The effect of diphenyl wraps and case liners on green mould wastage in stored oranges

Abstract

Diphenyl wraps and diphenyl liners in combination with sodium a-phenylphenate and borax-boric acid dips were compared for control of green mould in stored oranges. Four experiments were carried out in the Sunraysia area on the Murray River in 1959 and three at Gosford on the central coast of New South Wales in 1960 and 1961. Treatment of the fruit with sodium o-phenylphenate, combined with the application of diphenyl, whether impregnated in fruit wrappers or case liners, effectively reduced green mould in oranges stored at atmospheric temperatures for periods up to nine weeks. There were indications that the location of the diphenyl-impregnated case liners within the container is an important factor in the efficiency of mould control by these treatments.