
%0 Journal Article
%A Yuen, CMC 
%A Caffin, N 
%A Boonyakiat, D 
%T Effect of calcium infiltration on ripening of avocados of different maturities
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1994/01/01
%V 34
%N 1
%P 123-126
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9940123
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9940123 
%X Mature but unripe Fuerte and Hass avocados harvested at 3 stages of maturity were vacuum-infiltrated with 4 and 8% calcium chloride (CaCl2) solutions and stored at 20°C. The fruit were assessed for ripening and injury development and analysed for Ca content. Postharvest application of Ca to fruit harvested 2 weeks before prime harvest elicited a greater delay in ripening and caused less fruit injury than application at prime harvest or 2 weeks after prime harvest. Fruit maturity did not have a significant effect on the amount of Ca taken up by fruit when infiltrated with each CaCl2 solution. Vacuum infiltration with 8% CaCl2 solution greatly enhanced the uptake of Ca by both Hass and Fuerte fruit but did not delay ripening further than 4% CaCl2 treatment. 
