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Storage of two new cultivars of guava fruit for processing

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Ron B.H. Wills
School of Food Technology, University of New South Wales, PO Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
Eve E. Mulholland
School of Food Technology, University of New South Wales, PO Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
Brian L. Brown
School of Food Technology, University of New South Wales, PO Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
Kevin J. Scott
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Sydney, Australia
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Fruits
Guava
Storage

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Storage of two new cultivars of guava fruit for processing. (1983). Tropical Agriculture, 60(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2405
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Abstract

Guava fruit (cv. '1050' and 'GA 11-56') stored at 20°C had a storage life of ? 1 week. Cool storage in the temperature range 0-10°C extended the post harvest life for ? 2 weeks. The main changes which limited the storage life were the development of rots and degradation of flesh tissue. Storage at 0°C considerably reduced rotting but there was pulp injury at this temperature. The optimum storage temperature is 5°C.
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