Available to all - access the online flip-book and downloadable PDF versions of Issue 54 - Winter 2023/24. NIAB Landmark: Winter 2023/24 In this issue: Weathering the perfect storm? Freshly back from the Oxford Farming Conference NIAB CEO Mario Caccamo …
Strategies that offer the prospect of improved control of ethylene production in apples include: Conventional breeding techniques – selection of genotypes with low production rates. Biotechnology – control of expression of regulatory proteins (ACC …
Apples need to be cooled as quickly as possible in order to provide the longest duration of storage and to provide the highest quality. To ensure that stores are loaded and the operating temperatures are achieved within 5 days of the start of loading the …
Margaret, along with Stephen Flack, leads the Crop Characterisation team delivering Seed Certification in England and Wales, and UK DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability) testing of combinable crops, sugar beet, fodder kale and ornamental species as …
There are a number of varieties being introduced into the UK that are subject to agreements between the growers and the ‘club’ operators. It is anticipated that storage advice for varieties such as Cameo, Jazz, Kanzi and Rubens will be provided from …
Comprehensive summaries of the conditions recommended for the storage of commercially important varieties of apples throughout the world were provided by Meheriuk (1993) and more recently by Kupferman (1997). It is clear from these summaries that the …
State-of-the-art CA storage facilities that maintain the most appropriate storage conditions exist in most apple-producing countries. Johnson (1999a) reviewed the development of CA storage for apples in the UK. He felt that the recommended temperatures …
Calcium is regarded universally as the most important element for the maintenance of post-harvest quality. This applies not only to apple but to a range of other fresh horticultural crops where inadequate supply of calcium during development results in …
It is important that the impact of orchard management techniques on storage potential and eating quality are realised so that both higher productivity and good fruit quality can be achieved. Sharples (1973) carried out a comprehensive review of the many …
Most experience at East Malling has been obtained with Cox’s Orange Pippin apples. These should normally be treated with 9 kg 1000 litres-1 of flaked grade material although the rate may be increased to 13.5 kg 1000 litres-1 where the risk of bitter pit …
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