tree fruits
• Conditioning Granny Smith apples for market
• Granny Smith apple maturity studies
• Improved sulfur dioxide fumigation of table grapes
• Recent developments in the postharvest storage of California citrus