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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Response of 'Lambert' and 'Ron's Seedling' sweet cherries to fumigation with methyl bromide plus cold storage

AJ Jessup

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 28(3) 431 - 434
Published: 1988

Abstract

Fumigation with methyl bromide followed by storage for 10 or 30 days at 1° retarded weight loss in 'Ron's Seedling' sweet cherries. Loss of skin colour was delayed in 'Lambert' sweet cherries fumigated with 32 dm3 methyl bromide when fumigated at 17°C, compared with fruit not fumigated and those treated with 48 g/m3 methyl bromide. Treatment with 32 dm3 increased the frequency of peduncle abscission in both varieties without serious phytotoxic effects on fruit quality.

https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9880431

© CSIRO 1988

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