General Information Fruit quality concerns to be managed if heat-wave conditions occur during the harvesting of plums includes sunburn, internal heat damage, gel breakdown, overripeness and shrivel. Heat damage can manifest in different forms. The easiest to detect is…
Description The term “mixed maturity” refers to obvious variation in ripeness between individual plum fruit in the same packaging unit upon arrival in the market. This is undesirable because it is difficult for retailers to handle and market such produce…
It is always better to load plums of the same cultivar and of the same maturity into one shipping container because the ideal temperature regime can be selected. More than one plum cultivar can be shipped in the same container…
Plums are harvested at a mature but unripe stage for airfreight. Most plum cultivars do not ripen satisfactory at ambient temperatures if harvested mature but unripe. Ripening must therefore be stimulated to ensure good eating quality. To stimulate normal ripening…
A product which has contributed significantly to assist quality management of certain plum cultivars is SmartFreshSM with the active ingredient 1-Methylcyclopropene. This ethylene blocker is applied to fruit in air-tight cold rooms before or after packing, or to packed fruit…
Please find a poster depicting the visual symptoms of plum marbling on plums with mechanisms of control and recommendations to prevent further spreading of the plum viroid I (PVd-I) available to download in ENGLISH or AFRIKAANS below: English Version …
