WA-38 is a desirable apple cultivar, but tends to develop excessive greasiness and off flavor in storage. The project objectives are to: 1. Further define harvest maturity guidelines limiting greasiness of WA-38 in the cold chain. 2. Establish ethylene mitigation protocols that reduce WA-38 greasiness for both conventional and organic production. 3. Determine the limitations of wax/detergent to optimize wax in the post-storage cold chain. 4. Identify and determine protocols for mitigating off-flavors associated with greasiness.
Mitigating WA38 Greasiness and Related Quality Defects (Ft Pierce)
Objective
Investigators
PLOTTO A
Institution
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Start date
2022
End date
2025
Funding Source
Project number
6034-41430-007-013N
Accession number
441755
Categories
Commodities