INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL PRACTICES AND PACKAGING MATERIALS ON TABLE GRAPE QUALITY

摘要

The quality loss of table grape (cv. Crimson seedless) packaged in different films was studied in order to appraise the effects induced by girdling technique combined with a gibberellins treatment on product storability. The cultural practices successfully enhanced the quality of the berries. From a packaging point of view, all the investigated films successfully preserved the quality of the packed fruit, with some relevant differences for the highest gas barrier films. A better score in the overall acceptability was for grape packaged in multi-layer laminated nylon/polyolefin and biodegradable starch/polyester-based films.