New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts
Influence of CO2 and temperature on the incidence
of botrytis storage rot in beans
L .H. CHEAH
D. E. IRVING
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food
Research Limited
Private Bag 4005
Levin, New Zealand
Abstract The effect of high levels of CO2 at 20 or 40deg.C
for 10 or 16 h on botrytis storage rot in beans (
Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
was assessed. Beans were inoculated with
Botrytis cinerea spores,
exposed to the treatments, and stored in air for 5 days after the treatments to
allow for disease expression and to assess quality. Air at 40deg.C for
16 h gave complete control of botrytis storage rot. High levels of CO2
(60%) were not effective and adversely affected respiration rate, firmness, and
colour of the beans.
Keywords beans; Botrytis cinerea; controlled
atmospheres; disease control; Phaseolus vulgaris L.; storage rot;
temperature
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 1997, Vol. 25:
85-88
0114-0671/97/2501-0085 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1997
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